FC SKVICh Minsk (Belarusian: ФК СКВІЧ) was a Belarusian football club based in Minsk, last playing in the Belarusian Second League.

FK SKVICh
Lokomotiv Minsk
Full nameТАА «Футбольны клуб СКВІЧ» (TAA Futbol'ny klub SKVICh)
Founded2000
Dissolved2014
GroundLokomotiv Stadium, Minsk
LeagueBelarusian Second League
201424th

History

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The team was founded in late 2000 by travel company SKVICh, which had had investments in sport and football projects (such as their own football school) for several years. Before the start of their first season, after gaining support from Belarusian Railways, the team was renamed Lokomotiv Minsk (Lakamatyw Minsk, Belarusian: Лакаматыў Мінск). The team won the Second League in 2001 and finished 3rd in the First League the following year and was promoted to the Belarusian Premier League.

The club finished in the relegation zone of the table in three of their four seasons in the Premier League; twice they were promoted after only one season, until they got stuck in the First League following relegation in 2008. In 2009, they reverted to their original name SKVICh Minsk.

Lokomotiv reached the final of the 2002–03 Belarusian Cup, losing to Dinamo Minsk.

The club was dissolved after the 2014 season.

Honours

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League and Cup history

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Season Level Pos Pld W D L Goals Points Domestic Cup Notes
2001 3rd 1 34 26 4 4 77–17 82 Promoted
2002 2nd 3 30 20 6 4 59–16 66 Quarter-finals Promoted
2003 1st 15 30 5 9 16 16–42 24 Runners-up Relegated
2004 2nd 1 30 24 3 3 75–25 75 Quarter-finals Promoted
2005 1st 11 26 7 5 14 30–43 26 Round of 32
2006 1st 13 26 5 4 17 26–52 19 Round of 16 Relegated
2007 2nd 3 26 16 4 6 49–21 52 Round of 16 Promoted
2008 1st 14 30 6 7 17 28–50 25 Round of 16 Relegated
2009 2nd 5 26 11 6 9 37–29 39 Round of 16
2010 2nd 2 30 17 7 6 52–21 58 Round of 64 Promotion play-off
2011 2nd 4 30 16 6 8 57–27 54 Round of 32
2012 2nd 4 28 16 7 5 61–19 55 Quarter-finals
2013 2nd Quarterfinals
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