FC Orbita Minsk is a

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ian

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club based in

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History

Orbita played in the Belarusian SSR league from 1974 to 1991. The most successful season was 1984, when the team won the league. In 1992 the team played in

Belarusian First League The Belarusian First League is the second tier of professional football in Belarus. It was created in 1992, following the Belarusian independence. History and format The typical format of the league involves 16 clubs playing a double round-robin t ...

, but withdrew to amateur level the next year. One more attempt to play at the professional level was made in 2000 when the team played in the

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, but the next year Orbita withdrew again. Nowadays Orbita only has a youth team which participates in the youth Minsk Championspip.

League and Cup history

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