FC Gomel

Full name

Football Club Gomel

Founded

1959

Ground

Central Stadium,
Gomel, Belarus

Capacity

14,307

Chairman

Yevgeni Pobolovets

Manager

Uladzimir Zhuravel

League

Belarusian First League

2015

Premier League, 14th (relegated)

Home colours

Away colours

FC Gomel (Belarusian: ФК Гомель), or FK Homel, is a Belarusian football club, playing in the city of Gomel. Their new home stadium is Central Stadium.

History

Teams from Gomel (usually city or raion selection or railway-based team Lokomotiv, but not always) played in Belarusian SSR championships since early 20's.^[1] In 1946 Belorusian SSR league for one season becomes one of the zones of USSR 3rd level league, and Lokomotiv Gomel became the first city team to play in Soviet league.^[2]

The modern Gomel team was founded in 1959 as Lokomotiv Gomel. They played at the 2nd level of Soviet football between 1959 and 1968. The results varied between seasons, as the team managed to finish 1st in their zone in 1962 as well as last in 1959 and 1963. However, because Soviet league system structure was changing almost every season in 50's and 60's, Lokomotiv wasn't promoted or relegated until another league reorganization in 1969.

Gomselmash played at the 3rd level of Soviet football between 1969 and 1989, until further league reorganization in 1990, after which the team was relegated to the 4th level.

In 1992 Gomselmash joined the newly formed Belarusian Premier League. The first years were unsuccessful and the team relegated in 1995. They changed name to the current one, FC Gomel, the same year. In 1998 Gomel returned to Premier League and achieved much better results than before (champions title in 2003, 2nd place in 2007 and 3rd in 1999). The team also won Belarusian Cup in 2002 and made it to the final in 2004.

In 2012 they played English club Liverpool in the UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds. In the first leg they lost 0–1 and lost again away at Anfield in the second leg 3–0.

Name changes

1959: Lokomotiv Gomel
1965: Spartak Gomel
1969: Gomselmash Gomel
1976: Mashinostroitel Gomel
1978: Gomselmash Gomel
1995: Gomel

Honours

Belarusian Premier League
- Winners (1): 2003
- Runners-up (1): 2007
- 3rd place (2): 1999, 2011

Belarusian Cup
- Winners (2): 2002, 2011
- Runners-up (1): 2004

Belarusian Super Cup
- Winners (1): 2012

Current squad

As of January 2016

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Oleg Chmyrikov
4	MF	Stanislav Izhakovsky
7	FW	Aleksandr Yanchenko
8	MF	Ivan Sulim
9	FW	Andrey Antanyuk
11	MF	Denis Yakhno
13	MF	Georgiy Monastyrskiy
15	DF	Yegor Troyakov
16	GK	Andrey Sakovich
17	FW	Aleksey Teslyuk
18	MF	Dzyanis Myadzvedzew
19	MF	Alyaksandr Danilaw
20	DF	Vitaly Novik
21	GK	Artem Sinitsa
22	MF	Dmitry Sviridenko

No.	Position	Player
23	DF	Stanislav Sazonovich
27	MF	Anton Tereschenko
28	MF	Yevgeny Fomin
29	MF	Maksim Sanets
30	MF	Artem Fedyanin
33	MF	Pavel Chernyshov
36	GK	Aleh Kavalyow
55	DF	Dmitry Ignatenko
71	MF	Denis Golenko
95	MF	Yevgeny Milevsky
	DF	Pavel Lyutsko
	DF	Yevgeniy Yesman
	MF	Pavel Sitko
	DF	Ihar Razhkow

