FC Neman Grodno

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Neman Grodno
Full nameFootball Club Neman Grodno[1]
Founded1964; 60 years ago (1964)
GroundNeman Stadium, Grodno
Capacity8,479
ChairmanIvan Vorsovich
ManagerIgor Kovalevich
LeagueBelarusian Premier League
2023Belarusian Premier League, 2nd of 15
WebsiteClub website

FC Neman Grodno (Belarusian: ФК Нёман Гродна, FK Nioman Hrodna; Russian: ФК Неман Гродно) is a Belarusian football club based in the city of Grodno, named after the Neman River and was founded in 1964. Since 1992, the team has participated in the highest division of Belarusian football league system.

History[edit]

Since 1964, the team was playing in the third tier of the Soviet football system almost constantly, excluding two seasons (1968 and 1969) spent in the second tier. Since 1992, Neman plays in the Belarusian Premier League. In 1993, they won the Belarusian Cup. The most successful years for the team were in the early 2000s, when they finished fourth twice in a row before finishing second in 2002 after losing the first place play-off against BATE Borisov.

Name changes[edit]

  • 1964: founded as Neman Grodno
  • 1973: renamed to Khimik Grodno
  • 1993: renamed to Neman Grodno
  • 1999: renamed to Neman-Belcard Grodno
  • 2002: renamed to Neman Grodno

Honours[edit]

Current squad[edit]

As of March 2024[2]

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 Belarus BLR Artur Maliyevsky
4 DF Russia RUS Andrei Vasilyev
5 DF Belarus BLR Yegor Parkhomenko
7 FW Cameroon CMR Leonard Gweth
8 DF Ukraine UKR Yuriy Pantya
9 MF Moldova MDA Igor Costrov
10 MF Kyrgyzstan KGZ Gulzhigit Alykulov
11 MF Belarus BLR Ilya Kukharchik
12 GK Belarus BLR Maksim Belov
13 MF Belarus BLR Aleksey Dayneko
14 DF Belarus BLR Alyaksandr Anyukevich
15 MF Belarus BLR Oleg Yevdokimov
17 FW Belarus BLR Yahor Zubovich
18 FW Belarus BLR Maksim Kravtsov
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Belarus BLR Ivan Sadownichy
21 MF Belarus BLR Sergey Guzarevich
23 MF Belarus BLR Ruslan Lisakovich
24 MF Belarus BLR Andrey Yakimov
32 MF Belarus BLR Yury Pavlyukovets
33 DF Belarus BLR Sergey Karpovich
35 GK Belarus BLR Kirill Veydyger
46 MF Belarus BLR Aleksey Legchilin
47 MF Belarus BLR Mikhail Kazlow
55 DF Belarus BLR Aleksey Lavrik
88 MF Belarus BLR Pavel Savitsky
90 DF Belarus BLR Uladzislaw Kasmynin
99 MF Belarus BLR Vladislav Varaksa

League and Cup history[edit]

Soviet Union[edit]

Season Level Pos Pld W D L Goals Points Domestic Cup Notes
1964 3rd 16 30 6 6 18 16–60 18 Round of 2048
1965 3rd 11 30 9 7 14 27–34 25 Round of 1024
1966 3rd 4 32 15 10 7 38–15 40
3 3 1 1 1 3–3 3 Final round1
1967 3rd 2 34 15 12 7 32–20 42 Round of 4096
1 3 3 0 0 9–0 6 Semi-final round2
1 1 1 0 0 3–0 2 Final round; Promoted
1968 2nd 19 40 6 17 17 20–53 29 Round of 256
1969 2nd 14 40 7 23 10 27–27 37 Round of 256
2 2 0 2 0 2–2 2 Promotion/relegation play-off3
1970 3rd 18 42 11 13 18 27–48 35 Round of 256
1971 3rd 12 38 11 12 15 28–36 45
1972 3rd 18 38 10 10 18 24–45 40
1973 3rd 14 32 6 11 15 24–42 194
1974 3rd 21 40 3 9 28 21–71 15
1975 3rd 18 34 5 6 23 22–48 16
1976 3rd 9 38 15 8 15 49–60 38
1977 3rd 6 40 17 12 11 45–36 46
1978 3rd 13 46 14 16 16 42–54 44
1979 3rd 7 46 22 13 11 56–33 57
1980 3rd 1 32 18 8 6 42–23 44
2 4 1 3 0 5–4 5 Final round5
1981 3rd 4 38 14 13 11 48–44 41 Group stage
1982 3rd 2 30 17 6 7 43–23 40
1983 3rd 3 32 15 11 6 35–19 41
1984 3rd 5 34 16 7 11 51–42 39
1985 3rd 4 30 15 6 9 43–27 36
1986 3rd 6 30 14 7 9 37–30 35
1987 3rd 10 34 12 6 16 33–39 30 Round of 16
1988 3rd 5 34 18 10 6 48–31 46
1989 3rd 10 42 18 8 16 46–41 44
1990 3rd 15 42 16 6 20 46–52 38 Round of 64
1991 3rd 22 42 7 9 26 32–55 23
1992 Round of 64
  • 1 Advanced to the final round for one promotion spot as the best-placed team from Belarusian SSR.
  • 2 Advanced to the semi-final round of promotion tournament (for one spot) as one of top 8 teams not from Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh or Central Asian SSR.
  • 3 As the worst-placed team from the Belarusian SSR, Neman had to play promotion/relegation play-off against the best-placed Belarusian team from the 3rd level.
  • 4 In 1973, every draw was followed by a penalty shoot-out, with a winner gaining 1 point and loser gaining 0.
  • 5 Advanced to the final round for one promotion spot as winners of their zone.

