FC Volna Pinsk is 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
football
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club based in
Pinsk
Pinsk ( be, Пі́нск; russian: Пи́нск ; Polish: Pińsk; ) is a city located in the Brest Region of Belarus, in the Polesia region, at the confluence of the Pina River and the Pripyat River. The region was known as the Marsh of Pinsk a ...
,
Brest Oblast
Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts ( be, Брэ́сцкая во́бласць ''(Bresckaja vobłasć)''; russian: Бре́стская о́бласть (''Brestskaya Oblast)'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative cent ...
. The club plays in the
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 ...
.
History
The club was established in 1987 as Kommunalnik Pinsk. The club spent all its seasons after 1992 at the 2nd of 3rd level of Belarusian football. They came close to promotion to the top level several times in the 1990s, finishing in the top three of the
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 ...
on four occasions, and losing in the promotion/relegation play-offs in fall 1995 to
Shinnik Bobruisk.
In 1996–2006, it was known as FC Pinsk-900. In 2006, the club changed its name to Volna Pinsk as the previously existed Pinsk army club that existed after the
World War II
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.
Current squad
''As of December 2022''
Recent seasons
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External links
Official website
{{Belarusian First League teamlist
Volna Pinsk
Volna Pinsk
1987 establishments in Belarus
Association football clubs established in 1987