FC MTZ-RIPO
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FC Partizan Minsk is a Belarusian Premier League
football
team, part of Russian
-Lithuania
n businessman Vladimir Romanov
's soccer holding which also includes Scottish Premier League
club Hearts
and Lithuanian A Lyga
champion FBK Kaunas
. The club made their top flight debut in 2004.
teams from the Second League - FC Traktor Minsk, a club with a 55-year history, and Trudovye Rezervy-RIPO
, a football academy-based team which only spent one season in the Second League. The merge allowed the new team to have their own football school to recruit young players from as well as financial supply from the Minsk Tractor Works
, the main sponsor of Traktor Minsk.
MTZ-RIPO Minsk started playing in the Second League in 2002. In their first season the team finished first, and then did the same in the First League
in 2003. Since 2004 they play in Belarusian Premier League
.
Recently the team announced a name change before the start of 2010 season. The new name will be announced in late January 2010. On January 27 the new name was revealed to be FC Partizan Minsk.
Belarusian Premier League
-Soviet era champions:*1934 BVO *1935 BVO *1936 BVO *1937 Dinamo *1938 Dinamo *1939 Dinamo *1940 DKA *1941-44 unknown...
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...
team, part of Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
-Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
n businessman Vladimir Romanov
Vladimir Romanov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Romanov ; born 1947 in Tver Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR) is an ethnic Russian businessman who also holds Lithuanian citizenship following that country's independence from the Soviet Union. He is chairman of UBIG Investments which is the majority shareholder in Scottish Premier...
's soccer holding which also includes Scottish Premier League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
club Hearts
Heart of Midlothian F.C.
Heart of Midlothian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Gorgie, in the west of Edinburgh. They currently play in the Scottish Premier League and are one of the two principal clubs in the city, the other being Hibernian...
and Lithuanian A Lyga
A Lyga
The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. It is organized by LFF . League size has varied between 8 and 12 teams over the past few years; for its 2011 season, the league features 12 teams...
champion FBK Kaunas
FBK Kaunas
Kauno futbolo beisbolo klubas is a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kaunas, that currently plays in the A Lyga, the top level of Lithuanian football.- History :...
. The club made their top flight debut in 2004.
History
The club was founded as MTZ-RIPO in 2002 as a merger of two MinskMinsk
- 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...
teams from the Second League - FC Traktor Minsk, a club with a 55-year history, and Trudovye Rezervy-RIPO
Trudovye Rezervy-RIPO
FC Trudovye Rezervy-RIPO is a now-defunct Belarusian football club. In 2002, the club merged with FC Traktor Minsk.-Recent seasons:...
, a football academy-based team which only spent one season in the Second League. The merge allowed the new team to have their own football school to recruit young players from as well as financial supply from the Minsk Tractor Works
Minsk Tractor Works
Minsk Tractor Works may refer to two entities: a plant in Minsk, Belarus and a plant association in Belarus....
, the main sponsor of Traktor Minsk.
MTZ-RIPO Minsk started playing in the Second League in 2002. In their first season the team finished first, and then did the same in the 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...
in 2003. Since 2004 they play in 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...
.
Recently the team announced a name change before the start of 2010 season. The new name will be announced in late January 2010. On January 27 the new name was revealed to be FC Partizan Minsk.
Current squad
As of May 2011Former managers
- Andrei ZygmantovichAndrei ZygmantovichAndrei Vikentyevich Zygmantovich is a retired Belarusian footballer.Mainly a defensive midfielder with good control of the match tempo, positioning on the field and ability to sacrifice himself for the team, he played for nearly a decade with Dynamo Minsk, also having abroad stints in Holland and...
- Eduard MalofeevEduard MalofeevEduard Vassilievich Malofeyev is a football coach and former international player who last managed of FC Pskov-747 Pskov.- Life and career :...
- Yuri PuntusYuri PuntusYuri Puntus is a Belarusian football player and football manager. He quit playing football in 1987 because of an injury. Graduated from two universities: Belarusian Technological Institute in 1983 and Belarusian State University of Physical Culture in 1996...
- Alexandr PiskarevAlexandr PiskarevAlexandr Piskaryov is a Russian football player and manager.- Work history :* Krasnaya Presnya Moscow * Kareda * FC Khimki Moscow * FC Dinamo Minsk * Mostransgaz Gazoprovod...
League 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:... |
Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3rd | 1 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 102–21 | 68 | Promoted | |
| 2003 | 2nd | 2 | 311 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 64–17 | 70 | Round of 32 | Promoted |
| 2004 | 1st | 14 | 312 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 36–57 | 30 | Round of 16 | |
| 2005 | 1st | 3 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 43–30 | 49 | Winners | |
| 2006 | 1st | 4 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 54–24 | 51 | Round of 16 | |
| 2007 | 1st | 5 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 32–25 | 42 | Quarterfinals | |
| 2008 | 1st | 3 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 65–37 | 57 | Winners | |
| 2009 | 1st | 11 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 34–38 | 30 | Quarterfinals | |
| 2010 | 1st | 12 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 24–70 | 23 | Quarterfinals | Relegated |
| 2011 | 2nd | Quarterfinals |
- 1 Including additional game (1–2 loss) against Lokomotiv Vitebsk for the 1st place.
- 2 Including additional game (4–1 win) against Lokomotiv Vitebsk for the 14th place.
FC MTZ-RIPO in Europe
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | |
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| 2005/06 UEFA Cup 2005-06 The UEFA Cup 2005–06 season was won by Sevilla FC, beating Middlesbrough FC in the final. It was the first victory for Sevilla in a European competition, and the first appearance by Middlesbrough in a European final. The final took place at Philips Stadion, in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The match was... |
UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
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Ferencváros Budapest | 1-2 | 2-0 |
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| 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006 The UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006 was the first after a major change of the competition format. There were only three rounds instead of five, and eleven teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup... |
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Shakhtyor Karaganda | 1-3 | 5-1 |
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| 2008-09 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
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2-2 | 0-1 |
| 2009-10 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR |  |
Sutjeska Nikšić | 2-1(aet) | 1-1 |
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