Belarus[edit]

Season Level Pos Pld W D L Goals Points Domestic Cup Notes
1992 1st 5 15 9 0 6 21–17 18 Round of 16
1992–93 1st 4 32 18 9 5 39–27 45 Winners UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
1993–94 1st 11 30 8 8 16 29–41 24 Round of 32
1994–95 1st 7 30 10 11 9 26–27 31 Round of 16
1995 1st 8 15 6 1 8 20–35 19 Round of 32
1996 1st 13 30 7 8 15 25–48 29
1997 1st 10 30 10 8 12 32–41 38 Round of 16
1998 1st 10 28 8 7 13 27–44 31 Quarter-finals
1999 1st 9 30 10 7 13 36–43 37 Quarter-finals
2000 1st 4 30 17 6 7 56–29 57 Quarter-finals
2001 1st 4 26 14 8 4 44–20 50 Round of 16
2002 1st 2 271 17 5 5 47–21 56 Round of 16 UEFA Cup
2003 1st 7 30 10 9 11 24–35 39 Quarter-finals
2004 1st 7 30 11 7 12 37–33 40 Quarter-finals UEFA Intertoto Cup
2005 1st 12 26 7 3 16 20–50 24 Semi-finals
2006 1st 10 26 8 6 12 24–30 30 Round of 16
2007 1st 6 26 9 9 8 23–22 36 Semi-finals
2008 1st 12 30 8 9 13 36–40 33 Round of 16
2009 1st 7 26 11 4 11 23–31 37 Semi-finals
2010 1st 10 33 7 10 16 27–42 31 Quarter-finals
2011 1st 8 33 8 13 12 33–45 37 Runners-up
2012 1st 5 30 10 11 9 43–36 41 Semi-finals
2013 1st 4 32 13 8 11 34–30 47 Round of 16
2014 1st 8 32 11 9 12 41–36 42 Runners-up UEFA Europa League
2015 1st 8 26 8 8 10 21–32 32 Quarter-finals
2016 1st 14 30 7 8 15 21–36 29 Round of 16
2017 1st 6 30 14 7 9 42–32 49 Round of 16
2018 1st 7 30 12 7 11 31–32 43 Semi-finals
2019 1st 10 30 10 6 14 28–37 36 Round of 32
2020 1st 5 30 16 5 9 41–29 53 Round of 32
2021 1st 11 30 9 7 14 36–36 34 Quarter-finals
2022 1st 9 30 9 13 8 39–36 40 Semi-finals UEFA Europa Conference League
2023 1st 2 28 19 5 4 60–22 62 Semi-finals UEFA Europa Conference League
  • 1 Including additional game (0–1 loss) against BATE for the first place.

Neman in Europe[edit]

As of match played 17 August 2023

Competition GP W D L GF GA +/-
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup 4 0 3 1 2 4 –2
UEFA Europa Conference League 6 2 2 2 6 7 –1
UEFA Cup Winners Cup 2 1 0 1 2 6 –4
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2 0 1 1 0 1 –1
Total 14 3 6 5 10 18 –8
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup QR Switzerland Lugano 2–1 0–5 2–6
2003–04 UEFA Cup QR Romania Steaua București 1–1 0–0 1–1
2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Czech Republic Tescoma Zlín 0–1 0–0 0–1
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 2Q Iceland FH Hafnarfjörður 1–1 0–2 1–3
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Liechtenstein Vaduz 1–1 2–1 3–2
2Q Malta Balzan 2–0 0−0 2−0
3Q Slovenia Celje 1–4 0–1 1–5
2024–25 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q

Managers[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ОБЩАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ". Fcneman.by. ФК "НЕМАН". Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Основа". Официальный сайт ФК "Неман". Archived from the original on 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2019-03-30.

External links[edit]

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