FC Mynai or FC Minaj (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб «Минай», Futbolnyi klub Mynai) is a Ukrainian professional football club from Mynai, a suburb of Uzhhorod in the Zakarpattia Oblast.
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| Full name | FC Mynai | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Wolf | ||
| Founded | 2015 | ||
| Ground | Avanhard Stadium, Uzhhorod[1] Mynai Arena, Mynai | ||
| Capacity | 12,000 | ||
| Owner | Valeriy Peresolyak (president)[2] | ||
| Head coach | Željko Ljubenović | ||
| League | Ukrainian First League | ||
| 2023–24 | Ukrainian Premier League, 15th of 16 (relegated) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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History
editThe club was founded in 2015 by former customs officials in one of the Uzhhorod suburbs Mynai (Minaj) and played at the city and since 2016 – at the regional level.
The club was admitted to the Professional Football League of Ukraine after passing attestation for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League season.[3] In their first professional season, Mynai managed to win Group A of the Second League, which earned them promotion to the Ukrainian First League. However, they lost the Ukrainian Second League Championship Game to Group B winners FC Kremin Kremenchuk.
In the 2019-20 Ukrainian First League season, they finished first, earning them promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League.[1] Since the start of the 2020–21 season they play their home matches in the Avanhard Stadium in Uzhhorod.[1] They continued to play in the Ukrainian Premier League, despite finishing last in the 2020–2021 season. Instead Olimpik Donetsk (they had finished 13th in the Premier League) were relegated back to the Persha Liha (Second Ukrainian League).[4] In the 2023–24 season the club did relegate after four seasons in the top flight (finishing second to last).[5] In July 2024 FC Mynai was extremely close to returning straight away to the Ukrainian Premier League.[6] The club took part in a Mini-Tournament play-offs that was created for an open spot in the competition due to the disappearing of SC Dnipro-1.[6] It made it to the final of this tournament, but lost to FC Livyi Bereh Kyiv.[6]
Current squad
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Other players under contract
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Honours
edit- Ukrainian First League
- Winners (1): 2019–20
- Ukrainian Second League
- Winners of group A (1): 2019
- Ukrainian Football Amateur League
- Winners of group 1 (1): 2018
- Zakarpattia Oblast championship
- Winners (1): 2017
- 3rd place (1): 2016
- Zakarpattia Cup
- Winners (2): 2017, 2018[9]
- Zakarpattia Supercup
- Winners (1): 2017
League and cup history
editSeason Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Other Notes 2017–18 4th 1/9 16 11 4 1 34 9 37 PL QF Admitted 2018–19 3rd 1/10 27 15 4 8 41 26 49 1⁄8 finals Promoted 2019–20 2nd 1/16 30 19 5 6 51 27 62 1⁄2 finals Promoted 2020–21 1st 14/14 26 4 6 16 16 47 18 1⁄8 finals Readmitted 2021–22 1st 15/16 18 1 7 10 12 30 10 1⁄16 finals Avoided relegation 2022–23 1st 8/16 30 9 9 12 25 30 36 — 2023–24 1st 15 /16
List of coaches
edit- 2015: Viacheslav Pinkovskyi
- 2016: Mykola Hibaliuk
- 2016: Mykhailo Ivanytsia
- 2017: Mykola Hibaliuk
- 2018–2019: Ihor Kharkovshchenko
- 2019: Kirill Kurenko
- 2019–2021: Vasyl Kobin
- 2021: Mykola Tsymbal
- 2021: Vasyl Kobin
- 2021: Ihor Leonov
- 2022–2023: Volodymyr Sharan
Staff
edit| Administration[10] | Coaching[11] (senior team) | Coaching (U-21/U-19 team) |
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Minai will play home matches of the Premier League at Avangard Stadium in Uzhhorod". PMG.ua (in Ukrainian). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ Кому официально принадлежат украинские клубы. ukrrudprom.com. 12 November 2021
- ^ "21 клуб отримав атестат на право участі у Другій лізі" [21 clubs received attestation for the right to participate in the Second League]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 12 June 2018.
- ^ "The 30th Ukrainian football championship is over". Ukrinform (in Ukrainian). 9 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Ukrainian Premier League Tables (2019/2020 season to 2023/2024 season)". Eurosport. 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "MINAI STOPPED WORKING WITH THE CLUB'S GENERAL MANAGER AFTER THE DEFEAT FROM Livyi Bereh". XSPORT.ua (in Ukrainian). 31 July 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ Official Website
- ^ "Minaj".
- ^ "5:0. "Минай" знову виборює Кубок Закарпаття" [5:0. "Mynai" again wins the Zakarpattya Cup]. Pro Zakhid (in Ukrainian). 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Team | FC Minaj". fcminaj.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-23.
- ^ "Команда - FC Minaj".
External links
edit- Official website
- Club's profile at AAFU
- Kachailo, M. Successors of Hoverla. How lives the team of Kopolovets? (Нащадки Говерли…Чим живе команда Кополовця?). UA-Football. 4 May 2018