FC Torpedo Mogilev

FC Torpedo Mogilev is a Belarusian football club based in Mogilev.

Torpedo Mogilev
Full nameFC Torpedo Mogilev
Short nameTorpedo
Founded1959
2014 (reformed)
Dissolved2005
GroundTorpedo Stadium, Mogilev, Belarus
Capacity3,500
ChairmanAleksandr Belov
ManagerAleksandr Vopsev
LeagueBelarusian Second League
201610th

History

The club was formed in 1959 as Kirovets Mogilev. During 1962–1963, the team played in the Belarusian SSR League, before submerging to regional and city level competitions. In 1979, the club was renamed to Torpedo Mogilev and joined the Belarusian SSR top league once again. They were third in 1979 and won their only championship title in 1982.[1]

The team began playing in the Belarusian Premier League in 1992. The first two seasons were most successful when they finished 7th (1992) and 8th (1992–93). After that, Torpedo could not get higher than 11th and mostly were struggling against relegation.

In 1996, Torpedo were renamed to Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev. In 2000, the team finished 15th and were relegated to the Belarusian First League. After playing 5 seasons in the First League (2001–2005), Torpedo-Kadino was disbanded.

In 2014, the club was reformed with the original name Torpedo Mogilev to play in the Mogilev city league, and in 2015, the club joined the Belarusian Second League. However, due to financial struggles, the club withdrew from the league after the 2016 season and is currently represented by a youth team on a city level.

Notable players

Sergei Gorlukovich, a future Olympic champion who went on to play for Spartak Moscow and Borussia Dortmund, started his youth career at Torpedo Mogilev. A number of notable Belarusian players and managers, such as Igor Kriushenko, Andrey Skorobogatko, Aleksandr Sednev, Vyacheslav Geraschenko, Oleg Kubarev, Eduard Baltrushevich, were once players of the club.

Name changes
  • 1959: Kirovets
  • 1974: Torpedo
  • 1996: Torpedo-Kadino
  • 2005: disbanded
  • 2014: Torpedo Mogilev

Honours

Current squad

As of May 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  BLR Stanislav Astapov
— GK  BLR Ilya Nesterov
— GK  BLR Ivan Filipchenko
— DF  BLR Dmitry Babakov
— DF  BLR Vadim Golos
— DF  BLR Petr Dayneko
— DF  BLR Denis Dekhtyar
— DF  BLR Kiryl Knyazew
— DF  BLR Ilya Klimov
— DF  BLR Nikita Vorobyov
— DF  BLR Artem Scherbakov
— DF  BLR Yevgeniy Utkin
— DF  BLR Andrey Manyukov
— MF  BLR Dmitry Kolosovskiy
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  BLR Mikhail Torop
— MF  BLR Dmitry Shpyrna
— MF  BLR Nikita Khomchenko
— MF  BLR Artem Guleshov
— MF  BLR Aleksandr Zakharyev
— MF  BLR Ilya Loborev
— MF  BLR Andrey Koteshev
— MF  BLR Artem Korshunov
— MF  BLR Ivan Pavlovskiy
— FW  BLR Syarhey Filipaw
— FW  BLR Anton Kondratovich
— FW  BLR Vladislav Bely
— FW  BLR Vital Lanko

League and Cup history
Season Level Pos Pld W D L Goals Points Domestic Cup Notes
19921st71548316–1416Round of 32
1992–931st8321013935–3033Round of 16
1993–941st14305101520–2320Round of 32
1994–951st11308121028–3228Runners-up
19951st111545617–2117Round of 16
19961st1430761727–6427
19971st15130771629–5928Round of 16
19981st1228781330–4029Round of 16
19991st1430651930–6923Round of 16
20001st1530522331–7117Round of 32Relegated
20012nd5281441029–2946Quarter-finals
20022nd1030971441–4434Round of 32
20032nd9301191037–3742Round of 32
20042nd12307111231–4532Round of 32
20052nd1230781522–4529Round of 64Disbanded
2006Round of 64
  • 1 Saved from relegation due to withdrawal of two higher-placed clubs.

References
  1. Torpedo Mogilev history


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