2024–25 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih season
| 2024–25 season | ||||
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| President | Kostyantyn Karamanits | |||
| Head coach | Yuriy Vernydub | |||
| Stadium | Hirnyk Stadium (main stadium) Košická futbalová aréna (European matches) | |||
| Ukrainian Premier League | 5th | |||
| Ukrainian Cup | Round of 16 | |||
| UEFA Europa League | Third qualifying round | |||
| UEFA Conference League | Play-off round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Yehor Tverdokhlib (14) All: Yehor Tverdokhlib (14) | |||
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The 2024–25 season was FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih's 62nd season in existence and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of Ukrainian football. In addition to the domestic league, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih participated in that season's editions of the Ukrainian Cup, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Conference League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.
Players
First team squad
- Squad at the end of season
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Left during the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
Friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Ukrainian Premier League | 3 August 2024 | 25 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 43.33 |
| Ukrainian Cup | 30 October 2024 | 30 October 2024 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 8 August 2024 | 15 August 2024 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
| UEFA Conference League | 22 August 2024 | 29 August 2024 | Play-off round | Play-off round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0.00 |
| Total | 35 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 36 | +0 | 37.14 | ||||
Source: Soccerway
Ukrainian Premier League
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 69 | 26 | +43 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a] |
| 4 | Polissya Zhytomyr | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 48 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 47 | |
| 6 | Karpaty Lviv | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 46 | |
| 7 | Zorya Luhansk | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 40 |
Source: upl.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw or "Golden match" if two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[1]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw or "Golden match" if two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[1]
Notes:
- ^ Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2024–25 Ukrainian Cup; the second Conference League spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.
Teams that placed 13th and 14th in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League played two-leg play-off with the third and fourth teams of the 2024–25 Ukrainian First League. As a result, both the Ukrainian First League teams (Metalist 1925 and Kudrivka) received promotion after beating the Ukrainian Premier League teams (Vorskla and Livyi Bereh), which in turn were relegated. Due to the Russian 2025 summer escalation and the Russian ballistic missile attack warnings, on 1 June 2025, both matches were suspended but later renewed.[2][3]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Kudrivka | 2–2 (4–3 p) | Vorskla Poltava | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Livyi Bereh Kyiv | 0–2 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 0–1 | 0–1 |
First Semi-final
| 29 May 2025 | Kudrivka | 1–2 | Vorskla Poltava | Kyiv |
| 15:30 |
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Report | Stadium: Obolon Arena Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn (Kharkiv) |
| 1 June 2025 | Vorskla Poltava | 0–1 (3–4 p) | Kudrivka | Poltava |
| 13:00 | Report | Lytovchenko 9' |
Stadium: Vorskla Attendance: 2,204 Referee: Mykola Balakin (Kyiv oblast) | |
| Penalties | ||||
2–2 on aggregate; Kudrivka won 4–3 on penalties and promotion to Premier League. While, Vorskla lost 3–4 on penalties and relegation to First League
Second Semi-final
| 29 May 2025 | Livyi Bereh Kyiv | 0–1 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Hnidyn, Kyiv Oblast |
| 18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Arena Livyi Bereh Attendance: 1,167 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi (Kropyvnytskyi) |
| 1 June 2025 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 1–0 | Livyi Bereh Kyiv | Hnidyn, Kyiv Oblast |
| 15:30 |
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Report | Stadium: Arena Livyi Bereh Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Dnipro) |
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv won 2–0 on aggregate and promotion to Premier League. While, Livyi Bereh Kyiv lost 0–2 on aggregate and relegation to First League.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 |
Last updated: 5 May 2025.
