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2007–08 Belarusian Cup
The 2007–08 Belarusian Cup was the 17th edition of the football knock-out competition in Belarus. Contrary to the league season, the competition has been conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on 28 July 2007 and the final on 18 May 2008. MTZ-RIPO Minsk won the Cup. First round 12 teams from the First League (out of 14, excluding Belshina Bobruisk and Lokomotiv Minsk who relegated from the Premier League after 2006 season), 13 teams from the Second League (out of 16, excluding three teams which were reserve squads for Premier and First League teams) and 7 amateur clubs started in this round. The games were played on 28 and 30 July 2007. Round of 32 16 winners of previous round were joined by 14 clubs from Premier League and two First League clubs which relegated from the Premier League after 2006 season. The games were played in August and September 2007. Round of 16 The first legs were played on 15 and 16 March 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Partizan Minsk
FC Partizan Minsk (also FK Partyzan Minsk, ) was a Belarusian football club based in Minsk. History The club was founded as MTZ-RIPO Minsk (MTZ-RIPA, ) in 2002 as a merger of two Minsk teams from the Second League ( Traktor Minsk, a club with a 55-year history, and Trudovye Rezervy-RIPO Minsk, a football academy-based team named after the Trudovye Rezervy which only spent one season in the Second League). The merge allowed the new team to have its own football school to recruit young players from, as well as financial support from the Minsk Tractor Works, the main sponsor of Traktor Minsk. MTZ-RIPO Minsk started playing in the Second League in 2002. In their first season the team finished first, and then did the same in the First League in 2003. Since 2004, they played in the Belarusian Premier League. At the end of 2004 the club was acquired by a Russian-Lithuanian businessman Vladimir Romanov and became a part of his football holding alongside Scottish Premier League c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |