FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (Ukrainian: Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Запорі́жжя [metɐˈlurɦ zɐpoˈr^(j)iʒːɐ]) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia.^[1] Reestablished in 2017, it is a "phoenix club" of the original Soviet factory team Metalurh that existed in 1935–2016. The original club holds several historical records of the Soviet football, particularly while participating in the Soviet second tier (in 1971–1991 known as First League). The club has the highest number of seasons spent in the Soviet second tier as well as the highest number of tournament points it earned. The club also is a three-times champion of Ukrainian republican competitions.

FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

Full name	Municipal Football Club Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Nickname(s)	The Cossacks
Founded	1935
Ground	Slavutych Arena
Capacity	12,000
Director	Maksym Lupashko
Head coach	Volodymyr Mykytin
League	Ukrainian First League
2022–23	Ukrainian First League, 4th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Club logo used from 2005 to 2015

Following dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and until 2015 the club was a member of the Ukrainian top tier and on couple of occasions competed at European club competitions representing Ukraine.

In 2015, the original club went bankrupt and in 2016 the Ukrainian Premier League finally removed it from its competitions. In 2016, it was announced that another amateur club from Zaporizhzhia (FC Rosso-Nero Zaporizhzhia) has officially changed its name to FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia and intends to start participation at the Ukrainian Amateur Football League the same year.^[2]

In 2018, the Rosso-Nero's Metalurh was denied license for professional league competitions, while the city-sponsored club was admitted to the Second League.

With Metalurh–Rosso Nero already competing, in May 2017 the mayor of Zaporizhzhia decided to form a separate city club which was formed based on the existing Metalurh sports school of Olympic Reserve. On 31 May 2017 the Zaporizhzhia city council approved the mayor's initiative and created the city's club Metalurh Zaporizhzhia.^[3] On proposition of the Rosso-Nero's Metalurh to merge, the newly created club refused.

Youth Sports School of Metalurh Zaporizhya

Youth sports school is located right on the training fields of the main club, where before the Russian-Ukrainian war matches of the local championship of other sports schools were regularly held. this is the largest youth sports school in the city of Zaporizhya, as well as in the entire region.

History

Early years (1935–1946)

The history of Metalurg began in 1935 when a steel production company, Zaporizhstal, formed the football club 'Stal'. By the end of the year a local sports union gave Stal the status of a main club in the region. Throughout the 1930s, the team appeared regularly in domestic competitions and often played against clubs from the Soviet Top League, the most notable of which was Spartak Moscow. The tough times of World War II soon followed, however, bringing decline to both Zaporizhstal and its team. Nonetheless, in 1946 the club was revived and in 1949, Stal won the cup in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

USSR era (1946–1990)

In October 1949, the team was renamed to 'Metalurg'. In 1950 Metalurg debuts in the USSR Cup and in the round of 64 they defeated Lokomotiv Petrozavodsk with the score of 5–0, but go out in the next stage, losing 2–3 to Torpedo Stalingrad. However, the very next year club went to eighth-finals, notably defeating Dinamo Minsk 1–0 and Lokomotiv Moscow 4–0 on the way. In 1953, the club debuted in the USSR Championship after becoming the champion of Ukrainian SSR in 1952. From 1953 to 1962, Metalurg played in USSR Championship division 'B'.

In 1963 Metalurg won a place in USSR Championship division 'A' and had some moderate success. They stayed there until 1971, when in the 1970 season club secured a position in division 'A' and a place in the USSR First League. In their first season they came in fourth place, which became the club's highest achievement in the USSR Championships.

Ukrainian leagues (1991–2015)

In 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine became independent and Ukrainian Premier League was formed. Metalurh was among the founders of the League. The club has remained in the Vyshcha Liga for all 16 seasons with their highest achievement in the 1995–96 season, taking 5th place. The club's best performance in a domestic cup came in 2006, when Metalurh reached the final, there they met with Dynamo Kyiv and were beaten 2 goals to none, however this performance allowed them to enter the UEFA Cup next season. Zaporizhstal still remains as a largest club sponsor and actively finances most of club's expenses.

