FC Mariupol
"Mariupol" – a football club from the city of the same name on the shore of the Sea of Azov. Founded in 1960.
The team has also played under the names "Metalurh", "Azovets", "Azovstal" and "Lokomotyv". From 2002 – under the name "Illichivets". However, due to decommunisation in Ukraine, in 2017 the club was renamed "Mariupol".
It plays its home matches at the Volodymyr Boiko Stadium. Boiko is the club's lifelong honorary president (he died on June 10, 2015).
In the 2018-2019 season, "Mariupol" is representing Ukraine in the Europa League.
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