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	Points	Domestic Cup	Notes
1959	2nd	15¹	28	0	7	21	17–61	7
1960	2nd	9	30	11	8	11	36–38	40	Round of 128
1961	2nd	3	30	14	8	8	37–24	36	Round of 256
1962	2nd	1	32	18	10	4	43–19	46	Round of 32
1962	2nd	2	2	0	1	1	0–1	1	Round of 32	Promotion/relegation play-off²
1963	2nd	18³	34	4	12	18	13–46	20	Round of 32
1964	2nd	25	38	6	15	17	19–37	27
1965	2nd	24	46	13	17	16	34–43	43	Round of 64
1966	2nd	15	32	7	12	13	16–29	26	Round of 128
1967	2nd	7	38	11	19	8	27–24	41	Round of 64
1968	2nd	21	40	6	12	22	21–50	24	Round of 256
1968	2nd	2	2	0	1	1	0–2	1	Round of 256	Promotion/relegation play-off⁴
1969	3rd	2	32	16	9	7	44–18	41
1969	3rd	1	2	0	2	0	3–3	2		Promotion/relegation play-off⁵
1970	3rd	22⁶	42	7	10	25	22–55	24	Round of 256
1971	3rd	6	38	16	13	9	47–28	61
1972	3rd	10	38	15	9	14	39–45	54
1973	3rd	12	32	7	9	16	32–49	19⁷
1974	3rd	11	40	13	13	14	53–57	39
1975	3rd	13	34	9	10	15	28–47	28
1976	3rd	11	38	14	9	15	37–41	37
1977	3rd	16	40	12	8	20	32–49	32
1978	3rd	14	46	16	9	21	56–60	41
1979	3rd	21	46	7	14	25	34–71	28
1980	3rd	6	32	12	8	12	31–33	32
1981	3rd	8	40	13	7	20	50–58	33
1982	3rd	7	30	13	8	9	33–27	34
1983	3rd	8	32	12	8	12	40–39	32
1984	3rd	5	34	18	7	9	44–30	43
1985	3rd	15	30	7	6	17	24–41	20
1986	3rd	8	30	11	9	10	36–39	31
1987	3rd	14	34	8	11	15	29–47	27
1988	3rd	14	34	9	8	17	26–44	26
1989	3rd	14	42	17	7	18	39–46	41		Relegated⁸
1990	4th	7	32	14	4	14	48–48	32
1991	4th	16	42	13	5	24	40–54	31

¹ Finished last in its zone, but saved from relegation due to 2nd level (Class B) expansion from 7 to 9 territorial zones (from 101 to 142 teams) in 1960.
² No promotion to the Top League in 1962 was awarded due to Top League (Class A) reduction from 22 to 20 teams in 1963. Lokomotiv's play-off performance didn't affect its next season league allocation. Winning their zone allowed them to stay on the second level (Class B), which was reduced from 10 zones (150 teams) in 1962 to a single group of 18 teams in 1963.
³ Finished last, but saved from relegation due to 2nd level (Class A Second Group) expansion from 18 to 27 teams in 1964.
⁴ Play-off with the best-placed Belarusian team from the 3rd level (Class B) in 1968 for the right to play on the 2nd level (Class A Second Group) in 1969.
⁵ Play-off with the lowest-placed Belarusian team from the 2nd level (Class A Second Group) in 1969 for the right to play in Class A Second Group (which becomes the 3rd level league next year due to introduction of Class A Top Group as the Top level) in 1970.
⁶ Finished last in its zone, but saved from relegation due to 3rd level (Class A Second Group, renamed to Second League since next season) expansion from 3 to 6 territorial zones (from 66 to 124 teams) in 1971.
⁷ In 1973 every draw was followed by a penalty shoot-out, with a winner gaining 1 point and loser gaining 0.
⁸ Though finished 14th from the 22 teams in 1989, Gomselmash relegated as the Second League (3rd level) was reduced from 9 zones (195 teams) to 3 zones (66 teams) and the Second Lower League with 9 zones was introduced as a 4th level.

Belarus

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	Points	Domestic Cup	Notes
1992	1st	16	15	1	3	11	5–32	5	Round of 16
1992–93	1st	10	32	9	8	15	23–40	26	Round of 16
1993–94	1st	15	30	7	5	18	36–47	19	Round of 16
1994–95	1st	15	30	6	6	18	26–59	18	Round of 32	Relegated
1995	2nd	9	14	5	2	7	19–17	12	Quarterfinals
1996	2nd	4	24	11	9	4	42–19	42	Quarterfinals
1997	2nd	1	30	27	1	2	83–9	82	Round of 32	Promoted
1998	1st	5	28	12	9	7	36–30	45	Round of 32
1999	1st	3	30	19	6	5	57–28	63	Quarterfinals
2000	1st	6	30	17	2	11	50–41	53	Semifinals
2001	1st	6	26	13	5	8	36–24	44	Quarterfinals
2002	1st	6	26	13	4	9	46–33	43	Winners
2003	1st	1	30	23	5	2	56–12	74	Semifinals
2004	1st	5	30	13	7	10	42–41	46	Runners-up
2005	1st	7	26	12	3	11	34–32	39	Quarterfinals
2006	1st	5	26	12	6	8	33–32	42	Semifinals
2007	1st	2	26	12	8	6	49–28	44	Round of 16
2008	1st	11	30	9	6	15	35–47	33	Quarterfinals
2009	1st	12	26	8	5	13	31–48	29	Quarterfinals	Relegated
2010	2nd	1	30	27	1	2	80–16	82	Round of 16	Promoted
2011	1st	3	33	13	15	5	36–24	54	Winners
2012	1st	4	30	14	8	8	39–24	50	Semifinals
2013	1st	6	32	11	7	14	34–40	40	Quarterfinals
2014	1st	6	32	10	8	14	29–41	38	Quarterfinals
2015	1st	14	26	5	3	18	22–41	18	Round of 16	Relegated

