Veres Rivne

Club · Ukraine · Premier League

«Red-and-Blacks»

261 Matches

86 wins

68 draws

107 losses

324–354 Goals

−30 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Form L L L D L W

Veres Rivne open the 2025/26 season under captain Ihor Kharatin.

The club traces back to 1957, when it was founded as Kolkhoznik. It became Horyn in 1966 and Avanhard in 1972 before settling on Veres in 1991.

Home matches are played at the Avanhard, which reopened after a reconstruction running from 2019 to 2022. There is talk of taking the ground toward 13,466 seats once further building work is finished.

Red shirts and shorts at home give the side their nickname, the Red-and-Blacks. Their two promotions to the top flight, in 1992 and 2020/21, both came via the First League title; the first arrived under coach Roman Pokora, still the name most associated with getting Veres out of the second tier. Yuriy Vitruk captained the side through the 1990s and still holds the club's appearance record, while Mykola Volynets came through the Rivne academy before moving on to Shakhtar and the national team.

Their fiercest rivalry is with Volyn Lutsk, neighbours across Ukraine's north-west whose meetings are known as the Volyn derby.

Latest results

All matches

30 Aug	Premier League	LNZ Cherkasy A	1:0	W
22 Aug	Cup	Inhulets H	1:4	L
14 Aug	Premier League	Epitsentr Dunayivtsi A	0:0	D
9 Aug	Premier League	Dynamo Kyiv H	1:2	L
1 Aug	Premier League	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv A	0:1	L
25 Jul	Friendlies Clubs	Karpaty A	1:5	L

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: 261

261 Matches

86 wins

68 draws

107 losses

324–354 Goals

−30 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 261

86 68 107

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	261	131	130
Scored	324	189	135
Conceded	354	174	180
Scored per game	1.2	1.4	1.0
Conceded per game	1.4	1.3	1.4
Difference	−30	+15	−45

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Valentyn Gorokh Goalkeeper 9 Matches

Ihor Kharatin Midfielder 9 Matches

Semen Vovchenko Defender 8 Matches

Pavlo Stefaniuk Goalkeeper 8 Matches

Konstantinos Stamoulis Defender 8 Matches

Mihailo Protasevich Defender 8 Matches

D. Čecher Defender 8 Matches

Kai Cipot Defender 8 Matches

Squad of Veres Rivne

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Matches
91	Valentyn Gorokh	Goalkeeper	9
14	Ihor Kharatin	Midfielder	9
3	Semen Vovchenko	Defender	8
1	Pavlo Stefaniuk	Goalkeeper	8
22	Konstantinos Stamoulis	Defender	8
17	Mihailo Protasevich	Defender	8
44	D. Čecher	Defender	8
4	Kai Cipot	Defender	8
77	Vladyslav Sharay	Midfielder	7
80	Guilherme Bahia	Midfielder	7
2	Maksym Smiyan	Defender	7
30	Denys Ndukwe Obieze	Forward	7
18	Vitalii Boyko	Midfielder	7
33	Roman Goncharenko	Defender	7
19	Andre Goncalves	Midfielder	6
5	Sergey Korniychuk	Defender	6
11	Wesley da Conceição Duarte Moreira	Forward	6
8	Dmytro Hodia	Forward	6
23	Andrii Kozhukhar	Goalkeeper	6
10	Dmytro Klyots	Midfielder	6
7	Fabrizio Yan	Forward	6
26	Serhii Sten	Forward	5
47	Ignat Puskuța	Forward	3
7	Fabio Yan	Forward	2
88	R. Baran	Midfielder	2
9	Nathanael Blair	Forward	2
13	Oleksandr Kharechko	Goalkeeper	2
25	Ivan Sanotskiy	Midfielder	2
6	David Nio	Midfielder	2
27	Stanislav Migutskiy	Midfielder	2
6	Giorgi Kutsia	Defender	2
70	Dmytro Matkivskyi	Midfielder	2
53	Andrey Santos	Defender	1
30	Luka Khokhashvili	Midfielder	1
5	Pavlo Bahrii	Defender	1
55	Anton Vydrych	Forward	1
77	Stanislav Sharai	Midfielder	1
20	Alagi Wally	Forward	1
29	Valerii Kucherov	Midfielder	1
7	Eren Aydın	Forward	1