FC Neman Grodno
FC Neman Grodno (Belarusian: ФК Нёман Гродна, FK Nioman Hrodna; Russian: ФК Неман Гродно) is a Belarusian football club based in the city of Grodno, named after the Neman River and was founded in 1964. Since 1992, the team has participated in the highest division of Belarusian football league system.
Full name | Football Club Neman Grodno[1] | |||
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Founded | 1964 | |||
Ground | Neman Stadium, Grodno | |||
Capacity | 8,479 | |||
Chairman | Ivan Vorsovich | |||
Manager | Igor Kovalevich | |||
League | Belarusian Premier League | |||
2022 | 9th of 16 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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History
Since 1964, the team was playing in the third tier of the Soviet football system almost constantly, excluding two seasons (1968 and 1969) spent in the second tier. Since 1992, Neman plays in the Belarusian Premier League. In 1993, they won the Belarusian Cup. The most successful years for the team were in the early 2000s, when they finished fourth twice in a row before finishing second in 2002 after losing the first place play-off against BATE Borisov.
Name changes
- 1964: founded as Neman Grodno
- 1973: renamed to Khimik Grodno
- 1993: renamed to Neman Grodno
- 1999: renamed to Neman-Belcard Grodno
- 2002: renamed to Neman Grodno
Honours
- Belarusian Premier League
- Runners-up (1): 2002
- Belarusian Cup
Current squad
As of August 2023[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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League and Cup history
Soviet Union
Season | Level | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | Goals | Points | Domestic Cup | Notes |
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1964 | 3rd | 16 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 16–60 | 18 | Round of 2048 | |
1965 | 3rd | 11 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 27–34 | 25 | Round of 1024 | |
1966 | 3rd | 4 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 38–15 | 40 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3–3 | 3 | Final round1 | |||
1967 | 3rd | 2 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 32–20 | 42 | Round of 4096 | |
1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9–0 | 6 | Semi-final round2 | |||
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3–0 | 2 | Final round; Promoted | |||
1968 | 2nd | 19 | 40 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 20–53 | 29 | Round of 256 | |
1969 | 2nd | 14 | 40 | 7 | 23 | 10 | 27–27 | 37 | Round of 256 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2–2 | 2 | Promotion/relegation play-off3 | |||
1970 | 3rd | 18 | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 27–48 | 35 | Round of 256 | |
1971 | 3rd | 12 | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 28–36 | 45 | ||
1972 | 3rd | 18 | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 24–45 | 40 | ||
1973 | 3rd | 14 | 32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 24–42 | 194 | ||
1974 | 3rd | 21 | 40 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 21–71 | 15 | ||
1975 | 3rd | 18 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22–48 | 16 | ||
1976 | 3rd | 9 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 49–60 | 38 | ||
1977 | 3rd | 6 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 45–36 | 46 | ||
1978 | 3rd | 13 | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 42–54 | 44 | ||
1979 | 3rd | 7 | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 56–33 | 57 | ||
1980 | 3rd | 1 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 42–23 | 44 | ||
2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5–4 | 5 | Final round5 | |||
1981 | 3rd | 4 | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 48–44 | 41 | Group stage | |
1982 | 3rd | 2 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 43–23 | 40 | ||
1983 | 3rd | 3 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 35–19 | 41 | ||
1984 | 3rd | 5 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 51–42 | 39 | ||
1985 | 3rd | 4 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 43–27 | 36 | ||
1986 | 3rd | 6 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 37–30 | 35 | ||
1987 | 3rd | 10 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 33–39 | 30 | Round of 16 | |
1988 | 3rd | 5 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 48–31 | 46 | ||
1989 | 3rd | 10 | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 46–41 | 44 | ||
1990 | 3rd | 15 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 46–52 | 38 | Round of 64 | |
1991 | 3rd | 22 | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 32–55 | 23 | ||
1992 | Round of 64 |
- 1 Advanced to the final round for one promotion spot as the best-placed team from Belarusian SSR.
- 2 Advanced to the semi-final round of promotion tournament (for one spot) as one of top 8 teams not from Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh or Central Asian SSR.
- 3 As the worst-placed team from the Belarusian SSR, Neman had to play promotion/relegation play-off against the best-placed Belarusian team from the 3rd level.
- 4 In 1973, every draw was followed by a penalty shoot-out, with a winner gaining 1 point and loser gaining 0.
- 5 Advanced to the final round for one promotion spot as winners of their zone.