The club had always been in the top league, since the first season in 1992 until the 2010–11 season when they finished last position and were relegated to the Ukrainian First League. After one season in the Ukrainian First League the club was promoted back to the Ukrainian Premier League.^[4] During the 2015–16 season on 2 March 2016, Metalurh was recognized as bankrupt on decision of the commercial court of Zaporizhzhia Oblast and a liquidation procedure was initiated.^[5]

European history

Throughout its history in Ukrainian Premier League, Metalurh has entered the UEFA Cup on two occasions; the first in 2002–03 UEFA Cup after finishing fourth in the league the previous season. In the qualifying round they beat Maltese side Birkirkara 3–0 on aggregate, before losing 2–1 to English side Leeds United in the first round.

The second time club had to wait 4 years to qualify again. After finishing as runners-up in the Ukrainian Cup in 2006, Metalurh secured a place in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup. The club entered the competition in the second qualifying round, Metalurh defeated Moldavian side Zimbru Chișinău 3–0 over two legs. However, Metalurh went out in the first stage, losing to Greek club Panathinaikos.

FC Metallurh based on FC Rosso Nero (2016–2018)

FC Rosso Nero was created in 2009 by Andriy Bohatchenko who owns a pizzeria with the same name in Zaporizhzhia. The first two seasons the club played in futsal (indoor football). In 2011, the club won the Zaporizhzhia city Cup and the beach football city league. In 2012, Rosso Nero were runners-up at 8x8 football (variant of association football popular in Russia). In 2014, the club became a city champions by beating the defending city champions Motor Zaporizhzhia. The victory inspired Rosso Nero to apply for the Second League of national competitions. In fall of 2015, when Metalurh Zaporizhzhia started the process for liquidation, Rosso Nero offered to pass the legendary club to them,^[6] however no agreement was reached.

On 26 March 2016, in Zaporizhzhia held a meeting of non-governmental organization "Metalurh forever", at which it was decided to rename the "FC Rosso Nero" into "FC Metalurh". At the same meeting, the group adopted symbols and colors of the original club "Metalurh".^[7][8]

The club was denied in receiving certificate for the next season and was dissolved in June 2018.^[9] The Metalurh—Rosso Nero performance was terrible. It played 65 games at professional level (3rd tier) winning 9, tying 3 and losing 53 games. Its goal tallies was 49 goals scored while allowing 237 (-188). The Metalurh—Rosso Nero also took part in Ukrainian Cup where it was eliminated at its earliest rounds on both occasions.

MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (since 2017)

On 6 August 2017, a new municipal football club MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia started its participation in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Football Amateur League with an away game against Yarud at Azovets Stadium in Mariupol.^[10] In 2016, the new club was established by the Zaporizhzhia city authorities based on a communal company "Tsentralnyi Stadion" (Central Stadium) which owns Slavutych Arena.^{[11][12][13][14][15]}

Stadium

Main articles: Slavutych Arena and Avto ZAZ Stadium

 

Slavutych Arena

Throughout their history, the club has played in various stadiums around Zaporizhzhia, but in 2001 the Football Federation of Ukraine forbade Metalurh from playing in their home stadium, Tsentarlnyi Metalurh Stadium, due to security concern and the club was forced to play at the Avto ZAZ Stadium (which formerly belong to now-bankrupt Torpedo Zaporizhzhia). Soon after, the club's board approved plans to construct a brand new stadium for the team in place of the old one. Construction commenced in late 2004 and on 29 July 2006, Slavutych Arena was opened, in their first game on a new stadium Metalurh faced Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kyiv. The stadium is situated in a central part of the city, on a street that has been recently renamed after legendary Ukrainian player and coach Valery Lobanovsky.

The stadium is purposed for football only use and has a total capacity of 12,000 seats. It consists out of four separate stands, north, south, east and west, two of which are covered by a roof, stadium is equipped with a single, multi-colour screen with dimensions of 6x10m and a lighting system of 1400 lux. The pitch dimensions are 105х68 м. Lately it has often been used as a venue for the Ukrainian Premier League FC Zorya Luhansk, while Metalurh is forced to play at its own training base.^[16][17] Metalurh Training Base is also known as Velykyi Luh (Great Meadow).

