FC Gomel

FC Gomel (Belarusian: ФК Гомель), or FK Homel, is a Belarusian football club, playing in the city of Gomel. Their home stadium is Central Stadium.

FC Gomel
Full nameFootball Club Gomel
Founded1959
GroundCentral Stadium,
Gomel, Belarus
Capacity14,307
ChairmanVitaliy Kushner
ManagerIvan Bionchik
LeagueBelarusian Premier League
2020First League, 2nd (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

Teams from Gomel (usually city or raion selection or railway-based team Lokomotiv, but not always) played in the Belarusian SSR championships since the early 1920s.[1] In 1946, Belorusian SSR league for one season becomes one of the zones of the USSR 3rd level league, and Lokomotiv Gomel became the first city team to play in the Soviet league.[2]

The modern Gomel team was founded in 1959 as Lokomotiv Gomel. They played at the 2nd level of Soviet football between 1959 and 1968. The results varied between seasons, as the team managed to finish 1st in their zone in 1962 as well as last in 1959 and 1963. However, because Soviet league system structure was changing almost every season in the 1950s and 1960s, Lokomotiv wasn't promoted or relegated until another league reorganisation in 1969.

Gomselmash played at the 3rd level of Soviet football between 1969 and 1989, until further league reorganisation in 1990, after which the team was relegated to the 4th level.

In 1992, Gomselmash joined the newly formed Belarusian Premier League. The first years were unsuccessful and the team relegated in 1995. They changed name to the current one, FC Gomel, the same year. In 1998, Gomel returned to Premier League and achieved much better results than before (champions title in 2003, 2nd place in 2007 and 3rd in 1999). The team also won the Belarusian Cup in 2002 and made it to the final in 2004.

In 2012, they played English club Liverpool in the UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds. In the first leg they lost 0–1 and lost again away at Anfield in the second leg 3–0.

Name changes
  • 1959: Lokomotiv Gomel
  • 1965: Spartak Gomel
  • 1969: Gomselmash Gomel
  • 1976: Mashinostroitel Gomel
  • 1978: Gomselmash Gomel
  • 1995: Gomel

Honours

Current squad

As of February 2021 [3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BLR Timofey Novinskiy
5 MF  BLR Ruslan Yudenkov
9 MF  UKR Oleksandr Batyschev
12 MF  BLR Yevgeny Milevsky
15 DF  BLR Kiryl Shawchenka
17 FW  BLR Mikita Nyakrasaw
22 MF  BLR Artsyom Vaskow
23 DF  BLR Pavel Chikida
27 FW  BLR Dmitry Gomza
69 MF  RUS Dmitri Mitroga
70 FW  BLR Aleksey Teslyuk
87 GK  BLR Aleh Kavalyow
No. Pos. Nation Player
95 MF  BLR Pavel Tseslyukevich
97 FW  BLR Yury Muzychenka
— GK  BLR Andrey Shkvarkov
— GK  BLR Kiryl Kotaw
— DF  BLR Ihar Kuzmyanok
— MF  BLR Denis Levitskiy
— FW  BLR Andrey Solovey
— DF  BLR Alyaksey Ivanow
— MF  MDA Igor Costrov
— MF  BLR Vadim Pobudey
— GK  BLR Yevgeniy Ivanenko