Belarus
Season | Level | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | Goals | Points | Domestic Cup | Notes |
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1992 | 1st | 5 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 21–17 | 18 | Round of 16 | |
1992–93 | 1st | 4 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 39–27 | 45 | Winners | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup |
1993–94 | 1st | 11 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 29–41 | 24 | Round of 32 | |
1994–95 | 1st | 7 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 26–27 | 31 | Round of 16 | |
1995 | 1st | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20–35 | 19 | Round of 32 | |
1996 | 1st | 13 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 25–48 | 29 | ||
1997 | 1st | 10 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32–41 | 38 | Round of 16 | |
1998 | 1st | 10 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 27–44 | 31 | Quarter-finals | |
1999 | 1st | 9 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 36–43 | 37 | Quarter-finals | |
2000 | 1st | 4 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 56–29 | 57 | Quarter-finals | |
2001 | 1st | 4 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 44–20 | 50 | Round of 16 | |
2002 | 1st | 2 | 271 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 47–21 | 56 | Round of 16 | UEFA Cup |
2003 | 1st | 7 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 24–35 | 39 | Quarter-finals | |
2004 | 1st | 7 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 37–33 | 40 | Quarter-finals | UEFA Intertoto Cup |
2005 | 1st | 12 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 20–50 | 24 | Semi-finals | |
2006 | 1st | 10 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 24–30 | 30 | Round of 16 | |
2007 | 1st | 6 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 23–22 | 36 | Semi-finals | |
2008 | 1st | 12 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 36–40 | 33 | Round of 16 | |
2009 | 1st | 7 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 23–31 | 37 | Semi-finals | |
2010 | 1st | 10 | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 27–42 | 31 | Quarter-finals | |
2011 | 1st | 8 | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 33–45 | 37 | Runners-up | |
2012 | 1st | 5 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 43–36 | 41 | Semi-finals | |
2013 | 1st | 4 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 34–30 | 47 | Round of 16 | |
2014 | 1st | 8 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 41–36 | 42 | Runners-up | UEFA Europa League |
2015 | 1st | 8 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 21–32 | 32 | Quarter-finals | |
2016 | 1st | 14 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 21–36 | 29 | Round of 16 | |
2017 | 1st | 6 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 42–32 | 49 | Round of 16 | |
2018 | 1st | 7 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 31–32 | 43 | Semi-finals | |
2019 | 1st | 10 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 28–37 | 36 | Round of 32 | |
2020 | 1st | 5 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 41–29 | 53 | Round of 32 | |
2021 | 1st | 11 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 36–36 | 34 | Quarter-finals | |
2022 | 1st | 9 | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 39–36 | 40 | Semi-finals | UEFA Europa Conference League |
- 1 Including additional game (0–1 loss) against BATE for the first place.
Neman in Europe
As of match played 17 August 2023
Competition | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- |
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UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | –2 |
UEFA Europa Conference League | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | –1 |
UEFA Cup Winners Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | –4 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
Total | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 18 | –8 |
Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1993–94 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | QR | Lugano | 2–1 | 0–5 | 2–6 |
2003–04 | UEFA Cup | QR | Steaua București | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
2005 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R | Tescoma Zlín | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | FH Hafnarfjörður | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
2023–24 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1Q | Vaduz | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
2Q | Balzan | 2–0 | 0−0 | 2−0 | ||
3Q | Celje | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–5 |
Managers
- Vyacheslav Sivakov
- Valery Yanochkin (Sept 1, 1993 – April 1, 1995)
- Sergey Solodovnikov (Sept 1, 1997 – Feb 1, 1998), (May 1, 1998 – June 30, 2005)
- Vladimir Kurnev (Jan 1, 2006 – Dec 31, 2006)
- Liudas Rumbutis (Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007)
- Vyacheslav Akshayev (Jan 4, 2008 – July 20, 2008)
- Oleg Radushko (July 21, 2008 – July 19, 2010)
- Aleksandr Koreshkov (June 25, 2010 – Aug 11, 2011)
- Pyotr Kachura (caretaker) (Aug 13, 2011 – Aug 15, 2011)
- Sergey Solodovnikov (Aug 16, 2011 – Apr 26, 2016)
- Oleg Kirenya (caretaker) (Apr 26, 2016 – Jun 16, 2016)
- Igor Kovalevich (Jun 17, 2016 –)
References
- "ОБЩАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ". Fcneman.by. ФК "НЕМАН". Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- "Основа". Официальный сайт ФК "Неман".