FC BGATU-Niva Samokhvalovichi

FC BGATU-Niva Samokhvalovichi
Full name	Football club BGATU-Niva Samokhvalovichi
Founded	1989
Dissolved	2008
Ground	Samokhvalovichi, Minsk Oblast, Belarus
League	Belarusian Second League
2008	16th

Last updated March 31, 2019

FC BGATU-Niva Samokhvalovichi was a Belarusian football club based in Samokhvalovichi, Minsk Oblast.

Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia or Belorussia, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital and most populous city is Minsk. Over 40% of its 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) is forested. Its major economic sectors are service industries and manufacturing. Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire.

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

History

The team was originally named Niva Samokhvalovichi and until 1991 they played in the lower levels of the Belarusian SSR league. In 1992 Niva joined the newly created Belarusian First League. During the 1992–93 season the team was known as Niva-Trudovye Rezervy Samokhvalovichi, and in 1993 they were renamed Santanas Samokhvalovichi due to sponsorship. After the 1994–95 season Santanas withdrew to amateur level due to lack of funds. Santanas returned for one season in the Second League in 1997 before again withdrawing. They made their final appearance in the Second League in 2008 as BGATU-Niva Samokhvalovichi before withdrawing for the third time.

The Belarusian First League is the second division of professional football in Belarus. It was created in 1992, following the Belarusian independence.

Belarusian Second League is the third division of professional football in Belarus. It was established in 1992.

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