FC Oshmyany was a

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ian

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club based in

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(Oshmyany), Grodno Oblast.

History

The club was founded in 2012 as Slavyanin Minsk and was originally based in

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. Slavyanin participated in Minsk-based amateur leagues in 2012–2013 and joined

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in 2014. In spring 2015, it was decided by team management to relocate the club to the town of

Oshmyany Ashmyany or Oshmyany is a city in Grodno Region, Belarus. It is located from Vilnius in Lithuania, and serves as the administrative center of Ashmyany District. The river Ashmyanka passes through the city. As of 2025, it has a population of ...

and rename it accordingly (FC Oshmyany). In 2016, FC Oshmyany, who finished 5th in last year's Second League season, were promoted to the

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as a replacement for a few withdrawn clubs.

References

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