FC Neman Grodno

Neman Grodno
Full name Football Club Neman Grodno[1]
Founded 1964
Ground Neman Stadium, Grodno
Capacity 8 479
Chairman Ivan Vorsovich
Manager Igor Kovalevich
League Belarusian Premier League
2017 6th

FC Neman Grodno (Belarusian: ФК Нёман Гродна, FK Nyoman Hrodna; Russian: ФК Неман Гродно) is a Belarusian football club from the city of Grodno, named after the Neman River and founded in 1964. Since 1992 participates in the top league of Belarus.

History

Since 1964, the team was playing at the 3rd level of Soviet football system almost constantly, excluding two seasons (1968 and 1969) spent on 2nd level. They were close to get the promotion in 1966 and 1980, but lost the final tournament between 3rd level zone winners on both occasions.

Since 1992 Neman plays in Belarusian Premier League. In 1993, they won the Belarusian Cup. The most successful years for the team were early 2000s, when they finished 4th twice in a row before finishing 2nd in 2002 after losing the 1st place play-off against BATE Borisov.

Name changes

  • 1964: founded as Neman Grodno
  • 1973: renamed to Khimik Grodno
  • 1993: renamed to Neman Grodno
  • 1999: renamed to Neman-Belcard Grodno
  • 2002: renamed to Neman Grodno

Honours

Current squad

As of September 2018 [2]

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

No. Position Player
2 Cameroon MF Jean-Patrick Abouna
3 Georgia (country) DF Giorgi Kantaria
4 Belarus DF Yuriy Goltsev
5 Ukraine MF Ruslan Zubkov
7 Belarus FW Artem Kontsevoy
8 Cameroon MF Paul Bebey Kingué
10 Belarus FW Mikalay Yanush
11 Belarus MF Valery Zhukowski
13 Belarus GK Vladislav Vasilyuchek
14 Belarus DF Alyaksandr Anyukevich
15 Cameroon FW Yannick N'Djeng
16 Belarus MF Maksim Yablonskiy
17 Belarus MF Andrey Horbach
18 Belarus MF Pavel Zabelin
19 Belarus GK Syarhey Kurhanski
21 Serbia DF Mihailo Jovanović
No. Position Player
22 Belarus FW Leonid Kovel
23 Russia MF Yevgeniy Chebotarenko
24 Belarus MF Andrey Yakimov
25 Belarus DF Yevgeniy Leshko
31 Belarus FW Gleb Rassadkin
46 Belarus MF Alyaksey Lyahchylin
48 Belarus MF Yawhen Savastsyanaw
50 Belarus MF Maksim Lukashevich
87 Belarus MF Filip Rudzik
95 Belarus MF Pavel Tseslyukevich
96 Belarus GK Dmitry Say
97 Belarus DF Yegor Khvalko
99 Belarus FW Vasily Zhurnevich
Belarus GK Uladzimir Zhuraw
Cameroon FW Junior Atemengue

League and Cup history

Soviet Union Soviet Union

Season Level Pos Pld W D L Goals Points Domestic Cup Notes
19643rd1630661816–6018Round of 2048
19653rd1130971427–3425Round of 1024
19663rd4321510738–1540
331113–33Final round1
19673rd2341512732–2042Round of 4096
133009–06Semifinal round2
111003–02Final round; Promoted
19682nd19406171720–5329Round of 256
19692nd14407231027–2737Round of 256
220202–22Promotion/relegation play-off3
19703rd184211131827–4835Round of 256
19713rd123811121528–3645
19723rd183810101824–4540
19733rd14326111524–42194
19743rd2140392821–7115
19753rd1834562322–4816
19763rd9381581549–6038
19773rd64017121145–3646
19783rd134614161642–5444
19793rd74622131156–3357
19803rd132188642–2344
241305–45Final round5
19813rd43814131148–4441Group stage
19823rd230176743–2340
19833rd3321511635–1941
19843rd5341671151–4239
19853rd430156943–2736
19863rd630147937–3035
19873rd10341261633–3930Round of 16
19883rd5341810648–3146
19893rd10421881646–4144
19903rd15421662046–5238Round of 64
19913rd2242792632–5523
1992Round of 64
  • 1 Advanced to the final round for one promotion spot as the best-placed team from Belarusian SSR.
  • 2 Advanced to the semifinal round of promotion tournament (for one spot) as one of top 8 teams not from Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh or Central Asian SSR.
  • 3 As the worst-placed team from Belarusian SSR, Neman had to play promotion/relegation play-off against the best-placed Belarusian team from the 3rd level.
  • 4 In 1973 every draw was followed by a penalty shoot-out, with a winner gaining 1 point and loser gaining 0.
  • 5 Advanced to the final round for one promotion spot as winners of their zone.

Belarus Belarus

Season Level Pos Pld W D L Goals Points Domestic Cup Notes
19921st51590621–1718Round of 16
1992–931st432189539–2745WinnersUEFA Cup Winners' Cup
1993–941st1130881629–4124Round of 32
1994–951st7301011926–2731Round of 16
19951st81561820–3519Round of 32
19961st1330781525–4829
19971st10301081232–4138Round of 16
19981st1028871327–4431Quarterfinals
19991st9301071336–4337Quarterfinals
20001st430176756–2957Quarterfinals
20011st426148444–2050Round of 16
20021st2271175547–2156Round of 16UEFA Cup
20031st7301091124–3539Quarterfinals
20041st7301171237–3340QuarterfinalsIntertoto Cup
20051st1226731620–5024Semifinals
20061st1026861224–3030Round of 16
20071st62699823–2236Semifinals
20081st1230891336–4033Round of 16
20091st7261141123–3137Semifinals
20101st10337101627–4231Quarterfinals
20111st8338131233–4537Runners-up
20121st5301011943–3641Semifinals
20131st4321381134–3047Round of 16
20141st8321191241–3642Runners-upEuropa League
20151st826881021-3232Quarterfinals
20161st1430781521-3629Round of 16
20171st630147942-3249Round of 16
20181st - Semifinals
  • 1 Including additional game (0–1 loss) against BATE for the first place.

Neman in Europe

As of August, 2014.

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup QR Switzerland Lugano 2–1 0–5 2–6
2003–04 UEFA Cup QR Romania Steaua Bucureşti 1–1 0–0 1–1
2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Czech Republic Tescoma Zlín 0–1 0–0 0–1
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 2Q Iceland FH Hafnarfjörður 1–1 0–2 1–3
Notes
  • QR: Qualifying round
  • 1R: First round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round

Managers

References

  1. ↑ "ОБЩАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ". Fcneman.by. ФК «НЕМАН». Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.fcneman.by/by/komanda/main/
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