Club's crests and logos

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  Metalurh owned by Motor Sich
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  Metalurh owned by the city of Zaporizhzhia

Sponsors

The history of FC Metalurh dates back to a factory team 'Stal' that has been sponsored by one of the largest steel production companies in Ukraine, Zaporizhstal. The company has remained a sponsor of the club for over 70 years and now is a general sponsor of the club. The main partner of the club is OAO Zaporizhstalbud-1.

• 1935–2012: Zaporizhstal (Ihor Dvoretskyi)^[18]
• 2012–2015: Motor Sich (Oleksandr Bohuslayev)^[18]
• 2016–2018: Rosso-Nero Pizza (Andriy Bohatchenko)
• 2017–present: city of Zaporizhzhia

Football kits and sponsors

Years^[19]	Football kit	Shirt sponsor
1999–04	Umbro	Zaporizhstal
2004–05	Lotto
2005–06	Lotto/Adidas
2006–09	Adidas
2009–10	Nike/Adidas
2010–11	Nike
2012–13	Nike	-
2013–14	Adidas
2016–17	Joma	UNIQA

Honours

• Soviet First League:
  • Winners: 1960
  • Runners-up: 1958
• Soviet Second League:
  • Winners: 1970
• Ukrainian Cup:
  • Runners-up: 2006
• Ukrainian First League:
  • Runners-up: 2011–12
• Championship of the Ukrainian SSR:
  • Winners: 1952, 1960, 1970
• Cup of the Ukrainian SSR:
  • Winners: 1951, 1952
  • Runners-up: 1950

Players

Current squad

As of 1 March 2024^[20]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   UKR Hordiy Nikolayenko 11 FW   UKR Ruslan Buryak 12 GK   UKR Nazar Bayda 15 MF   UKR Vladyslav Vasylchenko 16 MF   UKR Mykyta Lapko 17 MF   UKR Tymofiy Khussin 21 DF   UKR Danylo Ishymskyi 23 FW   UKR Danylo Klopyzhnikov 28 MF   UKR Volodymyr Blyznyuk 30 MF   UKR Mykyta Yudin

No. Pos. Nation Player 40 DF   UKR Nikita Ivasyuk 41 FW   UKR Mykyta Kuralekh 53 DF   UKR Dmytro Kostyuchenko 55 MF   UKR Valentyn Kuzmovych 69 DF   UKR Maksym Strads 71 GK   UKR Kyrylo Lavuta 76 MF   UKR Maksym Omelchenko 89 MF   UKR Maksym Misanov 95 GK   UKR Kostyantyn Omelyanenko

Coaching staff

• Head coach – TBA

League and Cup history

See also: List of FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia seasons

Soviet Union

Ukraine

FC Metalurh (Rosso-Nero)

