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Independent investment & management platform · The proposed acquisition of FC Metalist Kharkiv is at negotiation stage

The next great football opportunity in Europe

Building the next era of Ukrainian football

Metalist Football Group is an investment and management platform dedicated to restoring one of Ukraine's most historic football clubs to its rightful place on the European stage.

$300 B+
committed to Ukraine's reconstruction — Europe's largest since the Marshall Plan
60–80 %
war-related discount on football asset valuations vs pre-war benchmarks
38,633
seats at the Metalist stadium — among Eastern Europe's largest

Our mission

Our mission is to bring international capital, professional management, and global brand strategy to Ukrainian football — beginning with the structured revival of FC Metalist Kharkiv, a club that defined a generation and deserves its place at the highest level of European competition.

We are not simply investors. We are strategic builders. Our work is measured in decades, not quarters.

The opportunity

Why Ukraine. Why football. Why now.

Three forces are converging into a rare, time-limited entry point — the kind that does not repeat within a generation.

$300B+

Europe's largest reconstruction

The EU, EBRD, World Bank and Western governments have committed over US$300 billion to rebuild Ukraine — a long-term economic transformation that reshapes every consumer-facing sector, football included.

National industry

Football is Ukraine's national sport

A Ballon d'Or winner, Champions League and UEFA Cup runs, and a player-export pipeline feeding Real Madrid, Chelsea and Arsenal. Football is the country's largest sports audience and its biggest export of talent.

Rare entry point

A historic discount

Assets currently trade at a substantial discount to their historic potential. This is the classic «buy at maximum dislocation» moment — with the window roughly 24 to 36 months wide.

The asset

Why FC Metalist Kharkiv

Founded in 1925, Metalist is one of Eastern Europe's most recognisable football brands — UEFA Cup quarter-finalist 2011/12, three-time Ukrainian league bronze medallist (2007, 2008, 2010), and a regular in European qualification from 2010 to 2014. You cannot build heritage like this from scratch.

1925
Founded — a century of history
38,633
Stadium seats — among E. Europe's largest
€104M
Transfer value produced by academy graduates
1.4M
Kharkiv — Ukraine's second-largest city

2035 vision

Join us in building the future

Our aim is to help build one of Eastern Europe's leading football institutions. For investors, sponsors and strategic partners interested in participating in the restoration of Ukrainian football — including the category-defining stadium naming rights — we welcome confidential, introductory conversations.