FC Gomel

FC Gomel

Full name	Football Club Gomel
Founded	1959
Ground	Central Stadium, Gomel, Belarus
Capacity	14,307
Chairman	Vitaliy Kushner
Manager	Ivan Bionchik
League	Belarusian First League
2019	Premier League, 15th (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 home stadium is Central Stadium.

History

Teams from Gomel (usually city or raion selection or railway-based team Lokomotiv, but not always) played in the Belarusian SSR championships since the early 1920s. In 1946, Belorusian SSR league for one season becomes one of the zones of the USSR 3rd level league, and Lokomotiv Gomel became the first city team to play in the Soviet league.

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 the 1950s and 1960s, Lokomotiv wasn't promoted or relegated until another league reorganisation in 1969.

Gomselmash played at the 3rd level of Soviet football between 1969 and 1989, until further league reorganisation 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 the 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 August 2020

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	MF	BLR	Dmitry Kaplunov
4	MF	BLR	Anton Susha
5	MF	BLR	Ruslan Yudenkov
6	DF	BLR	Arseniy Bondarenko
7	MF	BLR	Mikalay Ivanow
9	MF	UKR	Oleksandr Batyschev
12	MF	BLR	Yevgeny Milevsky
15	DF	BLR	Kiryl Shawchenka
16	DF	BLR	Igor Zayats
17	FW	BLR	Mikita Nyakrasaw
21	MF	UKR	Dmytro Tereshchenko
22	MF	BLR	Artsyom Vaskow
23	DF	BLR	Pavel Chikida

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	FW	BLR	Dmitry Gomza
33	DF	BLR	Yegor Troyakov
69	MF	RUS	Dmitri Mitroga
70	FW	BLR	Aleksey Teslyuk
77	MF	RUS	Murat Khotov
87	GK	BLR	Aleh Kavalyow
91	MF	BLR	Ivan Zhostkin
95	MF	BLR	Pavel Tseslyukevich
97	FW	BLR	Yury Muzychenka
99	GK	BLR	Yevgeniy Ivanenko
—	GK	BLR	Kiryl Kotaw
—	MF	BLR	Nikita Tsarenko

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
		2	2	0	1	1	0–1	1		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
		2	2	0	1	1	0–2	1		Promotion/relegation play-off4
1969	3rd	2	32	16	9	7	44–18	41
		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	Quarter-finals
1996	2nd	4	24	11	9	4	42–19	42
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	Quarter-finals
2000	1st	6	30	17	2	11	50–41	53	Semi-finals
2001	1st	6	26	13	5	8	36–24	44	Quarter-finals
2002	1st	6	26	13	4	9	46–33	43	Winners
2003	1st	1	30	23	5	2	56–12	74	Semi-finals
2004	1st	5	30	13	7	10	42–41	46	Runners-up
2005	1st	7	26	12	3	11	34–32	39	Quarter-finals
2006	1st	5	26	12	6	8	33–32	42	Semi-finals
2007	1st	2	26	12	8	6	49–28	44	Round of 16
2008	1st	11	30	9	6	15	35–47	33	Quarter-finals
2009	1st	12	26	8	5	13	31–48	29	Quarter-finals	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	Semi-finals
2013	1st	6	32	11	7	14	34–40	40	Quarter-finals
2014	1st	6	32	10	8	14	29–41	38	Quarter-finals
2015	1st	14	26	5	3	18	22–41	18	Round of 16	Relegated
2016	2nd	1	26	19	6	1	48–11	63	Round of 16	Promoted
2017	1st	10	30	9	8	13	24–25	35	Round of 32
2018	1st								Round of 16

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)
		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)
		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)
• Sergei Korshunov (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 Akshaev (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 Yurevich (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–)

External links

• Official Website
• Club's fans' site
• FC Gomel at UEFA.COM