FC Dnepr Mogilev

Dnepr Mogilev
	Vyacheslav Geraschenko
League	Belarusian Premier League
2023	Belarusian First League, 2nd of 17 (promoted)
Website	Club website

FC Dnepr Mogilev (Belarusian: ФК Дняпро Магілёў, romanized: FK Dniapro Mahilyow; Russian: ФК Днепр Могилёв) is a Belarusian football team, playing in the city of Mogilev. Their home stadium is Spartak Stadium.

History

Dnepr Mogilev was founded in 1960 under the name Khimik Mogilev and began playing in the Class B (second-tier league) of the Soviet championship, which consisted of over 140 teams split into several regional zones. In 1963, the team was relegated to the third tier due to league structure reorganization, and their name was changed to Spartak Mogilev. In 1970, they dropped to the fourth tier, but the following year were brought back to the third, both times due to further league reorganizations. In 1973, the club adopted their current name, Dnepr Mogilev. Dnepr would spend all subsequent Soviet-era seasons in the third-tier league, with one exception. In 1982, Anatoly Baidachny led Dnepr to win their zone and then the final round between the zone winners and promotion to the Soviet First League. However, the club couldn't maintain their second-tier spot and relegated the following year.^[1]

In 1992, Dnepr joined the newly created Belarusian Premier League. The team's results in the post-Soviet years varied from runners-up in 1992 and champions in 1998 to the unfortunate relegation in 2011. Since then, Dnepr has come back and was relegated again in 2014. As of 2015, Dnepr is playing in the Belarusian First League.

In spring 2019, the club merged with Premier League team Luch Minsk, citing the willingness to keep the city of Mogilev represented in the top flight. The united club was named Dnyapro Mogilev. It inherited Luch's Premier League spot and licence, their sponsorships and most of the squad while keeping only a few Dnepr players and relocating to Mogilev. Dnepr continued its participation in youth tournaments independently from Luch.

In 2020, Dnepr Mogilev reformed and joined the Second League after Dnyapro Mogilev ceased to exist following their relegation from the Premier League.^[2]

Name changes

1960: founded as Khimik Mogilev (Belarusian: Хімік)
1963: renamed to Spartak Mogilev
1973: renamed to Dnepr Mogilev
1998: absorbed Transmash Mogilev and renamed to Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev (Дняпро-Трансмаш, Dniapro-Transmash)
2006: renamed to Dnepr Mogilev
2019: merged with Luch Minsk into Dnyapro Mogilev
2020: reestablished as Dnepr Mogilev

Honours

Belarusian Premier League
- Winners (1): 1998
- Runners-up (1): 1992
- 3rd place (1): 2009
Belarusian Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1992
Belarusian First League
- Winners (1): 2012

Current squad

As of March 2024

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	Daniil Shapko
5	MF	CIV	Donald Dongo
7	MF	RUS	Yuri Klochkov
8	MF	RUS	Daniil Vigovskiy
9	FW	BEL	Ibrahim Kargbo
10	MF	BLR	Alyaksandr Aleksandrovich
11	FW	BLR	Mikalay Sobalew
15	DF	BLR	Maksim Modulev
16	DF	BLR	Dmitry Aliseyko
17	MF	BLR	Syarhey Hlyabko
19	DF	BLR	Yaroslav Kostusev
20	MF	BLR	Pavel Bordukov
21	MF	BLR	Gleb Vershinin
22	DF	BLR	Ilya Boltrushevich


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	BLR	Aleksey Dunayev
29	MF	CIV	Boni Amian
30	GK	BLR	Timur Filipenko
43	MF	BLR	Vladislav Stepanenko
54	GK	RUS	Yegor Generalov
55	MF	BLR	Nikita Krasnov
66	MF	BLR	Anton Lukashov
69	FW	BLR	Krasimir Kapov
77	FW	KAZ	Danil Ankudinov
88	DF	BLR	Fedor Yurkevich
91	MF	BLR	Martin Artyukh
99	FW	NGA	Michael Ogbole
—	DF	BLR	Vladislav Tarasenko

