FC Mynai

Summary

FC Mynai or FC Minaj (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб «Минай», Futbolnyi klub Mynai) is a Ukrainian football club from Mynai, a suburb of Uzhhorod in the Zakarpattia Oblast. The club currently competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, despite finishing last in the 2020–21 season.

Mynai
Full nameFC Mynai
Founded2015 (8 years ago)
GroundAvanhard Stadium, Uzhhorod[1]
Mynai Arena, Mynai
Capacity12,000
OwnerValeriy Peresolyak (president)[2]
vice-PresidentYevhen Plavaiko[2]
ManagerŽeljko Ljubenović
LeagueUkrainian Premier League
2022–23Ukrainian Premier League, 8th of 16
WebsiteClub website
Current season
The Coat of Arms of Mynai features a fox which is also the club's symbol

History edit

The 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 still 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]

Current squad edit

As of 31 March 2024[5][6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   UKR Taras Dmytruk
3 DF   UKR Kyrylo Prokopchuk
4 DF   UKR Bohdan Chuyev
5 DF   UKR Serhiy Korniychuk
6 MF   UKR Vasyl Vashkeba
7 FW   UKR Yehor Hunichev (on loan from Oleksandriya)
8 MF   UKR Ivan Matyushenko
9 FW   UKR Denys Ustymenko (on loan from Kryvbas)
10 FW   UKR Pavlo Tyshchuk
11 FW   UKR Ivan Demydenko
13 GK   UKR Oleksandr Bandura
17 MF   UKR Nazariy Vorobchak
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   UKR Kiril Popov (on loan from Kolos)
22 DF   UKR Yevheniy Skyba
23 DF   UKR Dmytro Nyemchaninov
27 MF   UKR Vitaliy Mykhayliv
29 FW   UKR Artur Remenyak
32 MF   UKR Serhiy Petko
35 GK   UKR Oleksandr Kemkin
44 MF   UKR Vadym Vitenchuk
47 MF   UKR Dmytro Piddubnyi
71 MF   UKR Vladyslav Semotyuk (on loan from Kryvbas)
77 DF   UKR Yaroslav Kysyl
97 MF   UKR Tymur Korablin
99 FW   UKR Vladyslav Vakula

Other players under contract edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   UKR Vladyslav Savchenko (at Skala 1911 Stryi until 30 June 2024)
MF   UKR Dmytro Dyyanchuk (at Khust until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   UKR Ivan Stankovych (at Khust until 30 June 2024)

Honours edit

League and cup history edit

Season 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 18 finals Promoted
2019–20 2nd 1/16 30 19 5 6 51 27 62 12 finals Promoted
2020–21 1st 14/14 26 4 6 16 16 47 18 18 finals Readmitted
2021–22 1st 15/16 18 1 7 10 12 30 10 116 finals Avoided relegation
2022–23 1st 8/16 30 9 9 12 25 30 36
2023–24 1st /16

List of coaches edit

Administrative and coaching staff edit

Administration[8] Coaching[9] (senior team) Coaching (U-21/U-19 team)
  • President – Valeriy Peresolyak
  • Vice-President – Yevhen Plavaiko
  • Sporting director – Mykhaylo Kopolovets
  • Administrator – Serhiy Rushchak

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Кому официально принадлежат украинские клубы. ukrrudprom.com. 12 November 2021
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "The 30th Ukrainian football championship is over". Ukrinform (in Ukrainian). 9 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  5. ^ Official Website
  6. ^ "Minaj".
  7. ^ "5:0. "Минай" знову виборює Кубок Закарпаття" [5:0. "Mynai" again wins the Zakarpattya Cup]. Pro Zakhid (in Ukrainian). 12 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Team | FC Minaj". fcminaj.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-23.
  9. ^ "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