MFC Mykolaiv
professional association football club based in Mykolaiv, Ukraine
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.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mykolaiv came under heavy fire from the Russian army, and the club’s stadium was damaged. Many players, fans and sponsors had fled the city to escape the violence of the war. MFK Mykolaiv decided to suspend all its matches for the time being, but to remain in existence pending an improvement in circumstances. During the 2025/2026 season, the Professional Football League of Ukraine was still considering what the club’s future status might be.
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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–present: 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.
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