Isloch

FC Isloch Minsk Raion (Belarusian: ФК Іслач, FK Islach; Russian: ФК Ислочь) is a Belarusian football club based in Minsk, although it officially represents Minsk Raion and is named after the Islach River.

History

The team was founded in 2007 as an amateur club. From 2007 until 2011, it played in the Minsk Oblast championship. In 2012, Isloch joined the Belarusian Second League and, after finishing 3rd in its debut season, won promotion to the First League.

Isloch represented Belarus at the 2013 UEFA Regions' Cup. Isloch has won its qualifying group and advanced to the final phase of the competition, held in June 2013. The team has turned professional since promotion to the Belarusian First League and has played in the finals with mostly reserve squad.

In 2015, Isloch was promoted to the Belarusian Premier League for the first time in its history.

In August 2016, it was alleged that Isloch Minsk Raion assistant manager, Uladzimir Makowski, and players Alyaksandr Lebedzew, Alyaksandr Tsishkevich, Aleksandr Budakov, Aleksandr Alumona and Andrey Paryvayew, were involved in fixing their match with Dinamo Brest on 30 April 2016.

In 2019, the club reached the semi-finals of the Belarusian Cup for the first time after beating BATE Borisov in the quarter-finals. The club was eliminated in the semi-finals by Shakhtyor Soligorsk.

Domestic history

This page also has a version in other languages :  Ислочь (russian)