Universitet Vitebsk

Universitet Vitebsk is a Belarusian 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.

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

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

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


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