FSC Mariupol

Mariupol
Full nameFSC Mariupol
Founded2007
GroundAzovets Stadium, Mariupol
Zakhidnyi Stadium, Mariupol
(due to Russian invasion of Ukraine, moved to Kolos Stadium, Boryspil)
Capacity3,206
ChairmanOleksandr Yaroshenko
ManagerMaksym Feshchuk
LeagueUkrainian First League
2024–25Ukrainian First League, 13th of 20
Websitefscmariupol.com.ua

FSC Mariupol (Ukrainian: Футбольний спортивний клуб «Маріуполь») is a Ukrainian professional football club based in the city of Mariupol. The team currently plays in the Ukrainian First League.

The club currently plays its home games near Kyiv in Demydiv (Dinaz Stadium, 2022–23) and Boryspil (Kolos Stadium, 2023–24), due to the destruction and occupation of Mariupol by Russia.

History

The team was founded in 2007 as Lider. In 2017 the club changed its name to Yarud. It debuted in the Ukrainian Second League in the 2020–21 season, adopting its current name—FSC Mariupol—at the start of the next season as another FC Mariupol was forced to withdraw from competition due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.[1]

In 2023-2024 the club struggled financially and by the start of 2025 it was bought out by an amateur club Feniks Pidmonastyr from Lviv Oblast.

Home stadium

The club originally was playing at Azovets Stadium located in the city center of Mariupol near the city park. Sometime in 2020 it moved to newer Zakhidnyi Stadium.

Due to the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Yarud was rebranded and moved to Kyiv suburbs Vyshhorod at first and then Boryspil.

Current squad

As of 3 July 2025[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  UKR Vitaliy Zhupanskyi
4 DF  UKR Dmytro Makhnyev
5 MF  UKR Matviy Zubkov
6 MF  UKR Artem Vovkun
7 FW  UKR Ruslan Nepeypiyev
8 MF  UKR Anton Baydal
9 DF  UKR Vitaliy Hoshkoderya
11 FW  UKR Ruslan Buryak
24 DF  UKR Volodymyr Matusevych
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 DF  UKR Vadym Chervak
32 MF  UKR Serhiy Petko
33 DF  UKR Vladyslav Sydorenko
34 MF  UKR Yehor Bulhakov
90 MF  UKR Andriy Bohdanov (captain)
97 MF  UKR Yevheniy Shestavin
DF  UKR Denys Balan
DF  UKR Roman Bilyi
FW  UKR Ivan Petrenko

League and cup history

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes
Yarud Mariupol
2017–18 4th "3" 7 16 4 5 7 20 19 17 Amateur
2018–19 4th "3" 9 22 6 6 10 24 20 24
2019–20 4th "3" 4 18 12 3 3 37 14 39 Amateur Promoted
FSC Mariupol
2020–21 3rd "B" 6 22 8 4 10 27 39 28 1⁄64 finals
2021–22 3rd "B" 11 20 6 6 8 36 29 24 1⁄64 finals Admitted to FL
2022–23 2nd 15 14 3 3 8 18 23 12
2023–24 2nd 9 28 8 13 7 29 26 37
2024–25 2nd merger with Feniks Pidmonastyr

Managers

References

  1. ^ Two Karpatys, two Cherkasy teams and eight debutants: new teams in the 2020–21 Second League (Двоє "Карпат", дві черкаські команди і вісім дебютів: нові команди у Другій лізі у сезоні 2020/21). Professional Football League. 24 August 2020
  2. ^ "Професіональна футбольна ліга України". Archived from the original on 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2021-07-19.