2024–25 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih season

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
2024–25 season
PresidentKostyantyn Karamanits
Head coachYuriy Vernydub
StadiumHirnyk Stadium
(main stadium)
Košická futbalová aréna
(European matches)
Ukrainian Premier League5th
Ukrainian CupRound of 16
UEFA Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA Conference LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Yehor Tverdokhlib (14)
All:
Yehor Tverdokhlib (14)

The 2024–25 season was FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih's 62nd season in existence and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of Ukrainian football. In addition to the domestic league, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih participated in that season's editions of the Ukrainian Cup, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Conference League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

Players

First team squad

Squad at the end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  UKR Bohdan Khoma
3 DF  UKR Oleksandr Romanchuk
7 MF  UKR Andriy Ponyedyelnik
8 MF  NGA Clement Ikenna (on loan from Levski Sofia)
9 FW  NIG Daniel Sosah
10 MF  UKR Dmytro Khomchenovskyi (captain)
11 FW  UKR Yehor Tverdokhlib
14 MF  UKR Maksym Lunyov
17 MF  VEN Maiken González
19 FW  FRA Noha Ndombasi
20 MF  UKR Artur Mykytyshyn
21 DF  UKR Denys Kuzyk
22 MF  UKR Yuriy Vakulko
23 MF  CRO Hrvoje Ilić
24 MF  UKR Volodymyr Yakimets
25 DF  POR Bandeira
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF  BRA Matteo Amoroso
28 FW  VEN Gleiker Mendoza (on loan from Angostura)
30 GK  UKR Volodymyr Makhankov
33 GK  UKR Andriy Klishchuk
40 MF  CRO Jan Jurčec
43 GK  UKR Ihor Omelchenko
45 DF  UKR Volodymyr Vilivald
55 DF  CMR Yvan Dibango
59 DF  UKR Illya Kaplunov
61 MF  UKR Oleksandr Kamenskyi
63 FW  UKR Volodymyr Mulyk
64 MF  UKR Yaroslav Shevchenko
66 DF  MLI Bakary Konaté
85 FW  UKR Oleksiy Plichko
94 MF  UKR Maksym Zaderaka

Left during the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 FW  NGA Oche Ochowechi (loan to Gabala)
5 DF  UKR Tymur Stetskov (to Karpaty Lviv)
6 MF  UKR Klim Prykhodko (to Livyi Bereh Kyiv)
8 MF  RWA Djihad Bizimana (to Al Ahli Tripoli)
15 DF  UKR Oleksandr Drambayev (to LNZ Cherkasy)
No. Pos. Nation Player
65 FW  UKR Nazar Popov (loan to Inhulets Petrove)
74 DF  UKR Ihor Snurnitsyn (to Metalist 1925 Kharkiv)
78 FW  UKR Oleh Kozhushko (to Bukovyna Chernivtsi)
80 FW  GHA Prince Kwabena Adu (to Viktoria Plzeň)
97 FW  CIV Jean Morel Poé (to Iraklis Thessaloniki)

Transfers

Friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ukrainian Premier League 3 August 2024 25 May 2025 Matchday 1 5th 30 13 8 9 34 26 +8 043.33
Ukrainian Cup 30 October 2024 30 October 2024 Round of 16 Round of 16 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
UEFA Europa League 8 August 2024 15 August 2024 Third qualifying round Third qualifying round 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 000.00
UEFA Conference League 22 August 2024 29 August 2024 Play-off round Play-off round 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 000.00
Total 35 13 8 14 36 36 +0 037.14

Source: Soccerway

Ukrainian Premier League

Main article: 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 18 8 4 69 26 +43 62 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
4 Polissya Zhytomyr 30 12 12 6 38 28 +10 48 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 13 8 9 34 26 +8 47
6 Karpaty Lviv 30 13 7 10 42 36 +6 46
7 Zorya Luhansk 30 12 4 14 34 39 −5 40
Source: upl.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw or "Golden match" if two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[1]
Notes:
  1. ^ Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2024–25 Ukrainian Cup; the second Conference League spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Teams that placed 13th and 14th in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League played two-leg play-off with the third and fourth teams of the 2024–25 Ukrainian First League. As a result, both the Ukrainian First League teams (Metalist 1925 and Kudrivka) received promotion after beating the Ukrainian Premier League teams (Vorskla and Livyi Bereh), which in turn were relegated. Due to the Russian 2025 summer escalation and the Russian ballistic missile attack warnings, on 1 June 2025, both matches were suspended but later renewed.[2][3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kudrivka 2–2 (4–3 p) Vorskla Poltava 1–2 1–0
Livyi Bereh Kyiv 0–2 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 0–1 0–1

