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Neman Grodno 
Full name FC Neman Grodno Founded 1964 Ground Neman Stadium
Grodno, Belarus
(Capacity: 15,000)Chairman Leonid Dmitranitsa Manager Sergey Solodovnikov League Belarusian Premier League 2010 10th 
Home colours
Away coloursFC Neman Grodno is a Belarusian football club from the city of Grodno, founded in 1964. Since 1992 participates in the top league of Belarus.
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History
Since 1964 the team was playing at the 3rd level of Soviet fooball 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 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 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
Achievements
- Belarusian Premier League:
- 2002: Runners-up
- Belarusian Cup:
- 1993: Winners
- 2011: Runners-up
Current squad
As of August 2011
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 
GK Svyatoslav Minyuchits 2 
DF Alexandr Covalenco 3 MF Yawhen Savastsyanaw 4 MF Vital Nadziewski 5 DF Dzmitry Rawneyka 6 MF Syarhey Lyavitski 7 MF Aleksei Suchkov 8 MF Oleg Strakhanovich 9 MF Ivan Denisevich 10 FW Dzmitry Kavalyonak 11 MF Dzmitry Lebedzew 13 FW Vadzim Dzemidovich 14 MF Alyaksandr Anyukevich 15 DF Pavel Plaskonny No. Position Player 16 GK Syarhey Chernik 17 FW Andrey Horbach 18 DF Pavel Rybak 31 GK Raman Astapenka 32 FW Artur Bombel 35 GK Andrey Harbunow 38 
DF Ivan Pecha 44 DF Artsyom Huzik 69 MF Alyaksey Lyahchylin 77 MF Alyaksandr Yadeshka 88 FW Pavel Savitsky 90 
FW Aleksei Sugak DF Dzmitry Chaka League and Cup history
Soviet UnionSeason Level Pos Pld W D L Goals Points Domestic Cup Notes 1964 3rd 16 30 6 6 18 16–60 18 Round of 2048 1965 3rd 11 30 9 7 14 27–34 25 Round of 1024 1966 3rd 4 32 15 10 7 38–15 40 3 3 1 1 1 3–3 3 Final round1 1967 3rd 2 34 15 12 7 32–20 42 Round of 4096 1 3 3 0 0 9–0 6 Semifinal round2 1 1 1 0 0 3–0 2 Final round; Promoted 1968 2nd 19 40 6 17 17 20–53 29 Round of 256 1969 2nd 14 40 7 23 10 27–27 37 Round of 256 2 2 0 2 0 2–2 2 Promotion/relegation play-off3 1970 3rd 18 42 11 13 18 27–48 35 Round of 256 1971 3rd 12 38 11 12 15 28–36 45 1972 3rd 18 38 10 10 18 24–45 40 1973 3rd 14 32 6 11 15 24–42 194 1974 3rd 21 40 3 9 28 21–71 15 1975 3rd 18 34 5 6 23 22–48 16 1976 3rd 9 38 15 8 15 49–60 38 1977 3rd 6 40 17 12 11 45–36 46 1978 3rd 13 46 14 16 16 42–54 44 1979 3rd 7 46 22 13 11 56–33 57 1980 3rd 1 32 18 8 6 42–23 44 2 4 1 3 0 5–4 5 Final round5 1981 3rd 4 38 14 13 11 48–44 41 Group stage 1982 3rd 2 30 17 6 7 43–23 40 1983 3rd 3 32 15 11 6 35–19 41 1984 3rd 5 34 16 7 11 51–42 39 1985 3rd 4 30 15 6 9 43–27 36 1986 3rd 6 30 14 7 9 37–30 35 1987 3rd 10 34 12 6 16 33–39 30 Round of 16 1988 3rd 5 34 18 10 6 48–31 46 1989 3rd 10 42 18 8 16 46–41 44 1990 3rd 15 42 16 6 20 46–52 38 Round of 64 1991 3rd 22 42 7 9 26 32–55 23 1992 Round 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.
BelarusSeason Level Pos Pld W D L Goals Points Domestic Cup Notes 1992 1st 5 15 9 0 6 21–17 18 Round of 16 1992–93 1st 4 32 18 9 5 39–27 45 Winners UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1993–94 1st 11 30 8 8 16 29–41 24 Round of 32 1994–95 1st 7 30 10 11 9 26–27 31 Round of 16 1995 1st 8 15 6 1 8 20–35 19 Round of 32 1996 1st 13 30 7 8 15 25–48 29 1997 1st 10 30 10 8 12 32–41 38 Round of 16 1998 1st 10 28 8 7 13 27–44 31 Quarterfinals 1999 1st 9 30 10 7 13 36–43 37 Quarterfinals 2000 1st 4 30 17 6 7 56–29 57 Quarterfinals 2001 1st 4 26 14 8 4 44–20 50 Round of 16 2002 1st 2 271 17 5 5 47–21 56 Round of 16 UEFA Cup 2003 1st 7 30 10 9 11 24–35 39 Quarterfinals 2004 1st 7 30 11 7 12 37–33 40 Quarterfinals Intertoto Cup 2005 1st 12 26 7 3 16 20–50 24 Semifinals 2006 1st 10 26 8 6 12 24–30 30 Round of 16 2007 1st 6 26 9 9 8 23–22 36 Semifinals 2008 1st 12 30 8 9 13 36–40 33 Round of 16 2009 1st 7 26 11 4 11 23–31 37 Semifinals 2010 1st 10 33 7 10 16 27–42 31 Quarterfinals 2011 1st Runners-up 2012 1st Quarterfinals - 1 Including additional game (0–1 loss) against BATE for the first place.
Neman in Europe
As of August, 2010.
Season Competition Round Club Home Away 1993/94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Q 
FC Lugano 2-1 0-5 2003/04 UEFA Cup Q 
Steaua Bucharest 1-1 0-0 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R 
Tescoma Zlin 0-1 0-0 Former players
- Aleksandr Prokhorov
- Sergei Gurenko
- Dzmitry Rawneyka
- Alyaksandr Sulima
External links
- [1] (official website)
- Neman Grodno at UEFA.COM
- Neman Grodno at EUFO.DE
- Neman Grodno at Weltfussball.de
- Neman Grodno at Playerhistory.com
- Neman Grodno at Football-Lineups.com
- Grodno Ultras
Belarusian Premier League · 2011 clubs BATE · Belshina · Dinamo Brest · Dinamo Minsk · Dnepr · Gomel · Minsk · Naftan · Neman · Shakhtyor · Torpedo-BelAZ · VitebskCategories:- Belarusian football clubs
- Association football clubs established in 1964
- Grodno
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