FC SKA Minsk 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 main army

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club of the Belorussian Military District, playing 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 ...

. The club became the first champion of the

Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...

at regular football competitions that are played since 1934. It made its first appearance at the all-Union level (among teams of masters) in 1947 in the

1947 Vtoraya Gruppa Following are the results of the 1947 Soviet First League football championship. Sixty seven teams took part in the competition, with Lokomotiv Moscow winning the championship. Qualifying stage Central Zone Russian Zone 1 Russian Zone 2 Ukra ...

placing last in its group. They played in the lower Soviet leagues until 1963, and then in the Belarusian SSR league until their dissolution in 1976.

Name changes

*-1954: DO Minsk (or ODOKA Minsk) *1955–57: ODO Minsk *1958–59: SKVO Minsk *1960–76: SKA Minsk

Honours

Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR The Championship of the Belarusian SSR in football – First League ( be, Першая ліга чэмпіянату БССР па футболе, Pershaja Liha chempijanatu BSSR pa futbole) was a top competition of association football in the Bye ...

** Winners (8, record): 1934, 1935, 1940, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1964, 1965 ** Runners-up (1): 1951

References

External links

SKA Minsk at FF

Football clubs in Minsk Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

Defunct football clubs in Belarus Armed Forces sports society {{USSR-footyclub-stub