FC Minsk ( be, ФК Мінск) is a professional football club based 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 ...

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. They play in the Belarusian Premier League, the highest tier of Belarusian football. Their colours are red and navy blue.

History

The club was established in 2006 and was based on the Belarusian First League club '' Smena Minsk''. FC Minsk took over Smena's license and was able to start immediately operating in the Belarusian First League without having to first play in the Second League, the third tier in Belarus. In the club's inaugural season in the First League, they were able to finish in first place guaranteeing them promotion to the Belarusian Premier League. In their top tier debut season, FC Minsk showed weak performances and were relegated at end of 2007, but they managed to bounce straight back the following year with a dominant campaign in the Belarusian First League scoring 72 goals and failing to win in only 3 of the 26 games. 2008 therefore saw them once again competing in the Belarusian Premier League where they have remained ever since. A 3rd-placed finish in 2010 saw FC Minsk embark on their first ever European campaign in the

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. In the first qualifying round, they were pitched against AZAL Baku of

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and managed a 3–2 aggregate win over two legs. The second qualifying round saw them drawn against

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. After a 1–1 draw at home, the away fixture in

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saw the Turkish side win 4–1 as the tie finished 5–2 on aggregate in favour of

. In 2013, FC Minsk changed their club crest for the current one. The same year they have qualified for the second qualifying round of the

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by winning

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. This campaign was more successful as Minsk first eliminated

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3–1 on aggregate before beating the Scottish team St. Johnstone in the third qualifying round. After losing 0–1 at home, FC Minsk managed to win 1–0 in

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and prevailed in penalty shootout 3–2, advancing to the play-offs, where they have lost to

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5–1 on aggregate.

Club crest

Upon their formation in 2006, FC Minsk adopted a simple white and blue crest which they kept for 7 years until 2013. In 2013, they changed their crest to the current red and navy blue.

Current squad

''As of December 2022''

League and Cup history

Honours

* Belarusian Premier League ** ''3rd place (1):'' 2010 *

** ''Winners (1):''

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** ''Runners-up (1):''

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FC Minsk in Europe

;Notes * Home results are noted in bold. * 1Q: First qualifying round * 2Q: Second qualifying round * 3Q: Third qualifying round * PO: Play-off round

European record

Managers

* Sergey Yaromko (Feb 23, 2006 – Oct 8, 2009) * Vitali Tarakanov (Oct 8, 2009 – Oct 4, 2011) * Andrey Downar ''(interim)'' (Oct 5, 2011 – Dec 12, 2011) *

Vadim Skripchenko Vadim Viktorovich Skripchenko (russian: Вадим Викторович Скрипченко; be, Вадзім Віктаравіч Скрыпчанка; born 26 November 1975) is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He is ...

(Dec 30, 2011 – Oct 12, 2013) * Andrey Skorobogatko ''(interim)'' (Oct 13, 2013 – Dec 2, 2013) * Andrey Skorobogatko (Dec 3, 2013 – June 3, 2014) * Andrey Pyshnik (June 3, 2014–)

Women's team

The women's team of Minsk has won the Belarusian Premier League in 2013 and 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. It also has won the

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in 2011, 2013 and 2014.

References

External links

Official websiteFC Minsk supporters site
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