FC Naftan Novopolotsk (, ''FK Naftan Navapolatsk'') is a

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

ian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

club based in

Novopolotsk Novopolotsk or Navapolatsk (, ; , ) is a city in Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus. Founded in 1958, it is located close to the city of Polotsk and the name literally means "New Polotsk". In 2008, its population was 107,458. As of 2025, it has a populatio ...

. They play in 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 ...

, the second division in Belarusian football. Their home stadium is

Atlant Stadium Atlant Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Novopolotsk, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home ground of FC Naftan Novopolotsk, Naftan Novopolotsk. The stadium was built in 1970 and holds 4, ...

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 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 f ...

** Winners (2):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

Current squad

''As of March 2025''

League and Cup history

Naftan in European Cups

Managers

* Vasily Zaitsev (Jan 1, 2004 – May 27, 2004) *

Vyacheslav Akshayev Vyacheslav Yevgenyevich Akshayev (; ; born 6 April 1959) is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. Career Akshayev is one of the most successful Belarusian coaches of the 90s and 2000s. He has led Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk to ...

(May 27, 2004 – May 13, 2007) *

Igor Kovalevich Igor Nikolayevich Kovalevich (; ; born 3 February 1968) is a Belarusian professional football coach and former player. Since 2016, he is the head coach of Neman Grodno. He played youth football with SDYUSHOR-5. He graduated from the Belarusia ...

(May 14, 2007 – Dec 12, 2012) * Pavel Kucherov (Dec 27, 2012 – June 20, 2013) *

Valery Strypeykis Valery Strypeykis (; ; born 13 November 1974) is a Belarusian football coach and former professional player. His latest club was Miory in 2012.Oleg Sidorenkov Oleg Anatolyevich Sidorenkov (; born 13 June 1976) is a Russian professional football coach and former player. Coaching career On 16 February 2019, Sidorenkov joined FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk () was a Russ ...

(Aug 24, 2016–)

References

External links

1963 establishments in Belarus Football clubs in Belarus Vitebsk region Association football clubs established in 1963 {{Belarus-footyclub-stub