FC Minsk

Not to be confused with FC Minsk (women).

FC Minsk

Full name	Football Club Minsk
Founded	2006 (2006)
Ground	FC Minsk Stadium Minsk, Belarus
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Igor Shloido
Manager	Artyom Chelyadinsky
League	Belarusian Premier League
2023	Belarusian Premier League, 9th of 15
Website	https://fcminsk.by/
Home colours Away colours

FC Minsk (Belarusian: ФК Мінск) is a Belarusian professional football club based in Minsk. 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 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. In the first qualifying round, they were pitched against AZAL Baku of Azerbaijan and managed a 3–2 aggregate win over two legs. The second qualifying round saw them drawn against Gaziantepspor of Turkey. After a 1–1 draw at home, the away fixture in Gaziantep saw the Turkish side win 4–1 as the tie finished 5–2 on aggregate in favour of Gaziantepspor.

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 2013–14 UEFA Europa League by winning Belarusian Cup. This campaign was more successful as Minsk first eliminated Valletta of Malta 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 Perth and prevailed in penalty shootout 3–2, advancing to the play-offs, where they have lost to Standard Liège of Belgium 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.

Crest of FC Minsk (2006–2013)

Current squad

As of December 2024.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	BLR	Valentin Dikhtiyevskiy
3	DF	SRB	Ognjen Mažić
4	MF	BLR	Vladislav Grekovich
7	FW	BLR	Kirill Zabelin
8	MF	BLR	Arseniy Migdalyonok
9	DF	BLR	Yegor Lapun
10	MF	BLR	Semen Penchuk
11	FW	BLR	Fedor Lebedev
13	MF	BLR	Mikhail Bandarenka
14	MF	KAZ	Vladislav Vasilyev
16	GK	BLR	Matvey Sukharenko
17	MF	BLR	Rodion Pechura
18	DF	BLR	Aleksandr Mikhalenko

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	BLR	Yevgeniy Kindruk
23	MF	BLR	Artur Nazarenko
30	GK	BLR	Alyaksandr Hutar
35	FW	BLR	Timofey Simanenka
37	GK	BLR	Stanislav Boldysh
44	DF	BLR	Gleb Krivtsov
55	MF	BLR	Aleksey Tumanov
71	MF	CTA	Moustapha Djimet
77	MF	BLR	Yevgeny Malashevich
80	MF	BLR	Dmitriy Denisenko
81	MF	BLR	Dzmitry Marozaw
—	MF	BLR	Ivan Radzivonaw
—	FW	BLR	Ilya Bandarenka

League and Cup history

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	Points	Domestic Cup	Notes
2006	2nd	1	26	17	5	4	44–13	56		Promoted
2007	1st	14	26	4	9	13	18–34	21	Semi-finals	Relegated
2008	2nd	1	26	23	2	1	72–11	71	Round of 16	Promoted
2009	1st	9	26	11	3	12	33–26	36	Round of 16
2010	1st	3	33	18	6	9	59–32	60	Round of 16
2011	1st	9	33	8	11	14	33–40	35	Quarter-finals
2012	1st	6	30	11	6	13	36–46	39	Runners-up
2013	1st	9	32	10	8	14	36–40	38	Winners
2014	1st	7	32	16	4	12	45–36	52	Semi-finals
2015	1st	6	26	12	4	10	29–28	40	Round of 32
2016	1st	4	30	15	8	7	49–24	53	Semi-finals
2017	1st	14	30	3	14	13	19–39	23	Quarter-finals
2018	1st	11	30	7	9	14	34–42	30	Round of 16
2019	1st	9	30	9	9	12	36–44	36	Round of 16
2020	1st	11	30	11	5	14	45–57	38	Round of 16
2021	1st	12	30	8	9	13	32–52	33	Quarter-finals
2022	1st	6	30	12	8	10	47–43	44	Third round
2023	1st	9	28	8	9	11		33	Round of 16

Honours

• Belarusian Premier League
  • Third place (1): 2010
• Belarusian Cup
  • Winners (1): 2013
  • Runners-up (1): 2012

FC Minsk in Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Aggregate
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q	AZAL Baku	1–1	2–1	3–2
		2Q	Gaziantepspor	1–1	1–4	2–5
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Valletta	1–1	2–0	3–1
		3Q	St Johnstone	0–1	1–0 (aet)	1–1 (3–2 p.)
		PO	Standard	0–2	1–3	1–5

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

Competition	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Europa League	10	3	3	4	10	14

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 (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

Main article: FC Minsk (women)

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 Belarusian Women's Cup in 2011, 2013 and 2014.

External links

• Official website (in Belarusian, Russian, and English)
• FC Minsk on VK