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FC SKVICH Minsk is a Belarus
ian football
club based in Minsk
, currently playing in Belarusian First League
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the following year and was promoted to Belarusian Premier League
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Lokomotiv finished in the relegation zone of the table in three of their four seasons in Premier League, and twice they were able to be promomoted again only one season later, until they got stuck in the First League following relegation in 2008. Since 2009 they reverted to their original name SKVICH.
Lokomotiv advanced to the final game of 2002-03 Belaruan Cup, where they have lost to Dinamo Minsk.
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
ian football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club based in Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
, currently playing in Belarusian First League
Belarusian First League
The Belarusian First League is the second division of professional football in Belarus. There are 16 teams in the competition. At the end of the season the winner gets promoted to Belarusian Premier League and runner-up advances to the promotion play-offs, while two lowest-placed teams get...
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History
The team was founded in late 2000 by travel company SKVICH, which also had investments in sport and football projects (such as their own football school) for several years before. Prior to start of their first season, after gaining support from Belarusian Railways, the team was renamed to Lokomotiv Minsk. The team won the Second League in 2001 and finished 3rd in the First LeagueBelarusian First League
The Belarusian First League is the second division of professional football in Belarus. There are 16 teams in the competition. At the end of the season the winner gets promoted to Belarusian Premier League and runner-up advances to the promotion play-offs, while two lowest-placed teams get...
the following year and was promoted to Belarusian Premier League
Belarusian Premier League
-Soviet era champions:*1934 BVO *1935 BVO *1936 BVO *1937 Dinamo *1938 Dinamo *1939 Dinamo *1940 DKA *1941-44 unknown...
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Lokomotiv finished in the relegation zone of the table in three of their four seasons in Premier League, and twice they were able to be promomoted again only one season later, until they got stuck in the First League following relegation in 2008. Since 2009 they reverted to their original name SKVICH.
Lokomotiv advanced to the final game of 2002-03 Belaruan Cup, where they have lost to Dinamo Minsk.
Current squad
As of July 2011League and Cup history
| Season | Goals | Points | Domestic Cup Belarusian Cup The Belarusian Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in Belarusian football.The competition is a knockout tournament.-Finals:-Soviet time winners:Finals before independence were:... |
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| 2001 | 3rd | 1 | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 77–17 | 82 | Promoted | |
| 2002 | 2nd | 3 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 59–16 | 66 | Quarterfinals | Promoted |
| 2003 | 1st | 15 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 16–42 | 24 | Runners-up | Relegated |
| 2004 | 2nd | 1 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 75–25 | 75 | Quarterfinals | Promoted |
| 2005 | 1st | 11 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 30–43 | 26 | Round of 32 | |
| 2006 | 1st | 13 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 26–52 | 19 | Round of 16 | Relegated |
| 2007 | 2nd | 3 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 49–21 | 52 | Round of 16 | Promoted |
| 2008 | 1st | 14 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 28–50 | 25 | Round of 16 | Relegated |
| 2009 | 2nd | 5 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 37–29 | 39 | Round of 16 | |
| 2010 | 2nd | 2 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 52–21 | 58 | Round of 64 | |
| Promotion play-off |