FC Kolos Kovalivka


FC Kolos Kovalivka is a Ukrainian professional 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. 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 that has existed since after World War II. The main sponsor of the club is the Svitanok agrarian company, formerly the Shchors collective farm.
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History

Previous team

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

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

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Kolos Kovalivka.
;Ukraine
;Europe
;Africa
;South America

European record

Kolos Kovalivka has participated in European competition since 2020, playing its first game against Aris Thessaloniki in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. Participating in only two European seasons, Kolos played only at the qualification stage.
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Reserves and academy

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Kolos fielded its reserve team in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League.

Youth squads

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.

Academy and junior squads

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