FC Livyi Bereh Kyiv

Livyi Bereh
Full nameFootball Club Livyi Bereh Kyiv
NicknameLeleky (Storks)
Founded2017 (2017)
GroundArena Livyi Bereh
Capacity4,700[1][2]
ChairmanMykola Lavrenko
Head coachOleksandr Ryabokon
LeagueUkrainian Premier League
2025–26Ukrainian First League, 3rd of 16 (promoted via play-offs)
Websitefclb.com.ua
The club coat of arms has an element of Desnianskyi Raion coat of arms, the white stork

Football Club Livyi Bereh Kyiv (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб «Лівий берег» Київ) is a Ukrainian professional football club from Kyiv Oblast. The club is based at the Kyiv's Osokorky neighborhood located at the left-bank of Dnipro. It hosts its games in the Kyiv's suburb of Hnidyn (Zolochivska rural hromada), just outside of the city limits. In June 2021, the club was admitted to the Second League. In the 2025–26 season, the team played in the Ukrainian First League after relegation from Premier League.

History

The club was created in September 2017 by Mykola Lavrenko, a former president of Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (today FC Oleksandriya) and retired[3] Ukrainian manager Mykola Pavlov. To the club was also brought another Ukrainian manager Anatoliy Buznyk who is known for managing the Ukraine national student football team at Summer Universiades. Buznik in the club serves roles of both manager and sports director.[4]

Livyi Bereh Kyiv made a late entry to national competition of the 2020–21 Ukrainian Football Amateur League replacing FC imeni Lva Yashina during winter break.[5] The club made its debut at national level on 24 April 2021, hosting FC Olimpiya Savyntsi and beating it 2:1.[6] The first goal was scored by Andriy Zaporozhan. The club managed somewhat to recover the poor record that it inherited from FC imeni Lva Yashina and finished 6th in its group.

Being accepted to the Ukrainian Second League, the club had listed several Ukrainian veteran footballers and Universiade winners, among which were Vitaliy Reva, Oleksandr Akymenko, Artem Starhorodskyi, Andriy Zaporozhan and others.

Their first game at the professional level, the club played on 25 July 2021 when it hosted LNZ Cherkasy and beat it 2:1.[7] The first goal of the club at the professional level was scored by Andriy Zaporozhan. The club was placing 2nd among 15 teams in its group before the competition was forced to be paused due to the Russian full-scale invasion, and eventually scratched. The club decided to pause its operations and missed the next (2022–23) season. The Professional Football League (PFL) allowed several clubs to miss out on competitions due to the situation in the country.

In 2023, Livyi Bereh returned, joining the 2023 PFL Winter Cup, which was a short mid-season competition. In the summer of 2023, the PFL honored the second place that FC Livyi Bereh placed during the 2021–22 season, and the club was admitted to the First League. It finished the 2023–24 season third and qualified for promotion play-off. Livyi Bereh lost its face-off against another Kyiv club Obolon. While preparing for the next 2024–25 season, it was decided to play with 2 squads, one in the First League and the other in the Second League.

In July 2024 the club unexpectedly promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League.[8] It took part in a Mini-Tournament play-offs that was created for an open spot in the competition due to the disappearing of SC Dnipro-1.[8] It made it to the final of this tournament, where it defeated FC Mynai.[8]

On 1 June 2025, Livyi Bereh secure relegation to Ukrainian First League from next season after defeat against Metalist 1925 on aggregate 0–2 and ended one year stay in top tier.

Honours

  • PFL Winter Cup

Players

Current squad

As of 12 August 2026[9]

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 Maksym Mekhaniv
2 DF  UKR Oleh Sokolov
4 DF  UKR Ivan Kotukha
5 DF  UKR Valeriy Samar
6 DF  BRA Sidnney
7 FW  UKR Dmytro Shastal
9 FW  UKR Yehor Hunichev
10 MF  BRA Diego Andradina
11 FW  UKR Illya Kvasnytsya (on loan from Karpaty Lviv)
12 GK  UKR Roman Zhmurko
13 MF  UKR Illya Kovalenko
14 DF  CTA Séverin Tatolna
15 MF  UKR Vikentiy Voloshyn
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  UKR Nazariy Vorobchak
20 FW  SEN Pape Malick Fall
21 FW  UKR Nazar Voloshyn
22 MF  UKR Vitaliy Tyshchenko
23 GK  UKR Oleksandr Domoleha
25 MF  UKR Serhiy Kosovskyi
27 DF  UKR Ernest Astakhov
29 FW  BRA Wendell
37 FW  UKR Roman Heresh
44 MF  UKR Yevhen Banada (vice-captain)
90 DF  GHA Nicholas Osei Bonsu
97 DF  UKR Andriy Yakymiv
99 DF  UKR Volodymyr Shvets

