FC Illichivets Mariupol Reserves and Youth Team
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| Full name | Football Club Illichevets Mariupol |
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| Founded | 1960 |
| Ground | Illichivets Stadium, Mariupol |
| Capacity | 12,680 |
| Head coach | Oleksandr Sevidov |
| League | Ukrainian First League |
| 2014–15 | 14th (Relegation) |
| Website | Club home page |
Football Club Illichevets Mariupol (Ukrainian: Футбо́льний клуб «Іллічі́вець» Маріу́поль [ilʲi't͡ʃivɛt͡sʲ mɐri'upolʲ], Russian: Футбо́льный клуб «Ильичёвец» Мариу́поль [ɪlʲɪˈtɕɵvʲɪts mərʲɪˈupəlʲ]) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Mariupol.
The club is named after the Illich Steel and Iron Works in Mariupol.
Previously the city of Mariupol hosted a football team that competed consistently in Ukrainian republican competitions among teams of physical culture (amateur teams). The first mentioning of a Mariupol team could be traced to 1936 when it lost to Dynamo Kryvyi Rih 0:5 as part of the 1936 Soviet Cup. Next season in 1937 it was seeded to play against another team from Berdyansk as part of the Ukrainian championship, but did not appear for the game and was eliminated. After that there is no evidence a team that represented the city until after the World War II. After the war, Mariupol sometimes was represented by two teams, but usually the main was named Metalurh Zhdanov. At the end of 1958 it was renamed into Avanhard Zhdanov.
Football Club Mariupol traces its history to 1960 when it was established as Azovstal based on a former two teams of physical culture (a type of Soviet amateur clubs) FC Avanhard Zhdanov and FC Shakhtar Rutchenkove. The new team of masters Azovstal Zhdanov sponsored by the local Azovstal iron and steel works was admitted to Soviet competitions for teams of masters in Class B (at that time the second division). It was eliminated soon in 1964. After skipping one season the club again was admitted for the 1966 Soviet competitions for teams of masters in Class B, now as Azovets. During that time the club stayed in professional competitions a little bit longer and in 1971 changed its name to more recognizable Metalurh. However soon after changing its name in 1973 the club again was relegated and now for much longer period of time.
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