FC Torpedo Minsk

Torpedo Minsk
Full name FC Torpedo Minsk
Nickname(s) Черно-белые (The Black-Whites)
Avtozavodtsy
Founded 1947
Ground Torpedo Stadium, Minsk
Ground Capacity 4,800
Head coach Andrey Pyshnik
League Belarusian First League
2016 9th

FC Torpedo Minsk (Belarusian: ПФК Тарпеда Мінск, PFK Tarpeda Minsk; Russian: ПФК Торпедо Минск) is a Belarusian football club, playing in Minsk. The team plays their home games at the Torpedo Stadium in Minsk, which holds 4,800 people.

History

During Soviet years Torpedo was playing in Belarusian SSR top league and won a championships in 1947, 1962, 1966, 1967 and 1969.

The team was playing in Belarusian Premier League since 1992. Their most successful years were early 2000s, when the team finished on 4th position twice in a row (2002, 2003) and reached the final of Belarusian Cup (2000).

In early 2005 Torpedo-SKA lost financial support from their sponsor and, after losing almost all their main squad and not having funds to pay entrance fee for next season's Premiere League, had to relegate to the Second League. Torpedo-SKA won the Second League in 2005, but at the end of the season the club was disbanded. The owner moved to a new football team, named FC Minsk (legally a successor of Smena Minsk), which also used the same office and stadium as disbanded Torpedo-SKA. Only one player from Torpedo-SKA 2005 squad joined Minsk.

In 2007 the team was reformed as Torpedo-MAZ and started playing in Minsk championship, which is a part of KFK, Belarusian amateur league (4th lever in league pyramid).[1] In 2009 the team finished on the 3rd position and was eligible to represent Minsk in the final tournament for two promotion spots to Second League (as the first two teams either declined or weren't eligible), but finished on the 3rd position.[2] Successful performance in Minsk championship and cup allowed them to qualify for Belarusian Cup twice (2009 and 2010), but they were eliminated from the tournament after the first game both times.

In 2014 the team rejoined Belarusian Second League under their original name Torpedo Minsk, and in the following year was won the promotion into Belarusian First League.

Name change

Honours

Current squad

As of July 2017

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

No. Position Player
1 Belarus GK Vladimir Pyatigorets
3 Belarus DF Sergey Tsvetinsky
4 Belarus DF Vladislav Glinskiy
5 Belarus DF Artem Sokol
7 Belarus MF Maksim Grechikha
8 Belarus MF Aleksey Dovgel
9 Belarus FW Yawhen Lebedzew
10 Belarus MF Sergey Korsak
11 Belarus MF Yuriy Lovets
13 Belarus FW Maksim Lukashevich
14 Belarus FW Yevgeny Nikitin
15 Belarus MF Syarhey Hlyabko
16 Belarus FW Ilya Stepanyuk
19 Belarus MF Maksim Sanets
No. Position Player
20 Belarus DF Roman Gaev
21 Belarus DF Dmitry Tamelo
22 Belarus MF Aleksandr Kucherov
27 Belarus DF Igor Shumilov
31 Belarus MF Alyaksandr Kuhan
33 Belarus DF Yawhen Marozaw
41 Belarus MF Andrey Vileyto
59 Belarus DF Roman Krivulkin
66 Belarus MF Nikita Patsko
77 Belarus FW Fedor Sapon
80 Belarus DF Alyaksey Abramaw
88 Belarus GK Matvey Frantskevich
99 Belarus GK Artem Makavchik

League and Cup history

Season Level Pos Pld W D L Goals Points Domestic Cup Notes
1992 1st 10 15 5 3 7 15–17 13 Quarterfinals
1992–93 1st 9 32 10 10 12 29–33 30 Round of 32
1993–94 1st 6 30 9 15 6 18–18 33 Quarterfinals
1994–95 1st 6 30 11 10 9 36–29 32 Round of 16
1995 1st 9 15 5 3 7 12–27 18 Round of 32
1996 1st 12 30 7 8 15 32–53 29
1997 1st 8 30 12 6 12 45–43 42 Round of 16
1998 1st 7 28 12 8 8 44–22 44 Round of 16
1999 1st 10 30 10 5 15 31–47 35 Semifinals
2000 1st 8 30 13 10 7 45–28 49 Runners-up
2001 1st 8 26 10 7 9 31–32 37 Round of 16
2002 1st 4 26 15 6 5 30–16 51 Round of 16
2003 1st 4 30 19 7 4 54–20 64 Round of 16
2004 1st 6 30 13 7 10 37–31 46 Round of 32 Bankrupted, relegated
2005 3rd 1 26 22 4 0 75–9 70 Round of 16 Disbanded
2006 Round of 64
2007 4th 5
2008 4th 5
2009 4th 3 Round of 64
2010 4th 4 Round of 64
2011 4th 1
2012 4th 3 14 7 2 5 25–20 23
2013 4th 9 22 7 4 11 36–38 25
2014 3rd 6 22 8 5 9 28–26 29 Round of 128
2015 3rd 4 18 10 4 4 27–13 34 Round of 64 promoted
2016 2nd 9 26 9 6 11 35–36 33

References

  1. ↑ "Тарпеда Менск. 2000–ыя гады". tarpeda.org. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
  2. ↑ "Тарпеда Менск. Сезон 2009". tarpeda.org. Archived from the original on 2009-09-20. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
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