FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk

Shakhtyor Soligorsk

Full name	Football Club Shakhtyor
Nickname(s)	The Miners, The Moles
Founded	1961
Ground	Stroitel Stadium Soligorsk, Belarus
Ground Capacity	4,200
Director	Yury Vyarheychyk
Manager	Syarhey Nikifarenka
League	Belarusian Premier League
2015	3rd
Home colours Away colours

FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (Belarusian: ФК Шахцёр Салігорск, FK Shakhtsyor Salihorsk) is a Belarusian Premier League football club, playing in the city of Soligorsk.

History

The club was founded in 1961. During Soviet era Shakhtyor Soligorsk was playing in top or second division of Belarusian SSR league, occasionally dropping to lower tiers (Minsk Oblast league) for a short time. In 1971 Shakhtyor absorbed two other local Soligorsk teams (Khimik and Gornyak). Their best results came at the end of Soviet days, when the team finished as league runners-up twice (1988, 1990) and won Belarusian SSR Cup three times (1985, 1986, 1988).^[1]

Since 1992 Shakhtyor has been playing in Belarusian Premier League. The team struggled through the 90s, usually fighting against relegation. In 1997 they finished at the last place in league, but were saved from relegation after two other Premier League clubs withdrew.

After transitory 1998 season, the era of club's success began. Since 1999 they have never finished below 6th place and became a staple European Cups participant. Shakhtyor Soligorsk became the champions of Belarus in 2005, and were league runners-up four times (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013). They also won Belarusian Cup twice (2004 and 2014).^[2]

Honours

• Belarusian Premier League
  • Winners (1): 2005
  • Runners-up (4): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • 3rd place (4): 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007

• Belarusian Cup
  • Winners (2): 2004, 2014
  • Runners-up (3): 2006, 2008, 2009

Current squad

As of February 2016

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Artur Kotenko 2 DF Mikhail Shibun 3 MF Syarhey Matsveychyk 4 DF Alyaksey Yanushkevich 5 DF Alyaksandr Yurevich 7 FW Nemanja Čović 9 FW Kiryl Vyarheychyk 10 FW Mikalay Yanush 11 MF Artem Starhorodskyi 16 GK Uladzimir Bushma 17 DF Syarhey Kazeka 18 DF Pavel Rybak

No. Position Player 19 DF Ihar Kuzmyanok 20 MF Yaroslav Martynyuk 23 MF Yury Kavalyow 29 DF Alyaksey Vasilewski 30 GK Pavel Scherbachenya FW Dzmitry Asipenka DF Ihar Burko MF Aleksandr Selyava MF Nikolay Zolotov FW Yawhen Lebedzew MF Alyaksey Tsimashenka MF Alyaksandr Pawlaw

League and Cup history

• ¹ Finished last but saved from relegation due to withdrawal of two higher-placed teams.

Shakhtyor in Europe

As of July 2015.

Season	Competition	Round		Club	1st Leg	2nd Leg
2001–02	UEFA Cup	QR		CSKA Sofia	1–2 (H)	1–3 (A)
2003	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Omagh Town	1–0 (H)	7–1 (A)
		2R		Cibalia	1–1 (H)	2–4 (A)
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1Q		Nistru Otaci	1–1 (A)	1–2 (H)
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	1Q		Široki Brijeg	0–1 (H)	0–1 (A)
2007	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Ararat Yerevan	4–1 (H)	0–2 (A)
		2R		Chornomorets Odesa	2–4 (A)	0–2 (H)
2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Cracovia Kraków	2–1 (A)	3–0 (H)
		2R		Sturm Graz	0–2 (A)	0–0 (H)
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	2Q		Ventspils	0–1 (H)	2–3 (A)
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	2Q		Ried	1–1 (H)	0–0 (A)
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	2Q		Milsami	1–1 (H)	1–1 (p. 2–4)(A)
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	2Q		Derry City	1–0 (A)	5–1 (H)
		3Q		Zulte Waregem	5–2 (A)	2–2 (H)
		PO		PSV Eindhoven	0–1 (A)	0–2 (H)
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q		Glenavon	2–1 (A)	3–0 (H)
		2Q		Wolfsberger	0–1 (H)	0–2 (A)

Managers

• Ivan Schyokin (July 1, 1997 – Dec 31, 1999)
• Yury Vyarheychyk (July 1, 2002 – May 11, 2009)
• Aleksey Vergeyenko (June 26, 2009 – Nov 23, 2009)
• Eduard Malofeyev (Nov 24, 2009 – May 13, 2010)
• Uladzimir Zhuravel (May 14, 2010 – Dec 2, 2013)
• Sergei Borovsky (Jan 9, 2014–)

References

External links

• Official Website