FC Helios Kharkiv

FC Helios

Full name	FC Helios
Nickname(s)	Sonyachni (Sunny)
Founded	2002
Ground	"Helios-Arena", Kharkiv
Capacity	4,924
Chairman	Oleksandr Hellstein
Manager	Serhiy Syzykhin (acting)
League	Ukrainian First League
2015–16	5th
Home colours Away colours

FC Helios (Ukrainian: ФК "Геліос") is a Ukrainian football club located in Kharkiv, Ukraine

History

FC Helios was founded in December 2002 by Oleksandr Hellstein. The team quickly progressed through amateur competitions including the Kharkiv Aviation Institute tournament and Amateur Championship of Ukraine and in 2003 the club advanced to play in the Druha Liha C. After finishing the 2004–2005 Druha Liha C season with a record of 25 wins, 2 ties, and only one loss, Helios advanced to the Persha Liha.

Colors and badge

FC Helios Kharkiv's colors are red, black and white and gold.

Stadium

In 2008 the club relocated to Krasnokutsk when the Metalist Stadium was put under renovation in preparation for the EURO-2012. Before that the club played its games at the Dynamo Stadium in Kharkiv. The stadium was contracted by FC Kharkiv and put for renovation. The new stadium that Helios started to utilize belonged to the less successful club of Kharkiv – Hazovyk which now is defunct.

For the Ukrainian First League 2009-10 season Helios relocated back to Kharkiv and рlayed at the "Arsenal-Bavaria" Stadium. The owner of the facility, Arsenal Kharkiv, later announced its withdrawal from the PFL of Ukraine for the Ukrainian Second League 2009–10 season.^[1] Remarkably, Arsenal's Bavaria Stadium is not the only stadium in their possession in the city. In July the stadium was renamed Helios-Arena.^[2]

Current squad

As of 24 November 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Denys Sydorenko 3 DF Ihor Cherednychenko 5 DF Serhiy Loboyko (captain) 6 DF Roman Pomazan 7 FW Mykola Ahapov 8 MF Vitaliy Subochev 9 MF Heorhiy Chelidze 13 DF Vitaliy Komarnytskyi 16 FW Vadym Abelentsev 17 FW Serhiy Kravchenko

No. Position Player 20 DF Ihor Lutsenko 21 DF Vladyslav Hershman 24 MF Bulat Yeloyev 27 FW Bohdan Semenets 29 DF Illya Hlushytskyi (on loan from Shakhtar) 49 DF Vladyslav Kravchenko 71 GK Maksym Yerokhin 90 MF Anton Kicha 99 FW Ruslan Ivashko

Honors

• Ukrainian Druha Liha: 1

2004/05 Champions Group C

League and cup history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Notes
2003	4th	1	8	6	1	1	15	3	19
2003–04	3rd "C"	6	30	15	7	8	41	31	52	1/32 finals
2004–05	3rd "C"	1	28	25	2	1	64	18	77	1/32 finals			Promoted
2005–06	2nd	12	34	12	8	14	26	35	44	1/32 finals
2006–07	2nd	7	36	17	7	12	45	36	58	1/32 finals
2007–08	2nd	14	38	13	8	17	31	40	47	1/16 finals
2008–09	2nd	15	32	8	6	18	28	44	30	1/16 finals
2009–10	2nd	10	34	12	10	12	42	47	46	1/32 finals
2010–11	2nd	15	34	10	10	14	31	44	40	1/32 finals
2011–12	2nd	9	34	13	9	12	53	45	48	1/32 finals
2012–13	2nd	10	34	12	13	9	33	21	49	1/16 finals
2013–14	2nd	9	30	10	11	9	29	35	41	1/32 finals
2014–15	2nd	7	30	12	8	10	30	25	44	1/16 finals
2015–16	2nd	5	30	13	12	5	33	24	51	1/8 finals
2016–17	2nd									1/32 finals

Former players

• Serhiy Kandaurov

Coaches

Valentyn Kryachko (2003) Rinat Morozov (2003–04) Ihor Nadeyin (2004–05) Volodymyr Shekhovtsov (2005) Rostyslav Lysenko (2005–06) Oleksandr Sevidov (2006–07) Ihor Nadeyin (2007) Yuriy Pohrebnyak (2007–08)

Volodymyr Shekhovtsov (2008–09) Serhiy Kandaurov (2009–10) Volodymyr Shekhovtsov (caretaker) (2010) Roman Pokora (2010–11) Volodymyr Shekhovtsov (caretaker) (2011) Volodymyr Shekhovtsov (2011–12) Serhiy Yesin (caretaker) (2012–13) Serhiy Yesin (2013–15)

Notes and references

1. ""Гелиос" теперь с домашней ареной ("Helios" now with a home ground)". ua.football (in Russian). 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
2. Renameing the stadium (Ukrainian)

External links

• (Russian) FC Gelios Kharkiv – Official website