FC Metalurh Donetsk
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| Full name | Football Club Metalurh Donetsk |
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| Nickname(s) | Methadone (MetaDon) |
| Founded | 17 June 1996 |
| Dissolved | 10 July 2015 |
| Ground |
Metalurh Stadium (until 2014) Obolon Arena (2014–15 season; due to War in Donbass) |
| Capacity | 5,094 |
| President | Serhiy Taruta |
| League | Ukrainian Premier League |
| 2014–15 | 8th |
| Website | Club home page |
Football Club Metalurh Donetsk (Ukrainian: Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Доне́цьк, pronounced [mɛtɐˈlurɦ doˈnɛt͡sʲk]) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015.
Football came to the Donetsk region in the time of the Russian Empire when the industrialization of the country began. Numerous foreigners, particularly British workers, were forming their own football teams. In September 1911, at the factory of Novorossiysk Association (currently the Donetsk Steel Works Factory – DMZ) owned by John Hughes has created the Yuzovka Sports Society (YuSO) which contained a football club as well. The football club became one of the founders of the Donbas football league based out of Kramatorsk in 1913. The football team existed until 1919 and was liquidated due to the Russian Civil War. In the 1920s, the factory (known at time as Lenin Steel Works) revived the club as part of its own Lenin Sports Club which later carried the name of FC Metalists Stalino. One of the most prominent players of that period was Viktor Shylovsky who later became famous, however, playing for Dynamo Kyiv.
In 1929 based on the team in Stalino (today Donetsk) was created FC Dynamo Stalino. In 1936 based on FC Dynamo Stalino and FC Dynamo Horlivka there was created a united team of Donbas Vuhilnyky Stalino that participated in a spring football championship of 1936 in Group V (precursor of the Soviet Second League). During the season the club moved to Stalino (Donetsk) and changed its name to FC Stakhanovets Stalino.
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