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	Points	Domestic Cup	Notes
1960	2nd	13	30	5	10	15	36–54	20
1961	2nd	4	30	14	8	8	45–37	36	Round of 256
1962	2nd	6	32	13	10	9	35–32	36	Round of 256	Relegated¹
1963	3rd	11	30	8	11	11	21–33	27	Round of 512
1964	3rd	8	30	12	8	10	31–25	32	Round of 2048
1965	3rd	10	30	6	17	7	14–18	29	Round of 256
1966	3rd	9	32	10	10	12	25–33	30
1967	3rd	18	34	6	10	18	18–38	22	Round of 4096
1968	3rd	10	38	11	14	13	25–28	36	Round of 256
1969	3rd	7	32	12	11	9	37–23	35	Round of 16	Relegated²
1970	4th	3	32	19	5	8	34–19	43		Promoted³
1971	3rd	14	38	9	16	13	30–40	43
1972	3rd	17	38	9	13	16	25–47	40
1973	3rd	16	32	7	11	14	21–38	17⁴
1974	3rd	12	40	14	10	16	37–53	38
1975	3rd	11	34	8	13	13	26–42	29
1976	3rd	19	38	8	9	21	34–60	25
1977	3rd	12	40	15	11	14	44–41	41
1978	3rd	16	46	15	10	21	51–56	40
1979	3rd	17	46	12	13	21	41–62	37
1980	3rd	7	32	9	9	14	37–48	27
1981	3rd	2	38	20	5	13	58–39	45
1982	3rd	1	30	18	8	4	60–32	44
1982	3rd	1	4	3	0	1	8–4	6		Final round, promoted
1983	2nd	20	42	12	13	17	40–60	36	Round of 64	Relegated
1984	3rd	1	34	22	6	6	71–24	50	Round of 32
1985	3rd	3	30	15	9	6	64–34	39	Round of 64
1986	3rd	5	30	15	5	10	56–31	35	Round of 128
1987	3rd	6	34	17	8	9	41–29	42	Round of 32
1988	3rd	4	34	19	8	7	49–36	46
1989	3rd	9	42	19	7	16	52–47	45
1990	3rd	13	42	17	6	19	58–54	40	Round of 64
1991	3rd	12	42	18	6	18	47–37	42
1992									Round of 64

¹ Relegated due second level reduction from 10 zones (150 teams) in 1962 to a single group of 18 teams in 1963
² Relegated as Class B changed its status from 3rd to 4th level in 1970, and the top two levels were reorganized into three with fewer teams.
³ Promoted due to 3rd level (Class A Second Group, renamed to Second League since next season) expansion from 3 to 6 territorial zones (from 66 to 124 teams) in 1971 and dismissal of 4th level.
⁴ In 1973, every draw was followed by a penalty shoot-out, with a winner gaining 1 point and loser gaining 0.

Belarus

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	Points	Domestic Cup	Notes
1992	1st	2	15	11	2	2	28–4	24	Runners-up
1992–93	1st	5	32	17	7	8	54–33	41	Quarter-finals
1993–94	1st	4	30	17	6	7	45–22	40	Round of 16
1994–95	1st	5	30	12	9	9	44–35	33	Semi-finals
1995	1st	6	15	7	1	7	26–23	22	Round of 16
1996	1st	9	30	11	6	13	33–36	39	Round of 16
1997	1st	4	30	15	7	8	48–32	52	Semi-finals
1998	1st	1	28	21	4	3	55–12	67	Semi-finals
1999	1st	4	30	17	9	4	53–27	60	Quarter-finals
2000	1st	7	30	14	7	9	55–33	49	Round of 16
2001	1st	9	26	8	7	11	29–37	31	Round of 16
2002	1st	9	26	10	6	10	38–37	36	Round of 16
2003	1st	9	30	8	10	12	38–46	34	Quarter-finals
2004	1st	9	30	11	4	15	29–37	37	Round of 16
2005	1st	6	26	12	7	7	48–36	43	Quarter-finals
2006	1st	12	26	6	5	15	29–47	23	Round of 32
2007	1st	13	26	5	8	13	21–33	23	Round of 16
2008	1st	9	30	9	11	10	45–42	38	Quarter-finals
2009	1st	3	26	12	4	10	31–26	40	Round of 32
2010	1st	8	33	11	7	15	40–53	40	Round of 16
2011	1st	12	33	6	14	13	29–51	32	Round of 32	Relegated
2012	2nd	1	28	20	3	5	75–22	63	Round of 32	Promoted
2013	1st	11	32	9	6	17	28–42	33	Round of 16
2014	1st	12	32	2	14	16	19–42	20	Semi-finals	Relegated via play-off
2015	2nd	4	30	17	5	8	48–21	56	Round of 16
2016	2nd	2	26	20	4	2	61–19	63^[1]	Round of 32	Promoted
2017	1st	12	30	6	8	16	27–48	26	First round
2018	1st	16	30	3	7	20	17–53	16	Semi-finals	Relegated
2019									Round of 32
2020	3rd								-

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One point deducted due to financial irregularities

Dnepr Mogilev in Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st Leg	2nd Leg
1995	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 8	Bečej	2–1 (H)
			Pogoń Szczecin	3–3 (A)
			Cannes	2–2 (H)
			Farul Constanţa	0–2 (A)
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Debrecen	2–4 (H)	0–6 (A)
1999–2000	UEFA Champions League	2R	AIK	0–1 (H)	0–2 (A)
2000	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Silkeborg	2–1 (H)	2–1 (A)
2000	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	Chmel Blšany	2–6 (A)	0–2 (H)
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Laçi	1–1 (A)	7–1 (H)
		2Q	Stabæk	2–2 (A)	1–1 (H)
		3Q	Baník Ostrava	1–0 (H)	2–1 (A)
		Play-off	Villareal	0–5 (A)	1–2 (H)