FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk

Shakhtyor Soligorsk

Full name	Football Club Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Nickname(s)	The Miners, The Moles
Founded	1961; 63 years ago (1961)
Ground	Stroitel Stadium Soligorsk, Belarus
Capacity	4,200
Director	Aleksandr Marchenko
Manager	Stanislav Suvorov
League	Belarusian Premier League
2023	Belarusian Premier League, 13th of 15
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (Belarusian: ФК Шахцёр Салігорск, romanized: FK Shakhtsyor Salihorsk, Russian: ФК Шахтёр Солигорск) is a Belarusian Premier League football club, playing in the city of Salihorsk (Soligorsk).

History

The club was founded in 1961. During Soviet era Shakhtyor Soligorsk played in the top or second division of the Belarusian SSR league, occasionally dropping to lower tiers (Minsk Oblast league) for a short time. In 1971, Shakhtyor absorbed two other local Soligorsk teams (Khimik and Gornyak). Their best results came toward the end of Soviet days, when the team finished as league runners-up twice (1988, 1990) and won the Belarusian SSR Cup three times (1985, 1986, 1988).^[1]

Since 1992, Shakhtyor has been playing in Belarusian Premier League. The team struggled through the 1990s, usually fighting against relegation. In 1997, they finished at the last place in the league, but were saved from relegation after two other Premier League clubs withdrew.

After a transitory 1998 season, since 1999, they have never finished below 6th place and became a staple European Cups participant. Shakhtyor Soligorsk became the champions of Belarus in 2005, 2020 and 2021, and were league runners-up six times (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018). They also won the Belarusian Cup three times (2004, 2014, and 2019).^[2]

On May 11, 2023, following a match-fixing scandal, the club was stripped of the 2022 league title and received a 30-point deduction for the following campaign,^[3] as well as an additional 20-point deduction the campaign afterwards.

Honours

• Belarusian Premier League
  • Winners (3): 2005, 2020, 2021
  • Runners-up (6): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018
• Belarusian Cup
  • Winners (3): 2003–04, 2013–14, 2018–19
  • Runners-up (5): 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17
• Belarusian Super Cup
  • Winners (2): 2021, 2023
  • Runners-up (4): 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022

Current squad

As of March 2024^[4]

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  BLR Sergey Ignatovich 2 DF  BLR Andrey Makarenko 3 MF  BLR Makar Litskevich 4 DF  BLR Semyon Shestilovsky 6 MF  BLR Vadim Martinkevich 8 FW  BLR Aleksey Garost 9 FW  BLR Arseniy Chakur 10 MF  ALB Valon Ahmedi 12 DF  BLR Denis Gruzhevsky 14 DF  BLR Ilya Lukashevich 17 MF  BLR Vladislav Kabyshev 19 MF  BLR Nikolay Sotnikov 21 MF  BLR Vyacheslav Prigodich 22 DF  BLR Nikita Baranok 23 MF  BLR Maksim Kovalevich 29 MF  BLR Daniil Podberezny 32 GK  BLR Syarhey Chernik

No. Pos. Nation Player 35 GK  BLR Igor Malaschitskiy 55 MF  BLR Nikita Kaplenko 80 DF  BLR Kirill Yankovskiy 88 MF  BLR Denis Kovalevich 92 FW  BLR Andrey Denisyuk 96 MF  BLR Ivan Zenkov 97 DF  BLR Ilya Sviridenko 99 MF  BLR Stanislav Stefanovich — MF  BLR Maksim Zyl — MF  BLR Andrey Kabyshev — GK  BLR Nikita Dovnar — MF  BLR Yuriy Basalyga — DF  BLR Maksim Burko — DF  BLR Pavel Dubovskiy — FW  BLR Georgiy Kukushkin — DF  RUS Dmitry Selivanov — MF  BLR Artem Smaltser