MFC Metalurh

Soviet Union

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
1950	4th (Republican)	4								1/32 finals
1951		4								1/8 finals
1952		1								1/64 finals			Won championship game, Champion of Ukraine
1953	2nd (Class B)	3 (Group 3)	14	6	3	5	34	26	15	1/8 finals			In play-offs Metalurh Odesa 1–4 and Torpedo Rostov/Donu 4–5
1954		3 (Group 3)	22	11	5	6	34	24	27	1/32 finals
1955		8 (Group 1)	30	13	6	11	37	33	32	1/32 finals
1956		3 (Group 1)	34	21	4	9	54	35	46
1957		8 (Group 1)	34	14	11	9	41	34	39	1/16 finals
1958		2 (Group 2)	30	17	5	8	55	29	39	1/64 finals
1959		6 (Group 1)	28	14	4	10	40	30	32
1960	2nd (Group B of UkrSSR)	1 (Group 2)	36	25	9	2	78	29	59	1/128 finals			Won championship play-off over Sudnobudivnyk Lost promotion play-off to FC Shakhtar Donetsk
1961		4 (Group 2)	36	15	12	9	50	37	42	1/128 finals			Lost play-off to SKA Lviv, placed 8th overall
1962		2 (Group 2)	24	13	5	6	42	21	31	1/64 finals			Qualified for promotion group
		6	10	1	5	4	13	22	7				promotion group
1963	2nd (Class A Second Group)	4	34	12	17	5	36	17	41	1/8 finals
1964^[21]		8 (Group 2)	26	7	12	7	19	16	26	1/32 finals			Qualified for Relegation group
		17	38	11	17	10	35	25	39				Relegation group
1965^[22]		14 (Group 1)	30	8	9	13	28	37	25	1/32 finals			Qualified for Relegation group
		28	46	11	15	20	44	60	37				Relegation group
1966		7 (Group 2)	34	12	12	10	35	28	36	1/32 finals
1967		2 (Group 2)	38	18	14	6	50	24	50	1/128 finals			Qualified for play-off for teams placed 2nd
		4	4	2	1	1	6	5	5				Won the group for the 2nd placed teams
1968		9 (Group 2)	40	14	15	11	52	42	43	1/64 finals
1969		7 (Group 3)	42	15	14	13	49	35	44	1/32 finals			Relegated
1970	3rd (Class A Second Group)	1 (Zone 1)	42	26	10	6	73	33	62	1/64 finals			Promoted, Champion of Ukraine
1971	2nd (First League)	4	42	16	14	12	51	39	46	1/16 finals
1972		14	38	13	7	18	45	49	33	1/8 finals
1973		6	38	14	6	18	62	53	34	1/16 finals			5 other draws included as losses^[23]
1974		13	38	11	12	15	42	50	34	1/16 finals
1975		13	38	11	13	14	47	45	35	1/16 finals
1976		13	38	14	8	16	38	40	36	1/16 finals
1977		16	38	11	11	16	35	48	33	1/16 finals
1978		14	38	10	14	14	39	47	34	1/32 finals
1979		10	46	19	8	19	69	65	46
1980		20	46	15	11	20	57	67	41
1981		13	42	16	14	16	57	51	44				-2 pts draw overlimit
1982		12	42	17	7	18	54	42	41
1983		5	42	21	8	13	66	46	50	1/32 finals
1984		5	42	18	12	12	57	43	48	1/16 finals
1985		7 (West Zone)	20	7	5	8	17	25	19	1/64 finals			Qualified for Group B
		13	18	9	3	6	32	27	21				Group B (13–22 places)
1986		12	46	17	11	18	59	54	45	1/16 finals
1987		9	42	14	12	16	54	53	40	1/8 finals
1988		17	42	12	13	17	30	43	36	1/32 finals			-1 point, draw overlimit
1989		7	42	17	12	13	55	40	46	1/64 finals
1990		3	38	19	14	5	58	30	52	1/16 finals			Promoted
1991	1st (Top League)	13	30	9	7	14	27	38	25	1/64 finals
1992	league competition discontinued									1/16 finals

Ukraine

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Ukrainian Cup	Europe		Notes
1992	1st (Top League)	11	18	6	6	6	20	19	18	1⁄4 finals
1992–93		7	30	10	9	11	38	35	29	1⁄4 finals
1993–94		16	34	9	6	19	26	49	24	1⁄8 finals
1994–95		9	34	11	10	13	47	42	43	1⁄8 finals
1995–96		5	34	16	4	14	49	42	52	1⁄4 finals
1996–97		8	30	12	5	13	48	44	41	1⁄2 finals
1997–98		9	30	10	7	13	40	44	37	1⁄16 finals
1998–99		8	30	12	6	12	46	43	42	1⁄2 finals
1999–00		6	30	12	8	10	43	35	44	1⁄8 finals
2000–01		8	26	8	8	10	27	31	32	1⁄8 finals
2001–02		4	26	11	7	8	25	22	40	1⁄8 finals
2002–03		15	30	6	8	16	22	41	26	1⁄16 finals	UC	1st round
2003–04		11	30	8	8	14	26	40	32	1⁄4 finals
2004–05		10	30	8	11	11	25	32	35	1⁄8 finals
2005–06		8	30	11	6	13	32	40	39	Runner-up
2006–07		7	30	10	10	10	25	32	40	1⁄16 finals	UC	1st round
2007–08		7	30	9	9	12	24	32	36	1⁄16 finals
2008–09	1st (Premier League)	7	30	12	9	9	29	30	45	1⁄16 finals
2009–10		9	30	10	5	15	31	48	35	1⁄4 finals
2010–11		16	30	6	6	18	18	40	24	1⁄4 finals			Relegated
2011–12	2nd (First League)	2	34	24	4	6	77	32	76	1⁄4 finals			Promoted
2012–13	1st (Premier League)	16	30	1	8	21	12	64	11	1⁄16 finals
2013–14		14	28	2	6	20	19	54	12	1⁄8 finals
2014–15		7	26	6	8	12	20	40	26	1⁄8 finals
2015–16		14	26	0	3	23	7	50	3	1⁄16 finals			Expelled^[24]

