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FC Mynai

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Mynai
Full nameFC Mynai
Nickname(s)The Wolf
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015)
GroundAvanhard Stadium, Uzhhorod[1]
Mynai Arena, Mynai
Capacity12,000
OwnerValeriy Peresolyak (president)[2]
Head coachŽeljko Ljubenović
LeagueUkrainian First League
2023–24Ukrainian Premier League, 15th of 16 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

FC Mynai or FC Minay (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб Минай; Russian: Футбольный клуб Майнай) is a Ukrainian professional football club from Mynai, a suburb of Uzhhorod in the Zakarpattia Oblast.

The Coat of Arms of Mynai features a fox which is also the club's symbol

History

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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 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

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As of 28 August 2024[7][8]

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 Ukraine UKR Maksym Rosul
2 DF Ukraine UKR Taras Dmytruk
3 DF Ukraine UKR Kyrylo Prokopchuk
4 DF Ukraine UKR Bohdan Chuyev
5 MF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Prikhna
7 FW Ukraine UKR Yehor Hunichev
8 MF Ukraine UKR Ivan Matyushenko
10 FW Ukraine UKR Pavlo Tyshchuk
11 FW Ukraine UKR Ivan Demydenko
13 GK Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Bandura
16 MF Ukraine UKR Yehor Shalfeev
17 MF Ukraine UKR Nazariy Vorobchak
19 MF Ukraine UKR Maksym Maksymets
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Dvorovenko
22 DF Ukraine UKR Yevheniy Skyba
24 MF Ukraine UKR Ivan Golovkin (on loan from Zorya Luhansk)
25 MF Ukraine UKR Vitaliy Rozhko
27 MF Ukraine UKR Vitaliy Mykhayliv
29 FW Ukraine UKR Artur Remenyak
31 MF Ukraine UKR Maksym Kulish
33 DF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Yeremenko
88 DF Azerbaijan AZE Dmitriy Nagiyev
91 MF Ukraine UKR Yaroslav Ryazantsev
97 MF Ukraine UKR Illya Hulko (on loan from Zorya Luhansk)
99 GK Ukraine UKR Denys Barchenko

Other players under contract

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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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Honours

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League and cup history

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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 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

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Staff

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Administration[10] Coaching[11] (senior team) Coaching (U-21/U-19 team)

References

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  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. ^ 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. ^ "Ukrainian Premier League Tables (2019/2020 season to 2023/2024 season)". Eurosport. 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Official Website
  8. ^ "Minaj".
  9. ^ "5:0. "Минай" знову виборює Кубок Закарпаття" [5:0. "Mynai" again wins the Zakarpattya Cup]. Pro Zakhid (in Ukrainian). 12 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Team | FC Minaj". fcminaj.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-23.
  11. ^ "Команда - FC Minaj".
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