Kharkiv club announced that Kucher and a number of players will soon join Dnipro-1.

Dnepr-1 invited Oleksandr Kucher due to the sudden departure of his ex-coach Igor Yovichevich to Shakhtar Donetsk. The Dnipro club was forced to urgently look for a new coach who could start preparing the team for the debut in European competitions as soon as possible,"

It is also noted that the Dnipro club paid the Kharkiv team substantial compensation for the transfer of Kucher. These funds will be directed to the development of "

Kucher has headed Metalist since 2020. Oleksandr retired from 2019 player of the year. He achieved the greatest success with Shakhtar, for which he played from 2006 to 2017. Together with the Pitmen, Kucher became a multiple winner of the UPL, the Ukrainian Cup, the Super Cup, and also won the UEFA Cup.

After the departure of Kucher and his assistant Yuri Ushmaev, the duties of the head coach of Metalist are performed by Alexander Prizetko. Vasily Kobin, who has already started his work, has been appointed sports director of the club.

Next season Metalist and Dnipro-1 will play in the Premier League. The Kharkiv club received a promotion due to being the leader of the First League of the 2021/22 season, which was completed ahead of schedule due to the full-scale invasion of Russian invaders.

Dnipro club finished third in the interrupted UPL season. Under the leadership of Kucher, the team will prepare to make their debut in European competition, where they will enter the fight against the playoffs of the Europa League qualifying round.

The new UPL season will start on August 23. At the same time, only the championship of Ukraine will be held during the war, while the Cup and the Super Cup were canceled..