PFC Zviahel

FC Zviahel
Full name	Football Club Zviahel
Founded	1993; 31 years ago, 2016; 8 years ago refounded
Dissolved	2002; 22 years ago
Ground	Avanhard Stadium, Zviahel
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Stepan Nusbaum
Manager	Serhiy Shyshchenko
League	Ukrainian Second League
2022–23	Ukrainian Second League, 5th of 10

Football Club Zviahel (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб Звягель) is a Ukrainian football team from Zviahel. On 16 November 2022, the Ukrainian parliament has approved returning of the city's historical name and the club's name became coincidental with the city's name.

In 2022 the club debuted at professional level becoming the first football club from Zviahel to do so.^[2]^[3]

History[edit]

Created in 1993 as Zviahel-93, until 2002 the club competed exclusively in regional competitions of Zhytomyr Oblast. The club managed to become a winner of the regional competitions in 1993 and the second best in 1994. In 1996 and 1997 it won cup competitions of Zhytomyr Oblast and participated in the Ukrainian Amateur Cup where it yielded to FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn. In 1997 the club temporarily competed under the name of Lider. In 2002 as Fortuna Novohrad-Volynskyi the club folded due to lack of financing.

On initiative of the local sports school staff and students, in March 2016 the club was revived and received support from the city authorities. In 2019 and 2020 Zvyahel again managed to win regional league competitions and participated in national amateur cup competitions earning its first victories. For the first time in 2021 the club joined the national amateur league competitions which due to the war were interrupted.

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

As of 13 February 2024

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	Anton Yashkov
2	DF	GAM	Moses Jarju (on loan from Polissya Zhytomyr)
5	DF	UKR	Andriy Nesterov
7	FW	UKR	Bohdan Orynchak
8	DF	UKR	Artur Vashchyshyn
9	FW	UKR	Serhiy Kyslenko
10	MF	UKR	Danylo Volynets
11	MF	UKR	Andriy Fesenko
12	GK	NGA	Chijioke Aniagboso (on loan from Polissya Zhytomyr)
14	MF	CGO	Borel Tomandzoto (on loan from Polissya Zhytomyr)
16	DF	UKR	Nazar Havrylyuk
17	FW	UKR	Oleksandr Lavrenyuk
18	DF	UKR	Andriy Vlasyuk
19	DF	UKR	Ihor Huk


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	UKR	Maksym Andrushchenko
21	MF	UKR	Andriy Nykytyuk
22	MF	UKR	Nikita Petruk (on loan from Polissya Zhytomyr)
23	FW	UKR	Maksym Maytak
24	DF	UKR	Valeriy Skydan
25	GK	UKR	Maksym Kovalenko (on loan from Metalist 1925 Kharkiv)
33	MF	UKR	Bohdan Panchyshyn
40	FW	BRA	Wendell (on loan from Polissya Zhytomyr)
44	FW	RWA	George Lewis
59	MF	UKR	Vadym Luchka
74	DF	UKR	Yan Morhovskyi
77	MF	UKR	Dmytro Berezka
78	FW	UKR	Illya Cherednychenko

League and cup history[edit]

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Notes
2021–22	4th Group 2	6_/10	9	4	0	5	8	15	12	Admitted to Second League
2022–23	3rd	5_/10	18	9	5	4	30	17	32
2023–24	3rd	_/15

Head coaches[edit]

2017–2023 Ruslan Skydan
2023 Yuriy Maksymov
2023–present Serhiy Shyshchenko

References[edit]

[1] ЗВЯГЕЛЬ (НОВОГРАД-ВОЛИНСЬКИЙ, ЖИТОМИРСЬКА ОБЛ.). AAFU

[2] Перший професійний футбольний клуб в історії Новограда: що означає участь Звягеля в Другій лізі. 04141.

[3] З ким зіграє ПФК Звягель: відбулося жеребкування матчів Другої ліги України з футболу. 04141

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