Metalist Kharkiv is one of the oldest football clubs of Ukraine. The club was founded under the name HPZ «the Kharkiv locomotive plant» (as was used in the staff of the Kharkiv locomotive plant) in 1925. Since 1956, the team is constantly played in various Championships of the USSR, mainly in the lower divisions, and made it to the top League only in 1982.
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| HPZ - 1926 year |
1988. This year - especially in the history of FC "Metalist". May 28, beaten in the final of the USSR Cup players of the Moscow "Torpedo" with a score of 2-0, Kharkov players have won the trophy for the first time the Soviet football.
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| Metalist win Cup of USSR - 1988 year |
The highest progress in the Cup of Ukraine Metalist made in 1992 under the leadership of Leonid Tkachenko, the finalist of the tournament, but in extra time lost the honorary prize of Odessa «Chornomorets».
In the team played: A.Pomazun, O.Kastorny, V.Yalovsky, I.Panchishin - team captain, R.Pets, Yu.Mikolaenko, D.Homuha, S.Kandaurov, G.Adzhoev, A.Prizetko, V. Kolesnik, A.Borovik, Ya.Lantsfer, A.Shinkarev, E.Nazarov, I.Nichenko, D.Chuprin, A.Karabuta, V.Pushkutsa, etc. The next season of Kharkov were semi-finalists of the tournament.
"Metalist" took part in the first three championships of Ukraine on football, then flew for three years in the first league. In the lower division of Kharkov will drop again in the season 2003/2004. Up to this point, the club with whom he worked coach Nikolai Fomenko, was considered a typical middle peasant elite, where the leaders were forwards Alexander Prizetko and Vitaly Pushkutsa.
Again in the big leagues "Metalist" Gennadi Litovchenko deduced. Kharkov club at that time bought a businessman Alexander Yaroslavsky, who invited the coaching bridge famous Ukrainian expert, former mentor "Carpaty" Myron Markevich. Here begins a new story "Metalist". Thanks to the coaching talent Markiewicz, successful breeding work Eugeniy Krasnikov and financial support of Yaroslavsky, the team from the first capital of Ukraine began to quickly your way to the top.
Since 2006, the Kharkiv invariably win the bronze medal of the Premier League and European competition act. The most impressive evrosezon turned in 2009, when the "Metalist" dropped out of 1 | 8 of the UEFA Cup, losing to fellow road of Kiev "Dynamo". This season was the Kharkov club even further on aggregate beating "Olympiakos" and once in the quarter finals of the Europa League, where he lost to the Lisbon "Sporting". Last year Metalist won the silver medal.
It should be noted the qualitative enhancement of Miron Markevich. Players such as Marco Devic, Tyson, Jonathan Cristaldo, Xavier Clayton, Jose Sosa, Edmar, Papa Gueye are simply indispensable for the modern "Metalist". Hispanics technically allow the Kharkiv team show speed, the beautiful game.
