FC Mariupol

Football Club Mariupol (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб "Маріуполь" [mɐr(j)iˈupolʲ] ⓘ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Mariupol, that competed in the Ukrainian Premier League. The club ceased to exist as a result of the Siege of Mariupol, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]

Mariupol
Full nameFootball Club Mariupol
Founded1960 (1960)
Dissolved2022 (2022)
GroundVolodymyr Boyko Stadium, Mariupol
Capacity12,680
PresidentTariq Mahmud Chaudhry[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Head coachOstap Markevych
LeagueSuspended
2021–22Ukrainian Premier League, 16th (season canceled)
WebsiteClub website

In 2023 the Brazilian club AA Batel, whose local community is more than 70% Ukrainian or of Ukrainian descent, adopted the name, colours, and badge of the Ukrainian club.[8]

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
See also: 1959 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR

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" which specializes in production of railroad cars as well as mining and metallurgical heavy equipment. 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[9] for the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League season.[10] Its name came from the Illichivets steelworks, which were named after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.[11]

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
  • 2017–2022: FC Mariupol

Crest history
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

Honours

Football kits and sponsors
Years[12] 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

Coaches and administration
Administration[13] Coaching[14] (senior team) Coaching[15] (U-21 team)
  • President – United Kingdom Tariq Mehmood Chaudhry[16]
  • 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 11 26 6 8 12 27 41 26
2021–22 1st 16 18 2 2 14 21 44 8 Season canceled; membership suspended
  • 1 tier: 22 (Soviet Union 0 / Ukraine 22)
  • 2 tier: 10 (Soviet Union 5 / Ukraine 5)
  • 3 tier: 12 (Soviet Union 8 / Ukraine 4)
  • 4 tier: 2 (Soviet Union 2 / Ukraine –)

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 Armenia Banants 2–0 2–0 4–0
2Q Austria Austria Wien 0–0 0–3 0–3
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 2Q Sweden Djurgårdens IF 2–1[lower-alpha 2] (a.e.t.) 1–1 3–2
3Q France Bordeaux 1–3 1–2 2–5
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 3Q Netherlands 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. "'An act of bravery to restart football in Ukraine, but I'm worried'". BBC Sport.
  8. "War-torn FC Mariupol reborn in Brazil". The Guardian. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. Polyanska, Yana; Najibullah, Frangis (15 July 2015). "Lenin Out: Ukrainian Soccer Club To Change Name Amid Decommunization". Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  12. Jerseys of Ukrainian clubs Archived 25 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  13. "Руководство | Официальный сайт ФК «Мариуполь»". Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  14. "Тренеры и персонал — Официальный сайт ФК «Мариуполь»".
  15. "Тренеры и персонал команды U-21 — Официальный сайт ФК «Мариуполь»".
  16. "Тарик Махмуд Чаудри — Официальный сайт ФК «Мариуполь»".
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