FC MTZ-RIPO
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| Full name | Football Club MTZ-RIPO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Traktor Boys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Traktor Stadium, Minsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 17,600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Mikhail Yuferev |
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| Manager | Eduard Malofeev |
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| League | Belarusian Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 3rd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FC MTZ-RIPO is a Belarusian Premier League football team (formerly known as FC Traktor and FC MTZ), part of Russian-Lithuanian businessman Vladimir Romanov's soccer holding which also includes Scottish Premier League club Hearts and Lithuanian A Lyga champion FBK Kaunas. The club made their top flight debut in 2004.
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[edit] History
Established in 1947 during building of Minsk Traktor Plant (MTZ) as a sport section for construction workers (including German POW) and later for local factory personal. This sport section was transformed to a professional football team in 1948.
- 1947 established
- 2002 Merged with RIPO (“Trudovye Rezervy”) to create FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk
Recently announced a possible name change before the start of next season.
[edit] Achievements
- Belarussian Soviet Socialist Republic Champion: 2
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- 1948, 1949
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- 2001, 2005
[edit] UEFA Cup 2005-06
[edit] First Qualifying Round
- First leg 14 July 2005
- Ferencvárosi TC 0 – 2 FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk
- Second leg 28 July 2005
- FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk 1 – 2 Ferencvárosi TC
[edit] Second Qualifying Round
- First leg, 11 August 2005
- MTZ-RIPO Minsk 1 – 1 FK Teplice
- Second leg 25 August 2005. Progressing teams shown in bold
- FK Teplice 2–1 MTZ-RIPO Minsk
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ferencvárosi TC  |
2-3 | FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk |
0-2 | 2-1 |
| MTZ-RIPO Minsk |
2-3 |  FK Teplice |
1-1 | 1-2 |
[edit] 2005 Season Squad
As of November 5, 2005 (last game in the season):
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[edit] External links
[edit] Supporters websites
[edit] Statistics websites
- RSSSF - Belarus: List of Champions
- RSSSF - Belarus: Championships before Independence
- FC MTZ-RIPO at eufo.de
[edit] Other websites
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