Founded in 1957, Veres first promoted to Ukrainian Premier League in 1992, and spent there 5 seasons in total over three periods.

After the reorganization of the Championship of the USSR in 1971, Horyn played in the Second League of the Ukrainian Zone until the fall of the Soviet Union.

The chairman of the Public Union became a well known businessman of Rivne Oblast Oleksiy Khakhlyov, a son-in-law of former President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko[5] (check also FC Nafkom Brovary).

Khakhlyov initiated a powerful promotion campaign in social media such as Facebook ("the 12th player") to reflect popularity of the newly created club.

[5] About that fact even commented one of Ukrainian football journalist Artur Valerko complementing it as appealing, interesting, and seems like a "policy of Athletic Bilbao".

[5] After the end of the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League season, the club was reconstituted[5] as a limited liability company TOV FC Veres-Rivne by the Public Union "Rivne Football Club Veres Rivne" and Lviv Refrigerating Company "Limo", with the latter becoming the majority holder with a 61% stake.

[5] "Limo" whose final beneficiary is Bohdan Kopytko[5] will cover the budget costs of approximately ₴15 million for the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League season.

[5] He then added, "the Public Union which had a certification as a professional club to play football in the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League.

[6] On 1 June 2017, it was announced that second-place club FC Desna Chernihiv was denied a license to play in the top division.

[7] The license was granted to NK Veres Rivne, the third-place team during the previous season in the second division.

[8] Both clubs, FC Desna Chernihiv and NK Veres Rivne, had not played at their home stadiums in the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League.

[9] In protest, the Desna administration announced that the club would not play its final game of the season against FC Illichivets Mariupol, but later relented.

[11] On 2 June 2017, upon conclusion of its conference, the UPL administration announced the final composition of the league and calendar for the upcoming season.

[14] On 7 June 2017, sports media UA-Football requested permission from Football Federation of Ukraine and FC Desna Chernihiv to publish related documents to clarify the situation and come to some kind of closure.

[23] In June 2017, Veres was taken over by Lviv businessman Bohdan Kopytko[24][25] who was suspected of having ties with organized crime, and who was known under the nickname "Kopyto".

[26] Kopytko also owns the Lviv refrigerating company "Limo" and became an honorary president of NK Veres Rivne.

[31] Finally, NK Veres Rivne took sixth place in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League after a controversy which preceded the match of Round 31 with FC Shakhtar Donetsk in Kharkiv.

One possible reason for the merger was that renovations at the club's home field, Avanhard Stadium, were suspended by the local authorities and had not yet recommenced.

[42] According to FootballHub, the following individuals had already left the club: players Yevhen Morozenko, Stanislav Kulish, Denys Kozhanov, Dmytro Fastov, Pavlo Lukyanchuk, Mykyta Kamenyuka, as well as sports director Anatoliy Sorokin, and some other staff members.

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