FC Metalist-2 Kharkiv was a Ukrainian football team based in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The club has been featured regularly in the Ukrainian Second Division it serves as a junior team for the FC Metalist Kharkiv franchise. Like most tributary teams, the best players are sent up to the senior team, meanwhile developing other players for further call-ups.
The FC Avanhard Merefa that represented the Kharkiv Glass Factory was promoted to the Ukrainian Second League in 1996. After bankruptcy of the factory, the club was merged with FC Metalist Kharkiv and moved to Kharkiv initially as Avanhard-Metalist Kharkiv. The next season the club was officially renamed into Metalist-2 Kharkiv.
With introduction of competitions for reserves teams of the Higher League and placing 14th out of 15 team in the Second League competition, the team was withdrawn out of the league.
League history Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA PDomestic CupEuropeNotes1997team created based on FC Avanhard-Metalist (formerly FC Avanhard Merefa)1997–983rd(Druha Liha)13308418395228 1/128 finals1998–994261538261948 1999–200011268513213129 2000–0193011712394340 2001–02103412913424145 2002–037289109322437 2003–045301749552755 2003–045301749552755 2004–0514286616284924 dissolved
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