Minsk-2 is a

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ian

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club based in

Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...

and is a reserve team of

FC Minsk FC Minsk () is a Belarusian professional football club based in Minsk. They play in the Belarusian Premier League, the highest tier of Belarusian football. Their colours are red and navy blue. History The club was established in 2006 and was b ...

History

The team was formed in 1954 as FShM Minsk (''Futbolnaya Shkhola Molodyozhi'', or ''Football School of Youth'') and was essentially a student team. During Soviet years, they spent the most of their seasons playing only in youth competitions, although they also spent several seasons in senior

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league. They adopted name Smena Minsk in 1989. In 1992 Smena joined newly created

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. After several seasons spent in

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and

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leagues as well as one season (1996) at youth level, the team partnered

BATE Borisov FC BATE Borisov (, ''FK BATE Borisov'' ; , ''BATE Barysaw,'' ), commonly referred to as BATE or BATE Borisov, is a Belarusian professional football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarusian Premier League, of which the ...

and became their reserve/feeder team under the name Smena-BATE Minsk. The partnership ended in 2000 and the team reverted their name to Smena Minsk. In 2005, while playing in the First League, they launched their own reserve team Smena-2 Minsk, who joined Second League. In early 2006 a new senior professional team

was founded on the basis of Smena. The new team took over Smena's First League license, the majority of the squad and facilities, and replaced Smena in the First League. A reserve team Smena-2 was renamed to Smena for the 2006 season and was folded by the end of the year, as

got promoted to

Belarusian Premier League The Belarusian Premier League (, ''Vyšejšaja Liha'' or ''Vysheyshaya Liga''; ; "Top League"), also called the BETERA Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Belarus and the highest level of the B ...

and now had to sign a reserve squad for a separate Premier League Reserves competition. A successor team Minsk-2 was created to participate in 2008 Second League season, after

briefly relegated back to the First League. Minsk-2 was reformed again in 2012 as a ground for Minsk football academy graduates. After finishing the season at 5th place, Minsk-2 was invited to join First League as a replacement for disbanded DSK Gomel. In early 2015, FC Minsk announced that their farm-club Minsk-2 was folded. In 2024, after the abolishment of the Belarusian Premier League Reserves Championship, the club was restarted and accepted to

. After winning the season, they got promoted to the First League for 2025.

Current squad

''As of April 2025''

League and Cup history

: ¹''Zmena-2 Minsk'' in Third level, club license transferred to

. ''Zmena-2 Minsk'' became first team in 2006.

External links

Profile at FC Minsk website
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