FC Minsk (women)

FC Minsk

Full name	Women Football Club Minsk
Ground	FC Minsk Stadium Minsk, Belarus
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Igor Shloido
Manager	Ionas Pyatrawskas
League	Belarusian Premier League
2015	1st
Home colours Away colours

ZFK Minsk is a Belarusian women's football team based in Minsk. It plays its home matches in the FC Minsk Stadium field.^[1]

History

It originally competed in the Belarusian Premier League as Minchanka-BGPU before becoming the women's section of FC Minsk in 2010.^[2] In 2011 it won the national cup, its first title, and soon afterwards it rose to the championship's top positions.

In 2013 it won the championship for the first time, winning all 26 games, along with its second Cup. This qualified the team for UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time.^[3]

In 2014 it won again the double.^[4]

Honours

• 4 Premier League titles: 2013–2016
• 4 Cup wins: 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015

Current squad

• As of 15 October 2016.^[5][6]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Ekaterina Miklashevich 2 MF Polina Beshten 3 MF Ekaterina Goncharova 4 DF Olesya Lynko 6 MF Liana Mirashnichenka 7 DF Julia Borisenko 8 DF Anna Kozyupa 10 MF Yuliya Karplyuk 11 FW Yuliya Duben 12 GK Ekaterina Kovalchuk 13 MF Anastasiya Kharlanova

No. Position Player 14 FW Aminat Yakubu 18 FW Emueje Ogbiagbevha 19 DF Margarita Yushko 20 MF Halimatu Ayinde 22 DF Tatiana Kenda 24 MF Yulia Slesarchik 25 MF Gift Otuwe 30 DF Alvine Njolle 31 MF Hanna Pilipenka 55 DF Onome Ebi 77 MF Valeriya Belaya

Former internationals

For details of current and former players, see Category:FC Minsk (women) players.

• Belarus: Svetlana Astashova, Ekaterina Avkhimovich, Inna Botyanovskaya, Maria Buzunova, Tatsiana Kiose, Ekaterina Lutskevich, Anastasia Shcherbachenia, Tatyana Shramok, Anastasia Slysh, Alina Vasilyeva
• Cameroon: Prudence Andiolo, Ndongo Fouda, Christine Manie, Cathy Bou Ndjouh
• Georgia: Nino Pasikashvili
• Nigeria: Tawa Ishola, Esther Sunday, Uchechi Sunday

UEFA Women's Champions League record

Season	Stage	Opponents	Results	Scorers
2014–15	Preliminary stage	FC Zürich Konak Belediyespor Rigas FS	1–1 1–2 7–0	E. Sunday Kharlanova Buzunova (2), Ishola, Kenda, Miroshnichenko, Otuwe, E. Sunday
2015–16	Preliminary stage	Konak Belediyespor SFK Sarajevo Vllaznia Shkodër	10–1 3–0 3–0	E. Sunday, Miroshnichenko (2), U. Sunday (5), Özgan (o.g.), Ishola Pilipenka, U. Sunday, Buzunova U. Sunday (2), Pilipenka
	Round of 32	Fortuna Hjørring	0–2 (H), 0–4 (A)
2016–17	Preliminary stage	Standard Liège ŽNK Osijek ŽFK Dragon	3–1 5–0 9–0	Ebi, Slesarchik, Duben Ogbiagbevha (3), Duben (2) Yakubu (5), Ogbiagbevha, Otuwe, Lynko, Ebi
	Round of 32	FC Barcelona	0–3 (H), 1–2 (A)	Ogbiagbevha

References

1. Soccerway
2. RSSSF
3. UEFA
4. RSSSF
5. "2016–17 Squad". UEFA. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
6. "2015–16 Squad". UEFA. Retrieved 15 October 2016.