FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk

Shakhtyor Soligorsk

Full name	Football Club Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Nickname(s)	The Miners, The Moles
Founded	1961
Ground	Stroitel Stadium Soligorsk, Belarus
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 April 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 MF Aleksey Klemyatich 3 MF Syarhey Matsveychyk 4 DF Alyaksey Yanushkevich 5 DF Alyaksandr Yurevich 6 DF Ihar Burko 7 FW Dzmitry Asipenka 8 MF Aleksandr Selyava 9 MF Serhiy Rudyka 10 FW Mikalay Yanush 11 MF Artem Starhorodskyi 12 DF Nikola Ignjatijević

No. Position Player 16 GK Uladzimir Bushma 17 MF Alyaksandr Pawlaw 18 DF Pavel Rybak 19 DF Ihar Kuzmyanok 20 DF Vyacheslav Krivulets 21 MF Yevgeniy Yelezarenko 23 MF Yury Kavalyow 24 DF Artem Rapeiko 30 GK Pavel Scherbachenya 31 DF Mikhail Shibun 81 MF Alyaksey Tsimashenka 99 FW Vitaly Lisakovich

League and Cup history

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	Points	Domestic Cup	Notes
1992	1st	11	15	5	3	7	15–17	13	Round of 16
1992–93	1st	11	32	8	10	14	19–34	26	Round of 32
1993–94	1st	13	30	5	11	14	21–39	21	Quarterfinals
1994–95	1st	14	30	5	10	15	22–41	20	Round of 32
1995	1st	13	15	4	4	7	12–20	16	Quarterfinals
1996	1st	11	30	8	5	17	29–50	29
1997	1st	16^1	30	6	6	18	22–53	24	Round of 32
1998	1st	11	28	8	6	14	33–54	30	Round of 16
1999	1st	5	30	18	5	7	58–30	59	Round of 16
2000	1st	5	30	15	9	6	47–29	54	Round of 32
2001	1st	5	26	13	7	6	43–24	46	Quarterfinals
2002	1st	3	26	15	6	5	41–23	51	Semifinals
2003	1st	5	30	19	7	4	60–23	64	Round of 16
2004	1st	3	30	19	8	3	55–21	65	Winners
2005	1st	1	26	19	6	1	59–14	63	Round of 16
2006	1st	3	26	16	3	7	50–31	51	Runners-up
2007	1st	3	26	12	8	6	41–27	44	Quarterfinals
2008	1st	4	30	15	6	9	50–35	51	Runners-up
2009	1st	6	26	10	8	8	33–28	38	Runners-up
2010	1st	2	33	19	9	5	51–23	66	Semifinals
2011	1st	2	33	17	10	6	46–24	61	Semifinals
2012	1st	2	30	18	7	5	59–24	61	Round of 16
2013	1st	2	32	17	7	8	44–26	58	Quarterfinals
2014	1st	3	32	14	8	10	35–28	50	Winners
2015	1st								Quarterfinals

• 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

1. History of Shakhter Soligorsk. The 80s.
2. History of Shakhter Soligorsk. Modern era.

External links

• Official Website