FC Vitebsk ( be, ФК Віцебск, FK Viciebsk, russian: ФК Витебск) is a
Belarus
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ian
football
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club based in
Vitebsk
Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest ci ...
. The club plays in the
Belarusian Premier League
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, the top division in Belarusian football. Their home stadium is
Vitebsky Central Sport Complex
Vitebsky Central Sport Complex (also known as Vitebsky CSK in short) is a multi-use sports complex in Vitebsk, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Vitebsk. The stadium holds 8,144 people.
History ...
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History
The club was founded in 1960 as Krasnoye Znamya Vitebsk (''Red Flag Vitebsk''). They began playing in Soviet Class B (second-tier league) the same year. After three seasons, they relegated to the third tier. Vitebsk team would spend almost all of their subsequent Soviet-era seasons playing at the third level (
Soviet Second League
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), with the exception of 1970 and 1990, when the team dropped to 4th level. The club went through several name changes. In 1963, they were renamed Dvina Vitebsk after
local river. In 1985, the club was renamed Vityaz Vitebsk and in 1989 it was renamed KIM Vitebsk (both names relate to local industry companies).
In 1992 KIM joined
Belarusian Premier League
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. During the 90s KIM (later renamed Dvina Vitebsk again in 1994 and Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk in 1996) was one of the league top teams. They were league runners-up in 1992–93 and 1994–95, finished third in 1993–94 and 1997 and also won the
Belarusian Cup
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in 1998.
Since the 2000s, the club's results declined. They have relegated to the
First League several times and promoted back and were never able to fight the title in later years. In 2003, they shortened their name to Lokomotiv Vitebsk and in 2006 to the current version, FC Vitebsk.
Name changes
*1960: founded as Krasnoye Znamya Vitebsk
*1963: renamed Dvina Vitebsk
*1985: renamed Vityaz Vitebsk
*1989: renamed KIM Vitebsk
*1994: renamed Dvina Vitebsk
*1996: renamed Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk
*2003: renamed Lokomotiv Vitebsk
*2006: renamed Vitebsk
Honours
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Belarusian Premier League
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** ''Runners-up (2):''
1992–93,
1994–95
** ''3rd place (2):''
1993–94,
1997
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Belarusian Cup
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** ''Winners (1):''
1998
** ''Runners-up (1):''
2018–19
Current squad
''As of December 2022''
League and Cup history
Soviet Union
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era
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1 Separate cup for 3rd level teams, different for each zone.
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2 Relegated due to ''Class B'' (the league where Dvina was playing) changing its status from 3rd to 4th level in 1970, and the top two levels were reorganized into three with fewer teams.
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3 Promoted due to 3rd level (''Class A Second Group'', renamed to ''Second League'' since next season) expansion from 3 to 6 territorial zones (from 66 to 124 teams) in 1971 and dismissal of 4th level.
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4 In 1973 every draw was followed by a penalty shoot-out, with a winner gaining 1 point and loser gaining 0.
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5 Despite finishing 13th from the 22 teams in 1989, KIM relegated as the ''Second League'' (3rd level) was reduced from 9 zones (195 teams) to 3 zones (66 teams) and the ''Second Lower League'' with 9 zones was introduced as a 4th level.
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 ...
era
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1 Including additional game (2–1 win) against
MTZ-RIPO Minsk for the 1st place as both teams finished with equal points.
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2 Including additional game (1–4 loss) against
MTZ-RIPO Minsk for the 14th place as both teams finished with equal points.
*
3 Lost relegation play-off to
Partizan Minsk
FC Partizan Minsk ( be, ФК Партызан Мінск) was a Belarusian football club based in Minsk.
History
The club was founded as MTZ-RIPO Minsk in 2002 as a merger of two Minsk teams from the Second League ( Traktor Minsk, a club wi ...
(0–2 away, 2–1 home)
*
4 Won promotion play-off against
Dnepr Mogilev
FC Dnepr Mogilev ( be, ФК Дняпро Магілёў, ''FK Dniapro Mahilyow''; russian: ФК Днепр Могилёв) is a Belarusian association football, football team, playing in the city of Mogilev. Their home stadium is Spartak Stadium ...
(2–0 home, 1–1 away)
FC Vitebsk in Europe
Vitebsk played in European Cups under their former name Lokomotiv-96.
Managers
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Pyotr Vasilevsky (1989–91)
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Georgy Kondratyev
Georgy Petrovich Kondratyev ( be, Георгій Пятровіч Кандрацьеў; russian: Георгий Петрович Кондратьев; born 7 January 1960) is a Belarusian Association football, football coach and former Belarusian ...
(2003–04)
*
Andrey Chernyshov
Andrey Alekseyevich Chernyshov (Russian: Андрей Алексеевич Чернышов; born 7 January 1968) is a Russian football manager and former player. He has been appointed as the new manager of I-League club Mohammedan Sporting.
...
(2006–07)
*
Yury Konoplev (2007–08)
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Alyaksandr Khatskevich
Alyaksandr Khatskevich ( be, Аляксандр Хацкевіч, born 19 October 1973) is a Belarusian football manager and former player.
Playing career
Khatskevich is a former player of the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv.
He made 39 appearance ...
(2008–09)
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Yury Konoplev (2009–10)
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Sergei Borovsky
Sergei Vladimirovich Borovsky (russian: Серге́й Владимирович Боровский; be, Сяргей Уладзіміравіч Бароўскі) (born 29 January 1956) is a football coach and former player.
Career
During his c ...
(2010–11)
*
Yury Konoplev (2012–14)
*
Sergey Vekhtev
Sergey Vekhtev ( be, Сяргей Вехцеў, translit=Syarhey Vekhtsew; russian: Сергей Вехтев; born 8 May 1971) is a Belarusian professional Association football, football coach and former player.
Career
In 1995, Vekhtev signed ...
(2014–15)
*
Sergey Yasinsky (2015–)
See also
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FC Vitebsk-2
FC Vitebsk-2 is a Belarusian football club from Vitebsk. The club acts as a reserve team for FC Vitebsk.
History
During Soviet era the team was known as KIM-2 Vitebsk, while the main was called KIM Vitebsk. Until 1991 KIM-2 played in Belarusian S ...
References
External links
Official Website
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Football clubs in Belarus
Sport in Vitebsk
1960 establishments in Belarus
Association football clubs established in 1960