FC Lviv

The club was founded in May 2006. It entered the Persha Liha as a replacement for the bankrupt club FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi, which also represented Lviv Oblast. The new entity was registered on 22 May 2006[1] as a company with limited liability (Ukrainian: Товариство з обмеженою відповідальністю) "Football Club "Lviv". Later in May 2006 the PFL Bureau session adopted a decision to recognize the club as a lawful successor (Ukrainian: правонаступник) of FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi that played in Persha Liha. This fact was also confirmed at a press-conference given at the Football Federation of Lviv Oblast on 26 May 2006.[2] The new president of the new club Yuriy Kindzerskyi informed that his club was not created as a municipal club.[2]

In its debut season FC Lviv reached 11th place and scored 45 goals. At the start of the next season, in the beginning of September 2007, the club moved to the newly built stadium Kniazha Arena in Dobromyl, west of Sambir. This arena was constructed by and named after Ukrainian insurance company Knyazha, who is the club's main sponsor. The previous home ground of the club was SKA Stadium in Lviv which fell out of favor with the FFU, PFL.

In 2007–08 season FC Lviv finished 2nd in the Persha Liha and were promoted to the Premier Liha for the first time in their history, making the club one of the founders of the newly formed Premier League. In 2008–09 FC Lviv, despite a sensational opening 2–0 win against Shakhtar, were relegated to the Persha Liha. The decisive match for them happened in the last round against another Lviv team Karpaty in the Lviv derby when they lost 2–1. The club's first, and only, season in the Premier League was spent at The Ukraina Stadium together with Karpaty under a lease contract.

In 2009, the city of Lviv lent the former land property of LORTA Plant for rent to FC Lviv. Out of 3.0542 ha FC Lviv receives 2.9 ha in rent until the spring of 2019 and the rest for only five years.[3]

In 2016 the professional team of FC Lviv was renewed and its future participation in Druha Liha was announced.[4]

In May 2018, the club was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League on pretence of merging with NK Veres Rivne and play in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  UKR Ivan Lobay 3 MF  UKR Petro Velychko 4 DF  UKR Maksym Komarets 7 FW  BRA China 8 MF  UKR Ivan Brikner 11 MF  BRA Welves 12 GK  UKR Orest Kostyk 13 FW  UKR Nazariy Nych 14 DF  UKR Maksym Brama 15 DF  UKR Borys Krushynskyi 17 MF  UKR Andriy Vychizhanin 19 MF  LTU Donatas Kazlauskas 21 DF  UKR Oleksandr Romanchuk 22 DF  LUX Enes Mahmutovic 24 MF  UKR Volodymyr Yakimets 25 MF  CRO Frane Čirjak 26 MF  UKR Maksym Khimchak

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  UKR Andriy Busko 29 FW  UKR Artur Remenyak 30 FW  GHA Ernest Antwi 31 GK  UKR Oleksandr Ilyuschenkov 45 FW  UKR Yuriy Zakharkiv 47 MF  UKR Maksym Hrysyo 55 MF  UKR Dmytro Penteleychuk 70 MF  UKR Ostap Malashevskyi 96 MF  BRA Rafael Sabino (captain) 99 DF  FRA Maroine Mihoubi — MF  BRA Alvaro — MF  UKR Oleksiy Dovhyi — MF  BRA Pedro Vitor — MF  UKR Dmytro Semeniv — FW  BRA Lipe Veloso — FW  BRA Pernambuco — FW  BRA Renan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  BRA Filipe Pachtmann (at Zira until 30 June 2021)

No. Pos. Nation Player

• 2006–2009: Yuriy Kindzerskyi
• 2009–2012: Football Federation of Lviv Oblast (led by Yaroslav Hrysyo)
• 2016–2018: Roman Mykhayliv[7]
• Since 2018: Bohdan Kopytko

Since 2006 till 2012, the main sponsor was Knyazha (insurance company), other sponsors were Dobromyl, Persha Pryvatna Brovarnia (brewery), and the technical sponsor was Lotto.

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Other		Notes
2009–10	3rd "A"	8	20	4	7	9	13	25	19		PFL LG	QF