FC Mariupol

Football Club Mariupol (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб "Маріуполь" [mɐr(j)iˈupolj] (listen)) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Mariupol.

Mariupol
Full nameFootball Club Mariupol
Founded1960 (1960)
GroundVolodymyr Boiko Stadium, Mariupol
Capacity12,680
PresidentTariq Mahmud Chaudhry[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Head coachOstap Markevych
LeagueUkrainian Premier League
2019–208th
WebsiteClub website
Logo of the original owner Azovstal iron and steel works
Logo of Azovmash, the owner of SC Novator in 1974-1992
Logo of the Illich Steel and Iron Works

From 2002 to 2017 the club was named Illichivets Mariupol under which it participated in European competitions. It was renamed as part of decommunization in Ukraine.

History

Metalurh Zhdanov

Previously the city of Mariupol hosted a football team that competed consistently in Ukrainian republican competitions among teams of physical culture (amateur teams). The first mentioning of a Mariupol team could be traced to 1936 when it lost to Dynamo Kryvyi Rih 0:5 as part of the 1936 Soviet Cup. Next season, in 1937, it was seeded to play against another team from Berdyansk as part of the Ukrainian championship, but did not appear for the game and was eliminated. After that there is no evidence a team that represented the city until after World War II. After the war, Mariupol sometimes was represented by two teams, but usually the main was named Metalurh Zhdanov. At the end of 1958 it was renamed into Avanhard Zhdanov.

Azovstal and Azovets

Football Club Mariupol traces its history to 1960, when it was established as Azovstal based on a former two teams of physical culture (a type of Soviet amateur clubs) FC Avanhard Zhdanov and FC Shakhtar Rutchenkove. The new team of masters Azovstal Zhdanov sponsored by the local Azovstal iron and steel works was admitted to Soviet competitions for teams of masters in Class B (at that time the second division). It was eliminated soon in 1964. After skipping one season the club again was admitted for the 1966 Soviet competitions for teams of masters in Class B, now as Azovets. During that time the club stayed in professional competitions a little bit longer and in 1971 changed its name to more recognizable Metalurh. However, soon after changing its name in 1973, the club again was relegated and now for a much longer period of time.

Lokomotyv and Novator

Missing the 1974 season, the club returned to republican competitions in 1975 as Lokomotyv, sponsored now by "Azovmash". Soon before the final collapse of the Soviet Union, the club already playing as Novator was relegated in 1989 to Ukrainian amateur competitions. In 1991 Novator became a champion of the Ukrainian football championship among amateur clubs. Due to reformation of the Ukrainian football competitions, the new amateur champion was admitted to the newly formed Ukrainian First League.

Ukrainian professional club in Mariupol

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1992, the club changed its name to old one Azovets (part of the Azovmash's SC Novator). In summer of 1995 it merged with FC Dynamo Luhansk and during following spring changed its name again to Metalurh.

FC Metalurh Mariupol changed its name to Illichivets during the winter break of the 2002–2003 season when the club was acquired by the Illich Steel and Iron Works.

Illichivets were relegated to Ukrainian First League in the 2006–07 season after finishing 15th (out of 16). However, they returned to the Ukrainian Premier League the following season after finishing as champions in the 2007–08 Ukrainian First League.

Due to the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine, the club was forced to play its home games in Dnipropetrovsk during the 2014-15 season.

FC Mariupol

In 2017 as part of the ongoing decommunization process of Ukraine, the club changed its name of Illichivets to simply FC Mariupol, officially adopting on 14 June 2017[7] for the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League season.[8]

Name change
  • 1960–1966: Azovstal, 6 years
  • 1966–1971: Azovets, 5 years
  • 1971–1974: Metallurg, 3 years
  • 1974–1976: Lokomotiv, 2 years
  • 1977–1992: Novator, 15 years
  • 1992–1996: Azovets, 4 years (repeated, in overall 9 years)
  • 1996–2002: Metalurh, 6 years (repeated, in overall 9 years)
  • 2002–2017: Illichivets, 15 years
  • Since 2017: FC Mariupol

Honours

Football kits and sponsors
Years[9] Football kit Shirt sponsor
1998–1999 Adidas  –
1999–2000 Nike
2000–2001 Adidas
2001–2002 Nike SKAB
2002–2003 Nike/lotto  –
2003–2007 Lotto
2008–2010 Adidas
2010–2011 Adidas/Nike
2011–2014 Nike
2014–present Nike AIG

