FC Khimvolokno Grodno

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FC Khimvolokno Grodno
Full name Football Club Khimvolokno Grodno
Founded 1979
Dissolved 1995
Ground Grodno, Belarus

FC Khimvolokno Grodno was a Belarusian football club based in Grodno. The word 'Khimvolokno' means 'Synthetic Fibres' (literally 'chemical fibres'), and refers to the local Nylon 6 manufacturing plant.

Belarus country in Eastern Europe

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 Team field sport

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.

Grodno Place in Grodno Region, Belarus

Grodno, or Hrodna is a city in western Belarus. It is located on the Neman close to the borders of Poland and Lithuania. It has 365,610 inhabitants. It is the capital of Grodno Region and Grodno District.

History

The team was playing in Belarusian SSR league from 1979 to 1991 and in Belarusian First League from 1992 till 1995. In late 1995 Khimvolokno Grodno was disbanded.

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


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