FC Oshmyany was a

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ian

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club based in Ashmyany (Oshmyany), Grodno Oblast.

History

The club was founded in 2012 as Slavyanin Minsk and was originally based in

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. Slavyanin participated in Minsk-based amateur leagues in 2012–2013 and joined

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in 2014. In spring 2015, it was decided by team management to relocate the club to the town of

Oshmyany Ashmyany ( be, Ашмя́ны; Belarusian Latin alphabet, Łacinka: ''Ašmiany''; russian: Ошмя́ны; lt, Ašmena; pl, Oszmiana; yi, אָשמענע, ''Oshmene'') is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus, located at 50 km from Vilnius. The ...

and rename it accordingly (FC Oshmyany). In 2016, FC Oshmyany, who finished 5th in last year's Second League season, were promoted to the

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as a replacement for a few withdrawn clubs.

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