Players

Current squad
As of 2 February 2021[10][11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  UKR Yevhen Halchuk
2 DF  UKR Oleksiy Bykov
4 DF  UKR Serhiy Chobotenko
6 MF  UKR Maksym Chekh (on loan from Shakhtar)
7 MF  UKR Dmytro Topalov (on loan from Shakhtar)
9 MF  UKR Dmytro Myshnyov (captain)
11 MF  UKR Oleh Ocheretko (on loan from Shakhtar)
14 MF  UKR Anton Baidal
17 MF  UKR Serhiy Horbunov
19 MF  UKR Ihor Tyschenko
20 MF  UKR Oleksiy Kashchuk (on loan from Shakhtar)
21 MF  UKR Artem Bondarenko (on loan from Shakhtar)
23 MF  UKR Yaroslav Dobrokhotov
28 MF  UKR Andriy Vyskrebentsev
29 MF  UKR Vyacheslav Tankovskyi (on loan from Shakhtar)
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 GK  UKR Oleh Kudryk
34 MF  UKR Mykyta Peterman
36 DF  UKR Kyrylo Romaniuk
37 DF  UKR Nazariy Muravskyi (on loan from Shakhtar)
44 DF  UKR Danylo Sahutkin
55 GK  UKR Dmytro Mykhaylov
77 MF  UKR Andriy Kulakov (on loan from Shakhtar)
79 MF  UKR Eldar Kuliyev
95 DF  UKR Petro Stasyuk
96 MF  UKR Ihor Kyryukhantsev (on loan from Shakhtar)
99 MF  UKR Danylo Sikan (on loan from Shakhtar)
— DF  UKR Oleksandr Drambayev (on loan from Shakhtar)
— DF  UKR Kyrylo Melichenko
— FW  UKR Vladyslav Vakula (on loan from Shakhtar)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
33 GK  UKR Artem Pospyelov (on loan at Avanhard Kramatorsk)
27 MF  UKR Ivan Mochevynskyi (on loan at Polissya Zhytomyr)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  UKR Yevhen Prodanov (on loan at Metalist 1925 Kharkiv)

Coaches and administration
Administration[12] Coaching[13] (senior team) Coaching[14] (U-21 team)
  • President – Tariq Mehmood Chaudhry[15]
  • Vice-president – Andriy Sanin
  • Executive director – Lubomyr Paliy
  • Sports director – Yevhen Kanana

League and Cup history

Soviet Union
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
Azovstal Zhdanov
1960 2nd 9 36 11 12 13 30 42 34 Ukraine, Zone 2
1961 2nd 11 36 11 12 13 36 37 34 1/64 finals Ukraine, Zone 2
X 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 Play-off
1962 2nd 5 24 11 5 8 39 40 27 1/128 finals Ukraine, Zone 3
6 10 3 5 2 14 13 11 Play-off
1963 3rd 2 38 19 11 8 54 37 49 1/1024 finals Ukraine, Zone 2
X 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 Play-off
1964 3rd 15 30 5 12 13 19 33 22 1/256 finals Ukraine, Zone 3
4 8 1 2 5 7 15 4 Play-off
1965 idle
Azovets Zhdanov
1966 3rd 16 38 11 9 18 43 63 31 Ukraine, Zone 2
X 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 Play-off
1967 3rd 12 40 16 7 17 50 42 39 1/2048 finals Ukraine, Zone 2
1968 2nd 11 40 11 17 12 30 30 39 Subgroup 1
1969 2nd 16 42 12 12 18 40 52 36 1/128 finals Subgroup 3
1970 3rd 6 42 15 18 9 44 34 48 1/64 finals Zone 1
Metallurg / Metalurh Zhdanov
1971 3rd 11 50 18 15 17 62 55 51 Zone 1
1972 3rd 9 46 20 13 13 56 45 53 Zone 1
1973 3rd 23 44 10 4/4 26 41 84 24 Zone 1[lower-alpha 1]
In 1974 - 1989 idle
Novator Mariupol
1990 4th 5 28 15 6 7 55 25 36
1991 4th 1 30 20 10 0 65 19 50
1 5 4 1 0 9 3 9

