Vitebsk region, also known as Vitebsk oblast or Vitsyebsk voblasts, is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Vitebsk. It is located in the north of the country, and borders on Russia.
FC Spartak Vladikavkaz was a Russian football club based in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League during the communist era, and won its first and only league title in the 1995 Russian Top League.
Boris Paichadze was a Soviet and Georgian footballer, who played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi. The largest stadium in Georgia, the Boris Paichadze Stadium in Tbilisi, is named after him. In 2001, he was voted the best Georgian football player of the 20th century.
Morgaro Lima Gomis is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for East Stirlingshire.
Bafétimbi Gomis is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Renan Bardini Bressan is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Born in Brazil, he played for the Belarus national team.
Gennady Olegovich Logofet was a Soviet and Russian football player and football coach.
Ruslan Alekseyevich Ajinjal is a football coach and a former player from Abkhazia and a former chairman of the Football Federation of Abkhazia. He is an assistant coach with FC Nizhny Novgorod. He is an identical twin brother of Beslan Ajinjal.
The 2009 Russian First Division was the 18th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 28 March 2009 and ended on 4 November 2009.
FC Maxline Vitebsk is a Belarusian football club based in Vitebsk. Until 2023, the club represented Rahachow.
Amigo Alfred Benjamin Junior Gomis is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Palermo and the Senegal national team.
Anastasia Konstantinovna Bryzgalova is a Russian curler. She currently coaches the Alina Kovaleva rink from Saint Petersburg.
Pavel Sergeyevich Pavlyuchenko is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Maxline Vitebsk and the Belarus national team. He has also played at the U17, U19 and U21 levels for Belarus.
Yan Mosesov is a Belarusian professional footballer, who plays for Vitebsk.
Sergey Sazonchik is a Belarusian footballer who plays for Slavia Mozyr.
The Dushanbe Stadium is a football stadium currently under construction in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, which was planned to be opened in 2026. The venue will have a capacity of 30,000 spectators. It'll be the home of the Tajikistan national football team.
Oxana Vladimirovna Slesarenko is a Russian wheelchair curler.
Dembo Darboe is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Azerbaijan Premier League club Neftçi PFK.
Dzmitry Kharytonaw is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays for Vitebsk.
Roman Igorevich Teryushkov is a Russian political figure, a deputy of the 8th State Duma, and a former Minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the Moscow Oblast.
