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FC Kharkiv

TOV FK Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

Kharkiv, UkrainePremier Liga · tier 1Founded 19 August 2016Colours

fckharkiv.com ↗Plekhnivska, 65, 61001 Kharkiv, Ukraine+38 57 7619256

Squad

24 players

avg age 24.6

Foreigners

33% of the squad

Internationals

called up by their country

League position

3 / 16

21 pts · 9 played · 2026/27

Stadium

Arena Livyi Bereg

4,700 seats

Manager

Mladen Bartulovic

Transfer balance

−€7.8m

season 2026/27

Squad

24 players

Player	Age	Nationality	Height	Foot	Joined	Contract
Goalkeepers · 3
Georgiy YermakovGoalkeeper	24	Ukraine · Israel	191 cm	right	Jul 2026from Maccabi Haifa	Jun 2030
Danylo VarakutaGoalkeeper	25	Ukraine	191 cm	right	Jun 2024from Chornomorets Odesa	Jun 2029
Yaroslav ProtsenkoGoalkeeper	24	Ukraine	188 cm	right	Jan 2024from Girnyk-Sport Gorishni Plavni	Dec 2027
Defenders · 7
Ilya KrupskyiRight-Back	22	Ukraine	180 cm	both	Jan 2025from Vorskla Poltava	Dec 2028
Oleksandr MartynyukLeft-Back	24	Ukraine	175 cm	left	Jan 2025from FC Oleksandriya	Jun 2028
Artem SmolyakovLeft-Back	23	Ukraine	180 cm	left	Jul 2026from Los Angeles FC	Jun 2027
Yevgen PavlyukCentre-Back	24	Ukraine	187 cm	right	Jan 2025from Vorskla Poltava	Jun 2028
Volodymyr SalyukCentre-Back	24	Ukraine	186 cm	right	May 2024from Chornomorets Odesa	Jun 2028
Valeriy DubkoCentre-Back	25	Ukraine	185 cm	left	Jan 2026from Obolon Kyiv	Dec 2028
Artem ShabanovCentre-Back	34	Ukraine	190 cm	left	Jan 2025from FC Oleksandriya	—
Midfielders · 7
Ivan KalyuzhnyiCentral MidfieldTeam captain	28	Ukraine	189 cm	left	Jan 2025from FC Oleksandriya	Jun 2030
Rafael ProfiniDefensive MidfieldAnkle surgery - Return expected on 23/11/2026	23	Argentina	184 cm	right	Jan 2026from CA Unión (Santa Fe)	Jun 2029
Oleksandr YatsykCentral Midfield	23	Ukraine	182 cm	right	Jan 2026from Dynamo Kyiv	Jun 2030
Cauan BaptistellaAttacking Midfield	19	Italy · Brazil	180 cm	left	Oct 2026from Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	Dec 2030
Nicolás ArévaloDefensive Midfield	23	Colombia	176 cm	right	Jan 2026from Millonarios FC	Dec 2028
Igor KogutCentral Midfield	30	Ukraine	189 cm	right	Jul 2024from SC Dnipro-1 ( - 2024)	Jun 2027
Matviy PanchenkoCentral Midfield	20	Ukraine	180 cm	right	Jan 2024from Ablöse -	Jun 2027
Forwards · 7
Peter ItodoCentre-Forward	23	Nigeria	188 cm	both	Aug 2025from FC Dinamo City	Jun 2029
Baton ZabergjaRight Winger	25	Kosovo · Albania	185 cm	right	Aug 2025from FC Dinamo City	Jun 2028
Carlos ParacoCentre-Forward	23	Venezuela	182 cm	right	Jan 2026from Kryvbas Kryvyi Rig	Jun 2029
Ramik GadzhyevRight Winger	21	Ukraine · Azerbaijan	179 cm	left	Oct 2024from Without Club	Jun 2029
Ermir RashicaLeft Winger	22	Albania · Kosovo	187 cm	right	Feb 2025from KF Skënderbeu	Jun 2028
Denys AntyukhRight Winger	29	Ukraine	183 cm	left	Jan 2025from Zorya Lugansk	Jun 2027
Sebastián CastilloLeft Winger	21	Venezuela	176 cm	right	Feb 2026from Deportivo La Guaira	Dec 2026

Amber contract dates mean the contract ends within 12 months.