League and Cup history

Season	League									Belarusian Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
1992	1st	11th	15	5	3	7	15	17	13	Round of 16	Vladimir Kavalenya	6	Nikolai Kostyukevich
1992–93	1st	11th	32	8	10	14	19	34	26	Round of 32			Nikolai Kostyukevich
1993–94	1st	13th	30	5	11	14	21	39	21	Quarterfinal			Nikolai Kostyukevich Nikolay Gurchenkov Ivan Tupolskiy
1994–95	1st	14th	30	5	10	15	22	41	20	Round of 32			Ivan Tupolskiy Nikolai Kostyukevich
1995	1st	13th	15	4	4	7	12	20	16	Quarterfinal			Nikolai Kostyukevich Gennadiy Plotnikov
1996	1st	11th	30	8	5	17	29	50	29				Konstantin Afanasjev
1997	1st	16th1	30	6	6	18	22	53	24	Round of 32			Konstantin Afanasjev Ivan Schyokin
1998	1st	11th	28	8	6	14	33	54	30	Round of 32			Ivan Schyokin
1999	1st	5th	30	18	5	7	58	30	59	Round of 16	Dmitry Podrez	13	Ivan Schyokin
2000	1st	5th	30	15	9	6	47	29	54	Round of 32			Nikolai Kostyukevich
2001	1st	5th	26	13	7	6	43	24	46	Quarterfinal	Syarhey Nikifarenka	11	Nikolai Kostyukevich
2002	1st	3rd	26	15	6	5	41	23	51	Semifinal	Syarhey Nikifarenka	12	Nikolai Kostyukevich Yury Vyarheychyk
2003	1st	5th	30	19	7	4	60	23	64	Round of 16	Anatoly Tikhonchik	17	Nikolai Kostyukevich Yury Vyarheychyk
2004	1st	3rd	30	19	8	3	55	21	65	Winners	Artsyom Hancharyk	14	Yury Vyarheychyk
2005	1st	1st	26	19	6	1	59	14	63	Round of 16	Alyaksandr Klimenka	14	Yury Vyarheychyk
2006	1st	3rd	26	16	3	7	50	31	51	Runners Up	Alyaksandr Klimenka	17	Yury Vyarheychyk
2007	1st	3rd	26	12	8	6	41	27	44	Quarterfinal	Syarhey Nikifarenka	9	Yury Vyarheychyk
2008	1st	4th	30	15	6	9	50	35	51	Runners Up			Yury Vyarheychyk
2009	1st	6th	26	10	8	8	33	28	38	Runners Up			Yury Vyarheychyk Anatoly Bogovik Aleksey Vergeyenko
2010	1st	2nd	33	19	9	5	51	23	66	Semifinal	Pavel Sitko	9	Eduard Malofeyev Uladzimir Zhuravel
2011	1st	2nd	33	17	10	6	46	24	61	Semifinal	Aleksandr Alumona	9	Uladzimir Zhuravel
2012	1st	2nd	30	18	7	5	59	24	61	Round of 16	Dzmitry Asipenka	14	Uladzimir Zhuravel
2013	1st	2nd	32	17	7	8	44	26	58	Quarterfinal	Dzmitry Asipenka	11	Uladzimir Zhuravel
2014	1st	3rd	32	14	8	10	35	28	50	Winners	Mikalay Yanush	15	Sergei Borovsky
2015	1st	3rd	26	14	7	5	47	27	49	Runners Up	Mikalay Yanush	15	Sergei Borovsky Syarhey Nikifarenka
2016	1st	2nd	30	17	8	5	46	20	59	Quarterfinal	Mikalay Yanush	12	Syarhey Nikifarenka
2017	1st	3rd	30	20	5	5	52	22	65	Runners Up	Denis Laptev	10	Oleg Kubarev Marek Zub
2018	1st	2nd	30	19	7	4	45	14	64	Quarterfinal	Denis Laptev	12	Marek Zub Sergei Tashuyev
2019	1st	3rd	30	20	5	5	59	21	65	Winners	Mikalay Yanush	11	Sergei Tashuyev Syarhey Nikifarenka
2020	1st	1st	30	17	8	5	57	21	59	Semifinal	Vitaly Lisakovich	9	Yuriy Vernydub Roman Hryhorchuk
2021	1st	1st	30	24	3	3	62	18	75	Semifinal	Dembo Darboe	19	Roman Hryhorchuk Sergei Gurenko Aleksey Baga
2022	1st	1st	30	20	5	5	55	17	65	Round of 16	Maksim Skavysh	9	Ivan Bionchik Sergei Tashuyev Milic Curcic

• ¹ Finished last but saved from relegation due to withdrawal of two higher-placed teams.

Shakhtyor in Europe

As of 11 August 2022.

Season	Competition	Round		Club	1st Leg	2nd Leg
2001–02	UEFA Cup	QR		CSKA Sofia	1–2 (H)	1–3 (A)
2003	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Omagh Town	1–0 (H)	7–1 (A)
		2R		Cibalia	1–1 (H)	2–4 (A)
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1Q		Nistru Otaci	1–1 (A)	1–2 (H)
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	1Q		Široki Brijeg	0–1 (H)	0–1 (A)
2007	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Ararat Yerevan	4–1 (H)	0–2 (A)
		2R		Chornomorets Odesa	2–4 (A)	0–2 (H)
2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Cracovia	2–1 (A)	3–0 (H)
		2R		Sturm Graz	0–2 (A)	0–0 (H)
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	2Q		Ventspils	0–1 (H)	2–3 (A)
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	2Q		Ried	1–1 (H)	0–0 (A)
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	2Q		Milsami Orhei	1–1 (H)	1–1 (p. 2–4) (A)
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	2Q		Derry City	1–0 (A)	5–1 (H)
		3Q		Zulte Waregem	5–2 (A)	2–2 (H)
		PO		PSV Eindhoven	0–1 (A)	0–2 (H)
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q		Glenavon	2–1 (A)	3–0 (H)
		2Q		Wolfsberger AC	0–1 (H)	0–2 (A)
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	1Q		NSÍ Runavík	2–0 (A)	5–0 (H)
		2Q		Domžale	1–1 (H)	1–2 (A)
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q		Sūduva Marijampolė	0–0 (H)	1–2 (A)
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q		Connah's Quay Nomads	3–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
		2Q		Lech Poznań	1–1 (H)	1–3 (a.e.t.) (A)
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1Q		Hibernians	1–0 (H)	1–0 (A)
		2Q		Esbjerg	2–0 (H)	0–0 (A)
		3Q		Torino	0–5 (A)	1–1 (H)
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	1Q		Sfântul Gheorghe	0–0 (p. 1–4) (H)	—
2021–22	UEFA Champions League	1Q		Ludogorets Razgrad	0–1 (A)	0–1 (H)
	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q		Fola Esch	1–2 (H)	0−1 (A)
2022–23	UEFA Champions League	1Q		Maribor	0–0 (A)	0–2 (H)
	UEFA Europa Conference League	3Q		CFR Cluj	0–0 (H)	0–1 (A)

Managers

• Ivan Schyokin (July 1, 1997 – Dec 31, 1999)
• Yury Vyarheychyk (July 1, 2002 – May 11, 2009)
• Aleksey Vergeyenko (June 26, 2009 – Nov 23, 2009)
• Eduard Malofeyev (Nov 24, 2009 – May 13, 2010)
• Uladzimir Zhuravel (May 14, 2010 – Dec 2, 2013)
• Sergei Borovsky (Jan 9, 2014–)

References

External links

• Official website