FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk

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Shakhtyor Soligorsk

Full name Football Club Shakhtyor Soligorsk

Nickname(s) The Miners, The Moles

Founded 1961; 60 years ago

Ground Stroitel Stadium

Soligorsk, Belarus

Capacity 4,200

Director Andrey Lyavonchyk

Manager Roman Hryhorchuk

League Belarusian Premier League

2020 1st (champions)

 Website Club website

Home colours Away colours

FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (Belarusian: ФК Шахцёр Салігорск, FK Shakhtsyor Salihorsk) is

a Belarusian Premier League football club, playing in the city of Soligorsk (Salihorsk) .

Contents

 1History
 2Honours
 3Current squad
 4League and Cup history
 5Shakhtyor in Europe
 6Managers
 7References
 8External links

History[edit]
The club was founded in 1961. During Soviet era Shakhtyor Soligorsk was playing in top or
second division of the Belarusian SSR league, occasionally dropping to lower tiers (Minsk
Oblast league) for a short time. In 1971, Shakhtyor absorbed two other local Soligorsk
teams (Khimik and Gornyak). Their best results came at the end of Soviet days, when the
team finished as league runners-up twice (1988, 1990) and won the Belarusian SSR Cup
three times (1985, 1986, 1988).[1]
Since 1992, Shakhtyor has been playing in Belarusian Premier League. The team
struggled through the 1990s, usually fighting against relegation. In 1997, they finished at
the last place in the league, but were saved from relegation after two other Premier League
clubs withdrew.
After a transitory 1998 season, the era of club's success began. Since 1999, they have
never finished below 6th place and became a staple European Cups participant. Shakhtyor
Soligorsk became the champions of Belarus in 2005 and 2020, and were league runners-
up six times (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018). They also won the Belarusian Cup
three times (2004, 2014, and 2019).[2]

Honours[edit]
 Belarusian Premier League
o Winners (2): 2005, 2020
o Runners-up (6): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018
 Belarusian Cup
o Winners (3): 2003–04, 2013–14, 2018–19
o Runners-up (5): 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17
 Belarusian Super Cup
o Winners (1): 2021
o Runners-up (2): 2015, 2016