FC Mariupol
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| Full name | Football Club Mariupol |
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| Founded | 1960 |
| Ground | Illichivets Stadium, Mariupol |
| Capacity | 12,680 |
| President | Pavlo Rozumnyi |
| Head coach | Oleksandr Babych |
| League | Ukrainian Premier League |
| 2016–17 | 1st (promotion) |
| Website | Club website |
Football Club Mariupol (Ukrainian: Футбо́льний клуб «Маріу́поль» [mɐriˈupolʲ], Russian: Футбо́льный клуб «Мариу́поль» [mərʲɪˈupəlʲ]) is a Ukrainian professional football club based 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.
Missing the 1974 season, the club returned to republican competitions in 1975 as Lokomotyv, sponsored now by "Azovmash". Soon before the final collapse of the Soviet Union, the club already playing as Novator was relegated in 1989 to Ukrainian amateur competitions. In 1991 Novator became a champion of the Ukrainian football championship among amateur clubs. Due to reformation of the Ukrainian football competitions, the new amateur champion was admitted to the newly formed Ukrainian First League.
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