MFC Mykolaiv
# MFC Mykolaiv

MFС Mykolaiv (Municipal Football Club "Mykolaiv", Ukrainian: Муніципальний футбольний клуб "Миколаїв") is a Ukrainian football club based in Mykolaiv.

It is one of the oldest football clubs that exists in Ukraine. Originally was established as a football team of the Black Sea Shipyard, since dissolution of the Soviet Union and cutting of the shipyard's budget which was based mostly on military contacts, it is sponsored mostly by the city of Mykolaiv.

## Description

### Names

* 1920–1922 Naval Factory
* 1922–1926 Marti-Badin Factory
* 1926–1926 Metalisty Mykolaiv
* 1927–1928 Raikom Metalistiv
* 1929–1935 Marti Factory
* 1936–1940 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
* 1941–1944 Nazi Germany occupation of Ukraine
* 1944–1949 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
* 1951–1952 Mykolaiv City
* 1953–1959 Avanhard Mykolaiv
* 1960–1965 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
* 1966–1966 Budivelnyk Mykolaiv
* 1967–1991 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
* 1992–1994 Evis Mykolaiv
* 1994–2002 SC Mykolaiv
* 2002- MFC Mykolaiv

### History

The club was founded in 1920 under the name Sudostroitel (Sudnobudivnyk) Mykolaiv. It is the oldest continuously playing club in the country that competes on the professional level.

Throughout the Soviet times and until the 1990s, it mostly played under the name of Sudnobudivnyk meaning Shipbuilder associated with the Black Sea Shipyard.

MFC Mykolaiv took part in the first Ukrainian Premier League season in 1992 under the name FC Evis Mykolaiv, after being initially chosen to participate for being one of the top 9 (of 11) Ukrainian teams from the West Division of the Soviet Second League 1991. The club is one of the holders of the unfortunate distinction as being the team to be demoted three times from the Ukrainian Premier League.

MFС Mykolaiv's best achievement in the Ukrainian Premier League was 13th place (in 1994–95). From 1994, the club was known as SC Mykolaiv, FC Mykolaiv since 2000, and MFC Mykolaiv since 2006.

MFC Mykolaiv became insolvent and ceased to exist after the City Administration of Mykolaiv informed the PFL that the team would not be competing in the 2008/09 Persha Liha season. The team then requested re-admittance to the PFL, but it was too late as the calendar was already set up. The PFL allowed the club to compete in the Druha Liha, but only in the next season. The administration of the Dynamo Kyiv extended its helping hand by withdrawing its junior team Dynamo-3 Kyiv from the Second League and, thus, for Mykolaiv to be placed instead of it.

MFC Mykolaiv reached 1st place in Druha Liha group A in 2010–11 season and was promoted to Persha Liha.

Colours are blue and white hooped shirts, white shorts.

## Honors

* Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (top tier)
   * Runners-up (1): 1927
* Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (2nd tier)
   * Winners (1): 1936
* Class B (2nd tier) (Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR)
   * Runners-up (1): 1960
* Soviet Second League (Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR)
   * Winners (1): 1974
   * Runners-up (2): 1971, 1990 (lower)
* Ukrainian Persha Liha
   * Winners (1): 1997-98
   * Runners-up (1): 1993-94
* Ukrainian Druha Liha
   * Winners (2): 2005/06 (Group B), 2010-11 (Group A)

## League and cup history

### Ukrainian competitions

Information since Ukrainian Independence

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 1992 1st "A" 9 18 3 4 11 12 29 10 1⁄32 finals Relegated 1992–93 2nd 7 42 18 11 13 60 39 47 1⁄16 finals 1993–94 2nd 2 38 25 6 7 76 32 56 1⁄16 finals Promoted 1994–95 1st 13 34 11 5 18 33 59 38 1⁄32 finals 1995–96 1st 16 34 10 8 16 37 53 38 1⁄32 finals Relegated 1996–97 2nd 7 46 21 12 13 66 37 75 1⁄32 finals 1997–98 2nd 1 42 31 5 6 94 31 98 1⁄16 finals Promoted 1998–99 1st 16 30 2 6 22 18 67 12 1⁄8 finals Relegated 1999–00 2nd 6 34 15 7 12 40 38 52 1⁄16 finals 2000–01 2nd 4 34 17 8 9 41 30 59 1⁄16 finals 2001–02 2nd 10 34 12 10 12 37 44 46 4th round 2002–03 2nd 5 34 15 7 12 30 37 52 1⁄16 finals 2003–04 2nd 12 34 11 9 14 31 31 42 1⁄16 finals 2004–05 2nd 17 34 8 7 19 15 40 31 1⁄16 finals Relegated 2005–06 3rd "A" 1 28 22 3 3 56 11 69 1⁄32 finals Promoted 2006–07 2nd 13 36 12 10 14 33 40 46 1⁄32 finals 2007–08 2nd 10 38 13 13 12 33 27 52 1⁄16 finals Relegated 2008–09 3rd "A" 11 32 11 10 11 28 27 43 Did not enter 2009–10 3rd "A" 4 20 11 6 3 30 13 39 1⁄16 finals 2010–11 3rd "A" 1 22 15 3 4 29 12 48 1⁄32 finals Promoted 2011–12 2nd 16 34 9 4 21 33 51 28 1⁄16 finals -3 2012–13 2nd 6 34 16 9 9 45 41 54 1⁄32 finals -3 2013–14 2nd 16 30 9 4 17 34 49 31 1⁄8 finals 2014–15 2nd 14 30 6 6 18 34 67 24 1⁄16 finals 2015–16 2nd 7 30 13 8 9 34 27 44 1⁄8 finals -3 2016–17 2nd 14 34 11 4 19 35 44 37 1⁄2 finals 2017–18 2nd 10 34 12 8 14 39 50 44 1⁄32 finals 2018–19 2nd 9 28 10 7 11 34 32 37 1⁄16 finals 2019–20 2nd 11 30 8 10 12 45 45 34 1⁄8 finals 2020–21 2nd 4 30 15 8 7 49 23 53 1⁄16 finals

## Current squad

    As of 15 February 2022

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 52 | DF | UKR | Ihor Lyubashov |
| 56 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Chornyi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 71 | MF | UKR | Mykyta Pashchenko |
| 96 | GK | UKR | Yaroslav Kerbal |

## Coaching staff

* Head coach – Serhiy Shevchenko
* Assistant coach – Anatoliy Didenko
* GK coach – Vacant

## MFC Mykolaiv-2

The club entered their reserve team into the Ukrainian Second League for the 2017–18 season.

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 1996–97 4th 3 8 0 0 8 0 5 0 did not participate 2017–18 3rd 9 33 10 7 16 41 58 37 2018–19 3rd 9 27 5 5 17 22 52 20
