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FC Kolos Kovalivka (Ukrainian: Колос Ковалівка) is a professional Ukrainian football club from the village of Kovalivka, Kyiv Oblast which competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, having been promoted from the Ukrainian First League on the 8 June 2019 for the first time in their history. The club colors are white and black. The club has three football teams including women and youth.
The club has made a real cinderella story in 2020 transforming in five years from an amateur team into a continental challengers by advancing through the full league pyramid (4 tiers). Outside of the league pyramid, the club also holds several honours of regional competitions for Kyiv Oblast which it represents.
The club is named after the Ukrainian sports society Kolos (Agro-Industrial Complex trade unions) that has existed since after World War II. The main sponsor of the club is the Svitanok agrarian company (firm), formerly the Shchors collective farm (kolkhoz).




History






= Previous team

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Before establishment of Kolos, the village of Kovalivka had a team Svitanok Kovalivka. In 2008 it made appearance in the Ukrainian Amateur Cup and was eliminated in Round of 16.




= Current club

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The club was established in 2012 and until 2015 it participated in championship of Kyiv Oblast playing its games in a neighboring town of Hlevakha. The team were champions three times from 2012 to 2014.
The club in 2014 made their debut in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League. Later that year after winning the Oleh Makarov Memorial Tournament, which is played in winter the head coach Ruslan Kostyshyn announced that the club intended to go into professional football. That year in 2015 after finishing third in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League, the club obtained professional status and joined the PFL entering into the Ukrainian Second League.
In their first season the club won the championship and were promoted to the Ukrainian First League.
On 29 July 2020, FC Kolos in overtime beat FC Mariupol 1–0 and qualified for the European competitions. The head coach Ruslan Kostyshyn was merely shocked stating that did not expect his club to place higher the 8th place.




Honours



Ukrainian First League
Runners-up (1): 2018–19
Ukrainian Second League
Winners (1): 2015–16
Kyiv Oblast Football Championship
Winners (3): 2012, 2013, 2014
Football cup of Kyiv Oblast
Winners (1): 2014




Squad


As of 6 September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.




= Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.




Coaches and administration






League and cup history






European record






Reserves and academy






= Kolos-2

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It was announced that Kolos will be fielding its second squad in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League. Kolos-2 would be formed based on another football club of Kyiv Oblast, Shturm Ivankiv, that competed at amateur and regional levels.




= Youth squads

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Since 2017 Kolos fields its under-19 squad in youth competitions. Also, in 2019–2021 there existed Kolos U-21 which competed in respective competitions of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL under-21).




= Academy and junior squads

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In 2017 there were formed first junior squads of the Academy. At first there were under-17 and under-15 squads which expanded substantially by 2021.




Notable players






Managers






External links


Kolos Kovalivka at the Professional Football League of Ukraine (archived 16 February 2017)
Official website




References

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