FC Ataka Minsk was a

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ian

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club based in

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. They disbanded in 1998.

History

FC Ataka-407 Minsk was formed in 1986. In 1992 the team started playing in

Belarusian Second League Belarusian Second League is the third tier of professional football in Belarus. It was established in 1992. History and format A strict number of teams and competition format are not defined for the league. Before the start of each season the for ...

. In 1993, the team was renamed to Ataka-Aura. In the 1994–95 season, they played in the

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and after finishing in 2nd place, they were promoted to the

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, where they played until 1997. After that season, the team went bankrupt and had to withdraw from the League.Defunct Belarusian teams
/ref> Ataka's reserve team, Ataka-Aura-d Minsk started playing in the Second League since the 1994–95 season. After the main team withdrew from the Premier League and all of the main squad players left, the reserve team played one more season in the Second League in 1998 under the name Ataka-Sport Minsk and was disbanded as well.

Name changes

*1986: formed as Ataka-407 Minsk *1993: renamed to Ataka-Aura Minsk *1994: reserve team formed as Ataka-Aura-d Minsk *1997: main team renamed to Ataka Minsk and disbanded after the season; reserve team renamed to Ataka-407 Minsk *1998: reserve team renamed to Ataka-Sport Minsk and disbanded after the season

League and Cup history

References

External links

Profile at footballfacts.ru
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