League and Cup history
Soviet Union
Season Level Pos Pld W D L Goals Points Domestic Cup Notes
19592nd15128072117–617
19602nd9301181136–3840Round of 128
19612nd330148837–2436Round of 256
19622nd1321810443–1946Round of 32
220110–11Promotion/relegation play-off2
19632nd183344121813–4620Round of 32
19642nd25386151719–3727
19652nd244613171634–4343Round of 64
19662nd15327121316–2926Round of 128
19672nd7381119827–2441Round of 64
19682nd21406122221–5024Round of 256
220110–21Promotion/relegation play-off4
19693rd232169744–1841
120203–32Promotion/relegation play-off5
19703rd226427102522–5524Round of 256
19713rd6381613947–2861
19723rd10381591439–4554
19733rd1232791632–49197
19743rd114013131453–5739
19753rd13349101528–4728
19763rd11381491537–4137
19773rd16401282032–4932
19783rd14461692156–6041
19793rd21467142534–7128
19803rd6321281231–3332
19813rd8401372050–5833
19823rd730138933–2734
19833rd8321281240–3932
19843rd534187944–3043
19853rd1530761724–4120
19863rd8301191036–3931
19873rd14348111529–4727
19883rd1434981726–4426
19893rd14421771839–4641Relegated8
19904th7321441448–4832
19914th16421352440–5431
  • 1 Finished last in its zone, but saved from relegation due to 2nd level (Class B) expansion from 7 to 9 territorial zones (from 101 to 142 teams) in 1960.
  • 2 No promotion to the Top League in 1962 was awarded due to Top League (Class A) reduction from 22 to 20 teams in 1963. Lokomotiv's play-off performance didn't affect its next season league allocation. Winning their zone allowed them to stay on the second level (Class B), which was reduced from 10 zones (150 teams) in 1962 to a single group of 18 teams in 1963.
  • 3 Finished last, but saved from relegation due to 2nd level (Class A Second Group) expansion from 18 to 27 teams in 1964.
  • 4 Play-off with the best-placed Belarusian team from the 3rd level (Class B) in 1968 for the right to play on the 2nd level (Class A Second Group) in 1969.
  • 5 Play-off with the lowest-placed Belarusian team from the 2nd level (Class A Second Group) in 1969 for the right to play in Class A Second Group (which becomes the 3rd level league next year due to introduction of Class A Top Group as the Top level) in 1970.
  • 6 Finished last in its zone, but saved from relegation due to 3rd level (Class A Second Group, renamed to Second League since next season) expansion from 3 to 6 territorial zones (from 66 to 124 teams) in 1971.
  • 7 In 1973, every draw was followed by a penalty shoot-out, with a winner gaining 1 point and loser gaining 0.
  • 8 Though finished 14th from the 22 teams in 1989, Gomselmash relegated as the Second League (3rd level) was reduced from 9 zones (195 teams) to 3 zones (66 teams) and the Second Lower League with 9 zones was introduced as a 4th level.
Belarus
Season Level Pos Pld W D L Goals Points Domestic Cup Notes
19921st161513115–325Round of 16
1992–931st1032981523–4026Round of 16
1993–941st1530751836–4719Round of 16
1994–951st1530661826–5918Round of 32Relegated
19952nd91452719–1712Quarter-finals
19962nd424119442–1942
19972nd130271283–982Round of 32Promoted
19981st528129736–3045Round of 32
19991st330196557–2863Quarter-finals
20001st6301721150–4153Semi-finals
20011st626135836–2444Quarter-finals
20021st626134946–3343Winners
20031st130235256–1274Semi-finals
20041st5301371042–4146Runners-up
20051st7261231134–3239Quarter-finals
20061st526126833–3242Semi-finals
20071st226128649–2844Round of 16
20081st1130961535–4733Quarter-finals
20091st1226851331–4829Quarter-finalsRelegated
20102nd130271280–1682Round of 16Promoted
20111st3331315536–2454Winners
20121st430148839–2450Semi-finals
20131st6321171434–4040Quarter-finals
20141st6321081429–4138Quarter-finals
20151st1426531822–4118Round of 16Relegated
20162nd126196148–1163Round of 16Promoted
20171st1030981324–2535Round of 32
20181stRound of 16

FC Gomel in Europe
Season Competition Round Club 1st Leg 2nd Leg
1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Hradec Králové 0–1 (A) 1–0 (p. 2–1) (H)
2R Hammarby 0–4 (A) 2–2 (H)
2000–01 UEFA Cup QR AIK 0–1 (A) 0–2 (H)
2002–03 UEFA Cup QR HJK Helsinki 1–0 (H) 4–0 (A)
1R Schalke 04 1–4 (H) 0–4 (A)
2004–05 UEFA Champions League 1Q Tirana 0–2 (H) 1–0 (A)
2008–09 UEFA Cup 1Q Legia Warsaw 0–0 (A) 1–4 (H)
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 3Q Bursaspor 1–2 (A) 1–3 (H)
2012–13 UEFA Europa League 1Q Víkingur 6–0 (A) 4–0 (H)
2Q Renova 2–0 (A) 0–1 (H)
3Q Liverpool 0–1 (H) 0–3 (A)

Managers

References
  1. History of FC Gomel and Gomel football Archived 2010-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Gomel teams in Soviet leagues Archived 2010-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. http://www.fcgomel.by/team/main/players/
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