FC Torpedo-MAZ Minsk
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FC Torpedo-MAZ Minsk is a Belarus
ian football
club, playing in Minsk
. Up until its dissolution the team was playing their home games at the Torpedo stadium
in Minsk, which holds 5200 people.
The team was playing in Belarusian Premier League
since 1992. Their most successful years were early 2000s, when the team finished on 4th position twice in a row (2002, 2003) and reached the final of Belarusian Cup (2000).
In early 2005 Torpedo-SKA lost financial support from their sponsor and, after losing almost all their main squad and not having funds to pay entrance fee for next season's Premiere League, had to relegate to the Second League. The team won the Second League in 2005 and received a promotion to the First League
.
At the end of 2005 Torpedo-SKA was disbanded. A new football team, named FC Minsk
was formed on the base of another Minsk team from the First League, Smena Minsk. FC Minsk had the same owner, office and stadium as disbanded Torpedo-SKA, but was legally a successor of Smena, also having most of its initial squad formed from Smena players and newly transferred players from other teams. Only one player from Torpedo-SKA 2005 squad joined Minsk.
In 2007 the team was reformed as Torpedo-MAZ and started playing in Minsk championship, which is a part of KFK, Belarusian amateur league (4th lever in league pyramid). In 2009 the team finished on the 3rd position and was eligible to represent Minsk in the final tournament for two promotion spots to Second League (as the first two teams either declined or weren't eligible), but finished on the 3rd position. Successful play in Minsk championship also allowed them to qualify for 2009-10 Belarusian Cup, but they were eliminated from the tournament after the first game.
Name change:
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)
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club, playing 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...
. Up until its dissolution the team was playing their home games at the Torpedo stadium
Tarpeda Stadium
Torpedo Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Minsk, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of Torpedo Minsk. The stadium holds 5,200 people, 4,820 .-External links:* *...
in Minsk, which holds 5200 people.
History
During Soviet years Torpedo was playing in Belaruasin SSR top league and won a championships in 1947, 1962, 1966, 1967 and 1969.The team was playing 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...
since 1992. Their most successful years were early 2000s, when the team finished on 4th position twice in a row (2002, 2003) and reached the final of Belarusian Cup (2000).
In early 2005 Torpedo-SKA lost financial support from their sponsor and, after losing almost all their main squad and not having funds to pay entrance fee for next season's Premiere League, had to relegate to the Second League. The team won the Second League in 2005 and received a promotion to 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...
.
At the end of 2005 Torpedo-SKA was disbanded. A new football team, named FC Minsk
FC Minsk
FC Minsk is a Belarusian football club based in Minsk. They play in the Belarusian Premier League, the highest division in Belarusian football.-History:The club was established in 2006 and was based on the Belarusian First League club Smena Minsk...
was formed on the base of another Minsk team from the First League, Smena Minsk. FC Minsk had the same owner, office and stadium as disbanded Torpedo-SKA, but was legally a successor of Smena, also having most of its initial squad formed from Smena players and newly transferred players from other teams. Only one player from Torpedo-SKA 2005 squad joined Minsk.
In 2007 the team was reformed as Torpedo-MAZ and started playing in Minsk championship, which is a part of KFK, Belarusian amateur league (4th lever in league pyramid). In 2009 the team finished on the 3rd position and was eligible to represent Minsk in the final tournament for two promotion spots to Second League (as the first two teams either declined or weren't eligible), but finished on the 3rd position. Successful play in Minsk championship also allowed them to qualify for 2009-10 Belarusian Cup, but they were eliminated from the tournament after the first game.
Name change:
- 1947: Torpedo
- 1999: Torpedo-MAZ
- 2003: Torpedo-SKA
- 2005: disbanded
- 2007: Torpedo-MAZ
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1st | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15–17 | 13 | Quarterfinals | |
| 1992–93 | 1st | 9 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 29–33 | 30 | Round of 32 | |
| 1993–94 | 1st | 6 | 30 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 18–18 | 33 | Quarterfinals | |
| 1994–95 | 1st | 6 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 36–29 | 32 | Round of 16 | |
| 1995 | 1st | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12–27 | 18 | Round of 32 | |
| 1996 | 1st | 12 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 32–53 | 29 | ||
| 1997 | 1st | 8 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 45–43 | 42 | Round of 16 | |
| 1998 | 1st | 7 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 44–22 | 44 | Round of 16 | |
| 1999 | 1st | 10 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 31–47 | 35 | Semifinals | |
| 2000 | 1st | 8 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 45–28 | 49 | Runners-up | |
| 2001 | 1st | 8 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 31–32 | 37 | Round of 16 | |
| 2002 | 1st | 4 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 30–16 | 51 | Round of 16 | |
| 2003 | 1st | 4 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 54–20 | 64 | Round of 16 | |
| 2004 | 1st | 6 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 37–31 | 46 | Round of 32 | Bankrupted, relegated |
| 2005 | 3rd | 1 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 75–9 | 70 | Round of 16 | Disbanded |
| 2006 | Round of 64 | |||||||||
| 2007 | 4th | 5 | ||||||||
| 2008 | 4th | 5 | ||||||||
| 2009 | 4th | 3 | ||||||||
| 2010 | 4th | Round of 64 | ||||||||