FC Torpedo Mogilev

FC Torpedo Mogilev

Full name	FC Torpedo Mogilev
Founded	1959 2014 (reformed)
Dissolved	2005
Ground	Torpedo Stadium, Mogilev, Belarus
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Aleksandr Belov
Manager	Aleksandr Vopsev
League	Belarusian Second League
2015	10th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

FC Torpedo Mogilev is a Belarusian football club based in Mogilev.

History

Torpedo Mogilev was formed in 1959 although there are debates about an earlier date of the club’s origin. In 1962–63 the team under the name “Kirovets” played in Belarus SSR League and only in 1979 entered the Belarus SSR top league again. They were third in 1979 and won their only championship title in 1982.

The team began playing in Belarusian Premier League in 1992. The first two seasons were most successful when they finished 7th (1992) and 8th (1992–93). After that Torpedo could not get higher than 11th and mostly were struggling against relegation.

In 1996 Torpedo were renamed to Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev. In 2000 the team finished 15th and were relegated to Belarusian First League. After playing 5 seasons in the First League (2001–2005), Torpedo-Kadino was disbanded.

The most famous team’s players were the Olympic champion and a defender of FC Spartak Moscow and Borussia Dortmund Sergei Gorlukovich, Igor Kriushenko, Andrey Skorobogatko, Aleksandr Sednev, Vyacheslav Geraschenko, Oleg Kubarev, Eduard Baltrushevich, and others.

In 2014 due to the support of Steel Line company the club was reformed with original name Torpedo Mogilev to play in Mogilev City league, and in 2015 the club joined Belarusian Second League.

Name changes

• 1974: Torpedo
• 1996: Torpedo-Kadino
• 2005: disbanded
• 2014: Torpedo

Honours

• Belarusian SSR League champions (1): 1982
• Belarusian Cup runners-up (1): 1995

Current squad

As of May 2016

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

No. Position Player GK Stanislav Astapov GK Ilya Nesterov GK Ivan Filipchenko DF Dmitry Androsov DF Dmitry Babakov DF Vadim Golos DF Petr Dayneko DF Denis Dekhtyar DF Kiryl Knyazew DF Ilya Klimov DF Vladislav Lapitskiy DF Artemiy Matyushenko DF Nikita Vorobyov DF Vasily Antonenko DF Vladislav Sentyurov DF Artem Scherbakov DF Yevgeniy Utkin DF Andrey Manyukov MF Sergey Chirik

No. Position Player MF Dmitry Kolosovskiy MF Artur Lyavitski MF Mikhail Torop MF Gennady Preis MF Alyaksandr Smirnow MF Dmitry Shpyrna MF Nikita Khomchenko MF Artem Guleshov MF Aleksandr Zakharyev MF Ilya Loborev MF Andrey Koteshev MF Artem Korshunov MF Sergey Lapikov MF Ivan Pavlovskiy FW Syarhey Filipaw FW Anton Kondratovich FW Pavel Kuptsov FW Vladislav Bely FW Vital Lanko

League and Cup history

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	Points	Domestic Cup	Notes
1992	1st	7	15	4	8	3	16–14	16	Round of 32
1992–93	1st	8	32	10	13	9	35–30	33	Round of 16
1993–94	1st	14	30	5	10	15	20–23	20	Round of 32
1994–95	1st	11	30	8	12	10	28–32	28	Runners-up
1995	1st	11	15	4	5	6	17–21	17	Round of 16
1996	1st	14	30	7	6	17	27–64	27
1997	1st	15^1	30	7	7	16	29–59	28	Round of 16
1998	1st	12	28	7	8	13	30–40	29	Round of 16
1999	1st	14	30	6	5	19	30–69	23	Round of 16
2000	1st	15	30	5	2	23	31–71	17	Round of 32	Relegated
2001	2nd	5	28	14	4	10	29–29	46	Quarterfinals
2002	2nd	10	30	9	7	14	41–44	34	Round of 32
2003	2nd	9	30	11	9	10	37–37	42	Round of 32
2004	2nd	12	30	7	11	12	31–45	32	Round of 32
2005	2nd	12	30	7	8	15	22–45	29	Round of 64	Disbanded
2006									Round of 64

• ¹ Saved from relegation due to withdrawal of two higher-placed clubs.

References

External links

• Official website