FC Molodechno

FC Molodechno
Full name	Football Club Molodechno
Founded	1949/1989
Ground	City Stadium; Molodechno, Belarus
Capacity	3,500
Manager	Alyaksandr Hrapkowski
League	Belarusian First League
2023	Belarusian First League, 11th of 17
Home colours	Away colours

FC Molodechno (Template:Lang-be, Template:Lang-ru) is a Belarusian football club based in Molodechno. They play in the Belarusian First League, the 2nd division in Belarusian football. Their home stadium is Molodechno City Stadium.

History

Early history

The city of Molodechno was represented in the Belarusian SSR League since 1949 by various teams attached to local industries and organizations and thus having different names and loose continuity: Dinamo Molodechno (1949–1955), Molodechno Oblast team (1956, 1959), Molodechno city team (1957–1958), Spartak Molodechno (1960–1963, 1970–1971), Naroch Molodechno (1964–1965), Krasnoye Znamya Molodechno (1966), Volna Molodecno (1967–1969), Selena Molodechno (1972–1980), Metallist Molodechno (1981–1982), Trud Molodechno (1983–1985), Stankostroitel Molodechno (1986).^[1] Spartak Molodechno won the Belarusian SSR league in 1963. The modern FC Molodechno logo retroactively displays 1949 as the club's year of foundation.

Modern club

Metallurg Molodechno was formed in 1989 and in 1991, the young team won the Belarusian SSR Top League championship as well as the Soviet Amateur Cup. Since 1992, the team started playing in the Belarusian Premier League. In 1993, they were renamed to FC Molodechno. Their best result came in the 1994–95 season, when Molodechno finished 4th. In 1999, they finished 15th and relegated to the First League, but after winning the First League in 2000, they quickly came back to the top level in 2001. To celebrate the win, they changed their name to Molodechno-2000. They finished last and relegated to the First League again in 2003 and went further down to the Second League one season later. In 2006, they changed their name back to Molodechno. In 2011, the name was changed to Zabudova Molodechno after a merger with Zabudova Chist. In 2013, the merger was dissolved and the club was renamed to Molodechno-2013 and later to Molodechno-DYuSSh-4 in 2015. The club changed its name again in 2019 back to FC Molodechno.

Name changes

1989: FC Metallurg Molodechno
1993: FC Molodechno
2001: FC Molodechno-2000
2006: FC Molodechno
2011: FC Zabudova Molodechno
2013: FC Molodechno-2013
2015: FC Molodechno-DYuSSh-4
2019: FC Molodechno

Achievements

SSR Belarusian League: 1

1991

Soviet Amateur Cup: 1

1991

Current squad

As of December 2023

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BLR	Danila Tretyak
13	MF	BLR	Yevgeniy Chichev
17	MF	BLR	Gleb Guletskiy
32	DF	BLR	Aleksandr Kandero
44	DF	BLR	Artyom Dylevsky
90	FW	BLR	Igor Monich
91	FW	BLR	Yegor Nikoporyonok

League and Cup history

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	Points	Domestic Cup	Notes
1992	1st	9	15	5	5	5	11–12	15	Semi-finals
1992–93	1st	13	32	7	10	15	34–40	24	Quarter-finals
1993–94	1st	9	30	10	11	9	35–31	31	Semi-finals
1994–95	1st	4	30	12	11	7	48–30	35	Quarter-finals
1995	1st	5	15	8	1	6	33–19	25	Quarter-finals
1996	1st	8	30	11	8	11	42–33	41	Quarter-finals
1997	1st	13	30	7	9	14	28–44	30	Round of 16
1998	1st	14	28	4	4	20	21–51	16	Quarter-finals
1999	1st	16	30	2	5	23	21–71	11	Quarter-finals	Relegated
2000	2nd	1	30	23	5	2	76–16	74	Round of 16	Promoted
2001	1st	10	26	8	5	13	23–47	29	Round of 64
2002	1st	13	26	3	3	20	23–59	13	Round of 16
2003	1st	16	30	3	7	20	19–52	16	Round of 16	Relegated
2004	2nd	13	30	9	4	17	27–54	31	Round of 16	Relegated¹
2005	3rd	12	26	5	3	18	34–32	39	Round of 32
2006	3rd	16	32	5	5	22	33–71	20	Round of 64
2007	3rd	14	30	7	4	19	28–71	25	Round of 64
2008	3rd	8	30	11	10	9	55–43	43	Round of 64
2009	3rd	3	26	15	3	8	55–31	48	Round of 64
2010	3rd	4	34	17	6	11	69–52	57	Round of 32
2011	3rd	4	30	17	7	6	58–38	58	Round of 32