FC Neman Grodno

For other uses, see Neman (disambiguation).

Belarusian football club

Football club

Neman Grodno

Full name| Football Club Neman Grodno[1]
Founded| 1964; 60 years ago (1964)
Ground| Neman Stadium, Grodno
Capacity| 8,479
Chairman| Ivan Vorsovich
Head coach| Igor Kovalevich
League| Belarusian Premier League
2023| Belarusian Premier League, 2nd of 15
Website| https://www.fcneman.by/

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Away colours

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FC Neman Grodno or FK Nyoman Hrodna (Belarusian: ФК Нёман Гродна; Russian: ФК Неман Гродно) is a Belarusian professional football club based in the city of Grodno. It is named after the Neman River and founded in 1964. Since 1992, the team has participated in the highest division of Belarusian football league system.

## History

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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

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* 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

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* Belarusian Premier League
* Runners-up (2): 2002, 2023
* Belarusian Cup
* Winners (2): 1993, 2024
* Runners-up (2): 2011, 2014

## Current squad

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As of July 2024[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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1  | GK |  BLR | Artur Maliyevsky
4  | DF |  RUS | Andrei Vasilyev
5  | DF |  BLR | Yegor Parkhomenko
7  | FW |  CMR | Leonard Gweth
8  | DF |  UKR | Yuriy Pantya
9  | MF |  MDA | Igor Costrov
10  | MF |  KGZ | Gulzhigit Alykulov
11  | MF |  BLR | Ilya Kukharchik
12  | GK |  BLR | Maksim Belov
13  | MF |  BLR | Aleksey Dayneko
14  | DF |  BLR | Alyaksandr Anyukevich
15  | MF |  BLR | Oleg Yevdokimov
17  | FW |  BLR | Yahor Zubovich
18  | FW |  BLR | Maksim Kravtsov
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20  | DF |  BLR | Ivan Sadownichy
21  | MF |  BLR | Sergey Guzarevich
24  | MF |  BLR | Andrey Yakimov
32  | MF |  BLR | Yury Pavlyukovets
33  | DF |  BLR | Sergey Karpovich
35  | GK |  BLR | Kirill Veydyger
44  | MF |  BLR | Ivan Kontsevoy
46  | MF |  BLR | Aleksey Legchilin
47  | MF |  BLR | Mikhail Kazlow
55  | DF |  BLR | Aleksey Lavrik
78  | MF |  BLR | Maksim Yablonsky
87  | MF |  IRN | Mehdi Ahmadi
88  | MF |  BLR | Pavel Savitsky
90  | DF |  BLR | Uladzislaw Kasmynin

## League and Cup history

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### Soviet Union

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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

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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 Conference League
2023 | 1st | 2 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 60–22 | 62 | Semi-finals | UEFA Conference League
2024 | 1st |  |  |  |  |  | – |  | Winners |

* 1 Including additional game (0–1 loss) against BATE for the first place.

## Neman in Europe

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As of match played 1 August 2024

Competition  | GP  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | +/-

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UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | –2
UEFA Conference League | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | –6
UEFA Cup Winners Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | –4
UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1
Total | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | –13
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 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
2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 2Q |  CFR Cluj | 0–5  | 0–0  | 0–5

## Managers

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* 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

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1. ^ "ОБЩАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ". Fcneman.by. ФК "НЕМАН". Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
2. ^ "Основа". Официальный сайт ФК "Неман". Archived from the original on 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2019-03-30.

## External links

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* Official website (in Belarusian, Russian, and English)
* Neman Grodno at UEFA.COM

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Belarusian Premier League

Seasons|

* 1992
* 1992–93
* 1993–94
* 1994–95
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

2024 teams|

* Arsenal Dzerzhinsk
* BATE Borisov
* Dinamo Brest
* Dinamo Minsk
* Dnepr Mogilev
* Gomel
* Isloch Minsk Raion
* Minsk
* Naftan Novopolotsk
* Neman Grodno
* Shakhtyor Soligorsk
* Slavia Mozyr
* Slutsk
* Smorgon
* Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
* Vitebsk

Former teams|

| Active
(lower leagues)|

* Belshina Bobruisk
* Energetik-BGU Minsk
* Granit Mikashevichi
* Krumkachy Minsk
* Lida
* Molodechno-2000
* Rukh Brest
* Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi
* Torpedo Minsk

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Defunct
(or amateur)|

* Ataka Minsk
* Bobruisk
* Darida Minsk Raion
* Dinamo-93 Minsk
* Dnyapro Mogilev
* Gorodeya
* Kommunalnik Slonim
* Lokomotiv Minsk
* Lokomotiv Vitebsk
* Luch Minsk
* Partizan Minsk
* Savit Mogilev
* Smolevichi
* Sputnik Rechitsa
* Stroitel Starye Dorogi
* Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev
* Transmash Mogilev
* Vedrich-97 Rechitsa

Winners|

* BATE Borisov (15)
* Dinamo Minsk (8)
* Shakhtyor Soligorsk (3)
* Slavia Mozyr (2)
* Belshina Bobruisk (1)
* Dinamo Brest (1)
* Dnepr Mogilev (1)
* Gomel (1)

Previous seasons
(Soviet period)|

* 1946
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991

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