First Semi-final

29 May 2025 Kudrivka 1–2Vorskla PoltavaKyiv
15:30
  • Kozak 83'
 Report
Stadium: Obolon Arena
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn (Kharkiv)
1 June 2025 Vorskla Poltava0–1
(3–4 p)		 Kudrivka Poltava
13:00 Report Lytovchenko 9' Stadium: Vorskla
Attendance: 2,204
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Kyiv oblast)
Penalties

2–2 on aggregate; Kudrivka won 4–3 on penalties and promotion to Premier League. While, Vorskla lost 3–4 on penalties and relegation to First League

Second Semi-final

29 May 2025 Livyi Bereh Kyiv0–1 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Hnidyn, Kyiv Oblast
18:00 Report
Stadium: Arena Livyi Bereh
Attendance: 1,167
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi (Kropyvnytskyi)
1 June 2025 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 1–0Livyi Bereh KyivHnidyn, Kyiv Oblast
15:30
Report Stadium: Arena Livyi Bereh
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Dnipro)

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv won 2–0 on aggregate and promotion to Premier League. While, Livyi Bereh Kyiv lost 0–2 on aggregate and relegation to First League.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 13 8 9 34 26  +8 47 7 3 5 21 14  +7 6 5 4 13 12  +1

Last updated: 5 May 2025.
Source: soccerway

Matches

The match schedule was released on 28 June 2024.[4]

