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| Full name | Football Club LNZ Cherkasy | |||
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| Founded | 2006 as FC Shpola-LNZ-Lebedyn Shpola | |||
| Ground | Cherkasy Arena | |||
| Capacity | 10,321 | |||
| Owner | Viktor Kravchenko | |||
| General Director | Vasyl Kayuk | |||
| Head coach | Vitaliy Ponomaryov | |||
| League | Ukrainian Premier League | |||
| 2025–26 | Ukrainian Premier League, 2nd of 16 | |||
| Website | fc-lnz | |||
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Football Club LNZ Cherkasy (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб «ЛНЗ» Черкаси) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Cherkasy. They currently play in Ukrainian Premier League, the top tier of Ukrainian football. The club is owned by LNZ Group.[1]
History
[edit]The club was created in 2006 by Dmytro Kravchenko.[2] The club was based at the time in the city of Shpola and played at its Central Stadium.[2] The club's president became Andriy Poltavets in 2006.[3]
In 2021, FC LNZ-Lebedyn announce official relocate from Lebedyn to Cherkasy and change name to LNZ Cherkasy.
In 2022–23, LNZ Cherkasy secure promotion to Ukrainian Premier League for the first time in their history from next season after defeat against Inhulets Petrove 2–1 and won aggregate 3–2.
Names
[edit]- 2006–2013: FC Shpola-LNZ-Lebedyn Shpola
- 2013–2021: FC LNZ-Lebedyn Lebedyn
- 2021–present: FC LNZ Cherkasy
Honours
[edit]- Ukrainian Amateur Cup
- Cherkasy Oblast Championship
Winners (4): 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017
Runners-up (2): 2007, 2012
- Cherkasy Oblast Cup
- Runners-up (2): 2009, 2012
Current squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Other players under contract
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Coaches and administration
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International players
[edit]Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for LNZ Cherkasy.
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League and cup history
[edit]Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Notes 2017–18 Cherkasy Oblast competitions A/C Winner - 2018–19 4th(Amatorska Liha) 1/12 22 18 3 1 67 15 57 Second Preliminary round (1/32) A/P 1⁄2 finals - A/C 1⁄4 finals 2019–20 4th(Amatorska Liha) 2/12 22 17 4 1 54 13 55 - A/P 1⁄2 finals - A/C 1⁄4 finals 2020–21 4th(Amatorska Liha) 2/11 20 14 3 3 56 11 45 - A/P Winner Promoted to Ukrainian Second League A/C Winner 2021–22 3rd(Druha Liha "A") 3/15 17 13 2 2 36 9 41 Round of 16 (1/8) - - Promoted to Ukrainian First League 2022–23 2nd(Persha Liha "A") 1/8 14 9 3 2 22 6 30 — - - to Promotion group 3/8 14 6 4 4 19 12 22 Won playoffs Inhulets Petrove 1–1 2–1/ Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League 2023-24 1st(Premier Liha) 7 30 11 8 11 31 34 41 Fourth preliminary round (1/16) - - - 2024-25 12 30 7 10 13 25 37 31 Round of 16 (1/8) - - - 2025–26 2 30 18 6 6 39 17 60 Quarter-finals (1/4) - - - 2026–27 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD 2026–27 UEFA Conference League Second qualifying round -
- A/P – the AAFU league playoffs (post-season elimination)
- A/C – the Ukrainian Amateur Cup
- 2021–22 season was interrupted and discontinued due to the 2022 Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–23 Ukrainian Cup competitions never took place due to ongoing hostilities
European record
[edit]| Competition | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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| UEFA Conference League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
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| 2026–27 | Conference League | Second qualifying round |  Gent |
0–0 Pl | 0–0 | 0–0 (2−4 p) |  |
Note: Pl - Płock, Poland
Managers
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Petro Slavinskyi (2006 – 2011)[10]- Vasyl Hrechanyi (2012 – 16 August 2020)
- Yuriy Bakalov (17 August 2020 – 5 September 2022)
- Oleksandr Kovpak (caretaker) (5 September 2022 – 1 December 2022)
- Oleksandr Kovpak (2 December 2022 – 23 August 2023)
- Yuriy Dudnyk (caretaker) (25 August 2023 – 29 August 2023)
Oleg Dulub (30 August 2023 – 10 June 2024)
Andrés Carrasco (11 June 2024 – 12 December 2024)- Roman Hryhorchuk (18 December 2024 – 26 May 2025)
- Vitaliy Ponomaryov (5 June 2025 – present)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 Victory: LNZ-Lebedyn won the Ukrainian Amateur Cup (Перемога: «ЛНЗ-Лебедин» здобув Кубок України з аматорського футболу) Archived 2018-06-25 at the Wayback Machine. LNZ Group. 12 June 2018
- 1 2 Regional Football Championship. In focus is "Shpola-LNZ-Lebedyn" (Чемпіонат області з футболу. У фокусі "Шпола-ЛНЗ-Лебедин"). Cherkaskyi Sport.
- ↑ Андрій Полтавець залишає пост президента ФК “ЛНЗ”. provce.ck.ua. 3 June 2024
- ↑ Valerko, A. Two goals and ejection, a half time without goalie: LNZ-Lebedyn won the AAFU Cup (Два голи й вилучення, тайм без воротаря: ЛНЗ-Лебедин здобув Кубок ААФУ). Sport Arena. 11 June 2018
- ↑ "Команда".
- ↑ "LNZ".
- ↑ "Керівництво" [Ownership]. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- 1 2 "Основна команда" [Main squad]. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ↑ "U-19" [U-19]. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ↑ Haptar, M. Petro Slavinskyi leaves "Shpola-LNZ-Lebedyn" (Петро Славінський залишає "Шполу-ЛНЗ-Лебедин"). Cherkaskyi Sport. 18 December 2011