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 Albania ALB Ajdi Dajko
5 DF Kosovo KOS Hajdin Salihu
6 MF Ukraine UKR Vyacheslav Tankovskyi
7 FW Cape Verde CPV Eynel Soares
9 FW Ukraine UKR Artur Avahimyan
10 MF Ukraine UKR Vitaliy Boyko
11 MF Ukraine UKR Hennadiy Pasich
14 DF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Drambayev
15 MF Kosovo KOS Muharrem Jashari
16 MF Ukraine UKR Artur Ryabov
17 FW Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Yakymenko
18 DF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Kapliyenko
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK Ukraine UKR Yevhen Kucherenko
22 FW Nigeria NGA Francis Momoh
23 FW Ukraine UKR Danylo Kravchuk
27 FW Costa Rica CRC Jewison Bennette
33 DF Ukraine UKR Illya Putrya
34 DF Ukraine UKR Nazariy Muravskyi
55 MF Georgia (country) GEO Shota Nonikashvili
70 FW Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Naumets
72 GK Ukraine UKR Kirill Samoylenko
77 MF Ukraine UKR Bohdan Kushnirenko
90 FW Ghana GHA Mark Assinor
94 GK Ukraine 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 Ukraine UKR Ivan Dubovyi (at Trostianets until 30 June 2025)
— DF Ukraine UKR Petro Stasyuk (at Obolon Kyiv until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Israel ISR Arad Bar (at Maccabi Petah Tikva until 30 June 2025)
— FW Cameroon 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 – Ukraine Viktor Kravchenko
  • Vice-president – Ukraine Dmytro Kravchenko
  • General director – Ukraine Andriy Kolisnyk
  • Director – Ukraine Vasyl Hrechanyi
  • Sporting director – Ukraine Yevhen Tarasenko
  • Commercial director – Ukraine Oleksandr Rohachevskyi
  • Technical director – Ukraine Oleksandr Chaban
  • Marketing and media manager – Ukraine Andriy Vyekov
  • Chief scout – Ukraine Oleksiy Snizhko
  • Administrator – Ukraine Andriy Kalinich
  • Administrator – Ukraine Borys Kuzmin
  • Administrator – Ukraine Mykyta Kuzmin
  • Doctor – Ukraine Artur Inozemtsev
  • Masseur – Ukraine Andriy Makhno
  • Masseur – Ukraine Ruslan Poturnak
  • Masseur – Ukraine Oleksandr Pytel
  • Rehabilitation specialist – Ukraine Artur Pohorilyi
  • Chief doctor – Ukraine Oleksandr Verbytskyi
  • SMM officer, photographer – Ukraine Oleksandr Kononenko
  • Videographer – Ukraine 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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