FC Rukh Lviv

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Ruh Lviv
Full nameFootball Club Ruh Lviv
Founded2003; 22 years ago (2003)
GroundArena Lviv
Capacity34,915
PresidentYuliya Dumanska (100%)[1]
Hryhoriy Kozlovskyi (honorary president)[1]
General Director[1]
Head coachIvan Fedyk
LeagueUkrainian Premier League
2024–25Ukrainian Premier League, 8th of 16
Websitefcruhlviv.com
Current season
Club logo used since the summer of 2016 till the summer of 2017
Club logo used in 2017 – 2019

FC Ruh Lviv (Ukrainian: ФК «Рух» Львів) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Lviv. The club competes in the Ukrainian Premier League following the promotion as runners-up of 2019–20 Ukrainian First League.

History

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In 2003 under the initiative Myron Markevych, who was born in Vynnyky, and at the time was head coach of FC Karpaty Lviv established football club called FC Ruh Vynnyky. When asked why Ruh, Markevych replied that Movement (ukr. romanized: Ruh) is life. In June 2003, a children's football school Myron Markevych "Ruh" under directorship Yuriy Hdanskyi and trainers Roman Hdanskyi, Ihor Didyk, Markiyan Shkraba, Oleh Lehan was formed.[2]

In 2009, the Ruh adult soccer team with President Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy and head trainer Roman Hdanskyi was formed.[2] Since the team was located in Vynnyky which is a satellite town of the city of Lviv, so at a time teams participated separately in Lviv Oblast League Championship and in Lviv the teams participated in the championship of the city.[2] The club holds matches at the stadium named after Bohdan Markevych (1925–2002, Myron Markevych's father), who was one of the main sponsors of the football club and the Youth Academy, who worked for many years as a junior's coach.[2]

In 2014, the team won the National amateur football championship.

During the 2015 season, the club made sensations by signing former Dynamo Kyiv internationals Oleksandr Aliyev and Maksim Shatskikh.[3]

The club has been admitted to the PFL and took second place in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League.[4]

On 26 June 2017, the club presented a new emblem in golden and black colors.[5]

Honors

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Squad

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As of 7 September 2025[6][7][8]

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 Yuriy-Volodymyr Hereta
4 DF  UKR Vitaliy Kholod
5 MF  BRA Edson Fernando
7 FW  BRA Klayver
8 MF  MDA Vlad Reilanu
10 MF  UKR Ostap Prytula
11 MF  UKR Vasyl Runich
14 FW  UKR Illya Kvasnytsya
15 MF  UKR Denys Pidhurskyi
17 DF  UKR Denys Slyusar
22 DF  UGA Ibrahim Juma
23 DF  UKR Yuriy Kopyna
25 DF  UKR Bohdan Levytskyi
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 GK  UKR Yehor Klymenko
47 MF  UKR Kostyantyn Kvas
56 MF  UKR Maksym Boyko
63 MF  UKR Marko Sapuha (captain)
70 FW  UKR Nazar Kasarda
73 DF  UKR Rostyslav Lyakh
75 DF  UKR Andriy Kitela
76 DF  UKR Oleksiy Tovarnytskyi
77 FW  KGZ Beknaz Almazbekov
92 DF  UKR Bohdan Slyubyk
93 DF  UKR Vitaliy Roman
99 FW  GAM Baboucarr Faal

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
— MF  UKR Oleh Fedor (at Karpaty Lviv until 31 December 2025)
— MF  BRA Talles (at Japan Kashima Antlers until 31 January 2026)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  UKR Nikita Dorosh (at Chernihiv until 31 July 2026)

Notable players

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Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Ruh Lviv.

