FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (Ukrainian: Кривбас Кривий Ріг) is a professional Ukrainian football club based in Kryvyi Rih. The club currently competes in the Ukrainian First League. Note that the club in summer of 2020 has been renamed from Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih which was reestablished in 2017.

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

Full name	Football Club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Founded	2020
Ground	Hirnyk Stadium
Capacity	2,500
President	Kostyantyn Karamanits
Manager	Yuriy Vernydub
League	Ukrainian Premier League
2021–22	Ukrainian First League, 2nd of 16 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih

After a year of absence, in 2017 Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih was reestablished and entered the Ukrainian Amateur competition following which it regained professional status for the 2018–19 season.[1]

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

On 29 July 2020 the president of Hirnyk Kostiantyn Karamanits confirmed that his team would be renamed into Kryvbas before the start of the 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League season.[2] Later it changed to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.[3][4][5] The club's rebranding was triggered on petition of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.[6][7][8][9] It is the second time the club was renamed as Kryvbas, previously also were known as Kryvbas-Ruda.

In interview to Artur Valerko in July 2013 right after the original Kryvbas was declared bankrupt, the football historian Vasyl Hnatiuk has foreseen the transition of Hirnyk to Kryvbas.[10] On 20 August 2020 there took place official presentation of the new Kryvbas.[11] At the presentation the Verkhovna Rada People's Deputy of Ukraine Yurii Koriavchenkov explained that the process started back in 2015 when on efforts of fans there was created a public organization "Kryvbas maie buty" (Kryvbas has to be) and Serhiy Mazur asked us at that time members of studio "Kvartal-95" with request to help with revival of Kryvbas.[11] The club's president remained the president of former Hirnyk Kostiantyn Karamanits, vice-president on development of youth football became Serhiy Mazur, vice-president on fans cooperation Vadym Ivashchenko, vice-president of communication and public relations Artem Mykhailichenko, head of board of trustees became Yurii Koriavchenkov.[11] It was also announced the history of Hirnyk did not end and its club's academy will continue to work under the brand of Hirnyk and develop young talents for the main squad of the revived Kryvbas.[11]

The new Kryvbas played its first game against FC Cherkashchyna as part of the 2020–21 Ukrainian Cup and won it 4:2. The game had several spectators[12] and was visited by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.[13] During the game some fans spread a banner with a saying "Zelensky three, two, one, shames our Kryvbas".[14][15][16]

Stadiums and training facilities

The club's main stadium is Hirnyk, formerly Zhovtneva Mine Stadium. It is located at Kolonkovska street. The stadium has capacity of 2,500 seats and its field consists of natural grass and has size 105х67 meters. Besides its main field, the club has also a training complex. The club's training complex is based around former Rodina Mine Stadium located at Svitlohorska street.

Youth football school Hirnyk

The club's school was founded on 1 June 2003. The school provides its pupils aged 3 to 17 with extracurriculum activities in football.

League and cup history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih has reestablished
2017–18	4th Amateur League Gr. 3	5	16	6	2	8	44	35	20				Applied[lower-alpha 1]
2018–19	3rd Second League Gr. B	3	27	15	6	6	53	33	51	1⁄8 finals
2019–20	3rd Second League Gr. B	4	20	10	3	7	33	22	33	1⁄64 finals
Restructured as FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih based on FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
2020–21	3rd Second League Gr. B	2	21	14	5	2	50	14	47	1⁄16 finals			Promoted
2021–22	2nd First League	2	20	12	6	2	38	17	42	1⁄64 finals			Promoted
2022–23	1st Premier League

Players

Current squad

As of 7 October 2022[17][18][19]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  UKR Bohdan Khoma 2 MF  UKR Vyacheslav Ryabov 5 DF  UKR Tymur Stetskov 7 MF  UKR Andriy Ponyedyelnik 8 MF  BIH Rifet Kapić 9 FW  UKR Oleksiy Khoblenko 10 MF  UKR Dmytro Khomchenovskyi (captain) 11 MF  UKR Mykyta Tatarkov 13 DF  UKR Ivan Zotko 15 DF  UKR Vitaliy Vernydub 17 MF  UKR Vladyslav Semotyuk 18 FW  UKR Denys Ustymenko 19 FW  UKR Nazar Voloshyn (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) 20 MF  UKR Artur Mykytyshyn (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) 22 MF  UKR Denys Shevchenko

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 GK  UKR Bohdan Sarnavskyi 24 MF  UKR Volodymyr Yakimets 25 DF  CRO Dragan Lovrić 27 FW  UKR Roman Debelko 33 GK  UKR Andriy Klishchuk 39 DF  UKR Yevhen Opanasenko 44 MF  UKR Yevhen Banada 50 DF  UKR Dmytro Semenov 55 DF  CMR Yvan Dibango (on loan from Levadia) 79 MF  CIV Jean Morel Poé (on loan from Ismaily) 88 DF  UKR Illya Ukhan 92 FW  UKR Arseniy Kilyevyi 94 FW  UKR Maksym Zaderaka 97 MF  UKR Tymur Korablin

Personnel

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Yuriy Vernydub
Assistant coaches	Ihor Fokin
Assistant coaches	Dmytro Kara-Mustafa
Goalkeeping coach	Taras Hrebenyuk
Analyst	Valeriy Mykhaylenko
Fitness coaches	Mykhaylo Samokhvalov Tymur Skorykh

See also

• FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih

Notes

References

External links

• FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

На других языках

[es] FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (2020)