Universitet Vitebsk

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Universitet Vitebsk
Full nameWFC Universitet Vitebsk
Founded1995
GroundStadyen Central'ny Vitsyebski
Capacity8144
League Belarusian Premier League
20091st

Universitet Vitebsk is a Belarusian women's football club from Vitebsk (Vitsyebsk). The holder of the club is, like the name suggests, the local university. The club is most known for its women's team, that won the Belarusian Premier League several times.

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History

The club was founded in 1995. In a span of 8 years the women's team worked its way up into the Belarusian Premier League, where it won the title instantly and ended the year-long dominance of Babruichanka Babruisk. [1] In 2006–07 and 2007–08 the team reached the 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA Women's Cup.

In the 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League one started in the round of 32 but lost to FCR Duisburg.

Titles

Current squad

As of 8 October 2011
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
GK Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Olga Litvin
DF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Alina Brovko
DF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Oksana Klykovskaya
DF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Alexandra Kudryavtseva
DF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Yulia Kudryavtseva
DF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Anna Potavkina
DF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Anastasya Solokho
DF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Yulia Vasilenko
DF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Natalya Vereneva
DF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR OIlga Volkova
DF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Maria Zemerova
No.Pos.NationPlayer
MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Violetta Chayko
MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Maria Chernyaeva
MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Natalya Lunina
MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Anastasya Lusinskaya
MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Kristina Prushakova
MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Valerya Solokho
MF Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Violetta Vlasova
FW Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Ekaterina Kirshenovich
FW Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Kristina Stepanova
FW Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Alexandra Yakushevich

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References

  1. "Vitebsk used to victories". UEFA. 20 September 2007. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2011.