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

Shakhtyor Soligorsk

Full name	Football Club Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Nickname(s)	The Miners, The Moles
Founded	1961; 61 years ago (1961)
Ground	Stroitel Stadium Soligorsk, Belarus
Capacity	4,200
Director	Aleksandr Marchenko
Manager	Milić Ćurčić
League	Belarusian Premier League
2021	1st of 16 (champions)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded in 1961. During Soviet era Shakhtyor Soligorsk was playing in 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 at 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]

Honours

• Belarusian Premier League
  • Winners (4): 2005, 2020, 2021, 2022
  • 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 (1): 2021
  • Runners-up (4): 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022

Current squad

As of September 2022[3]

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 Maksim Belov 4 DF  BLR Ruslan Khadarkevich 5 DF  SRB Nikola Antić 6 DF  BLR Sergey Politevich 7 FW  SRB Igor Ivanović 8 MF  ALB Ardit Krymi 9 FW  BLR Maksim Skavysh 10 MF  ALB Valon Ahmedi 11 FW  TOG Euloge Placca Fessou 13 FW  BLR Andrey Solovey 14 MF  BLR Roman Davyskiba 15 DF  BIH Miloš Šatara 18 MF  BLR Nikita Korzun

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  BLR Dmitry Podstrelov 20 MF  MNE Zaim Divanović 22 FW  BLR Roman Yuzepchuk 24 DF  CRO Luka Šimunović 25 GK  BLR Raman Stsyapanaw 28 MF  BLR Pavel Zabelin 32 GK  BLR Syarhey Chernik 49 GK  BLR Maksim Plotnikov 77 MF  BLR Ilya Chernyak 90 DF  BLR Denis Gruzhevsky 92 FW  BLR Yegor Karpitsky 96 FW  BRA Vitor Feijão 99 MF  BLR Hleb Shauchenka

League and Cup history

• 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)
2023–24	UEFA Champions League	1Q

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

На других языках

[de] FK Schachzjor Salihorsk

[es] Shakhtyor Soligorsk

[ru] Шахтёр (футбольный клуб, Солигорск)