FC Gomel in Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st Leg	2nd Leg
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Hradec Králové	0–1 (A)	1–0 (p. 2–1) (H)
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	Hammarby	0–4 (A)	2–2 (H)
2000–01	UEFA Cup	QR	AIK	0–1 (A)	0–2 (H)
2002–03	UEFA Cup	QR	HJK Helsinki	1–0 (H)	4–0 (A)
2002–03	UEFA Cup	1R	Schalke 04	1–4 (H)	0–4 (A)
2004–05	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Tirana	0–2 (H)	1–0 (A)
2008–09	UEFA Cup	1Q	Legia Warsaw	0–0 (A)	1–4 (H)
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Bursaspor	1–2 (A)	1–3 (H)
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Víkingur	6–0 (A)	4–0 (H)
		2Q	Renova	2–0 (A)	0–1 (H)
		3Q	Liverpool	0–1 (H)	0–3 (A)

Managers

Pavel Baranov (1959)
Gleb Rabikov (1960–61)
Vadim Radzievski (1962 – July 63)
Sergey Korschunov (July 1963)
Vasiliy Yermilov (1964–65)
Alexander Sagreski (1966)
Vladimir Eremeev (1967–68)
Viktor Korotkevich (1969–70)
Leonard Adamov (1971–72)
Leonid Yerochovich (July 1973)
Yevgeniy Glemboski (July 1973–74)
Viktor Korotkevich (1975 – July 77)
Alexander Tschirimisin (July 1977–80)

Kasimir Symanski (1981–83)
Nikolay Kiselyov (1984)
Viktor Korotkevich (1985 – July 87)
Valery Janotschkin (July 1, 1987 – Dec 31, 1987)
Yuriy Golovey (July 1988)
Alexander Pryazhnikov (July 1988–90)
Kasimir Symanski (1991)
Vladimir Astratenko (1992–93)
Viktor Korotkevich (1993–94)
Nikolai Gorjunov (1994–96)
Yuriy Grunov (1997)
Valery Janotschkin (Jan 1, 1998 – May 15, 1999)
Vyacheslav Akschaev (Jan 1, 1999 – June 30, 2000)

Alexandr Kuznetsov (August 2000 – May 1)
Valery Janotschkin (May 15, 2001 – Sept 1, 2001)
Sergey Podpaly (Aug 1, 2001 – June 26, 2004)
Alexandr Kuznetsov (July 1, 2004 – Aug 12, 2005)
Nikolai Gorjunov (Aug 15, 2005 – July 1, 2006)
Viktor Papaev (July 5, 2006 – Oct 27, 2006)
Vladimir Golmak (interim) (Oct 28, 2006 – Jan 8, 2007)
Anatoly Yuryevich (Jan 9, 2007 – Aug 5, 2008)
Andrey Yusipets (Aug 15, 2008 – Aug 30, 2009)
Leonid Borsuk (interim) (Sept 1, 2009 – Dec 13, 2009)
Oleg Kubarev (Dec 14, 2009 – Dec 9, 2012)
Alyaksey Merkulaw (Dec 10, 2012–)

References

External links

Belarusian First League · 2016 clubs

Baranovichi Bereza-2010 Dnepr Gomel Gomelzheldortrans Khimik Kobrin Lida Luch Orsha Slonim Smolevichi-STI Smorgon Torpedo Uzda Zvezda-BGU

Belarusian Premier League · clubs

Current (2016)	BATE Belshina Dinamo Brest Dinamo Minsk Gorodeya Granit Isloch Krumkachy Minsk Naftan Neman Shakhtyor Slavia Slutsk Torpedo-BelAZ Vitebsk

Former	Dnepr Gomel Lida Molodechno-2000 Smorgon Svisloch-Krovlya Torpedo-SKA Torpedo-Kadino Vedrich-97 Zvezda-BGU

Defunct	Ataka Bobruisk Darida Dinamo-93 Kommunalnik Lokomotiv Minsk Lokomotiv Vitebsk Partizan Savit Stroitel

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