FC Lida (Belarusian: ФК Ліда, Russian: ФК Лида) is a Belarusian professional association football club based in Lida, Grodno Oblast.

FC Lida
Full nameFootball Club Lida
Founded1962; 62 years ago (1962)
GroundYunost Stadium / Start Stadium (Lida)
Capacity2,870 / 3,000
ChairmanViktor Pischik
ManagerAlyaksey Dabravolski
LeagueBelarusian First League
2023Belarusian First League, 10th of 17
WebsiteClub website

History edit

The club was founded in 1962 as Krasnoye Znamya Lida. In 1963, they were renamed to Vympel Lida and in 1971 to Obuvschik Lida. Obuvschik Lida became four-time champion of the Belarusian SSR (1983, 1985, 1986, 1989) and two-time winner of the Super Cup (1984, 1986).

In 1992, the club was included in the Belarusian Premier League, where they played during 1992–1993, 1994–1996 and 1999–2000. During 1993–94, 1997–1998 and since 2001, they have been playing in the Belarusian First League, sans two short drops to the Second League (in 2007 and 2011). Since 1997, the club is known as FC Lida.

Name changes edit

  • 1962: Krasnoye Znamya Lida
  • 1963: Vympel Lida
  • 1971: Obuvshchik Lida
  • 1997: FC Lida

Honours edit

Current squad edit

As of April 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   BLR Pavel Shorats
3 DF   RUS Anton Lazarev
4 DF   BLR Vadim Ivanovskiy
5 MF   BLR Artyom Salygo
6 FW   RUS Mark Alelyunas
7 MF   BLR Dmitry Gradoboyev
8 FW   BLR Aleksandr Burnos
10 MF   RUS Ruslan Askerov
11 FW   BLR Daniil Kutsepalov
12 MF   BLR Kirill Kovalyuk
13 MF   BLR Yevgeniy Karpovich
14 MF   RUS Semen Zayets
15 DF   BLR Aleksandr Kuyzha
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK   RUS Dimid Khalyavitsky
17 DF   BLR Denis Khodyko
18 MF   BLR Aleksey Zhivushko
19 MF   BLR Yegor Zabelin
20 DF   BLR Vladimir Tonkevich
23 MF   BLR Vasily Vasilenko
25 GK   BLR Yevgeny Gremza
DF   BLR Ilya Baglay
GK   BLR Artem Yanushko
DF   BLR Georgiy Belov
FW   BLR Yegor Zaytsev
FW   BLR Danila Slesarchuk

League and cup history edit

Season Level Pos Pld W D L Goals Points Domestic Cup Notes
1992 1st 12 15 4 3 8 13–18 11 Round of 16
1992–93 1st 16 32 4 9 19 13–45 17 Rounf of 32 Relegated
1993–94 2nd 1 28 20 6 2 49–14 46 Round of 32 Promoted
1994–95 1st 8 30 10 10 10 32–36 30 Round of 16
1995 1st 12 15 4 4 7 15–23 16 Rounf of 32
1996 1st 15 30 6 6 18 26–43 24 Relegated
1997 2nd 3 30 20 5 5 59–24 65 Round of 32
1998 2nd 1 30 23 5 2 65–19 74 Round of 16 Promoted
1999 1st 13 30 7 4 19 27–64 25 Rounf of 32
2000 1st 14 30 3 10 17 16–60 19 Quarter-finals Relegated
2001 2nd 9 28 9 7 12 27–33 34 Round of 32
2002 2nd 6 30 14 4 12 39–39 46 Round of 64
2003 2nd 8 30 13 4 13 45–35 43 Round of 64
2004 2nd 8 30 11 7 12 37–30 40  –
2005 2nd 10 30 10 7 13 41–43 37 Round of 16
2006 2nd 13 26 6 5 15 23–45 23 Round of 32 Relegated
2007 3rd 2 30 20 5 5 78–34 65 Round of 32 Promoted
2008 2nd 11 26 6 7 13 24–45 25 Round of 32
2009 2nd 11 26 6 8 12 19–31 26 Round of 32
2010 2nd 16 30 4 7 19 23–59 19 Round of 64 Relegated
2011 3rd 1 30 23 4 3 60–21 73 Round of 32 Promoted
2012 2nd 11 28 8 6 14 32–49 30 Quarter-finals
2013 2nd 4 30 15 7 8 53–38 52 Round of 32
2014 2nd 14 30 10 1 19 46–64 31 Round of 32
2015 2nd 6 30 15 5 10 60–53 50 Round of 32
2016 2nd Round of 32

Managers edit

  •   Ivan Prokhorov (1992)
  •   Vladimir Grishanovich (1993)
  •   Andrey Petrov (1994–1996)
  •   Henry Romanovsky (1996–1997)
  •   Ivan Prokhorov (1998–2000)
  •   Andrey Petrov (2000–2002)
  •   Vitaly Rashkevich (2002–2004)
  •   Alexei Shubenok (2004–2005)
  •   Dmitry Makarenko (2005–2006)
  •   Igor Frolov (2007)
  •   Pavel Batyuto / Sergei Petrushevsky (2008)
  •   Andrey Petrov (2009)
  •   Sergei Petrushevsky / Sergei Salygo (2010)
  •   Igor Frolov (2011–2012)
  •   Andrey Petrov (2013–)

External links edit