3 August 2024 1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–0 Chornomorets Odesa Kryvyi Rih
18:00 EET Tverdokhlib 6'  79'
Kozhushko  90+2'		 Report Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium
Attendance: 587
Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi
11 August 2024 2 Karpaty Lviv 3–0 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Lviv
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) Shakh 39'
Polehenko 42'
Chachua 81'		 Report Lunyov 19'
Amoroso  48'
Bizimana  59'		 Stadium: Ukraina Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi
18 August 2024 3 Veres Rivne 0–2 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Rivne
15:30 EET Smiyan  11'  28'
Honcharenko  44'		 Report Adu 12'
Lunyov  25'
Romanchuk  52'
Stetskov 81' (pen.)		 Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
Attendance: 1,587
Referee: Mykola Balakin
25 August 2024 4 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–1 Inhulets Petrove Kryvyi Rih
18:00 EET Ponyedyelnik  14'
Dibango  17'
Kozhushko 40'		 Report Pyatov 6'
Kozak  66'		 Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium
Attendance: 534
Referee: Roman Blavatskyi
15 September 2024 6 Livyi Bereh Kyiv 0–1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Kyiv Oblast
15:30 EET Yakymiv  69' Report Bandeira  67'
Zaderaka 81'
Romanchuk  86'		 Stadium: Arena Livyi Bereh
Attendance: 1,087
Referee: Ihor Paskhal
22 September 2024 7 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–1 Vorskla Poltava Kryvyi Rih
15:30 EET Sosah 45+2' Report Iyede 41'
Myakushko  45+1'
Chelyadin  47'
Perduta  69'
Kulakovskyi  90+3'		 Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Oleksandr Shandor
28 September 2024 8 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0–1 Oleksandriya Kryvyi Rih
13:00 EET Bizimana  22'
Mykytyshyn  34'
Bandeira  90+3'		 Report Kalyuzhnyi  18'
Filippov 45+1'
Smyrnyi  50'		 Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium
Attendance: 480
Referee: Oleh Derevinskyi
6 October 2024 9 Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Kyiv
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Rubchynskyi 5'
Buyalskyi 25' (pen.)
Yarmolenko  53'
Andriyevskyi  85'		 Report Mykhavko 45+3' (o.g.)
Poé  47'
Bizimana  64'
Ilić  90+4'
Amoroso  90+4'		 Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 1,794
Referee: Mykola Balakin
20 October 2024 10 Zorya Luhansk 0–1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Kyiv
18:00 EET Report Sosah 48' Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 386
Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi
26 October 2024 11 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3–1 LNZ Cherkasy Kryvyi Rih
15:30 EET Ilić 24'
Zaderaka  26'
Ponyedyelnik 58'
Drambayev 90+4'		 Report Topalov  17'
Thill  44'
Naumets 78'		 Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium
Attendance: 766
Referee: Roman Blavatskyi
4 November 2024 12 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–1 Rukh Lviv Kryvyi Rih
15:30 EET Zaderaka 47'
Tverdokhlib  82'		 Report Karabin 36'
Didyk  40'		 Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium
Attendance: 327
Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi
9 November 2024 13 Kolos Kovalivka 1–1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Kovalivka
18:00 EET Veleten  37'
Bolívar 65'
Tretyakov  72'
Kozik  88'		 Report Bizimana  29'
Tverdokhlib 47'
Ponyedyelnik  50'
Sosah  70'		 Stadium: Kolos Stadium
Attendance: 456
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi
24 November 2024 14 Obolon Kyiv 0–1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Kyiv
13:00 EET Slobodyan 32'
Chernenko  44'
Pryimak  61'
Dubko  63'
Bliznichenko  82'		 Report Tverdokhlib 25'  77'
Shevchenko  28'
Sosah  51'		 Stadium: Obolon Arena
Attendance: 720
Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn
30 November 2024 15 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3–1 Polissya Zhytomyr Kryvyi Rih
15:30 EET Tverdokhlib 11', 72', 86'
Bandeira  84'
Drambayev  90+1'		 Report Makouana  49'
Matić  51'
Hutsulyak 63'
Smolyakov  84'		 Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium
Attendance: 565
Referee: Oleksandr Afanasyev
7 December 2024 16 Chornomorets Odesa 1–3 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Odesa
15:30 EET Skyba 34'  89'
Khoblenko  39'
Popov  65'
Šporn  87'		 Report Ilić 41' (pen.)
Mykytyshyn 45+1'
Tverdokhlib 80'		 Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium
Attendance: 0[5]
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi
14 December 2024 17 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 2–0 Karpaty Lviv Kryvyi Rih
15:30 EET (UTC+02:00) Ilić 27' (pen.)
Vakulko  56'
Tverdokhlib 69'		 Report Miroshnichenko  33'
Igor Neves  34'		 Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium
Attendance: 593
Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn
22 February 2025 18 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0–3 Veres Rivne Rivne
13:00 EET Ilić  45'
Bandeira  52'
Kuzyk  61'		 Report Sharay 28'
Hayduchyk 41'
Kucherov  51'
Kutsia  69'
Kharatin 72'		 Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
Attendance: 516
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi
2 March 2025 19 Inhulets Petrove 2–0 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih
13:00 EET (UTC+2) Pushkaryov 14'
Benedyuk 41'
Dykhtyaruk  81'		 Report Sosah  44'
Vilivald  66'		 Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium
Attendance: 485
Referee: Serhiy Zadyran
6 March 2025 20 Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Lviv
18:00 EET (UTC+2) Pedro Henrique  48'
Bondarenko 67'
Marlon Gomes  68'		 Report Mykytyshyn  44'
Mendoza 57'
Lunyov  68'
Kuzyk  73'
Klishchuk  90+3'
Dibango  90+5'		 Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi
30 March 2025 22 Vorskla Poltava 0–1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Poltava
13:00 EET Sklyar  51'
Malysh  55'
Isenko  90+3'		 Report Tverdokhlib 40'  58' Stadium: Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium
Attendance: 2,506
Referee: Mykhaylo Rayda
6 April 2025 23 Oleksandriya 1–0 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Oleksandriya
13:00 EET Cara  56'
Juan Alvina 57'
Kravchenko  79'
Kalyuzhnyi  84'		 Report Konaté  90+2' Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium
Attendance: 1,014
Referee: Oleksandr Shandor
12 April 2025 24 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0–2 Dynamo Kyiv Kryvyi Rih
13:00 EET (UTC+2) Zaderaka  29'
Konaté  33'		 Report Yarmolenko 35'  38'
Popov  67'
Shaparenko  72'
Vanat 74'
Brazhko  79'
Mykhavko  85'		 Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium
Attendance: 1,398
Referee: Mykola Balakin
16 April 2025 5 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–2 Shakhtar Donetsk Kryvyi Rih
14:00 EEST (UTC+3) Bizimana  5'
Ilić 77'
Tverdokhlib 85'
Vakulko  87'		 Report Matviyenko  38'
Stepanenko 40'
Kevin 62'		 Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium
Attendance: 450
Referee: Denys Shurman
Note: Match originally scheduled for 1 September 2024, but abandoned in the 51st minute due to an air-raid siren.[6] Remaining minutes were played on 16 April 2025.
20 April 2025 25 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3–0 Zorya Luhansk Kryvyi Rih
13:00 EET Romanchuk 32'
Dibango  64'
Mykytyshyn 66'
Tverdokhlib 86'
Vakulko  89'
Mulyk  90+3'		 Report Mićin  32'
Bašić  38'
Trontelj  64'
Dryshlyuk  70'
Jordan  89'		 Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ihor Paskhal
26 April 2025 26 LNZ Cherkasy 0–0 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Cherkasy
15:30 EET Putrya  34'
Tankovskyi  55'
Jashari  69'
Thill  84'		 Report Ponyedyelnik  9'
Mykytyshyn  71'		 Stadium: Cherkasy Arena
Attendance: 650
Referee: Andriy Kovalenko
2 May 2025 27 Rukh Lviv 0–0 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Lviv
18:00 EET (UTC+2) Kitela  39'
Ryabov  40'		 Report Romanchuk  24' Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 850
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi
7 May 2025 21 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 4–0 Livyi Bereh Kyiv Kryvyi Rih
13:00 EEST (UTC+3) Kuzyk 27'
Ilić  45+1'
Tverdokhlib 47', 90'
Sosah 69'		 Report Kohut  31' Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium
Attendance: 470
Referee: Roman Blavatskyi
Note: Match originally scheduled for 15 March 2025, but abandoned in the 2nd minute due to an air-raid siren.[7] Remaining minutes were played on 7 May 2025.
11 May 2025 28 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0–1 Kolos Kovalivka Kryvyi Rih
13:00 EET Report Elias 8'
Krasniqi  45'		 Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium
Attendance: 521
Referee: Oleksandr Afanasyev
17 May 2025 29 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–0 Obolon Kyiv Kryvyi Rih
13:00 EET Kuzyk 47'  90+3'
Ikenna  83'		 Report Bliznichenko  75'
Ilyin  86'		 Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium
Attendance: 590
Referee: Oleksandr Omelchenko
25 May 2025 30 Polissya Zhytomyr 1–1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Zhytomyr
18:00 EET Krushynskyi  4'
Batista 50'
Yosefi  60'
Karaman  90'
Maisuradze  90+3'		 Report Sosah  21'
Tverdokhlib 30'
Vakulko  48'
Konaté  52'
Zaderaka  90+3'		 Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Denys Shurman

