FC Rukh Lviv

FC Rukh Lviv is a Ukrainian registered professional soccer club based in Lviv. The club performs in the Ukrainian Premier League after placing 2nd in the Ukrainian First League in the year 2019-20.

History

In 2003 under the initiative Myron Markevych, who was born in Vynnyky, and at the time was head coach of FC Karpaty Lviv established football club called FC Rukh Vynnyky. When asked why Rukh, Markevych replied that Rukh is life. In June 2003, a children's football school Myron Markevych "Movement" under directorship Yuriy Hdanskyi and trainers Roman Hdanskyi, Ihor Didyk, Markiyan Shkraba, Oleh Lehan was formed.

In 2009, the Rukh adult soccer team with President Hryhoriy Kozlovskyi [uk] and head trainer Roman Hdanskyi was formed. Since the team was located in Vynnyky which is a satellite town of the city of Lviv, so at a time teams participated separately in Lviv Oblast League Championship and in Lviv the teams participated in the championship of the city. The club holds matches at the stadium named after Bohdan Markevych (1925–2002, Myron Markevych's father), who was one of the main sponsors of the football club and the Youth Academy, who worked for many years as a junior's coach.

In 2014, the team won the National amateur football championship.

During the 2015 season, the club made sensations by signing former Dynamo Kyiv internationals Oleksandr Aliyev and Maksim Shatskikh.

The club has been admitted to the PFL and took second place in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League.

On 26 June 2017, the club presented a new emblem in golden and black colors.

Honors

Ukrainian First League

Runners-up (1): 2019–20

Ukrainian Second League

Runners-up (1): 2016–17

Ukrainian Amateur League

Winners (1): 2014

Runners-up (2): 2013, 2015

Lviv Oblast Championship

Winners (4): 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Lviv Oblast Cup

Winners (3): 2012, 2014. 2015