FC Illichivets Mariupol

Illichivets Mariupol

Full name	Football Club Illichivets Mariupol
Founded	1960 (1960)
Ground	Illichivets Stadium, Mariupol
Ground Capacity	12,680
President	Volodymyr Boyko
Head coach	Valeriy Kriventsov
League	Ukrainian First League
2014–15	14th (Relegation)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Football Club Illichivets Mariupol (Ukrainian: Футбо́льний клуб «Іллічі́вець» Маріу́поль [ilʲi't͡ʃivɛt͡sʲ mɐri'upolʲ], Russian: Футбо́льный клуб «Ильичёвец» Мариу́поль [ɪlʲɪˈtɕɵvʲɪts mərʲɪˈupəlʲ]) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Mariupol.

The club is named after the Illich Steel and Iron Works in Mariupol.

Quick overview

Football Club Illichivets Mariupol was created in 1960 based on a former two teams of physical culture FC Avanhard Zhdanov and FC Shakhtar Rutchenkove. The new team of masters Azovstal Zhdanov sponsored by the local Azovstal Factory applied to Soviet competitions for teams of masters in Class B (at that time the second division).

FC Metalurh Mariupol changed its name to Illichivets during the winter break of the 2002–2003 season. Before that, Azovets Mariupol had changed its name to Metalurh during the winter break of the 1995–1996 season reestablishing itself as a Footaball Club. The team, Azovets, was established in 1960 after the reformation of the Avanhard Zhdanov team (now Mariupol) when another team, Shakhtar Rutchenkove was incorporated. The Avanhard, in its turn, had been established in 1936.

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.

Name change

• 1960-1966 Azovstal
• 1966-1971 Azovets
• 1971-1974 Metallurg
• 1974-1976 Lokomotiv
• 1976-1992 Novator
• 1992-1996 Azovets
• 1996-2002 Metalurh
• 2002-present Illichivets

Honours

• Ukrainian First League
  • Winners (1): 2007–08

• Ukrainian Second League
  • Winners (1): 1995–96

Football kits and sponsors

Players

Current squad

As of 2 February 2016^[2][3]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Yevhen Halchuk 2 MF Yaroslav Oliynyk 3 DF Serhiy Vakulenko (on loan from Shakhtar) 4 DF Kyrylo Sydorenko 5 DF Oleksandr Mihunov (on loan from Shakhtar) 6 MF Vitaliy Koltsov (on loan from Shakhtar) 7 MF Yuriy Hluschuk (on loan from Shakhtar) 8 MF Dmytro Myshnyov (captain) 9 FW Denys Bezborodko (on loan from Shakhtar) 11 MF Dmytro Ivanisenya (on loan from Shakhtar) 12 GK Mykyta Kryukov 13 MF Serhiy Prykhodko 14 MF Dmytro Skoblov

No. Position Player 15 DF Mykhaylo Pysko (on loan from Shakhtar) 16 GK Oleksandr Churilov 17 MF Oleksandr Luchyk 18 DF Ivan Tsyupa 19 FW Maksym Ilyuk (on loan from Shakhtar) 20 DF Maksym Zhychykov (on loan from Shakhtar) 21 MF Ivan Yanakov 25 DF Ihor Duts (on loan from Shakhtar) MF Serhiy Hryn (on loan from Shakhtar) MF Ruslan Kisil FW Valeriy Hryshyn GK Yaroslav Vazhynskyi

Out on loan

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

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

Ukraine

Managers

• Mykola Pavlov (1 July 1997 – 12 Nov 2004)
• Ivan Balan (13 Nov 2004 – 22 April 2007)
• Semen Altman (1 July 2007 – 14 Dec 2007)
• Oleksandr Ishchenko (2 Jan 2008 – 2 Sep 2008)
• Ilya Blyznyuk (2 Sep 2008 – 1 Nov 2010)
• Oleksandr Volkov (interim) (1 Nov 2010 – 27 Nov 2010)
• Valeriy Yaremchenko (27 Nov 2010 – 5 Oct 2011)
• Ihor Leonov (interim) (6 Oct 2011 – 29 May 2012)
• Mykola Pavlov (29 May 2012–)

See also

• FC Illichivets-2 Mariupol
• FC Illichivets Mariupol Reserves and Youth Team

References

External links

• Official website