Football Club Kudrivka () is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kudrivka, Chernihiv Oblast. They currently play in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top tier of Ukrainian football, after promotion from the Ukrainian First League in 2025.
History The club was established in June 1982. The club won the Chernihiv Oblast Football Cup in 2016, 2019 and in 2021. In the season 2020–21 and 2021–22, the club played in Ukrainian Football Amateur League. In 2022 the club won the Chernihiv Oblast Football Cup.
In March 2023, the club won the Super Cup of Chernihiv Oblast against Khvylia. The match was played in Yunist Stadium. Volodymyr Kurbakov, the deputy chairman of the national olympic committee, awarded Nazar Voloshyn as the top scorer of the competition.
Ukrainian Second League
In 2023 the club was admitted to the 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League.Футбольний клуб “Кудрівка” отримав статус професійного і зіграє у 2 Лізі. kudrivka.com.ua. 22 June 2023 On 25 November 2023, the club's president, Roman Solodarenko, announced that the club would relocate to Irpin in 2024.Зміна тренерського штабу та нові амбіції клубу. kudrivka.com.ua (archived). 25 November 2023 The club's president bought the Ukrainian First League club Nyva Buzova, and it was merged with FC Kudrivka.Граючий президент «Кудрівки»: «Відбудеться злиття двох наших команд у єдиний клуб, який візьме участь у Першій лізі 2024/25». ua.tribuna.com. 12 June 2024
Ukrainian First League
The club began to use the Stadium Yuvileinyi primarily for matches in the Ukrainian First League. The club was included in group B, finishing first and entering the promotion play-offs for the Ukrainian Premier League.
On 1 June 2025, Kudrivka secure promotion to the Premier League for the first time in their history after win against FC Vorskla Poltava on aggregate.
Ukrainian Premier League
In June 2025, the club opted to use the Obolon Arena for the first season in Ukrainian Premier League. The club signed some players, such as Illya Karavashchenko, Andriy Totovytskyi, Denys Bezborodko and Vladyslav Shapoval. On 3 August 2025, the club won its first match in the Ukrainian Premier League against Oleksandriya at the Obolon Arena in Kyiv. In February 2026 the club played its home games in Avanhard Stadium. On 5 May 2026 Oleksandr Protchenko replaced Vasyl Baranov as coach of the club.
Stadium
The club plays at Kudrivka Arena in Kudrivka built in 2018. The club used the Yunist Stadium and in 2024 with the relocation to Irpin started using the Stadium Yuvileinyi for the Ukrainian First League matches.
Players Current squad As of 14 August 2026
Out on loan
Other players under contract
League and cup history {|class="wikitable" ! Season ! Div. ! Pos. ! Pl. ! W ! D ! L ! GS ! GA ! P !Domestic Cup !colspan=2|Europe !Notes |-bgcolor=SteelBlue |align=center|2020–21 |align=center rowspan=2|4th "2" (Amateur League) |align=center|4 |align=center|13 |align=center|3 |align=center|4 |align=center|0 |align=center|37 |align=center|16 |align=center|42 |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |align=center| |-bgcolor=SteelBlue |align=center|2021–22 |align=center bgcolor=silver|2 |align=center|9 |align=center|7 |align=center|2 |align=center|0 |align=center|26 |align=center|4 |align=center|25 |align=center|- |align=center|- |align=center|- |align=center| |- |align=center colspan=13|no participation due to war conditions |align=center bgcolor=lightgreen|Admitted |-bgcolor=PowderBlue |align=center|2023–24 |align=center|3rd "A" (Second League) |align=center|7 |align=center|26 |align=center|10 |align=center|7 |align=center|9 |align=center|33 |align=center|40 |align=center|37 |align=center| finals |align=center|- |align=center|- |align=center bgcolor=lightgreen|merged with Nyva Buzova/Promoted to Ukrainian First League |-bgcolor=LightCyan |align=center|2024–25 |align=center|2nd "B"(First League) |align=center|4 |align=center|22 |align=center|10 |align=center|5 |align=center|7 |align=center|25 |align=center|18 |align=center|35 |align=center| finals |align=center|- |align=center|- |align=center bgcolor=lightgreen|Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League win play-off Vorskla Poltava1:2 1:0 (4:3 pen) |-bgcolor=LightCyan |-bgcolor=White |align=center|2025–26 |align=center rowspan=2| 1st (Premier League) |align=center|13 |align=center|30 |align=center|7 |align=center|7 |align=center|16 |align=center|32 |align=center|48 |align=center|28 |align=center| finals |align=center|- |align=center|- |align=center|Relegation play-offs:Ahrobiznes Volochysk 0:0 2:2 (3:2 pen.) |-bgcolor=LightCyan |-bgcolor=White |align=center|2026–27 |align=center|11 |align=center|3 |align=center|0 |align=center|2 |align=center|1 |align=center|1 |align=center|5 |align=center|2 |align=center| finals |align=center|- |align=center|- |align=center|TBD
Honours Domestic competitions
Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship Winners (2): 2022, 2025
Chernihiv Oblast Football Cup Winners (6): 2016 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025, 2026
Chernihiv Oblast Super Cup: Winners (3):2021, 2022, 2026
Kyiv Oblast Football Federation Winners (1): 2020
Kyiv Oblast Football Cup Winners (1): 2021
Individual Player & Coach awards Top Scorer of Ukrainian Cup Dmytro Kulyk: 2023–24 (4 goals together with Andriy Shtohrin) Top scorer of Chernihiv Oblast Super Cup Nazar Voloshyn: 2023
Notable players
Ukraine Andriy Porokhnya Mykola Syrash Dmytro Kulyk Denys Bezborodko Myroslav Serdyuk Andriy Totovytskyi Volodymyr Zubashivskyi Pavlo Shchedrakov Serhiy Datsenko Artem Lutchenko Artem Hryshchenko Yevhen Chepurnenko Valentyn Krukovets Ghana * Raymond Owusu Ecuador * Jair Collahuazo Macedonian * Alban Taipi
Coaches
Valentyn Krukovets (2020) Oleksandr Babor (2020–2022) Serhiy Datsenko (2022–2023) Roman Loktionov (2023–2024) Vasyl Baranov (2024) Roman Loktionov (2024) Vasyl Baranov (2024–2026) Oleksandr Protchenko (2026–present)
References
External links Official website