Kolos Kovalivka

Club · Ukraine · Premier League

«Хлеборобы»

243 Matches

89 wins

74 draws

80 losses

264–253 Goals

+11 Difference

1.1 Scored per game

Form W W L L L D

Kovalivka is a village in Kyiv Oblast, and until 2012 its football consisted of a side called Svitanok. That team was wound up when a new club took its place.

The rise came in stages that were easy to miss from outside. Three straight Kyiv Oblast championships between 2012 and 2014, a regional cup in the same run, then the Second League title in 2015–16. A runners-up finish in the First League in 2018–19 carried the club into the Premier League — the first promotion of that kind in its short history, and the point at which a village team began hosting the country's established names.

The stadium seats 5 000, which puts the ground somewhere below the size of the population that fills it on a good afternoon elsewhere in the league.

2020–21 remains the high point. Kolos finished fourth, the club's best placing in the top division, and reached the quarter-finals of the Ukrainian Cup in the same season. European qualification followed in 2020–21 and again the season after — the first Ukrainian club based in a village to reach continental competition.

The nickname stuck from the beginning: Khliboroby , the grain growers.

Latest results

All matches

28 Aug	Premier League	Obolon Kyiv H	0:0	D
22 Aug	Cup	UCSA H	0:3	L
16 Aug	Premier League	Dynamo Kyiv A	1:2	L
8 Aug	Premier League	Chornomorets A
31 Jul	Premier League	Zorya Luhansk A	0:2	L
25 Jul	Friendlies Clubs	Chornomorets H	2:1	W

Standing

Premier League

#	Team	M	D	L	Goals	Pts
12	Bukovyna	3	2	1	0:3	2
13	Kudrivka	4	2	2	1:8	2
14	Veres Rivne	3	1	2	1:3	1
15	Kolos Kovalivka	3	1	2	1:4	1
16	Chornomorets	2	0	2	1:4	0

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 243

243 Matches

89 wins

74 draws

80 losses

264–253 Goals

+11 Difference

1.1 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 243

89 74 80

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	243	134	109
Scored	264	146	118
Conceded	253	129	124
Scored per game	1.1	1.1	1.1
Conceded per game	1.0	1.0	1.1
Difference	+11	+17	−6

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Ibrahim Kane Midfielder 10 Matches

Yurii Klymchuk Forward 10 Matches

Ardit Tahiri Forward 10 Matches

Zurab Rukhadze Defender 10 Matches

Ivan Pakholiuk Goalkeeper 10 Matches

Danyil Khrypchuk Defender 9 Matches

Anton Salabay Midfielder 9 Matches

Oleksandr Demchenko Midfielder 9 Matches

Squad of Kolos Kovalivka

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Matches
14	Ibrahim Kane	Midfielder	10
70	Yurii Klymchuk	Forward	10
11	Ardit Tahiri	Forward	10
2	Zurab Rukhadze	Defender	10
31	Ivan Pakholiuk	Goalkeeper	10
45	Danyil Khrypchuk	Defender	9
17	Anton Salabay	Midfielder	9
7	Oleksandr Demchenko	Midfielder	9
15	Artem Khusul	Midfielder	9
77	Andrii Ponedelnik	Defender	9
9	Andrii Tsurikov	Defender	9
3	Eduard Kozik	Defender	8
47	Daniil Denisenko	Midfielder	8
55	Elias Telles	Midfielder	8
20	Nika Gagnidze	Midfielder	8
6	Mykyta Burda	Defender	8
10	Luka Stankovski	Midfielder	7
19	Danylo Alefirenko	Midfielder	7
5	Valeriy Bondarenko	Defender	7
38	Tymur Puzankov	Goalkeeper	7
81	Yegor Popravka	Defender	6
1	Dmytro Matsapura	Goalkeeper	5
27	Taras Stepanenko	Midfielder	5
80	Oleh Kryvoruchko	Midfielder	5
44	Vladislav Shershenny	Defender	4
33	Roman Goncharenko	Defender	3
51	Valentyn Morgun	Goalkeeper	3
42	Oleksandr Savchuk	Defender	3
30	Denys Ndukwe Obieze	Forward	3
99	Arinaldo Rrapaj	Midfielder	3
90	I. Casalla	Midfielder	2
52	Artem Nedozymovany	Goalkeeper	2
21	Dmytro Sukhonos	Midfielder	1
90	Oleksiy Bezruchuk	Midfielder	1
15	Artem Khuzol	Midfielder	1