FC LNZ Cherkasy

LNZ Cherkasy
Full nameFootball Club LNZ Cherkasy
Founded2006
GroundCherkasy Arena
Capacity10,321
OwnerAndriy Poltavets
DirectorVasyl Hrechanyi
Head coachVitaliy Ponomaryov
LeagueUkrainian Premier League
2024–25Ukrainian Premier League, 12th of 16
Websitefc-lnz.com

Football Club LNZ Cherkasy (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб «ЛНЗ» Черкаси) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Cherkasy. The club is owned by LNZ Group.[1]

History

The club was created in 2006 by Dmytro Kravchenko.[2] The club was based at the time in the city of Shpola and played at its Central Stadium.[2] The club's president became Andriy Poltavets in 2006.[3]

Names

  • 2006–2013: FC Shpola-LNZ-Lebedyn Shpola
  • 2013–2021: FC LNZ-Lebedyn Lebedyn
  • 2021–present: FC LNZ Cherkasy

Honours

Current squad

As of 21 June 2025[5][6]

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 DF  ALB Ajdi Dajko
5 DF  KOS Hajdin Salihu
6 MF  UKR Vyacheslav Tankovskyi
7 FW  CPV Eynel Soares
9 FW  UKR Artur Avahimyan
10 MF  UKR Vitaliy Boyko
11 MF  UKR Hennadiy Pasich
14 DF  UKR Oleksandr Drambayev
15 MF  KOS Muharrem Jashari
17 FW  UKR Oleksandr Yakymenko
18 DF  UKR Oleksandr Kapliyenko
21 GK  UKR Yevhen Kucherenko
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW  NGA Francis Momoh
23 MF  UKR Dmytro Topalov (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
27 FW  CRC Jewison Bennette
33 DF  UKR Illya Putrya
34 DF  UKR Nazariy Muravskyi
55 MF  GEO Shota Nonikashvili
70 FW  UKR Vladyslav Naumets
72 GK  UKR Kirill Samoylenko
77 MF  UKR Bohdan Kushnirenko
90 FW  GHA Mark Assinor
94 GK  UKR Herman Penkov

Other players under contract

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
No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

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
— GK  UKR Ivan Dubovyi (at Trostianets until 30 June 2025)
— DF  UKR Petro Stasyuk (at Obolon Kyiv until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ISR Arad Bar (at Maccabi Petah Tikva until 30 June 2025)
— FW  CMR Mollo Bessala (at Sheriff Tiraspol until 30 June 2026)

Coaches and administration

Office administration[7] Coaching (senior team)[8] Office assistants [8] Coaching (U-19 team)[9]
  • President – Viktor Kravchenko
  • Vice-president – Dmytro Kravchenko
  • General director – Andriy Kolisnyk
  • Director – Vasyl Hrechanyi
  • Sporting director – Yevhen Tarasenko
  • Commercial director – Oleksandr Rohachevskyi
  • Technical director – Oleksandr Chaban
  • Marketing and media manager – Andriy Vyekov
  • Chief scout – Oleksiy Snizhko
  • Administrator – Andriy Kalinich
  • Administrator – Borys Kuzmin
  • Administrator – Mykyta Kuzmin
  • Doctor – Artur Inozemtsev
  • Masseur – Andriy Makhno
  • Masseur – Ruslan Poturnak
  • Masseur – Oleksandr Pytel
  • Rehabilitation specialist – Artur Pohorilyi
  • Chief doctor – Oleksandr Verbytskyi
  • SMM officer, photographer – Oleksandr Kononenko
  • Videographer – Serhiy Presnyakov

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for LNZ Cherkasy.

League and cup history

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Notes
2017–18 Cherkasy Oblast competitions A/C Winner
2018–19 4th 1/12 22 18 3 1 67 15 57 Round of 64 A/P 1⁄2 finals
A/C 1⁄4 finals
2019–20 4th 2/12 22 17 4 1 54 13 55 A/P 1⁄2 finals
A/C 1⁄4 finals
2020–21 4th 2/11 20 14 3 3 56 11 45 A/P Winner Promoted
A/C Winner
2021–22 3rd 3/15 17 13 2 2 36 9 41 Round of 16 Promoted
2022–23 2nd 1/8 14 9 3 2 22 6 30 — to Promotion group
3/8 14 6 4 4 19 12 22 Won playoffs/Promoted
2023-24 1st 7 30 11 8 11 31 34 41 1/16
2024-25 4 7 3 2 2 8 7 10 Round of 16
  • A/P – the AAFU league playoffs (post-season elimination)
  • A/C – the Ukrainian Amateur Cup
  • 2021–22 season was interrupted and discontinued due to the 2022 Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022–23 Ukrainian Cup competitions never took place due to ongoing hostilities

Managers

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Victory: LNZ-Lebedyn won the Ukrainian Amateur Cup (Перемога: «ЛНЗ-Лебедин» здобув Кубок України з аматорського футболу) Archived 2018-06-25 at the Wayback Machine. LNZ Group. 12 June 2018
  2. ^ a b Regional Football Championship. In focus is "Shpola-LNZ-Lebedyn" (Чемпіонат області з футболу. У фокусі "Шпола-ЛНЗ-Лебедин"). Cherkaskyi Sport.
  3. ^ Андрій Полтавець залишає пост президента ФК “ЛНЗ”. provce.ck.ua. 3 June 2024
  4. ^ Valerko, A. Two goals and ejection, a half time without goalie: LNZ-Lebedyn won the AAFU Cup (Два голи й вилучення, тайм без воротаря: ЛНЗ-Лебедин здобув Кубок ААФУ). Sport Arena. 11 June 2018
  5. ^ "Команда".
  6. ^ "LNZ".
  7. ^ "Керівництво" [Ownership]. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Основна команда" [Main squad]. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  9. ^ "U-19" [U-19]. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  10. ^ Haptar, M. Petro Slavinskyi leaves "Shpola-LNZ-Lebedyn" (Петро Славінський залишає "Шполу-ЛНЗ-Лебедин"). Cherkaskyi Sport. 18 December 2011
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