FC Minsk-2

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Minsk-2
FC Minsk logo.png
Full nameMinsk-2
Founded1954
2024 (reformed)
Ground KFP Minsk, Minsk
Capacity1,500
Head coach Alyaksandr Davidovich
League Belarusian First League
20241st (Second League), promoted

Minsk-2 is a Belarusian football club based in Minsk and is a reserve team of FC Minsk.

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History

The team was formed in 1954 as FShM Minsk (Futbolnaya Shkhola Molodyozhi, or Football School of Youth) and was essentially a student team. During Soviet years, they spent the most of their seasons playing only in youth competitions, although they also spent several seasons in senior Belarusian SSR league. They adopted name Smena Minsk in 1989.

In 1992 Smena joined newly created Belarusian Second League. After several seasons spent in Second and First leagues as well as one season (1996) at youth level, the team partnered BATE Borisov and became their reserve/feeder team under the name Smena-BATE Minsk. The partnership ended in 2000 and the team reverted their name to Smena Minsk.

In 2005, while playing in the First League, they launched their own reserve team Smena-2 Minsk, who joined Second League.

In early 2006 a new senior professional team FC Minsk was founded on the basis of Smena. The new team took over Smena's First League license, the majority of the squad and facilities, and replaced Smena in the First League. A reserve team Smena-2 was renamed to Smena for the 2006 season and was folded by the end of the year, as Minsk got promoted to Belarusian Premier League and now had to sign a reserve squad for a separate Premier League Reserves competition.

A successor team Minsk-2 was created to participate in 2008 Second League season, after Minsk briefly relegated back to the First League. Minsk-2 was reformed again in 2012 as a ground for Minsk football academy graduates. After finishing the season at 5th place, Minsk-2 was invited to join First League as a replacement for disbanded DSK Gomel.

In early 2015, FC Minsk announced that their farm-club Minsk-2 was folded.

In 2024, after the abolishment of the Belarusian Premier League Reserves Championship, the club was restarted and accepted to Belarusian Second League. After winning the season, they got promoted to the First League for 2025.

Current squad

As of April 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Matvey Sukharenko
2 FW Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aleksandr Radin
3 MF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Konstantin Malitsky
4 DF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Timur Borisenkov
5 MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aleksey Garnastay
6 MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Yakov Yatsyno
7 MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Ivan Radzivonaw
9 FW Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Prokhor Struk
11 MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Zakhar Drachev
13 DF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Roman Sitnikov
14 MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Vladislav Grekovich
15 DF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Vladislav Dobischuk
16 GK Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Maksim Geraschenko
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Yevgeniy Kindruk
22 FW Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Vladislav Malyutin
23 MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Dzmitry Marozaw
26 MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Artem Bogdan
35 FW Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Mikita Ramanaw
47 MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Dmitriy Volkovets
60 MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aleksey Tumanov
78 MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Timur Voytekhovich
80 MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Illya Ivanow
DF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Vladislav Ganchuk
MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Ivan Volchok
MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Dmitriy Denisenko

League and Cup history

SeasonLeaguePos.Pl.WDLGSGAP Cup NotesManager
1992 3D 1151014491521Last 32
1992–93 2D 83012612425030Last 64
1993–94 2D 15283718155013Last 32Relegated
1994–95 3D – B 7228311233519
1995 3D – B 412615231419
?
1997 3D – A 62612212524638
1998 3D – A 4261475552349
1999 3D – A 2241635542251
?
2001 3D 18341132131194
2002 in lower league
2003 3D 5221246502640
2004 3D 1241914551758
2005 2D 53014883123501
2006 3D 13326917366827Second round
2007 3D
2008 3D

1Zmena-2 Minsk in Third level, club license transferred to FC Minsk. Zmena-2 Minsk became first team in 2006.