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2022–23 Belarusian Cup
2022–23 Belarusian Cup , known as the Parimatch-Belarus Cup for sponsorship purposes, was the 32nd season of the Belarusian annual cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it is conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The competition started on 29 April 2022 and ended with the final match in May 2023. The winner of the cup, Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino, qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League. The defending champions were FC Gomel. Preliminary round 75 clubs from the Belarusian Second League and lower regional leagues entered in this round, with Polotsk 2019 advancing directly to the first round. The draw was performed on 13 April 2022. The matches were played between 29 April and 11 May. First round 38 clubs competed in this round. 18 matches took place with Polotsk 2019 and FC Zhlobin advancing directly to the second round. The draw was performed on 10 May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarusian Cup
The Belarusian Cup () is an annual association football knock-out cup competition for men's football clubs of Belarus, organized by the Football Federation of Belarus. Belarusian Cup was established in 1992. Each year the winning team qualifies for the UEFA Europa League. History and format The cup is a traditional single-elimination tournament. Usually, the cup involves all clubs participating in Belarusian Belarusian Premier League, Premier League, Belarusian First League, First League and Belarusian Second League, Second League, as well a small number of amateur clubs that can qualify through local amateur Cup competitions. Unlike the league season, Belarusian Cup is still played using a fall/spring schedule (while the League has switched to spring/fall schedule in 1995). The most frequently used format of the cup included six rounds. Typically, the quarterfinals and semifinals are played after the winter break and consist of two-legged ties. However, both the schedule and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horki
Horki or Gorki (, ; ) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Horki District. In 2009, its population was 32,777. In 2024, it had a population of 28,961. As of 2025, it has a population of 28,626. History For the first time Horki was mentioned in written sources ("The Lithuanian Chronicles") in 1544 as a village. First known owner was prince Drucki-Horski. Since 1584 Horki was owned by the Sapieha family. Kazimierz Leon Sapieha founded a new Catholic church in Horki, fulfilling the will of his father Lew Sapieha. In the 17th century the village became the center for Hory-Horki estate. Until the 19th century it was called Hory. Three markets plus annual fairs were held in Horki. In 1683 there were 510 houses and 2 service land holdings: “Kazimirovskaya Slaboda” and “Zarechye.” Administratively it was located in the Orsza County in Vitebsk Voivodeship in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Niva Dolbizno
FC Niva Dolbizno is a Belarusian football club based in , Brest Oblast. The club currently play in Belarusian First League, the second tier of Belarusian football. History ''Niva Dolbizno'' founded in 2005. Since foundation and until 2020 the club played at the amateur level in Brest Oblast league. In 2021 Niva joined Belarusian Second League. After winning the 2022 season in the Second League, the team got promoted to Belarusian First League The Belarusian First League () is the second tier of professional association football, football in Belarus. It was created in 1992, following the Belarusian independence. History and format The typical format of the league involves 16 clubs playi ... in 2023. Current squad ''As of April 2025'' References External links * Association football clubs established in 2005 Football clubs in Belarus Brest region {{Belarus-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mozyr
Mazyr or Mozyr (, ; , ; ; ) is a city in Gomel Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Mazyr District. It is situated on the Pripyat River about east of Pinsk and northwest of Chernobyl in Ukraine. As of 2025, it has a population of 104,517. Mazyr is known as a center of oil refining, salt extraction, machine building, and food processing in Belarus. It is home to one of the largest oil refineries in Belarus, pumping out 18 million metric tons per year, and is served by a tram line. The Druzhba pipeline carries crude oil from Russia, splitting in two at Mazyr. One pipeline branch is directed into Poland and the other one to Ukraine. History The city was mentioned in 1155. It was a county seat in the Mińsk Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until the Partitions of Poland. In the 18th century, Baroque monasteries and churches of Cistercian monks and nuns were established. At various times, the 2nd and 3rd Lithuanian Vanguard Regime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byerazino
Byerazino or Berezino is a town on the Berezina River in Minsk Region, Belarus. It is located east of the capital Minsk, and serves as the administrative center of Byerazino District. As of 2025, it has a population of 11,250. History Early history Although there are no documented points to determine the original founding date of the settlement on the territory of the present Berazino, it is believed that it originated as a trading post on the River Berezina which was part of the trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks of the Kievan Rus. The first chronicles of a settlement date from 1501, which is believed to be the present date of its founding. During the middle of the 16th century, the city belonged to one of the mightiest dynasties of the Great Duchy of Lithuania - the Sapieha Family, who controlled many other territories in Central Belarus. In 1641 the Duke Kazimierz Leon Sapieha built a wooden Catholic Church which became one of the central attractions of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vawkavysk
