Polesye Kozenki is a defunct

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 football club based in the town of Kozenki, Mozyr Raion,

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History

The team was founded in 1995 as ''Polesye Mozyr Raion'' and joined

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 ...

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fall season. After tree seasons spent in the Second League the team got promoted to the First League in 1998, but was relegated back a few seasons later. Since 1999 Polesye changed their official name to ''Polesye Kozenki'', though they had been playing in Kozenki from the beginning. After the end of 2007 season the club was disbanded due to financial troubles.Belarusian First and Second League 2008 preview
/ref> In their last season (2007) the club was known as ''Polesye-2 Kozenki'' due to change in ownership.

References

External links

Profile at footballfacts.ru
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