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
— MF  UKR Simon Haloyan (at Chernihiv until 30 December 2026)

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

International players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Livyi Bereh Kyiv.

Coaches and administration

Administration Coaching[10]
  • President – Ukraine Mykola Lavrenko
  • Honorary president – Ukraine Mykola Pavlov
  • Vice-president – Ukraine Ihor Matakov
  • Director of sports facilities – Ukraine Oleksandr Sakara

Head coaches

Reserves

Livyi Bereh-2

On 19 June 2024 the club's website published its interview with Pavlo Kikot who managed the club's under-17 team that beside the national youth competition also participated in the Kyiv City Cup.[11] He informed that the club's under-17 team is being reorganized into Livyi Bereh-2 for the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League season to provide immediate reserve for the first team.

In 2024, FC Livyi Bereh Kyiv received a sudden promotion by winning a mini-tournament caused by the emergency withdrawal of SC Dnipro-1. Appearance of Livyi Bereh-2 was canceled, and the team was converted into the under-19 squad, which competed in the UPL under-19 competitions. The season was not successful for the club, and after a season in the top flight, Livyi Bereh was relegated. As a result, the club reanimated Livyi Bereh-2 for the 2025–26 Ukrainian Second League.

League and cup history

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
2020–21 4th "2" (Amateur League) 6/11 20 8 1 11 30 52 25 - - - Admitted to Ukrainian Second League
2021–22 3rd "A" (Second League) 2/15 19 15 1 3 47 14 46 Second preliminary round (1/64) - - Promoted to Ukrainian First League
2022–23 2nd (First League) excused from participation
2023–24 2nd "B" (First League) 3/20 28 16 6 6 59 21 54 Fourth round Lost play-off to FC Obolon Kyiv 0:1 1:1 (0-2)
1/4 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 mini-tournament: FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 1–1 (5–4 p) FC Mynai 3:0, Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League
2024–25 1st (Premier League) 14/16 30 7 5 18 18 39 26 Second preliminary round (1/32) - - Relegated to Ukrainian First League Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 0:1 0:1 (0-2)
2025–26 2nd (First League) 3/16 30 19 6 5 50 21 63 Round of 32 - - Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League through Relegation play-offs of 2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League:FC Oleksandriya 1:1 1:0 (2-1)
2026–27 1st (Premier League) 12/16 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 Round of 16 - - TBD

References

  1. ↑ Infrastructure. FC Livyi Bereh
  2. ↑ "Арена Лівий берег" Київська обл.. PFL
  3. ↑ Arkadiy Kapelka. Микола Павлов: "У Києві навесні з’явиться новий повноцінний стадіон". Footboom. 28 January 2020
  4. ↑ БУЗНИК: «Лівий берег готовий до старту у весняній частині чемпіонату». sport.ua. 2 April 2021
  5. ↑ «Лівий Берег» (Київ): 11 місце Групи 2 сезону 2020/21 на проміжному етапі. AAFU. 11 February 2021
  6. ↑ Artur Valerko. ААФУ: важлива перемога ЛНЗ, Лівий Берег показав клас із Олімпією. Sport Arena. 27 April 2021
  7. ↑ PFL report. pfl.ua
  8. 1 2 3 "MINAI STOPPED WORKING WITH THE CLUB'S GENERAL MANAGER AFTER THE DEFEAT FROM Livyi Bereh". XSPORT.ua (in Ukrainian). 31 July 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Професіональна футбольна ліга України".
  10. ↑ https://fclb.com.ua/menedzhment/
  11. ↑ "ЛІВИЙ БЕРЕГ У СЕЗОНІ 2024/25: ПОДВІЙНЕ ПРЕДСТАВНИЦТВО" [Livyi Bereh in the 2024–25 season: double representation]. fclb.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
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