Ukraine
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
Novator
1992 2nd "B" 11 26 10 4 12 36 39 24 1/16 finals Relegated
Azovets
1992–93 3rd 13 34 9 11 14 34 47 29 1/64 finals
1993–94 3rd 12 42 16 7 19 43 58 39 1/32 finals
1994–95 3rd 12 42 17 6 19 37 55 57 1/64 finals
1995–96 3rd "B" 1 38 30 4 4 70 24 94 1/32 finals Promoted
Metalurh
1996–97 2nd 3 46 29 6 11 92 56 93 1/16 finals Promoted
1997–98 1st 12 30 8 9 13 27 48 33 1/8 finals
1998–99 1st 5 30 14 6 10 35 27 48 1/8 finals
1999–00 1st 8 30 13 3 14 49 45 42 1/16 finals
2000–01 1st 4 26 13 4 9 35 26 43 1/2 finals
2001–02 1st 10 26 6 8 12 29 42 26 1/8 finals
Illichivets
2002–03 1st 10 30 8 10 12 34 38 34 1/32 finals
2003–04 1st 8 30 10 10 10 34 36 40 1/4 finals
2004–05 1st 5 30 12 8 10 38 34 44 1/8 finals UC 2nd qual round
2005–06 1st 4 30 12 7 11 30 34 43 1/2 finals
2006–07 1st 15 30 6 7 17 23 39 25 1/4 finals Relegated
2007–08 2nd 1 38 26 7 5 65 26 85 1/4 finals Promoted
2008–09 1st 14 30 7 5 18 31 54 26 1/16 finals
2009–10 1st 12 30 7 8 15 31 56 29 1/8 finals
2010–11 1st 14 30 7 8 15 45 67 29 1/16 finals
2011–12 1st 11 30 8 8 14 28 42 32 1/16 finals
2012–13 1st 9 30 10 8 12 30 31 38 1/8 finals
2013–14 1st 10 28 10 4 14 27 33 34 1/16 finals
2014–15 1st 14 26 3 5 18 25 55 14 1/8 finals Relegated
2015–16 2nd 4 30 14 11 5 34 23 53 1/16 finals
2016–17 2nd 1 34 25 6 3 61 21 81 1/4 finals Promoted
FC Mariupol
2017–18 1st 5 32 10 9 13 38 41 39 ​1⁄2 finals
2018–19 1st 4 32 12 7 13 36 47 43 1/8 finals EL 3rd qual round
2019–20 1st 8 32 12 9 11 40 46 45 ​1⁄2 finals EL 3rd qual round EL play-offs – Finalist
2020–21 1st 26

European record

Mariupol first qualified for European competitions in 2004 when they played in the UEFA Cup through the UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking award.

Season Competition Round Opponents Home Away Aggregate
2004–05 UEFA Cup 1Q Banants 2–0 2–0 4–0
2Q Austria Wien 0–0 0–3 0–3
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 2Q Djurgårdens IF 2–1[lower-alpha 2] (a.e.t.) 1–1 3–2
3Q Bordeaux 1–3 1–2 2–5
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 3Q AZ 0–0 0–4 0–4

Managers

See also

Notes
  1. Note: In 1973, in case of a draw there would be a Penalty shootout. The team that won the shootout would earn a single (1) point, the losing team would receive no (0) points as in case of a regular loss. In case of Mariupol that placed last among 23 teams, it drew 8 games in four (4) of them it won shootouts, in other four (4) it lost shootouts.
  2. The game played in Odesa, due to security reasons of the War in Donbass.

References
  1. Kapelka, A. Source: the new president of "Mariupol" – Tarik Makhmud Chaudri – who is he? (Источник: новый президент "Мариуполя" - Тарик Махмуд Чаудри - кто это?). Footboom. 19 July 2018
  2. Tarik Makhmud Chaudri (Тарик Махмуд Чаудри). FC Mariupol.
  3. Pakistan-born received FC Mariupol in the inheritance from Boiko (Уроженец Пакистана получил ФК Мариуполь в наследство от Бойко). UA-Football. 21 July 2018
  4. The president of FC Mariupol became a businessman from Moscow, – added (Президентом ФК "Мариуполь" стал бизнесмен из Москвы, - ДОПОЛНЕНО). 0629 (Mariupol city website). 19 July 2018
  5. FC Mariupol took over a citizen of Pakistan Tarik Chaudri by the will of Volodymyr Boiko (ФК "Мариуполь" возглавил гражданин Пакистана Тарик Чаудри по завещанию Владимира Бойко). Mrpl.city. 20 July 2018
  6. The offshore football (Офшорний футбол). Nashi Groshi. 27 February 2014
  7. Illichivets announced about renaming into Mariupol and proposed three choices of its new emblem (Іллічівець оголосив про перейменування в Маріуполь і запропонував три варіанти нової емблеми). Champion (Ukrayinska Pravda). 14 June 2017
  8. Starting with next season Illichivets will be renamed into FC Mariupol (Ильичевец со следующего сезона будет переименован в ФК Мариуполь). UA-Football. 2 June 2017
  9. Jerseys of Ukrainian clubs Archived 25 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  10. First team squad – FC Mariupol website
  11. Team squad – Ukrainian Premier League website
  12. http://fcmariupol.com/club/management
  13. http://fcmariupol.com/team1-managers/
  14. http://fcmariupol.com/team2-managers/
  15. http://fcmariupol.com/chaudri/
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