FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (2020)

After a year of absence, in 2017 Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih was reestablished and entered the Ukrainian Amateur competition following which it regained professional status for the 2018–19 season.[1]

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.[2] Later it changed to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.[3][4][5] The club's rebranding was triggered on petition of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.[6][7][8][9] 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.[10] On 20 August 2020 there took place official presentation of the new Kryvbas.[11] 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.[11] 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.[11] 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.[11]

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[12] and was visited by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.[13] During the game some fans spread a banner with a saying "Zelensky three, two, one, shames our Kryvbas".[14][15][16]

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 30 April 2022[17][18]

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 MF  UKR Vyacheslav Ryabov 3 DF  UKR Volodymyr Zayimenko (captain) 4 MF  UKR Artem Hordiyenko 5 MF  UKR Oleksandr Pyatov 6 MF  UKR Klim Prykhodko (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) 8 MF  UKR Ihor Yarovoy 11 MF  UKR Mykyta Tatarkov 13 DF  UKR Ivan Zotko 14 DF  UKR Hlib Bukhal 16 MF  CRO Christian Ilić 17 DF  UKR Nazar Malinovskyi 18 MF  UKR Oleksandr Horvat 19 DF  UKR Yevhen Pavlyuk (on loan from Vorskla Poltava) 25 DF  CRO Dragan Lovrić

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW  UKR Roman Debelko 31 GK  UKR Dmytro Chernyavskyi 39 FW  UKR Denys Vasin 41 GK  UKR Roman Lyopka 50 DF  UKR Dmytro Semenov 73 DF  UKR Denys Balan 77 MF  UKR Oleksiy Zbun 91 MF  UKR Danylo Polonskyi 99 MF  BIH Miljan Govedarica — GK  UKR Dmytro Chernysh — DF  UKR Hlib Popchuk — DF  UKR Ivan Semenikhin — MF  UKR Ivan Kozak — FW  UKR Yevheniy Nikolashyn

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  UKR Andriy Mostovyi (on loan to Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi)[19] 45 MF  UKR Artem Schedryi (loan to FCI Levadia)[20] 9 FW  UKR Oleksiy Khoblenko (loan to FCI Levadia)[21]

No. Pos. Nation Player