FC Neman Grodno or FK Nyoman Hrodna (; ) is a

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professional

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club based in the city of

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. It is named after the

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and founded in 1964. Since 1992, the team has participated in the highest division of Belarusian football league system.

History

Since 1964, the team was playing in the third tier of the Soviet football system almost constantly, excluding two seasons (1968 and 1969) spent in the second tier. Since 1992, Neman plays in the

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. In 1993, they won the

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. The most successful years for the team were in the early 2000s, when they finished fourth twice in a row before finishing second in 2002 after losing the first place play-off against

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Name changes

* 1964: founded as Neman Grodno * 1973: renamed to Khimik Grodno * 1993: renamed to Neman Grodno * 1999: renamed to Neman-Belcard Grodno * 2002: renamed to Neman Grodno

Honours

** ''Runners-up (3):''

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

** Winners (3):

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

** ''Runners-up (2):''

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Current squad

''As of March 2025''

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

*¹ Advanced to the final round for one promotion spot as the best-placed team from Belarusian SSR. *² Advanced to the semi-final round of promotion tournament (for one spot) as one of top 8 teams not from Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh or Central Asian SSR. *³ As the worst-placed team from the Belarusian SSR, Neman had to play promotion/relegation play-off against the best-placed Belarusian team from the 3rd level. *⁴ In 1973, every draw was followed by a penalty shoot-out, with a winner gaining 1 point and loser gaining 0. *⁵ Advanced to the final round for one promotion spot as winners of their zone.

Belarus

*¹ Including additional game (0–1 loss) against BATE for the first place.

Neman in Europe

''As of match played 1 August 2024''

Managers

* Vyacheslav Sivakov * Valery Yanochkin (Sept 1, 1993 – April 1, 1995) * Sergey Solodovnikov (Sept 1, 1997 – Feb 1, 1998), (May 1, 1998 – June 30, 2005) *

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(Jan 1, 2006 – Dec 31, 2006) * Liudas Rumbutis (Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007) * Vyacheslav Akshayev (Jan 4, 2008 – July 20, 2008) * Oleg Radushko (July 21, 2008 – July 19, 2010) * Aleksandr Koreshkov (June 25, 2010 – Aug 11, 2011) * Pyotr Kachuro ''(caretaker)'' (Aug 13, 2011 – Aug 15, 2011) * Sergey Solodovnikov (Aug 16, 2011 – Apr 26, 2016) * Oleg Kirenya ''(caretaker)'' (Apr 26, 2016 – Jun 16, 2016) * Igor Kovalevich (Jun 17, 2016 –)

References

External links

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Neman Grodno at UEFA.COM
{{Belarusian Premier League Neman Grodno Neman Grodno Association football clubs established in 1964 1964 establishments in Belarus