Vawkavysk or Volkovysk is a town in Grodno Region, in western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Vawkavysk District. It is located on the and rivers, roughly from the city of Grodno and from Minsk, the national capital. As of 2025, it has a population of 41,020. It is one of the oldest towns in the region. Vawkavysk was first unofficially mentioned in the Turov annals in 1005 and this year is widely accepted as the founding year for Vawkavysk. At that time it was a city-fortress on the border of the Baltic and the Slavic ethnic groups. Since the 12th century, Vawkavysk was the center of a small princedom. The Hypatian Chronicle mentions the city in 1252. Toponymy Vawkavysk was mentioned in a manuscript written by the priest D. Bułakowski at the end of the 16th or beginning of the 17th century. It was stored in the Sapieha family's library in Ruzhany Palace, where it was translated into Russian in 1881 and published in a Vilnius gazette. According to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svislach
Svislach or Svisloch is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Svislach District. It is connected with the town Vawkavysk by a railroad branch and with Grodno city by a highway. As of 2025, it has a population of 5,851. History Within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Svislach was part of Nowogródek Voivodeship. In 1795, Svislach was acquired by the Russian Empire in the course of the Third Partition of Poland. In 1927, Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Mishkinsky, whose wife Chaya was the granddaughter of Rabbi Naftali Hertz Halperin of Bialystok, was appointed the rabbi of Svislach. He led the community until the Nazis entered in November 1942 murdering the entire Jewish community. Prior to the war, Rabbi Mishkinsky sent his sons and to Israel (Palestine). Rabbi Mishkinsky's great-grandson, Yochanan Chaim Ivry, serves as rabbi of Toras Emes, Staten Island, NY and his great-granddaughter, Batya Yocheved Friedman serves as one of the rebbetzins in P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byaroza
Byaroza (; ; also spelled ''Bereza''), formerly Byaroza-Kartuzskaya, is a town in Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Byaroza District. As of 2025, it has a population of 28,192. History The village of Biaroza (meaning ''birch'') was first mentioned in 1477 as part of the Slonim paviet. In the 15th century, the village probably received the town charter. Between 1538 and 1600 it was an important centre of Calvinism. Later the town became the private property of the Radziwiłł family. In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth In the 17th century, the village belonged to Sapieha family, who founded a fortified monastery and a palace here. In 1648, the monastery was presented to the Carthusian monks. They came from the Italian town of Treviso and settled here. In gratitude for this deed, Pope Alexander VII granted the title of a prince to Lew Sapieha. The monastery was also expanded and became one of the biggest charterhouses (Carthusian monaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietka
Vyetka or Vetka (; ; ) is a town in Gomel Region, Belarus. It is situated on the bank of the Sozh River, and serves as the administrative center of Vyetka District. As of 2025, it has a population of 8,580. It was established in 1685 by the Old Believer Priest Group (a branch of the Russian Orthodox Church) who were known as the Theodesians and who had migrated from Central Russia. At the time it was founded, Vyetka was on the territory of the Great Duchy of Lithuania. The town's prosperity brought on the wrath of the Russian Empire and as result, it was gutted twice (1735 and 1764) by the Tsarist army in the 18th century. Vyetka is located on the left bank of the Sozh River, in the area which was highly radioactive due to the nuclear fallout of the Chernobyl disaster that occurred on April 26, 1986. Etymology The town is named Vyetka after an island in the Sozh River. "Vyetka" means "branch" in the Belarusian language. Geography The town is located in the Gomel Region on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krychaw
Krychaw or Krichev (, ; , , ) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Krychaw District. It is situated on the Sozh River. In 2009, its population was 27,202. As of 2024, it has a population of 23,264. History Krychaw is first mentioned in chronicles under the year 1136. The Soviet Air Force Krichev Air Base was located east of Krychaw during the Cold War The Cold War was a period of global Geopolitics, geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 unt .... References External links * Kryčaŭ - travel guide - photos and attractionsat Radzima.org History of Krychaw in old photographsat Krichev.gov.by Radimichs {{Belarus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzyarzhynsk
Dzyarzhynsk, or Dzerzhinsk, formerly known as Koydanava until 1932, is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Dzyarzhynsk District. As of 2025, it has a population of 29,630. History In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the Radziwiłłs, a Polish–Lithuanian aristocratic family. Jewish community Jews lived in Koidanova as early as 1620. Koidanova became the site of a new Hasidic Jewish dynasty in 1833 when Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Perlow (1797–1862) became the first Koidanover Rebbe. He was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Boruch Mordechai Perlow (1818–1870), grandson, Rabbi Aharon Perlow (1839–1897), and great-grandson, Rabbi Yosef Perlow of Koidanov-Minsk (1854-1915), who was the last Koidanover Rebbe to live in the town. After World War I, the dynasty was moved to Baranovichi, then in Poland. In 1847, Koidanova had 2,497 Jewish inhabitants. In 1897, the city had a total population of 4,744, of whom 3,156 were Jews. Inter- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Uzda
FC Uzda is a Belarusian football club based in Uzda, Minsk Oblast. History The team was founded in the 2000s as amateur club FC Uzda. They were playing in Minsk Oblast league until 2013. In 2014, the club took the name Belita-Viteks Uzda (after their main sponsor) and joined the Belarusian Second League. In the middle of the 2015 season, the name was reverted to FC Uzda, and at the end of that season, the team was promoted to the Belarusian First League The Belarusian First League () is the second tier of professional association football, football in Belarus. It was created in 1992, following the Belarusian independence. History and format The typical format of the league involves 16 clubs playi .... Current squad ''As of September 2022'' References Association football clubs established in 2014 Football clubs in Belarus 2014 establishments in Belarus {{Belarus-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