Coaches and administration

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Administration Coaching[9]

League and cup history

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Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Notes
2013 4th 1 10 7 2 1 20 6 23 AC 1⁄2 finals
1 4 3 1 0 7 3 10 Runners up[10]
2014 1 8 5 1 2 17 8 16
1 4 3 1 0 5 2 10 Champions
2015 1 6 4 1 1 10 6 13 AC 1⁄4 finals
1 10 8 2 0 15 4 26
1 3 3 0 0 8 1 9 Runners up[11]
2016–17 3rd 2/17 32 23 5 4 68 24 74 1⁄32 finals Promoted
2017–18 2nd 7/18 34 14 9 11 36 30 51 1⁄32 finals
2018–19 11/15 28 8 10 10 35 35 34 1⁄32 finals
2019–20 2/16 30 18 7 5 51 21 61 1⁄16 finals Promoted
2020–21 1st 10/14 26 6 10 10 27 39 28 1⁄16 finals
2021–22 was terminated 11/16 17 4 6 7 16 21 18 1⁄8 finals began on 24.02.2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
2022–23 11/16 30 7 11 12 31 37 32 —
2023–24 6/16 30 12 13 5 44 31 49 1⁄8 finals
2024–25 8/16 30 9 11 10 30 27 38 1⁄4 finals
2025–26 15/16 9 2 0 7 7 18 6 1⁄8 finals

Coaches

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Rukh Lviv reserves

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Rukh-2 Lviv

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In 2023 Rukh created its second team and was admitted by the Professional Football League of Ukraine to play at the 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League.

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Manager
2023–24 3rd 9/14 26 9 7 10 29 36 34 Volodymyr Bezubyak
2024–25 3rd x/10 Ivan Fedyk

Ruh U-19 Lviv

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In 2020 Ruh created its reserve teams including under-21 and under-19. In 2022 the Ruh under-19 team has qualified for the UEFA Youth League.

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Notes
2020–21 U-19 4 26 13 7 6 49 25 46
2021–22 U-19 1 18 15 2 1 49 11 47 canceled competition
2022–23 U-19 1 30 26 4 0 91 17 82
2023–24 U-19 8 30 13 4 13 52 46 43
2024–25 U-19

Ruh U-21 Lviv

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In 2020 Ruh created its reserve teams including under-21 and under-19. Following the 2020–21 season, the competition among under-21 teams was discontinued and both squads were merged.

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Other Notes
2020–21 U-21 3 26 15 7 4 60 30 52

References

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  1. ^ a b c Кому официально принадлежат украинские клубы Archived 2023-09-02 at the Wayback Machine. ukrrudprom.com. 12 November 2021
  2. ^ a b c d Baitsar, Andriy (21 January 2016). "Iсторія та сучасність: Медицина, спорт і відпочинок у Винниках (ОНОВЛЕНО+ФОТО)" [Past and Present: medicine, sport and leisure in Vynnyky (UPDATED + PHOTOS)]. Vynnyky Plus (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  3. ^ Брати Баранці влітку перейдуть у Рух [Baranets brothers will transfer to Ruh in the summer]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 30 December 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. ^ В Першій лізі можуть стартувати 18 команд [16 teams may compete in the First League]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. ^ Ruh presented a new emblem and the club's colors (Рух представив нову емблему та кольори клубу) Archived 2017-11-14 at the Wayback Machine. Football 24. 26 June 2017
  6. ^ "Офіційний сайт ФК "Рух" (Львів)". Archived from the original on 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  7. ^ "Rukh". Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  8. ^ "Ukraine - FC Ruh Vynnyky - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  9. ^ "Офіційний сайт ФК "Рух" (Львів)".
  10. ^ Defeated 4–3 on penalties after 1–1 added extra time to FC ODEK Orzhiv. Підсумки чемпіонату України з футболу серед аматорських команд 2013 р. [Amateur Competition 2013]. Ukrainian Football Amateur League Official website (in Ukrainian). 2013. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  11. ^ Defeated 2–1 by FC Balkany Zorya. Чемпіонат України з футболу серед аматорів 2015 [Amateur Competition 2015] (PDF). Ukrainian Football Amateur League Official website (in Ukrainian). 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
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