FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (, ) was a

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club, playing in the city of

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(Soligorsk).

History

The club was founded in 1961. During Soviet era, Shakhtyor Soligorsk played in the top or second division of the

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league, occasionally dropping to lower tiers ( Minsk Oblast league) for a short time. In 1971, Shakhtyor absorbed two other local Soligorsk teams (Khimik and Gornyak). Their best results came toward the end of Soviet days, when the team finished as league runners-up twice (1988, 1990) and won the Belarusian SSR Cup three times (1985, 1986, 1988). Since 1992, Shakhtyor has been playing in

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 ...

. The team struggled through the 1990s, usually fighting against relegation. In 1997, they finished at the last place in the league, but were saved from relegation after two other Premier League clubs withdrew. After a transitory 1998 season, since 1999, they have never finished below 6th place and became a staple European Cups participant. Shakhtyor Soligorsk became the champions of Belarus in 2005, 2020 and 2021, and were league runners-up six times (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018). They also won the Belarusian Cup three times (2004, 2014, and 2019). On May 11, 2023, following a match-fixing scandal, the club was stripped of the 2022 league title and received a 30-point deduction for the following campaign, as well as an additional 20-point deduction the campaign afterwards. At the end of the 2024 season, after finishing in last place, they were relegated for the first time in the Belarusian championship. In March 2025, the club failed to submit documents for licensing to participate in the First League. The club was later disbanded due to non-payment of debts.

Honours

** Winners (3):

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

** ''Runners-up (6):''

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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 ...

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 ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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 (3): 2003–04, 2013–14, 2018–19 ** ''Runners-up (5):'' 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17 *

Belarusian Super Cup The Belarusian Super Cup () is an annual one-match association football competition in Belarus organized by the Football Federation of Belarus. This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the Belarusian Premier League Champi ...

** Winners (2):

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 ...

** ''Runners-up (4):''

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

Current squad

League and Cup history

*¹ Finished last but saved from relegation due to withdrawal of two higher-placed teams. *² The title was stripped to Shakhtyor Soligorsk following a match-fixing scandal. *³ Shakhtyor Soligorsk were deducted 35 points for match-fixing. *⁴ Shakhtyor Soligorsk were deducted 20 points for match-fixing.

Shakhtyor in Europe

Managers

* Ivan Schyokin (July 1, 1997 – Dec 31, 1999) * Yury Vyarheychyk (July 1, 2002 – May 11, 2009) * Aleksey Vergeyenko (June 26, 2009 – Nov 23, 2009) *

Eduard Malofeyev Eduard Vasilyevich Malofeyev ( rus, Эдуа́рд Васи́льевич Малофе́ев, p=məlɐˈfʲeɪf, ; born 2 June 1942) is a Soviet and Belarusian football coach and former international player of Russian origin. Despite being born ...

(Nov 24, 2009 – May 13, 2010) *

Uladzimir Zhuravel Uladzimir Ivanavich Zhuravel (; ; 9 June 1971 – 18 November 2018) was a Belarusian professional football player and coach. In 2018 he was the head coach of Shakhter Karagandy. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1990 fo ...

(May 14, 2010 – Dec 2, 2013) * Sergei Borovsky (Jan 9, 2014–)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shakhtyor Soligorsk Football clubs in Belarus Association football clubs established in 1961 Association football clubs disestablished in 2025 Mining association football teams 1961 establishments in Belarus