Serhiy Kurchenko, the new owner of FC Metalist Kharkiv, has become the club's president, the club's press service has reported.

Such a decision was taken at a general meeting of the club's stockholders on Thursday.

"I want to really participate in the club's life, not only to remain its owner. This is why I headed FC Metalist as president. I'm planning to make every effort and to provide sufficient funds for the development of the club, and I'm confident of its future success," the press service quoted Kurchenko as saying.

The new membership of the club's supervisory board was elected at a meeting of stockholders.

On December 24, it was reported that the Gas Ukraine group of companies had reached an agreement on the acquisition of FC Metalist Kharkiv from businessman Oleksandr Yaroslavsky. On the same day Yaroslavsky said that he had resigned as president of FC Metalist Kharkiv and transferred the commitments on its financing to another investor.

On December 25, the new owner of FC Metalist Kharkiv, Serhiy Kurchenko, stated that he intends to win the Ukrainian Premier League within three years and is ready to buy Kharkiv municipal authorities' share in the Metalist Stadium.