Source: soccerway
Matches
The match schedule was released on 28 June 2024.[4]
| 3 August 2024 1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1–0 | Chornomorets Odesa | Kryvyi Rih |
| 18:00 EET | Tverdokhlib 6'  79' Kozhushko 90+2' |
Report | Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium Attendance: 587 Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi |
| 11 August 2024 2 | Karpaty Lviv | 3–0 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Lviv |
| 15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00) | Shakh 39' Polehenko 42' Chachua 81' |
Report | Lunyov  19' Amoroso 48' Bizimana 59' |
Stadium: Ukraina Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi |
| 18 August 2024 3 | Veres Rivne | 0–2 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Rivne |
| 15:30 EET | Smiyan 11'  28' Honcharenko 44' |
Report | Adu 12' Lunyov 25' Romanchuk  52' Stetskov 81' (pen.) |
Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 1,587 Referee: Mykola Balakin |
| 25 August 2024 4 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1–1 | Inhulets Petrove | Kryvyi Rih |
| 18:00 EET | Ponyedyelnik 14' Dibango 17' Kozhushko 40' |
Report | Pyatov 6' Kozak 66' |
Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium Attendance: 534 Referee: Roman Blavatskyi |
| 15 September 2024 6 | Livyi Bereh Kyiv | 0–1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Kyiv Oblast |
| 15:30 EET | Yakymiv 69' |
Report | Bandeira 67' Zaderaka 81' Romanchuk 86' |
Stadium: Arena Livyi Bereh Attendance: 1,087 Referee: Ihor Paskhal |
| 22 September 2024 7 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1–1 | Vorskla Poltava | Kryvyi Rih |
| 15:30 EET | Sosah 45+2' |
Report | Iyede 41' Myakushko 45+1' Chelyadin 47' Perduta 69' Kulakovskyi 90+3' |
Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Oleksandr Shandor |
| 28 September 2024 8 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0–1 | Oleksandriya | Kryvyi Rih |
| 13:00 EET | Bizimana 22' Mykytyshyn 34' Bandeira 90+3' |
Report | Kalyuzhnyi 18' Filippov 45+1' Smyrnyi 50' |
Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium Attendance: 480 Referee: Oleh Derevinskyi |
| 6 October 2024 9 | Dynamo Kyiv | 2–1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Kyiv |
| 18:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Rubchynskyi 5' Buyalskyi 25' (pen.) Yarmolenko 53' Andriyevskyi 85' |
Report | Mykhavko 45+3' (o.g.) Poé 47' Bizimana 64' Ilić 90+4' Amoroso 90+4' |
Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 1,794 Referee: Mykola Balakin |
| 20 October 2024 10 | Zorya Luhansk | 0–1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Kyiv |
| 18:00 EET | Report | Sosah 48' |
Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 386 Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi |
| 26 October 2024 11 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 3–1 | LNZ Cherkasy | Kryvyi Rih |
| 15:30 EET | Ilić 24' Zaderaka 26' Ponyedyelnik 58' Drambayev 90+4' |
Report | Topalov 17' Thill 44' Naumets 78' |
Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium Attendance: 766 Referee: Roman Blavatskyi |
| 4 November 2024 12 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1–1 | Rukh Lviv | Kryvyi Rih |
| 15:30 EET | Zaderaka 47' Tverdokhlib 82' |
Report | Karabin 36' Didyk 40' |
Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium Attendance: 327 Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi |
| 9 November 2024 13 | Kolos Kovalivka | 1–1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Kovalivka |
| 18:00 EET | Veleten 37' Bolívar 65' Tretyakov 72' Kozik 88' |
Report | Bizimana 29' Tverdokhlib 47' Ponyedyelnik 50' Sosah 70' |
Stadium: Kolos Stadium Attendance: 456 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi |
| 24 November 2024 14 | Obolon Kyiv | 0–1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Kyiv |
| 13:00 EET | Slobodyan 32' Chernenko 44' Pryimak 61' Dubko 63' Bliznichenko 82' |
Report | Tverdokhlib 25' 77' Shevchenko 28' Sosah 51' |
Stadium: Obolon Arena Attendance: 720 Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn |
| 30 November 2024 15 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 3–1 | Polissya Zhytomyr | Kryvyi Rih |
| 15:30 EET | Tverdokhlib 11', 72', 86' Bandeira 84' Drambayev 90+1' |
Report | Makouana 49' Matić 51' Hutsulyak 63' Smolyakov 84' |
Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium Attendance: 565 Referee: Oleksandr Afanasyev |
| 7 December 2024 16 | Chornomorets Odesa | 1–3 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Odesa |
| 15:30 EET | Skyba 34' 89' Khoblenko 39' Popov 65' Šporn 87' |
Report | Ilić 41' (pen.) Mykytyshyn 45+1' Tverdokhlib 80' |
Stadium: Chornomorets Stadium Attendance: 0[5] Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi |
| 14 December 2024 17 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 2–0 | Karpaty Lviv | Kryvyi Rih |
| 15:30 EET (UTC+02:00) | Ilić 27' (pen.) Vakulko 56' Tverdokhlib 69' |
Report | Miroshnichenko 33' Igor Neves 34' |
Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium Attendance: 593 Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn |
| 22 February 2025 18 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0–3 | Veres Rivne | Rivne |
| 13:00 EET | Ilić 45' Bandeira 52' Kuzyk 61' |
Report | Sharay 28' Hayduchyk 41' Kucherov 51'Kutsia 69' Kharatin 72' |
Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 516 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi |
| 2 March 2025 19 | Inhulets Petrove | 2–0 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Kryvyi Rih |
| 13:00 EET (UTC+2) | Pushkaryov 14' Benedyuk 41' Dykhtyaruk 81' |
Report | Sosah 44' Vilivald 66' |
Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium Attendance: 485 Referee: Serhiy Zadyran |
| 6 March 2025 20 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Lviv |
| 18:00 EET (UTC+2) | Pedro Henrique 48' Bondarenko 67' Marlon Gomes 68' |
Report | Mykytyshyn 44' Mendoza 57' Lunyov 68' Kuzyk 73' Klishchuk 90+3' Dibango 90+5' |
Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi |
| 30 March 2025 22 | Vorskla Poltava | 0–1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Poltava |
| 13:00 EET | Sklyar 51' Malysh 55' Isenko 90+3' |
Report | Tverdokhlib 40' 58' |
Stadium: Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium Attendance: 2,506 Referee: Mykhaylo Rayda |
| 6 April 2025 23 | Oleksandriya | 1–0 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Oleksandriya |
| 13:00 EET | Cara 56' Juan Alvina 57' Kravchenko 79' Kalyuzhnyi 84' |
Report | Konaté 90+2' |
Stadium: CSC Nika Stadium Attendance: 1,014 Referee: Oleksandr Shandor |
| 12 April 2025 24 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0–2 | Dynamo Kyiv | Kryvyi Rih |
| 13:00 EET (UTC+2) | Zaderaka 29' Konaté 33' |
Report | Yarmolenko 35' 38' Popov 67' Shaparenko 72' Vanat 74' Brazhko 79' Mykhavko 85' |
Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium Attendance: 1,398 Referee: Mykola Balakin |
| 16 April 2025 5 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1–2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Kryvyi Rih |
| 14:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Bizimana 5' Ilić 77' Tverdokhlib 85' Vakulko 87' |
Report | Matviyenko 38' Stepanenko 40' Kevin 62' |
Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Denys Shurman |
| Note: Match originally scheduled for 1 September 2024, but abandoned in the 51st minute due to an air-raid siren.[6] Remaining minutes were played on 16 April 2025. | ||||
| 20 April 2025 25 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 3–0 | Zorya Luhansk | Kryvyi Rih |
| 13:00 EET | Romanchuk 32' Dibango 64' Mykytyshyn 66' Tverdokhlib 86' Vakulko 89' Mulyk 90+3' |
Report | Mićin 32' Bašić 38' Trontelj 64' Dryshlyuk 70' Jordan 89' |
Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Ihor Paskhal |
| 26 April 2025 26 | LNZ Cherkasy | 0–0 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Cherkasy |
| 15:30 EET | Putrya 34' Tankovskyi 55' Jashari 69' Thill 84' |
Report | Ponyedyelnik 9' Mykytyshyn 71' |
Stadium: Cherkasy Arena Attendance: 650 Referee: Andriy Kovalenko |
| 2 May 2025 27 | Rukh Lviv | 0–0 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Lviv |
| 18:00 EET (UTC+2) | Kitela 39' Ryabov 40' |
Report | Romanchuk 24' |
Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 850 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi |
| 7 May 2025 21 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 4–0 | Livyi Bereh Kyiv | Kryvyi Rih |
| 13:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Kuzyk 27' Ilić 45+1' Tverdokhlib 47', 90' Sosah 69' |
Report | Kohut 31' |
Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium Attendance: 470 Referee: Roman Blavatskyi |
