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

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.

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

History

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

As of 7 December 2023[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 Ukraine UKR Taras Dmytruk
4 DF Ukraine UKR Bohdan Chuyev
7 MF Moldova MDA Mihail Ghecev
8 DF Ukraine UKR Andriy Buleza (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
11 FW Ukraine UKR Ivan Demydenko
17 MF Ukraine UKR Nazariy Vorobchak
19 FW Ukraine UKR Yehor Hunichev (on loan from Oleksandriya)
20 FW Ukraine UKR Danylo Holub
22 MF Ukraine UKR Yehor Tverdokhlib
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF Ukraine UKR Vitaliy Mykhayliv (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
29 FW Ukraine UKR Artur Remenyak
32 MF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Petko
34 GK Ukraine UKR Illya Olkhovyi
35 GK Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Kemkin
44 MF Ukraine UKR Vadym Vitenchuk
78 MF Ukraine UKR Valeriy Rohozynskyi
97 MF Ukraine UKR Tymur Korablin

Other players under contract

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 Ukraine UKR Dmytro Kashka

Out on loan

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 Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Savchenko (at Skala 1911 Stryi)
— DF Ukraine UKR Yevheniy Skyba (at Khust until 30 June 2024)
— MF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Dyyanchuk (at Khust until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Ukraine UKR Vadym Merdyeyev (at Khust until 30 June 2024)
— FW Ukraine UKR Ivan Stankovych (at Khust until 30 June 2024)

Honours

League and cup history

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 /16

List of coaches

Administrative and coaching staff

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

  1. 1 2 3 "Minai will play home matches of the Premier League at Avangard Stadium in Uzhhorod". PMG.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. 1 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. ↑ 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. ↑ https://fcminaj.com/team/
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