Transfers

Season 2026/27

Spent

€7.9m

10 arrivals

Received

€150k

17 departures

Net balance

−€7.8m

received − spent

Arrivals · 10

Georgiy Yermakov
Goalkeeper · 24 y/o
from Maccabi Haifa
€2.8m
Oleksandr Yatsyk
Central Midfield · 23 y/o
from Dynamo Kyiv
€2.5m
Rafael Profini
Defensive Midfield · 22 y/o
from CA Unión (Santa Fe)
€1.6m
Carlos Paraco
Centre-Forward · 22 y/o
from Kryvbas Kryvyi Rig
€1m
Artem Smolyakov
Left-Back · 23 y/o
from Los Angeles FC
Loan
Denys Nagnoynyi
Attacking Midfield · 24 y/o
from FC Kudrivka
End of loan
Maksym Kovalenko
Goalkeeper · 24 y/o
from Probiy Gorodenka
End of loan
Oleksandr Smityukh
Attacking Midfield · 23 y/o
from Dinaz Vyshgorod
End of loan

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Raymond Owusu
Centre-Forward · 24 y/o
from FC Kudrivka
End of loan
Samuel Obinaya
Central Midfield · 20 y/o
from FK Jablonec
End of loan

Departures · 17

Samuel Obinaya
Central Midfield · 20 y/o
to FK Jablonec
€150k
Aleksey Sidorov
Centre-Forward · 25 y/o
to Amkal Moscow
Free
Ari Moura
Right Winger · 30 y/o
to Esporte Clube Juventude
Free
Christian Mba
Centre-Forward · 26 y/o
to Chornomorets Odesa
Loan
Denys Nagnoynyi
Attacking Midfield · 24 y/o
to Lokomotyv Kyiv
Free
Dmytro Kapinus
Right-Back · 23 y/o
to Obolon Kyiv
Loan
Igor Snurnitsyn
Centre-Back · 26 y/o
to Nyva Ternopil
Free
Ivan Lytvynenko
Defensive Midfield · 25 y/o
to FK Zalgiris Vilnius
Free

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Maksym Kovalenko
Goalkeeper · 24 y/o
to Probiy Gorodenka
Free
Oleg Mozil
Goalkeeper · 30 y/o
to Without ClubWithout Club
—
Oleksandr Smityukh
Attacking Midfield · 23 y/o
to Without ClubWithout Club
—
Sebastián Castillo
Left Winger · 21 y/o
to Deportivo La Guaira
End of loan
Vasyl Kravets
Left-Back · 28 y/o
to Zorya Lugansk
Free
Vladlen Yurchenko
Attacking Midfield · 32 y/o
to Zorya Lugansk
Free
Vladyslav Kalitvintsev
Attacking Midfield · 33 y/o
to Without ClubWithout Club
—
Vyacheslav Churko
Attacking Midfield · 33 y/o
to Without ClubWithout Club
—
Yevgeniy Pasich
Right-Back · 33 y/o
to FC Kudrivka
Free

Manager & staff

13 people

Manager

Mladen Bartulovic

Croatia · 40 y/o

Appointed 20 June 2025

Contract until 30 June 2028

Coaching Staff · 8

Maksym TsvirenkoAssistant ManagerUkraine
Oleksandr ChyzhovAssistant ManagerUkraine
Yevgen ShakhovAssistant ManagerUkraine
Pavlo TaranCo-trainer analysisUkraine
Sergiy DolganskyiGoalkeeping CoachUkraine
Andriy ShabalinFitness coachUkraine
Dragan TodorovicConditioning CoachCroatia

Management · 1

Mykola ShamardinSporting DirectorUkraine

Board of Directors · 1

Mykola PavlovAdvisorUkraine

Youth · 3

Roman MelnykAcademy ManagerUkraine
Vyacheslav KhruslovAcademy managerUkraine
Sergiy VolvakovGoalkeeping Co-ordinatorUkraine

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