FC Metallurh based on FC Rosso Nero

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Ukrainian Cup	Europe		Notes
2016	4th (Amateur League)	3	6	2	2	2	5	6	8				Admitted
2016–17	3rd	16	32	7	2	23	35	104	23	1⁄64 finals
2017–18	3rd "B"	12	33	2	1	30	14	133	7	1⁄64 finals			Dissolved^[25]

MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Ukrainian Cup	Europe		Notes
2017–18	4th "C"	4	16	9	4	3	39	18	31	1⁄4 finals (amateurs)			Admitted
2018–19	3rd (Second League)	2	27	18	2	7	54	24	56	1⁄32 finals			Promoted
2019–20	2nd (First League)	15	30	6	4	20	28	58	22	1⁄32 finals			Lost playoffs; Relegated
2020–21	3rd (Second League)	3	22	13	4	5	42	20	43	1⁄32 finals
2021–22		1	19	13	6	0	34	7	45	1⁄32 finals			Promoted
2022–23	2nd (First League)	4	28	11	8	9	35	32	41	None			Promotion play-offs

European record

FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia participates in European competitions on few occasions since 2002 after playing its first game against Birkirkara F.C.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2002–03	UEFA Cup	QR	Birkirkara F.C.	3–0	0–0	3–0
		1R	Leeds United	1–1	0–1	1–2
2006–07	UEFA Cup	2Q	Zimbru Chișinău	3–0	0–0	3–0
		1R	Panathinaikos F.C.	0–1	1–1	1–2

Officials

• 1957 – 1959 Aleksandr Timofeev (nachalnik komandy)
• 1971 Viktor Zhylin (nachalnik komandy)
• 1972 Petro Stupakov (nachalnik komandy)
• 1973 – 1974 Nikolay Farafonov (nachalnik komandy)
• 1974 – 1977 Hryhoriy Vul (nachalnik komandy)
• 1978 – 1980 Viktor Beloblotskyi (nachalnik komandy)
• 1978 Viktor Malakhovskyi (administrator)
• 1980 – 1981 Yuriy Sevastianenko (nachalnik komandy)
• 1981 – 1991 Viktor Mezheiko (nachalnik komandy)
• 1981 – 1982 Anatoliy Semykopenko (administrator)
• 1989 – 1991 Hennadiy Zhyzdik (president)
• 1991 – 2006 Viktor Mezheiko (president)
• 1993 – 1994 Hryhoriy Vul (nachalnik komandy)
• 1994 – 1997 Oleksandr Tomakh (general director)
• 1998 – 2001 Oleksandr Tomakh (technical director)
• 2002 – 2006 Andriy Kurhanskyi (vice-president)
• 2006 – 2012 Andriy Kurhanskyi (president)
• 2012 – 2015 Andriy Shevchuk (president)
• 2013 – 2015 Oleksandr Tomakh (sports director)
• 2014 – 2017 Mike Snoei (sports/technical director)
• 2016 – 2018 Andriy Bohatchenko (president/Rosso Nero)

