title: RC Olymp
text: # RC Olymp
  
  RC Olymp is a Ukrainian rugby club in Kharkiv. The team currently plays in the Ukraine Rugby Superliga. For the past few years the club has produced the majority of the Ukraine national team.
  
  ## History
  
  The club was founded in 1989.
  
  ## Players
  
  RC Olymp Squad for 2023/24 :
  
  | Props Sergiy Sukhih Oleski Novikov Hookers Mykola Kirsanov Locks Sergiy Cerkovnij Oleksandr Lamakin Matvii Bocharanov | Backrow Sergiy Cheryachenko (cc) Andriy Tsarevsky Vitaly Orlov Scrumhalfs Oleksandr Marshuka Flyhalfs Volodymyr Voytov | Centres Maxim Kravchenko Maxim Kovalevsky Viacheslav Ponomarenko Wingers Alexandre Lyubii Oleg Kosarev (cc) Yasolav Davydov Fullback Ivan Zaliznayak |
  | - | - | - |
  | (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. $^*$ denotes players qualified to play for Ukraine on residency or dual nationality. |||
  
  ### Out for 2014-2015
  
  * Sahak Oganezov (to Blue Bulls)
  
  ## Staff
  
  * Head Coach: Valery Kochanov
  * Assistant Coach: Sergey Nedbaylo
  * Assistant Coach: Vladimir Tsapenko
  * Team Doctor: Sergey Podporynov
  