FC Naftan Novopolotsk

FC Naftan Novopolotsk

Full name	FC Naftan Novopolotsk
Founded	1963
Ground	Atlant Stadium Novopolotsk, Belarus
Ground Capacity	5,300
Chairman	Leanid Padlipski
Manager	Valery Strypeykis
League	Belarusian Premier League
2015	9th
Home colours Away colours

FC Naftan Novopolotsk (Belarusian: ФК Нафтан Наваполацк, FK Naftan Navapolatsk) is an Belarusian football club based in Navapolatsk. They play in the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football. Their home stadium is Atlant Stadium.

History

Name changes

• 1963: Formed as Neftyanik Novopolotsk
• 1981: Renamed to Dvina Novopolotsk
• 1989: Renamed to Kommunalnik Novopolotsk
• 1992: Renamed to Naftan Novopolotsk
• 1995: Renamed to Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk
• 2001: Renamed to Naftan Novopolotsk

Achievements

Belarusian Cup

• Winners (2): 2009, 2012

Current squad

As of December 2015

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Vitaliy Myadelets 3 DF Sergey Karpovich 4 MF Abdulaziz Laval 7 DF Valentin Yurasov 9 MF Murat Khotov 10 MF Oleg Shkabara 13 DF Bojan Tripković 16 GK Vitaly Ridlevich 17 MF Alyaksey Suchkow 18 FW Mikita Shuhunkow 19 FW Roman Volkov 21 FW Yevgeniy Yelezarenko 23 DF Nikita Naumov

No. Position Player 25 DF Andrey Lebedzew 30 GK Yahor Hatkevich 31 MF Yevgeniy Berezkin 33 MF Igor Zyulev 35 MF Ruslan Hunchak 37 DF Artem Teplov 55 DF Uladzislaw Kasmynin 71 MF Andrey Yakimov 77 MF Mikhail Khodunov 99 FW Ruslan Teverov GK Igor Dovgyallo MF Magomed Muzaev

League and Cup history

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	Points	Domestic Cup	Notes
1992	3rd	10	15	5	5	5	24–20	15	Round of 64
1992–93	3rd	2	30	19	8	3	71–20	46	Round of 16
1993–94	3rd	3	34	22	5	7	88–31	49
1994–95	3rd	1	22	20	1	1	65–15	41	Round of 16	Promoted
1995	2nd	1	14	10	2	2	29–14	32	Round of 32	Promoted
1996	1st	7	30	13	4	13	43–52	43
1997	1st	9	30	10	9	11	40–33	39	Round of 32
1998	1st	13	28	7	4	17	30–40	29	Round of 16
1999	1st	12	30	8	4	18	39–63	28	Round of 16
2000	1st	13	30	5	7	18	25–69	22	Round of 16
2001	1st	13	26	4	2	20	18–51	14	Round of 32	Relegated
2002	2nd	2	30	21	5	4	56–23	68	Round of 16	Promoted
2003	1st	8	30	10	5	15	39–49	35	Round of 32
2004	1st	10	30	10	5	15	45–50	35	Semifinals
2005	1st	9	26	10	3	13	43–44	33	Round of 16
2006	1st	7	26	11	4	11	45–42	37	Round of 16
2007	1st	7	26	9	9	8	28–30	36	Round of 32
2008	1st	7	30	13	7	10	41–35	46	Round of 32
2009	1st	4	26	12	2	12	29–39	38	Winners
2010	1st	7	33	11	11	11	41–34	44	Quarterfinals
2011	1st	7	33	10	7	16	35–45	37	Quarterfinals
2012	1st	9	30	7	8	15	23–40	29	Winners
2013	1st	10	32	9	10	13	29–41	37	Round of 32
2014	1st	5	32	11	10	11	40–43	43	Round of 32
2015	1st								Round of 16

Naftan in European Cups

Season	Competition	Round		Club	1st Leg	2nd Leg
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	2Q		Gent	2–1 (H)	0–1 (A)
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	2Q		Red Star Belgrade	3–4 (H)	3–3 (A)

Managers

• Vasily Zaitsev (Jan 1, 2004 – May 27, 2004)
• Vyacheslav Akshaev (May 27, 2004 – May 13, 2007)
• Igor Kovalevich (May 14, 2007 – Dec 12, 2012)
• Pavel Kucherov (Dec 27, 2012 – June 20, 2013)
• Valery Strypeykis (interim) (June 21, 2013 – Dec 9, 2013)
• Valery Strypeykis (Dec 10, 2013–)

External links

• Official Website
• Naftan at UEFA.COM
• Naftan at EUFO.DE
• Naftan at Weltfussball.de

• Naftan at Football-Lineups.com