FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (2020)

It is part of the Sports Club Hirnyk which combines several other sections. The club's owner is the Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Works (KZRK), the biggest subterranean iron mining company in Ukraine. KZRK traces its origin from the Soviet industrial giant "Kryvbas Ruda" (1973–1998). The club was created in 1998 as FC Rodina Kryvyi Rih, but it traces its history to 1925 as FC Karl Liebknecht Quarry which in 1956 took part in competitions of the Ukrainian SSR among fitness teams and in 1959 it was represented by the Komintern Quarry team.

The modern football club currently competes in the Ukrainian First League and was formed in 2001. After finishing 3rd in the Ukrainian Amateur Championships in 2003 the club's administration decided to enter the professional leagues.

The club plays their games at either "Shakhta Zhovtneva" or "Budivelnyk" Stadiums.

The club was promoted to the Ukrainian First League after finishing 4th in 2014.[4]

The club withdrew from the PFL at the end of the 2015–16 season.[5] After a year's absence the club competed in the Ukrainian Amateur competition and in regained professional status for the 2018–19 season.[6]

On 29 July 2020 the president of Hirnyk Kostiantyn Karamanits confirmed that his team would be renamed into Kryvbas before the start of the 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League season.[7] Later it changed to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.[8][9][10] The club's rebranding was triggered on petition of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.[11][12][13][14] It is the second time the club was renamed as Kryvbas, previously also were known as Kryvbas-Ruda.

In interview to Artur Valerko in July 2013 right after the original Kryvbas was declared bankrupt, the football historian Vasyl Hnatiuk has foreseen the transition of Hirnyk to Kryvbas.[15] On 20 August 2020 there took place official presentation of the new Kryvbas.[16] At the presentation the Verkhovna Rada People's Deputy of Ukraine Yurii Koriavchenkov explained that the process started back in 2015 when on efforts of fans there was created a public organization "Kryvbas maie buty" (Kryvbas has to be) and Serhiy Mazur asked us at that time members of studio "Kvartal-95" with request to help with revival of Kryvbas.[16] The club's president remained the president of former Hirnyk Kostiantyn Karamanits, vice-president on development of youth football became Serhiy Mazur, vice-president on fans cooperation Vadym Ivashchenko, vice-president of communication and public relations Artem Mykhailichenko, head of board of trustees became Yurii Koriavchenkov.[16] It was also announced the history of Hirnyk did not end and its club's academy will continue to work under the brand of Hirnyk and develop young talents for the main squad of the revived Kryvbas.[16]

The new Kryvbas played its first game against FC Cherkashchyna as part of the 2020–21 Ukrainian Cup and won it 4:2. The game had several spectators[1] and was visited by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi.[17] During the game some fans spread a banner with a saying "Zelensky three, two, one, shames our Kryvbas".[18][19][20]

The club's school was founded on 1 June 2003. The school provides its pupils ages 3 to 17 with extracurriculum activities in football.

As of 3 February 2021[22][23]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  UKR Kyrylo Zlotar 2 MF  UKR Vyacheslav Ryabov 4 DF  UKR Ihor Kotsyumaka (on loan from Inhulets Petrove) 7 MF  UKR Ihor Buka 8 MF  UKR Oleksandr Pyatov 9 FW  UKR Oleksandr Mishurenko 10 MF  UKR Andriy Shmat 11 FW  UKR Viktor Berko 12 DF  UKR Bohdan Sokol 14 MF  UKR Artur Karnoza 17 DF  UKR Nazar Malinovskyi 18 MF  UKR Ihor Yarovoy 20 DF  UKR Dmytro Fatyeyev

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  UKR Serhiy Hvozdevych 22 MF  UKR Oleksandr Huskov 25 MF  UKR Andriy Hryhoryk 27 FW  UKR Yaroslav Kvasov 31 GK  UKR Kostyantyn Cherniy 33 DF  UKR Volodymyr Zayimenko 41 GK  UKR Roman Lyopka 75 DF  UKR Hlib Popchuk 77 MF  UKR Oleksiy Zbun 89 DF  UKR Andriy Dedyayev 95 DF  UKR Oleksandr Horvat