FC Naftan Novopolotsk

FC Naftan Novopolotsk (Belarusian: ФК Нафтан Наваполацк, FK Naftan Navapolatsk) is a Belarusian football club based in Novopolotsk. They play in the Belarusian First League, the second division in Belarusian football. Their home stadium is Atlant Stadium.

Naftan Novopolotsk

Full name	Football Club Naftan Novopolotsk
Founded	1963 (1963)
Ground	Atlant Stadium Novopolotsk, Belarus
Capacity	5,300
Manager	Albert Rybak
League	Belarusian Premier League
2022	1st (First League), Promoted
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Name changes

• 1963: Formed as Neftyanik Novopolotsk
• 1981: Renamed Dvina Novopolotsk
• 1989: Renamed Kommunalnik Novopolotsk
• 1992: Renamed Naftan Novopolotsk
• 1995: Renamed Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk
• 2001: Renamed Naftan Novopolotsk

Achievements

• Belarusian Cup
  • Winners (2): 2009, 2012

Current squad

As of August 2023

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BLR	Igor Dovgyallo
3	MF	BLR	Kirill Kovalyuk
4	DF	BLR	Anatoliy Sannikov
5	MF	GRE	Georgios Ermidis
7	MF	RUS	Timur Pukhov
8	MF	BLR	Daniil Baran
9	DF	BLR	Artemiy Litvinov
10	DF	BLR	Dmitry Tamelo
11	FW	RUS	Ramazan Isayev
14	DF	BLR	Terentiy Lutsevich
17	MF	BLR	Ilya Chmut
20	FW	RUS	Andrei Panyukov
21	DF	BLR	Ignatiy Sidor
22	MF	BLR	Ignat Pranovich

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	MF	BLR	Vadim Kurlovich
27	DF	BLR	Artem Bruy
28	MF	BLR	Dmitriy Malinovskiy
30	GK	BLR	Maksim Makarov
46	DF	BLR	Aleksey Firsov
77	MF	GEO	Revaz Salukvadze
79	DF	RUS	Sergei Slepov
81	DF	BLR	Roman Piletsky
88	MF	BLR	Kirill Kirilenko
90	MF	BLR	Roman Davyskiba
92	GK	RUS	Aleksei Kozlov
99	MF	BLR	Artem Drabatovich
—	MF	RUS	Iskandar Zarobekov
—	DF	BLR	Aleksandr Frantsev

League and Cup history

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	Points	Domestic Cup	Notes
1992	3rd	10	15	5	5	5	24–20	15	Round of 64
1992–93	3rd	2	30	19	8	3	71–20	46	Round of 16
1993–94	3rd	3	34	22	5	7	88–31	49
1994–95	3rd	1	22	20	1	1	65–15	41	Round of 16	Promoted
1995	2nd	1	14	10	2	2	29–14	32	Round of 32	Promoted
1996	1st	7	30	13	4	13	43–52	43
1997	1st	9	30	10	9	11	40–33	39	Round of 32
1998	1st	13	28	7	4	17	30–40	29	Round of 16
1999	1st	12	30	8	4	18	39–63	28	Round of 16
2000	1st	13	30	5	7	18	25–69	22	Round of 16
2001	1st	13	26	4	2	20	18–51	14	Round of 32	Relegated
2002	2nd	2	30	21	5	4	56–23	68	Round of 16	Promoted
2003	1st	8	30	10	5	15	39–49	35	Round of 32
2004	1st	10	30	10	5	15	45–50	35	Semi-finals
2005	1st	9	26	10	3	13	43–44	33	Round of 16
2006	1st	7	26	11	4	11	45–42	37	Round of 16
2007	1st	7	26	9	9	8	28–30	36	Round of 32
2008	1st	7	30	13	7	10	41–35	46	Round of 32
2009	1st	4	26	12	2	12	29–39	38	Winners
2010	1st	7	33	11	11	11	41–34	44	Quarter-finals
2011	1st	7	33	10	7	16	35–45	37	Quarter-finals
2012	1st	9	30	7	8	15	23–40	29	Winners
2013	1st	10	32	9	10	13	29–41	37	Round of 32
2014	1st	5	32	11	10	11	40–43	43	Round of 32
2015	1st	9	26	8	6	12	34-35	30	Round of 16
2016	1st	13	30	7	8	15	25-46	29	Round of 8

Naftan in European Cups

Season	Competition	Round		Club	1st Leg	2nd Leg
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	2Q		Gent	2–1 (H)	0–1 (A)
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	2Q		Red Star Belgrade	3–4 (H)	3–3 (A)

Managers

• Vasily Zaitsev (Jan 1, 2004 – May 27, 2004)
• Vyacheslav Akshaev (May 27, 2004 – May 13, 2007)
• Igor Kovalevich (May 14, 2007 – Dec 12, 2012)
• Pavel Kucherov (Dec 27, 2012 – June 20, 2013)
• Valery Strypeykis (June 21, 2013 – Aug 23, 2016)
• Oleg Sidorenkov (Aug 24, 2016–)

See also

• Naftan Oil Refinery

External links

• Official website