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FC Livyi Bereh Kyiv

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.

Livyi Bereh
Full nameFootball Club Livyi Bereh Kyiv
NicknameLeleky (Storks)
Founded2017; 9 years ago (2017)
GroundArena Livyi Bereh
Capacity4,700[1][2]
ChairmanMykola Lavrenko
Head coachOleksandr Ryabokon
LeagueUkrainian First League
2024–25Ukrainian Premier League, 14th of 16 (relegated via play-off)
Websitefclb.com.ua
The club coat of arms has an element of Desnianskyi Raion coat of arms, the white stork

History

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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 club managed somewhat 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 number of Ukrainian veteran footballers and Universiade winners, among which were Vitaliy Reva, Oleksandr Akymenko, Artem Starhorodskyi, Andriy Zaporozhan and others.

Its first game at professional level, the club played on 25 July 2021 when it hosted LNZ Cherkasy and beating it 2:1.[7] 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 competitions due to situation in the country.

In 2023 Livyi Bereh returned joining the PFL Winter Cup which was a short mid-season competition. In summer of 2023, the PFL honored the second place Livyi Bereh placed in 2021–22 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 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

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  • PFL Winter Cup

Players

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Current squad

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As of 3 April 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
8 MF  UKR Andriy Chepurnyi
9 FW  UKR Yehor Hunichev
10 MF  BRA Diego Henrique
11 MF  UKR Simon Haloyan
12 GK  UKR Roman Zhmurko
13 MF  UKR Illya Kovalenko
15 MF  UKR Vikentiy Voloshyn
17 MF  UKR Nazariy Vorobchak
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  UKR Ruslan Dedukh (captain)
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
28 MF  UKR Oleksandr Kalinin
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

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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
- DF  UKR Bohdan Chuyev

Out on loan

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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

Coaches and administration

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Administration Coaching[10]

Head coaches

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Reserves

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Livyi Bereh-2

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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

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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) TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD - - TBD

References

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