Managers

•   Viktor Zhylin (1972)
•   Yozhef Betsa (1976–78)
•   Oleksandr Tomakh (1981–88)
•   Ihor Nadein (1988–92)
•   Anatoliy Kuksov (1994)
•   Oleksandr Tomakh (1994–98)
•   Myron Markevych (3 March 1999 – 15 May 2001)
•   Volodymyr Atamanyuk (2001–02)
•   Oleh Taran (1 Aug 2001 – Sept 12, 2002)
•   Oleh Lutkov (interim) (Sept 12, 2002 – 1 Nov 2002)
•   Ihor Nadein (2002)
•   Ivan Katalinić (2003)
•   Mykhaylo Fomenko (1 July 2003 – 31 Dec 2003)
•   Anatoliy Yurevich (1 Jan 2004 – 30 April 2004)
•   Sergei Borovsky (1 May 2004 – 30 June 2004)
•   Valeriy Yaremchenko (1 July 2004 – 25 July 2005)
•   Anatoliy Chantsev (interim) (28 July 2005 – Sept 19, 2005)
•   Vyacheslav Hroznyi (Sept 20, 2005 – 30 June 2006)
•   Serhiy Yashchenko (1 July 2006 – 16 April 2007)
•   Anatoliy Chantsev (16 April 2007 – 3 Dec 2008)
•   Oleh Lutkov (3 Dec 2008 – Sept 3, 2009)
•   Vladimir Khodus (Sept 3, 2009 – 22 Oct 2009)
•   Roman Hryhorchuk (22 Oct 2009 – 10 Nov 2009)
•   Vladimir Khodus (interim) (10 Nov 2009 – 8 Dec 2009)
•   Roman Hryhorchuk (2009–10)
•   Oleh Lutkov (3 June 2010 – 3 May 2011)
•   Hryhoriy Nehiryev (interim) (4 May 2011 – 1 June 2011)
•   Serhiy Zaytsev (1 June 2011 – 1 June 2012)
•   Anatoliy Buznyk (15 June 2012 – 13 July 2012)
•   Ihor Luchkevych (interim) (14 July 2012 – 23 July 2012)
•   Serhiy Kovalets (24 July 2012 – Sept 1, 2012)
•   Anatoliy Zayaev (interim) (Sept 1, 2012 – Sept 6, 2012)
•   Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi (Sept 8, 2012 – 31 Dec 2012)
•   Serhiy Zaytsev (1 Jan 2013 – 29 June 2013)
•   Serhiy Puchkov (10 June 2013 – 28 Oct 2013)
•   Oleh Taran (28 Oct 2013 – 7 Nov 2014)
•   Oleksandr Tomakh (interim) (7 Nov 2014 – 24 Feb 2015)
•   Anatoliy Chantsev (24 Feb 2015 – 4 Dec 2015)

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FC Metallurh based on FC Rosso Nero

•   Vasyl Storchak (2013 – 2016)
•   Illya Blyznyuk (27 Jul 2016 – Dec 2016)
•   Viktor Zhuk (interim) (10 Jan 2017 – 7 June 2018)

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MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

•   Volodymyr Shapovalov (6 August 2017^[26] – 7 June 2018)
•   Oleh Taran (7 June 2018 – 2019)
•   Ivan Bohatyr (2019)
•   Oleksiy Hodin (interim) (2019 – 2020)
•   Volodymyr Mykytin (27 August 2020 – )

See also

• FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia
• FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Reserves and Youth Team

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20. "Archived copy". from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
21. In 1964 and 1965 seasons the league was split into two groups with the first eight teams from each qualify for promotion and the last eight teams – for relegation. Teams in the promotion group had their record recalculated and results with teams from relegation group were scratched. The teams in the promotion group played with the other candidate teams from other qualifying group. The teams in the relegation group had their records kept and also played only with the teams from the other qualifying group.
22. In 1965, the league was split into two groups with the first eight teams from each qualify for promotion and the last eight teams – for relegation. Teams in the promotion group had their record recalculated and results with teams from relegation group were scratched. The teams in the promotion group played with the other candidate teams from other qualifying group. The teams in the relegation group had their records kept and also played only with the teams from the other qualifying group.
23. In 1973 in case of a draw the game went to a penalty shoot-out. Whichever team won it would earn a point in the league standings; the losing team would earn nothing.
24. Metalurh Zaporizhzhia were expelled from the competition after the winter break. Technical victories were to be awarded to their opponents for the rest of season.
    Металург виключений зі змагань під егідою УПЛ [Metalurh is excluded from competition sponsored by the UPL] (in Ukrainian). UA-Football. 18 March 2016. from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
25. After completing the season the club failed attestation for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League season and the club's administration decided to dissolve the team.
    Металург Запоріжжя припиняє існування [Metalurh Zaporizhzhia terminated its existence]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 7 June 2018. from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
26. FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)

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