Ukrainian Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Ukrainian Cup
30 October 2024 Round of 16 Polissya Zhytomyr 2–1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Zhytomyr
15:30 EET Vialle  11'
Krushynskyi 44'
Mykhaylichenko  53'
Hutsulyak 72'
Talles Costa  90+3'		 Report Zaderaka 17' Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion
Attendance: 950
Referee: Oleksandr Omelchenko

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round

The draw was held on 22 July 2024.[8]

8 August 2024 First leg Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–2 Viktoria Plzeň Košice, Slovakia
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Adu  17' 20'
Dibango  63'
Vakulko  74'		 Report Panoš  32' 49'
Vašulín 69'  74'		 Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer
Note: Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[9] Therefore, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih played their home match at Košická futbalová aréna in Košice, Slovakia, instead of their regular stadium, Hirnyk Stadium in Kryvyi Rih.
15 August 2024 Second leg Viktoria Plzeň 1–0
(3–1 agg.)		 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Plzeň, Czech Republic
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Vašulín 52' Report Klishchuk  15'
Stetskov  43'
Khomchenovskyi  77'
Adu  88'		 Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 10,657
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

UEFA Conference League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League

Play-off round

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League play-off round

The draw was held on 5 August 2024.[10]

22 August 2024 First leg Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0–2 Real Betis Košice, Slovakia
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Adu  43' Report Ávila 13'
Ezzalzouli  33'
Rodri 62'		 Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna
Attendance: 4,372
Referee: Arda Kardeşler
Note: Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[11] Therefore, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih played their home match at Košická futbalová aréna in Košice, Slovakia, instead of their regular stadium, Hirnyk Stadium in Kryvyi Rih.
29 August 2024 Second leg Real Betis 3–0
(5–0 agg.)		 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Seville, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ruibal 40'
Ezzalzouli 41', 43'		 Report Stadium: Benito Villamarín Stadium
Attendance: 41,445
Referee: Igor Pajac

References

  1. ^ Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.
  2. ^ Все в укрытие. Матч между Ворсклой и Кудровкой снова приостановлен. sport.ua. 1 June 2025
  3. ^ Стало известно, когда Металлист 1925 и Левый Берег начнут игру. sport.ua. 1 June 2025
  4. ^ "UPL unveiled the 2024/25 season schedule". Terrikon. 28 June 2024.
  5. ^ Ганна Бредіхіна (2022-08-06). "Без глядачів та поруч зі сховищем: стало відомо, як проводитимуть чемпіонат України з футболу". unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  6. ^ "Матч Кривбас – Шахтар буде дограно в інший день". shakhtar.com (in Ukrainian). FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Матч 21 туру УПЛ між Крибасом та Лівим Берегом перенесено через повітряну тривогу". champion.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Champion. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  8. ^ "UEFA Europa League third qualifying round draw".
  9. ^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  10. ^ "UEFA Conference League play-off round draw".
  11. ^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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