Ground Capacity 20,000(4,500 seated) Website Club home page League Ukrainian First League Ground Avanhard Stadium | Owner FC VERES-RIVNE LLC Manager Volodymyr Mazyar Location Rivne, Ukraine Founded 1957 | |
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Full name Narodnyy Klub(Peoples Club) Veres Rivne 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League, 2nd (promoted) | ||
NK Veres Rivne is a Ukrainian football club based in Rivne. The team ran into financial difficulties after the winter break of the 2010–11 season and was removed from the PFL (1st league). From 1992–1995, Veres Rivne took part in the Ukrainian Premier League, and achieved their best result of 12th place in 1993–94. In that season they also reached the semifinals of Ukrainian Cup. Their home stadium is "Avanhard".
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The uniform includes home Red shirt Black shorts and away all Black.
History
Team was founded in 1957 as Kolhospnyk (collective farm worker).The team debuted in the 1958 season in the Class B Third Zone and Placed 14th of the 16 teams the participated.In all the team played 13 seasons in Class B. The best results came in the 1968 and 1969 seasons where the team placed 7th. In 1966 it changed its name to Horyn after the river that flows in Volhynia.
After the reorganization of the Championship of USSR in 1971 Horyn started playing Second League of the Ukrainian Zone and played there until the fall of the Soviet Union. In 1972 the club became part of all Ukrainian Avanhard voluntary sports society and changed its name to Avanhard. In the first season in the Second League of the Ukrainian Zone Avanhard placed 26th. Starting in the late 1970s Avangard started progressing and in 1981 under the management of two famous Dynamo Kyiv players Viktor Matvienko and Volodymyr Troshkin Avanhard got 3rd place. Nine years later under the management of Viktor Pokora Avanhard placed 3rd again.
During the fall of the Soviet Union it changed its name again to Veres (heather) and was placed in the Ukrainian First League. In the same season Veres placed first and was promoted to the Vyshcha Liha. In the first season in Vyshcha Liha Veres placed last but wasn't relegated because the league was expanded. The next season was the most successful season in the clubs history the team was 4th after the end of the first have of the season beating teams like FC Dnipro, FC Metalist, FC Shakhtar and knocking FC Dynamo Kyiv out of the Ukrainian Cup and reaching the semi final. But after the start of the second half Veres only could manage to finish 12th. After that Veres started its downfall and in the 1994–95 season were relegated. Only after 2 season in the Ukrainian First League Veres got relegated to the Ukrainian Second League and stayed there until their bankruptcy in 2011.
Revival in 2015
In 2015, it was reinstated with the help of chairman of the regional football federation. It is the first club in Ukraine to have club membership and as of May 21 has over 3,500 members. In the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League season Veres finished in second place and was promoted to the Ukrainian First League. After the end of the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League season the club was reorganized and the FC VERES-RIVNE LLC was founded by the Public Union "Rivne Football Club Veres Rivne" and Lvivskyi Kholodokombinat PAT with the letter becoming the majority holder with 61% stake. The Company was founded to manage the club. Lvivskyi Kholodikombinat PAT will cover the budget costs which will be approximately 15 million hryvnia for the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League season. The goal for the season is set to achieve promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League
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Current squad
As of 19 March 2017Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.