FC Partizan Minsk(alsoFK Partyzan Minsk,Belarusian:ФК Партызан Мінск) was aBelarusianfootballclub based inMinsk.
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| Full name | Football Club Partizan Minsk | ||
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| Founded | 2002 | ||
| Dissolved | 2014 | ||
| Ground | SOK Olimpiysky,Minsk | ||
| Capacity | 1,500 | ||
| League | Belarusian Second League | ||
| 2014 | 22nd | ||
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History
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The club was founded asMTZ-RIPO Minsk(MTZ-RIPA,Belarusian:МТЗ-РІПА) in 2002 as a merger of twoMinskteams from theSecond League(Traktor Minsk,a club with a 55-year history, andTrudovye Rezervy-RIPO Minsk,a football academy-based team named after theTrudovye Rezervywhich only spent one season in the Second League). The merge allowed the new team to have its own football school to recruit young players from, as well as financial support from theMinsk Tractor Works,the main sponsor of Traktor Minsk.
MTZ-RIPO Minsk started playing in the Second League in 2002. In their first season the team finished first, and then did the same in theFirst Leaguein 2003. Since 2004, they played in theBelarusian Premier League.
At the end of 2004 the club was acquired by aRussian-LithuanianbusinessmanVladimir Romanovand became a part of his football holding alongsideScottish Premier LeagueclubHeartsandLithuanian A LygaclubFBK Kaunas.During 2005–2010 many foreign players owned by FBK Kaunas or Hearts had successful loan spells in MTZ-RIPO.
Before the start of the 2010 season, the club announced a name change.[1]On 27 January 2010, the new name was revealed to bePartizan Minsk.
Partizan finished the2010 seasonat bottom of the table and were relegated. In thefollowing season in the Belarusian First League,they finished second and had to faceFC Vitebskin a two-legged play-off, which they won 3–2 on aggregate to secure a place in the2012 Belarusian Premier League.
In early 2012, the club was mostly abandoned by Romanov (who withdrew his financial support, having some legal troubles himself) and had to release all its players.[2]Partizan withdrew from the Premier League, leaving the division with only 11 teams.[3]The team spent the 2012 season playing at the amateur level in the Minsk Championship. In 2013, the club renamed toPartizan-MTZ Minskand joined theSecond League,before renaming back toPartizan Minskin 2014. Midway through the 2014 season, the club announced its withdrawal from the league and was folded. The club was succeeded byTraktor Minskwho re-founded in 2015.
Honours
editSupporters
editThe club had a fierce rivalry withDinamo Minsk.The support across the two Minsk clubs was drawn across political lines, with Dinamo fans being stronglyright-wingand Partizan fans being stronglyleft-wing.Partizan fans were known for theiranarchist,anti-government,anti-fascist,andpro-LGBT rightsstances.[4]As a result of their political views, they had strong friendships with the fans ofArsenal Kyiv,[5]SV Babelsberg,andOriginal 21.[6]
Former managers
editLeague and Cup history
edit| Season | Level | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | Goals | Points | Domestic Cup | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3rd | 1 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 102–21 | 68 | Promoted | |
| 2003 | 2nd | 2 | 311 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 64–17 | 70 | Round of 32 | Promoted |
| 2004 | 1st | 14 | 312 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 36–57 | 30 | Round of 16 | |
| 2005 | 1st | 3 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 43–30 | 49 | Winners | |
| 2006 | 1st | 4 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 54–24 | 51 | Round of 16 | |
| 2007 | 1st | 5 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 32–25 | 42 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2008 | 1st | 3 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 65–37 | 57 | Winners | |
| 2009 | 1st | 11 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 34–38 | 30 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2010 | 1st | 12 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 24–70 | 23 | Quarter-finals | Relegated |
| 2011 | 2nd | 2 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 59–26 | 65 | Quarter-finals | |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3–2 | 3 | Promotion Play-off | |||
| 2012 | 4th | 5 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17–17 | 22 | Promoted | |
| 2013 | 3rd | 11 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 26-46 | 22 |
- 1Including additional game (1–2 loss) againstLokomotiv Vitebskfor the 1st place.
- 2Including additional game (4–1 win) againstLokomotiv Vitebskfor the 14th place.
MTZ-RIPO in Europe
edit| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | |
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| 2005–06 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | 
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Ferencváros | 2–0 (A) | 1–2 (H) |
| 2Q | 
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Teplice | 1–1 (H) | 1–2 (A) | ||
| 2006 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R | 
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Shakhter Karagandy | 5–1 (A) | 1–3 (H) |
| 2R | 
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Moscow | 0–2 (A) | 0–1 (H) | ||
| 2008–09 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | 
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Žilina | 2–2 (H) | 0–1 (A) |
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | 
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Sutjeska Nikšić | 1–1 (A) | 2–1(aet) (H) |
| 2Q | 
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Metalurh Donetsk | 0–3 (A) | 1–2 (H) |
References
edit- ^"New name will be announced soon".mtz-ripo.by. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-06.Retrieved2010-01-04.
- ^Partizan with not play in Premier LeagueArchived2017-11-17 at theWayback Machine,pressball.by, retrieved 2012-01-31
- ^11 teams will participate in 22nd Belarusian championshipArchived2017-11-17 at theWayback Machine,pressball.by, retrieved 2012-02-03
- ^"Partizan Minsk - the DIY Football Club from Belarus".Futbolgrad.August 13, 2013.Archivedfrom the original on December 22, 2015.RetrievedDecember 14,2015.
- ^"Ukrainian Ultras - Where Two Wings Collide".Futbolgrad.July 20, 2013.Archivedfrom the original on June 8, 2018.RetrievedJanuary 10,2016.
- ^"MTZ-RIPO Minsk (Belarus) at" Original 21 "AEK (Greece) 15/02/2018 match against Dynamo Kiev".Ultras-tifo Forum.February 16, 2018.
External links
edit- Official website
- FC MTZ-RIPOat National Football Teams
- FC MTZ-RIPOat Football-Lineups