FC Mynai

FC Mynai or FC Minaj (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб «Минай», Futbolnyi klub Mynai; Hungarian: Futball Club Minaj) 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
Mynai
Full nameFC Mynai
Founded2015
GroundAvanhard Stadium, Uzhhorod[1]
Mynai Arena, Mynai
Capacity12,000
PresidentValeriy Peresolyak
ManagerVolodymyr Sharan
LeagueUkrainian Premier League
2021–22Ukrainian Premier League, 15th of 16
WebsiteClub website

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.[2] 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).[3]

Current squad

As of 6 March 2023[4][5]

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
3 DF Ukraine UKR Ivan Trubochkin
4 DF Ukraine UKR Bohdan Chuyev
5 DF Ukraine UKR Yuriy Kravchuk (on loan from Metalist Kharkiv)
7 MF Moldova MDA Mihail Ghecev
8 DF Ukraine UKR Andriy Buleza (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
9 FW Ukraine UKR Danylo Kolesnyk
10 MF Ukraine UKR Anton Baydal
13 GK Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Bandura (captain)
17 MF Ukraine UKR Nazariy Vorobchak
20 FW Ukraine UKR Danylo Holub
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Ukraine UKR Ruslan Palamar
22 MF Ukraine UKR Yehor Tverdokhlib
23 DF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Nyemchaninov
25 DF Ukraine UKR Oleh Horin
26 FW Ukraine UKR Yuriy Kolomoyets
32 MF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Petko
33 DF Ukraine UKR Ihor Honchar
35 GK Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Kemkin
44 MF Ukraine UKR Vadym Vitenchuk
73 DF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Melnyk (on loan from Oleksandriya)
76 MF Ukraine UKR Mykhaylo Shyshka
77 FW Ukraine UKR Oleh Vyshnevskyi
78 MF Ukraine UKR Valeriy Rohozynskyi
94 GK Ukraine UKR Herman Penkov

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
— DF Ukraine UKR Vladyslav Chushenko (at Mariupol until 30 June 2023)
— DF Ukraine UKR Yevheniy Skyba (at Mariupol until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Ukraine UKR Vadym Merdyeyev (at Khust until 30 June 2023)
— FW Ukraine UKR Ivan Stankovych (at Khust until 30 June 2023)

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

List of coaches

Administrative and coaching staff
Administration[7] Coaching[8] (senior team) Coaching (U-21/U-19 team)
  • President – Valeriy Peresolyak
  • Vice-President – Yevhen Plavaiko
  • Sporting director – Mykhaylo Kopolovets
  • Administrator – Serhiy Rushchak

References
  1. "Minai will play home matches of the Premier League at Avangard Stadium in Uzhhorod". PMG.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. "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.
  3. "The 30th Ukrainian football championship is over". Ukrinform (in Ukrainian). 9 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  4. Official Website
  5. "Minaj".
  6. "5:0. "Минай" знову виборює Кубок Закарпаття" [5:0. "Mynai" again wins the Zakarpattya Cup]. Pro Zakhid (in Ukrainian). 12 June 2018.
  7. "Team | FC Minaj". fcminaj.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-23.
  8. "Team | FC Minaj". fcminaj.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-23.
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