FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk

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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).

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	Sergei Podpaly
League	Belarusian First League
2024	Belarusian Premier League, 16th of 16 (relegated)
Website	https://www.fcshakhter.by/
Home colours Away colours

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 December 2024^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BLR Nikita Dovnar 2 DF  BLR Andrey Makarenko 3 MF  BLR Makar Litskevich 7 FW  BLR Nikita Shaula 12 DF  BLR Denis Gruzhevsky 13 MF  BLR Maksim Burko 14 DF  BLR Ilya Lukashevich 17 MF  BLR Vladislav Kabyshev 19 DF  BLR Ilya Sviridenko 21 FW  BLR Vyacheslav Prigodich 22 DF  BLR Dmitriy Shulyak 23 MF  BLR Maksim Kovalevich 27 MF  BLR Stanislav Stefanovich 28 FW  BLR Arseniy Chakur 29 MF  BLR Andrey Kabyshev 30 MF  BLR Anatoliy Yarmolich

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 GK  BLR Syarhey Chernik 35 GK  BLR Igor Malaschitskiy 47 DF  BLR Daniil Podberezny 49 FW  BLR Andrey Denisyuk 55 DF  BLR Pavel Dubovskiy 71 FW  BLR Yegor Grivenev 77 MF  BLR Nikolay Sotnikov 80 DF  BLR Kirill Yankovskiy 87 MF  BLR Vadim Martinkevich 88 MF  BLR Denis Kovalevich 89 FW  BLR Aleksey Garost 90 MF  BLR Georgiy Kukushkin 91 FW  BLR Mark Bulanov 94 DF  BLR Nikita Korshun 99 MF  BLR Ivan Zenkov — GK  BLR Rustam Gurinovich

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	Quarter-finals			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	Quarter-finals			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	Quarter-finals	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	Quarter-finals	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	Quarter-finals	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	Quarter-finals	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	Quarter-finals	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	1st2	30	20	5	5	55	17	65	Round of 16	Maksim Skavysh	9	Ivan Bionchik Sergei Tashuyev Milic Curcic
2023	1st	13th	28	13	5	10	50	40	93	Quarter-finals	Egor Karpitskiy	12	Stanislav Suvorov
2024	1st	16th	30	5	7	18	19	45	24	Round of 32	Denis Kovalevich	5	Sergei Podpaly

• ¹ Finished last but saved from relegation due to withdrawal of two higher-placed teams.
• ² The title was stripped to Shakhtyor Soligorsk following a match-fixing scandal.^[5]
• ³ Shakhtyor Soligorsk were deducted 35 points for match-fixing.^[6]
• ⁴ Shakhtyor Soligorsk were deducted 20 points for match-fixing.^[6]

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

1. "History of Shakhter Soligorsk. The 80s". Archived from the original on 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
2. "History of Shakhter Soligorsk. Modern era". Archived from the original on 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
3. "Федэрацыя футбола пазбавіла салігорскі "Шахцёр" чэмпіёнства 2022 года". euradio.fm. 11 May 2023. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
4. "ФК Шахтер Солигорск | Состав | Состав2019/20". www.fcshakhter.by. Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
5. "Федэрацыя футбола пазбавіла салігорскі "Шахцёр" чэмпіёнства 2022 года". euradio.fm. 11 May 2023.
6. "Официально". Football Federation of Belarus. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

External links

• Official website