Neman Grodno

FC Neman Grodno (Belarusian: ФК Нёман Гродна, FK Nyoman Hrodna; Russian: ФК Неман Гродно) is a Belarusian football club from the city of Grodno, named after the Neman River and was founded in 1964. Since 1992, the team has participated in the top league of Belarus.

History

Since 1964, the team was playing in the third tier of the Soviet football system almost constantly, excluding two seasons (1968 and 1969) spent in the second tier. They were close to achieving promotions in 1966 and 1980, but lost the final play-off against the third tier zone winners on both occasions.

Since 1992, Neman plays in the Belarusian Premier League. In 1993, they won the Belarusian Cup. The most successful years for the team were in the early 2000s, when they finished fourth twice in a row before finishing second in 2002 after losing the first place play-off against BATE Borisov.

Name changes

• 1964: founded as Neman Grodno
• 1973: renamed to Khimik Grodno
• 1993: renamed to Neman Grodno
• 1999: renamed to Neman-Belcard Grodno
• 2002: renamed to Neman Grodno

Honours

• Belarusian Premier League
  • Runners-up (1): 2002
• Belarusian Cup
  • Winners (1): 1993
  • Runners-up (2): 2011, 2014

Managers

• Valery Yanochkin (Sept 1, 1993 – April 1, 1995)
• Sergey Solodovnikov (Sept 1, 1997 – Feb 1, 1998), (May 1, 1998 – June 30, 2005)
• Vladimir Kurnev (Jan 1, 2006 – Dec 31, 2006)
• Liudas Rumbutis (Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007)
• Vyacheslav Akshaev (Jan 4, 2008 – July 20, 2008)
• Oleg Radushko (July 21, 2008 – July 19, 2010)
• Aleksandr Koreshkov (June 25, 2010 – Aug 11, 2011)
• Petr Kachuro (caretaker) (Aug 13, 2011 – Aug 15, 2011)
• This page also has a version in other languages :  Неман (Гродно) (russian)