Football Club Zviahel ( Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб Звягель) is a Ukrainian football team from Zviahel. On 16 November 2022, the Ukrainian parliament has approved returning of the city's historical name and the club's name became coincidental with the city's name.

In 2022 the club debuted at professional level becoming the first football club from Zviahel to do so. ^{[2] [3]}

History

Created in 1993 as Zviahel-93, until 2002 the club competed exclusively in regional competitions of Zhytomyr Oblast. The club managed to become a winner of the regional competitions in 1993 and runner-up in 1994. In 1996 and 1997 it won cup competitions of Zhytomyr Oblast and participated in the Ukrainian Amateur Cup where it yielded to FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn. In 1997 the club temporarily competed under the name of Lider. In 2002 as Fortuna Novohrad-Volynskyi the club folded due to lack of financing.

On initiative of the local sports school staff and students, in March 2016 the club was revived and received support from the city authorities. In 2019 and 2020 Zvyahel again managed to win regional league competitions and participated in national amateur cup competitions earning its first victories. For the first time in 2021 the club joined the national amateur league competitions which due to the war were interrupted.

Players

Current squad

As of 13 February 2024

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 Anton Yashkov 2 DF   GAM Moses Jarju (on loan from Polissya Zhytomyr) 5 DF   UKR Andriy Nesterov 7 FW   UKR Bohdan Orynchak 8 DF   UKR Artur Vashchyshyn 9 FW   UKR Serhiy Kyslenko 10 MF   UKR Danylo Volynets 11 MF   UKR Andriy Fesenko 12 GK   NGA Chijioke Aniagboso (on loan from Polissya Zhytomyr) 14 MF   CGO Borel Tomandzoto (on loan from Polissya Zhytomyr) 16 DF   UKR Nazar Havrylyuk 17 FW   UKR Oleksandr Lavrenyuk 18 DF   UKR Andriy Vlasyuk 19 DF   UKR Ihor Huk

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW   UKR Maksym Andrushchenko 21 MF   UKR Andriy Nykytyuk 22 MF   UKR Nikita Petruk (on loan from Polissya Zhytomyr) 23 FW   UKR Maksym Maytak 24 DF   UKR Valeriy Skydan 25 GK   UKR Maksym Kovalenko (on loan from Metalist 1925 Kharkiv) 33 MF   UKR Bohdan Panchyshyn 40 FW   BRA Wendell (on loan from Polissya Zhytomyr) 44 FW   RWA George Lewis 59 MF   UKR Vadym Luchka 74 DF   UKR Yan Morhovskyi 77 MF   UKR Dmytro Berezka 78 FW   UKR Illya Cherednychenko

League and cup history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
2021–22	4th Group 2	6/10	9	4	0	5	8	15	12				Admitted to Second League
2022–23	3rd	5/10	18	9	5	4	30	17	32
2023–24	3rd	/15

Head coaches

• 2017–2023 Ruslan Skydan
• 2023 Yuriy Maksymov
• 2023–present Serhiy Shyshchenko

See also

• FC Zvyahel-750 Novohrad-Volynskyi

References