FC Lida (, ) is a Belarusian professional

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club based in

Lida Lida is a city in Grodno Region, western Belarus, located west of Minsk. It serves as the administrative center of Lida District. As of 2025, it has a population of 103,262. Etymology The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithuanian name ''Ly ...

, Grodno Oblast.

History

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

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, 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

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, sans two short drops to the Second League (in 2007 and 2011). Since 1997, the club is known as ''FC Lida''.

Name changes

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

Honours

* Belarusian SSR League ** ''Winners (4)'': 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989 * Belarusian SSR Super Cup ** ''Winners (2)'': 1984, 1986

Current squad

''As of March 2025''

League and cup history

Managers

* Ivan Prokhorov (1992) * Vladimir Grishanovich (1993) * Andrey Petrov (1994–1996) * Henry Romanovsky (1996–1997) * Ivan Prokhorov (1998–2000) * Andrey Petrov (2000–2002) * Vitali 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 (2013–2014) * Maxim Lychev / Dmitry Makarenko (2015) * Vital Tarashchyk / Viachaslau Herashchanka (2016) * Pyotr Kachuro / Sergey Solodovnikov (2017) * Sergey Solodovnikov (2018) * Viachaslau Herashchanka / Yury Karatai (2019) * Yury Karatai / Sergei Petrushevsky (2020) * Sergei Petrushevsky (2021) * Aliaksei Dabravolski (2021–)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lida Football clubs in Belarus 1962 establishments in Belarus Association football clubs established in 1962