FC UCSA Tarasivka

Football Club UCSA (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб ЮКСА) is a Ukrainian professional football team from Kyiv. UCSA is an abbreviation for Ukrainian Christian Sport Academy. The club's training base and main office is located in village of Tarasivka near the city of Boyarka. The club currently play in Ukrainian Second League, the Ukrainian third tier of football league.

UCSA Tarasivka

Full name	Football Club U.C.S.A
Founded	2017; 8 years ago (2017)
Ground	Bannikov Stadium, Kyiv
Chairman	Serhiy Lesnik
Manager	Anderson Ribeiro
League	Ukrainian First League
2024–25	8th
Website	https://ucsa.com.ua/eng

History

The academy was established by Serhiy Lesnyk in 2015. According to sport director Muzafardjon Rakhmanov who gave an interview to Sport Arena, the football club was actually established in October 2017.^[1]

The club has some international support in face of Brazilian coaches who work in the club.

In 2023, the football team of UCSA debuted at professional level with Bannikov Stadium in Kyiv as its home turf.

Players

As of 20 July 2025^[update] Professional Football League (team roster)
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  UKR Mykyta Kononov 5 MF  UKR Anton Yevdokymov (vice-captain) 6 MF  UKR Roman Yuvkhymets 7 FW  BRA Gabriel Goulart 8 MF  UKR Andriy Kireyev 9 FW  BRA Vavá Guerreiro 10 MF  BRA Matheus Pagliarini 11 FW  BRA Romarinho 12 GK  UKR Kyrylo Barantsov 17 FW  BRA Pedro Acácio 18 DF  UKR Vladyslav Yuzefovych 19 DF  UKR Pavlo Lukyanchuk 20 MF  UKR Matviy Kharchenko 21 FW  BRA Matheus Fogo 24 DF  UKR Oleksiy Zozulya

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW  UKR Roman Debelko 29 DF  UKR Andriy Dedyayev 33 DF  UKR Yevhen Selin 43 FW  UKR Serhiy Lesnik 44 DF  UKR Andriy Demydenko 55 GK  UKR Roman Sherstyanykh 70 GK  UKR Nikita Fedotov 73 MF  PAR Pablo Castro 77 FW  UKR Yuriy Kozyrenko 80 MF  UKR Maksym Kazakov 88 MF  BRA Rocyan 89 DF  UKR Oleh Synyohub (captain) 90 MF  UKR Mykyta Sytnykov — MF  UKR Oleksiy Zhdanovych

League and cup history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
2021–22	4th "2"	8/10	9	1	1	7	9	20	4		-	-
2023–24	3rd										-	-

Head coaches

• 2021 – 2022 Andriy Petrenko
• 2023 – 2024 Mykola Tsymbal^[2]
• 2024 – 2025 Dmytro Chyrykal
• 2025 – present Anderson Ribeiro^[3]