Minsk-2 was a

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

ian

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club based in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

and was a reserve team of

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History

The team was formed in 1954 as FShM Minsk (''Futbolnaya Shkhola Molodyozhi'', or ''Football School of Youth'') and was essentially a student team. During Soviet years, they spent the most of their seasons playing only in youth competitions, although they also spent several seasons in senior

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league. They adopted name Smena Minsk in 1989. In 1992 Smena joined newly created

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. After several seasons spent in

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and

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leagues as well as one season (1996) at youth level, the team partnered

BATE Borisov FC BATE Borisov (russian: link=no, ФК БАТЭ Борисов, ''FK BATE Borisov'' ; be, ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, ''BATE Barysaw,'' ) is a professional Belarusian football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarusi ...

and became their reserve/feeder team under the name Smena-BATE Minsk. The partnership ended in 2000 and the team reverted their name to Smena Minsk. In 2005, while playing in the First League, they launched their own reserve team Smena-2 Minsk, who joined Second League. In early 2006 a new senior professional team

was founded on the basis of Smena. The new team took over Smena's First League license, the majority of the squad and facilities, and replaced Smena in the First League. A reserve team Smena-2 was renamed to Smena for the 2006 season and was folded by the end of the year, as

got promoted to

Belarusian Premier League The Belarusian Premier League or the Vyšejšaja Liha or the Vysheyshaya Liga ( be, Вышэйшая ліга, russian: Высшая лига, "Top League") is the top division of professional football in Belarus, and is organized by the Belarusi ...

and now had to sign a reserve squad for a separate Premier League Reserves competition. A successor team Minsk-2 was created to participate in 2008 Second League season, after

briefly relegated back to the First League. Minsk-2 was reformed again in 2012 as a ground for Minsk football academy graduates. After finishing the season at 5th place, Minsk-2 was invited to join First League as a replacement for disbanded DSK Gomel. In early 2015, FC Minsk announced that their farm-club Minsk-2 was folded.

League and Cup history

: ¹''Zmena-2 Minsk'' in Third level, club license transferred to

. ''Zmena-2 Minsk'' became first team in 2006.

External links

Profile at FC Minsk website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Minsk-2 Defunct football clubs in Belarus Football clubs in Minsk Association football clubs established in 1954 Association football clubs disestablished in 2015 1954 establishments in Belarus 2015 disestablishments in Belarus