a former Soviet and Ukrainian football club from the city of Kharkiv. Silver medalist of the 2012/13 Ukrainian Football Championship. Six-time bronze medalist of the Ukrainian Football Championship, quarterfinalist of the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League. In the draw of the UEFA Champions League of the 2013/14 season, he reached the "playoff round", but was disqualified for participating in a match-fixing match with Karpaty Lviv. Winner of the USSR Cup of the 1987/88 season, finalist of the 1992 Ukrainian Cup. After the end of the 2015/16 season, he lost his professional status due to financial problems - the refusal of the last owner of the club, Sergei Kurchenko, to repay huge debts to football players, coaching staff and service personnel and his unwillingness to sell Metalist to other potential investors.
