FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (women)

The Metalist 1925 Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional women's football team of Metalist 1925 from Kharkiv, Ukraine. In 2006–2023,^[2] it was better known as Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (Zhilstroi-1). Since 2015, it is a leader of women's professional football in Ukraine with the most national titles.

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Full name	Women's Football Club Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Founded	2006 (as Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv)[1]
Stadium	KhTZ Stadium, Kharkiv Olimpiyets Stadium, Liubotyn
Chairman	Oleksandr Kharchenko
Coach	Serhiy Sapronov
League	Ukrainian Women's League
2024–25	2nd
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

In 2006^[1] the female team received financial support from the Kharkiv construction company "Zhytlobud-1" and was named after it as Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv, in the Russian variant Zhilstroi-1. The newly formed club has gained many players from another Kharkiv-based club, Arsenal, which was falling apart at that time. Oleh Ruban and Yaroslav Latsfer, who knew one another in Metalist Kharkiv, were placed in charge of the newly formed team. Led by Latsfer from 2009 to 2015, Zhytlobud won five seasons in a row (2011–2015). After winning the 2015 season, Zhytlobud-1 set a new record for the most titles in the league (7), surpassing the records of Lehenda Chernihiv (6 titles) and Donchanka Donetsk (5 titles). Its winning run was interrupted by another Kharkiv club, Zhytlobud-2, which later became Vorskla Poltava.

Following the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the club suspended its participation in professional football, while its junior team, Persha Stolytsia, competed in the Swiss football competitions.^[3] In 2023, the club renewed its participation in cooperation with another football club, Metalist 1925. It changed its name from Zhytlobud-1 to Metalist 1925 on 20 March 2024 after both clubs were fully integrated.

Honours

• Top Division champion (10): 2006, 2008, 2011,^[4] 2012, 2013,^[5] 2014,^[6] 2015, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020-2021,
• Women's Cup winners (12): 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018

Current squad

As of 19 May 2021^[7]

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
	Oksana Pozharska Yelizaveta Kostyuchenko Olha Basanska Kristine Alexanyan Polina Polukhina Iryna Bayborodina	Anna Denisenko Hanna Mozolska Olha Boychenko Khrystyna Ieromenko Anastasiya Voronina Yulia Denisenko	Mariya Tykhonova Oksana Znaidenova Hanna Voronina

Former internationals

• Ukraine: Iya Andrushchak, Olha Basanska, Svitlana Frishko, Valentyna Kotyk, Maryna Masalska, Olha Ovdiychuk, Nataliya Sukhorukova, Inessa Tytova
• Belarus: Hanna Tatarynova
• Lithuania: Raimonda Kudytė

Managers

• 2006 – 2009 Oleh Ruban
• 2009 – 2016 Yaroslav Lantsfer
• 2016 – 2017 Valentyn Kryachko
• 2017 – Valentyna Kotyk
• 2019 – Maksym Rakhayev (interim)
• 2019 – Serhiy Sapronov^[8]
• 2020 - 2022 Valentyna Kotyk
• 2022 - 2023 team didn't play in Championship of Ukraine
• 2023 - ... Volodymyr Pyatenko

European record

For previous record, see WFC Arsenal Kharkiv

Season	Competition	stage	Result	Opponent
2007–08	UEFA Women's Cup	Group stage	14–0	FC Iveria Khashuri
			4–2	ŽFK Napredak Kruševac
			0–3	WFC Rossiyanka
2009–10	UEFA Women's Champions League	Round of 32	0–5, 0–6	Umeå IK
2012–13	UEFA Women's Champions League	Group stage	0–3	Apollon L.F.C.
			2–1	KÍ Klaksvík
			14–0	KF Ada Velipojë
2013–14	UEFA Women's Champions League	Group stage	5–0	Crusaders Newtownabbey Strikers
			2–1	Raheny United F.C.
			0–1	MTK Hungária FC
2014–15	UEFA Women's Champions League	Group stage	3–1	FK Union Nové Zámky
			5–0	Glentoran Belfast United L.F.C.
			0–4	Glasgow City F.C.
2015–16	UEFA Women's Champions League	Group stage	5–0	FK Union Nové Zámky
			4–1	Rīgas FS
			1–2	PK–35 Vantaa
2016–17	UEFA Women's Champions League	Group stage	0–1	F.C. Ramat HaSharon
			2–0	Rīgas FS
			2–2	SFK 2000
2018–19	UEFA Women's Champions League	Group stage	3–1	FCU Olimpia Cluj
			5–2	Cardiff Met. L.F.C.
			8–0	Birkirkara F.C.
		Round of 32	1–6, 0–4	Linköpings FC
2019-20	UEFA Women's Champions League	Qualifying round	3–2	Split
			6–0	Bettembourg
			0–2	FC Minsk
2021-22	UEFA Women's Champions League	Qualifying round 1	5–1	FC NSA Sofia
			4–1	Pomurje
		Qualifying round 2	2–1, 3–1	Apollon Limassol
		Group stage	0–1, 3–0	Real Madrid
			0–5, 0–6	Paris Saint-Germain
			0–0, 2–0	Breiðablik

See also: Ukrainian football clubs in European competitions

Reserves

Persha Stolytsia

The reserve team "Persha Stolytsia" was formed in 2021 and was based in Zmiiv, Kharkiv Oblast. Competing in the Ukrainian second tier of women's football competitions, it was playing its games at the local stadium, "Avanhard" and "Olimpiyets" in Lyubotyn. The first game the team played was on August 20, 2021, when they hosted Shakhtar Donetsk. Persha Stolytsia lost the match 0:11. The first win came on October 5, 2021, when Persha Stolytsia outplayed Kobra Bilokurakyne 7:0.^[9]

Metalist 1925-2

The second women's team of Metalist 1925 was formed in 2025 to debut in the 2025–26 Ukrainian second-tier of women's football competitions.