FC Viktoriya Maryina Gorka is a

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ian

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club based in Maryina Gorka (

Maryina Horka Marjina Horka or Maryina Gorka ( be, Мар'іна Горка; russian: Марьина Горка; pl, Maryjna Górka) is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus, and the administrative center of Pukhavichy District. As of 2009 its population was 22,500 ...

), Minsk Region.

History

The team was founded in 1990 as FC Belarus Maryina Gorka and until 1991, they played in the lower levels of the Belarusian SSR league. In 1992, Belarus joined the newly created

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 ...

. After the 1992–93 season, Belarus withdrew to amateur level due to lack of funds. They returned to the professional level in 1996, when they changed their name to Energiya-TEC-5 Maryina Gorka and joined the

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. The next year, Energiya-TEC-5 relocated to the neighbour village Druzhny, and after the end of the 1997 season, the team was disbanded. The club was reformed to play in Minsk Region league as Zvezda Maryina Gorka from 2002 until 2005 and again since 2010. Between 2010 and 2012, the club was known as Zvezda Pukhovichi, and during 2013–2014 as Zvezda-RFOC-Viktoriya Pukhovichi, representing the neighboring town of

Pukhavichy Pukhavichy (Puchavičy, Pukhovichi) may refer to: * Pukhavichy, Minsk Region, an agrotown in Belarus * Pukhavichy, Gomel Region, a village in Belarus {{Geodis ...

, 6 km northeast from

Maryina Gorka Marjina Horka or Maryina Gorka ( be, Мар'іна Горка; russian: Марьина Горка; pl, Maryjna Górka) is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus, and the administrative center of Pukhavichy District. As of 2009 its population was 22,500 ...

.History of Viktoriya and football in Maryina Gorka
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for the first time since 1997 as Viktoriya Maryina Gorka.

Current squad

''As of November 2022''

References

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