| Note: Match originally scheduled for 15 March 2025, but abandoned in the 2nd minute due to an air-raid siren.[7] Remaining minutes were played on 7 May 2025. | ||||
| 11 May 2025 28 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0–1 | Kolos Kovalivka | Kryvyi Rih |
| 13:00 EET | Report | Elias 8' Krasniqi 45' |
Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium Attendance: 521 Referee: Oleksandr Afanasyev |
| 17 May 2025 29 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1–0 | Obolon Kyiv | Kryvyi Rih |
| 13:00 EET | Kuzyk 47' 90+3' Ikenna 83' |
Report | Bliznichenko 75' Ilyin 86' |
Stadium: Hirnyk Stadium Attendance: 590 Referee: Oleksandr Omelchenko |
| 25 May 2025 30 | Polissya Zhytomyr | 1–1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Zhytomyr |
| 18:00 EET | Krushynskyi 4' Batista 50' Yosefi 60' Karaman 90' Maisuradze 90+3' |
Report | Sosah 21' Tverdokhlib 30' Vakulko 48' Konaté 52' Zaderaka 90+3' |
Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Denys Shurman |
Ukrainian Cup
| 30 October 2024 Round of 16 | Polissya Zhytomyr | 2–1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Zhytomyr |
| 15:30 EET | Vialle 11' Krushynskyi 44' Mykhaylichenko 53' Hutsulyak 72' Talles Costa 90+3' |
Report | Zaderaka 17' |
Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion Attendance: 950 Referee: Oleksandr Omelchenko |
UEFA Europa League
Third qualifying round
The draw was held on 22 July 2024.[8]
| 8 August 2024 First leg | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih  | 1–2 |  Viktoria Plzeň | Košice, Slovakia |
| 20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Adu 17' 20' Dibango 63' Vakulko 74' |
Report | Panoš 32' 49' Vašulín 69' 74' |
Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna Attendance: 1,800 Referee:  Sebastian Gishamer |
| Note: Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[9] Therefore, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih played their home match at Košická futbalová aréna in Košice, Slovakia, instead of their regular stadium, Hirnyk Stadium in Kryvyi Rih. | ||||
| 15 August 2024 Second leg | Viktoria Plzeň | 1–0 (3–1 agg.) | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Plzeň, Czech Republic |
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Vašulín 52' |
Report | Klishchuk 15' Stetskov 43' Khomchenovskyi 77' Adu 88' |
Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 10,657 Referee:  Horațiu Feșnic |
UEFA Conference League
Play-off round
The draw was held on 5 August 2024.[10]
| 22 August 2024 First leg | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0–2 |  Real Betis | Košice, Slovakia |
| 20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Adu 43' |
Report | Ávila 13' Ezzalzouli 33' Rodri 62' |
Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna Attendance: 4,372 Referee:  Arda Kardeşler |
| Note: Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[11] Therefore, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih played their home match at Košická futbalová aréna in Košice, Slovakia, instead of their regular stadium, Hirnyk Stadium in Kryvyi Rih. | ||||
| 29 August 2024 Second leg | Real Betis | 3–0 (5–0 agg.) | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Seville, Spain |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Ruibal 40' Ezzalzouli 41', 43' |
Report | Stadium: Benito Villamarín Stadium Attendance: 41,445 Referee:  Igor Pajac |
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- ^ Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.
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- ^ Стало известно, когда Металлист 1925 и Левый Берег начнут игру. sport.ua. 1 June 2025
- ^ "UPL unveiled the 2024/25 season schedule". Terrikon. 28 June 2024.
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- ^ "Матч Кривбас – Шахтар буде дограно в інший день". shakhtar.com (in Ukrainian). FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Матч 21 туру УПЛ між Крибасом та Лівим Берегом перенесено через повітряну тривогу". champion.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Champion. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League third qualifying round draw".
- ^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "UEFA Conference League play-off round draw".
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