FC Molodechno (Belarusian: ФК Маладзечна, romanizedFK Maladzyechna, Russian: ФК Молодечно) is a Belarusian football club based in Maladzyechna. They play in the Belarusian First League, the 2nd division in Belarusian football. Their home stadium is Molodechno City Stadium.

FC Molodechno
Full nameФутбольны клуб Маладзечна
Football Club Molodechno
Founded1949/1989
GroundCity Stadium
Maladzyechna, Belarus
Capacity3,500
ManagerAlyaksandr Hrapkowski
LeagueBelarusian First League
2023Belarusian First League, 11th of 17

History

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Early history

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The city of Molodechno was represented in the Belarusian SSR League since 1949 by various teams attached to local industries and organizations and thus having different names and loose continuity: Dinamo Molodechno (1949–1955), Molodechno Oblast team (1956, 1959), Molodechno city team (1957–1958), Spartak Molodechno (1960–1963, 1970–1971), Naroch Molodechno (1964–1965), Krasnoye Znamya Molodechno (1966), Volna Molodecno (1967–1969), Selena Molodechno (1972–1980), Metallist Molodechno (1981–1982), Trud Molodechno (1983–1985), Stankostroitel Molodechno (1986).[1] Spartak Molodechno won the Belarusian SSR league in 1963. The modern FC Molodechno logo retroactively displays 1949 as the club's year of foundation.

Modern club

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Metallurg Molodechno was formed in 1989 and in 1991, the young team won the Belarusian SSR Top League championship as well as the Soviet Amateur Cup. Since 1992, the team started playing in the Belarusian Premier League. In 1993, they were renamed to FC Molodechno. Their best result came in the 1994–95 season, when Molodechno finished 4th. In 1999, they finished 15th and relegated to the First League, but after winning the First League in 2000, they quickly came back to the top level in 2001. To celebrate the win, they changed their name to Molodechno-2000. They finished last and relegated to the First League again in 2003 and went further down to the Second League one season later. In 2006, they changed their name back to Molodechno. In 2011, the name was changed to Zabudova Molodechno after a merger with Zabudova Chist. In 2013, the merger was dissolved and the club was renamed to Molodechno-2013 and later to Molodechno-DYuSSh-4 in 2015. The club changed its name again in 2019 back to FC Molodechno.

Name changes

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  • 1989: FC Metallurg Molodechno (Metalurh Maladzyechna, Belarusian: Металург)
  • 1993: FC Molodechno
  • 2001: FC Molodechno-2000
  • 2006: FC Molodechno
  • 2011: FC Zabudova Molodechno (Забудова)
  • 2013: FC Molodechno-2013
  • 2015: FC Molodechno-DYuSSh-4 (Maladzyechna-DyuSSh-4, Belarusian: Маладзечна-ДЮСШ-4)
  • 2019: FC Molodechno (FK Maladzyechna)

Achievements

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1991
1991

Current squad

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As of August 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   BLR Danila Tretyak
7 MF   BLR Gleb Guletskiy
8 MF   BLR Kirill Goncharik
9 MF   BLR Artem Zimin
10 MF   BLR Yury Kazlow
11 FW   BLR Vladislav Fedosov
14 DF   BLR Ilya Koval
17 DF   BLR Artur Kats
20 MF   NGA Abdulaziz Laval
21 MF   BLR Artem Vlasov
22 DF   BLR German Kutkovich
23 FW   BLR Igor Monich
25 GK   BLR Roman Stepanov
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 DF   BLR Sergey Usenya
31 GK   BLR Vlas Rayevskiy
44 DF   BLR Artyom Dylevsky
55 MF   BLR Yegor Imeryakov
66 DF   TJK Sino Absamadov
70 MF   BLR Pavel Tseslyukevich
73 FW   BLR Yegor Nikoporyonok
88 MF   BLR Dmitry German
92 MF   BLR Bogdan Kutsiy
97 FW   BLR Vadim Fastovets
99 MF   BLR Stanislav Bylinovich
DF   BLR Semen Khatkevich

League and Cup history

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Season Level Pos Pld W D L Goals Points Domestic Cup Notes
1992 1st 9 15 5 5 5 11–12 15 Semi-finals
1992–93 1st 13 32 7 10 15 34–40 24 Quarter-finals
1993–94 1st 9 30 10 11 9 35–31 31 Semi-finals
1994–95 1st 4 30 12 11 7 48–30 35 Quarter-finals
1995 1st 5 15 8 1 6 33–19 25 Quarter-finals
1996 1st 8 30 11 8 11 42–33 41
1997 1st 13 30 7 9 14 28–44 30 Round of 16
1998 1st 14 28 4 4 20 21–51 16 Quarter-finals
1999 1st 16 30 2 5 23 21–71 11 Quarter-finals Relegated
2000 2nd 1 30 23 5 2 76–16 74 Round of 16 Promoted
2001 1st 10 26 8 5 13 23–47 29 Round of 64
2002 1st 13 26 3 3 20 23–59 13 Round of 16
2003 1st 16 30 3 7 20 19–52 16 Round of 16 Relegated
2004 2nd 13 30 9 4 17 27–54 31 Round of 16 Relegated1
2005 3rd 12 26 5 3 18 34–32 39 Round of 32
2006 3rd 16 32 5 5 22 33–71 20 Round of 64
2007 3rd 14 30 7 4 19 28–71 25 Round of 64
2008 3rd 8 30 11 10 9 55–43 43 Round of 64
2009 3rd 3 26 15 3 8 55–31 48 Round of 64
2010 3rd 4 34 17 6 11 69–52 57 Round of 32
2011 3rd 4 30 17 7 6 58–38 58 Round of 32
  • 1 Withdrew from the First League due to financial troubles.

References

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  1. ^ "History of FC Molodechno". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
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