:FC Gomel

{{Infobox football club

| clubname = FC Gomel

| image = FC Gomel logo.png

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| fullname = Football Club Gomel

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| founded = {{start date and age|1959}}

| ground = Central Stadium,
Gomel, Belarus

| capacity = 14,307

| chairman = Vitaliy Kushner

| manager = Andrey Harawtsow

| league = Belarusian Premier League

| season = 2024

| position = Belarusian Premier League, 6th of 15

| website = https://www.fcgomel.by/

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FC Gomel ({{langx|be|ФК Гомель; ФК Ґомель|FK Homiel}}) is a Belarusian football club based in the city of Gomel. Their home stadium is Central Stadium.

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.[http://www.fcgomel.by/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32 History of FC Gomel and Gomel football] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130171005/http://www.fcgomel.by/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=32 |date=2010-01-30 }} In 1946, Byelorussian 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.[http://www.fcgomel.by/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=34 Gomel teams in Soviet leagues] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818114503/http://www.fcgomel.by/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=34 |date=2010-08-18 }}

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 March 2025 {{Cite web|url=https://www.fcgomel.by/team/main-roster/|title = Основной состав — Футбольный Клуб "Гомель"}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=1|name=Alyaksandr Nyachayew|nat=BLR|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=2|name=Vadim Martinkevich|nat=BLR|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=3|name=Sergey Matveychik|nat=BLR|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=7|name=Fernando Neto|nat=BRA|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=8|name=Yawhen Barsukow|nat=BLR|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=10|name=Dzmitry Baradzin|nat=BLR|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=11|name=Alyaksandr Butsko|nat=BLR|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=13|name=Ilya Aleksiyevich|nat=BLR|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=14|name=Roman Davyskiba|nat=BLR|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=15|name=Andrey Shamruk|nat=BLR|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=16|name=Igor Zayats|nat=BLR|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=17|name=Vladislav Yatskevich|nat=BLR|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=19|name=Souleymane Fofana|nat=FRA|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=20|name=Lukuman Aliu|nat=NGA|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=21|name=Aleksey Antilevsky|nat=BLR|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=22|name=Kiryl Shawchenka|nat=BLR|pos=DF}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=23|name=Andrey Potapenko|nat=BLR|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=25|name=Samuel Eda|nat=CIV|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=27|name=Maksim Drazdow|nat=BLR|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=30|name=Yegor Troyakov|nat=BLR|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=33|name=Yevhen Chahovets|nat=UKR|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=44|name=Stanislav Kleschuk|nat=BLR|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=50|name=Daniil Makhnach|nat=BLR|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=51|name=Anton Semyonov|nat=BLR|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=63|name=Abou Waddou|nat=NIG|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=70|name=Kirill Cheburakov|nat=RUS|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=77|name=Alyaksandar Savitski|nat=BLR|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=87|name=Aleh Kavalyow|nat=BLR|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=88|name=Aleksandr Ryzhchenko|nat=BLR|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=90|name=Georgiy Kukushkin|nat=BLR|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=99|name=Dzmitry Yemyalyanaw|nat=BLR|pos=FW}}

{{Fs end}}

League and Cup history

;{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} Soviet Union

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!width=55|Season

!width=50|{{Tooltip|Level|League level}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!width=60|Goals

!width=45|Points

!Domestic Cup

!Notes

1959style="background:#D0F0C0"| 2nd15128072117–617
1960style="background:#D0F0C0"| 2nd9301181136–3840Round of 128
1961style="background:#D0F0C0"| 2nd330148837–2436Round of 256
rowspan="2"| 1962rowspan="2" style="background:#D0F0C0"| 2nd1321810443–1946rowspan="2"| Round of 32
220110–11Promotion/relegation play-off2
1963style="background:#D0F0C0"| 2nd183344121813–4620Round of 32
1964style="background:#D0F0C0"| 2nd25386151719–3727
1965style="background:#D0F0C0"| 2nd244613171634–4343Round of 64
1966style="background:#D0F0C0"| 2nd15327121316–2926Round of 128
1967style="background:#D0F0C0"| 2nd7381119827–2441Round of 64
rowspan="2"| 1968rowspan="2" style="background:#D0F0C0"| 2nd21406122221–5024rowspan="2"| Round of 256
220110–21Promotion/relegation play-off4
rowspan="2"| 1969rowspan="2" style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd232169744–1841rowspan="2"|
120203–32Promotion/relegation play-off5
1970style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd226427102522–5524Round of 256
1971style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd6381613947–2861
1972style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd10381591439–4554
1973style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd1232791632–49197
1974style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd114013131453–5739
1975style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd13349101528–4728
1976style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd11381491537–4137
1977style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd16401282032–4932
1978style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd14461692156–6041
1979style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd21467142534–7128
1980style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd6321281231–3332
1981style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd8401372050–5833
1982style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd730138933–2734
1983style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd8321281240–3932
1984style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd534187944–3043
1985style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd1530761724–4120
1986style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd8301191036–3931
1987style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd14348111529–4727
1988style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd1434981726–4426
1989style="background:#A3E9FF"| 3rd14421771839–4641Relegated8
1990style="background:#FEC9C9"| 4th7321441448–4832
1991style="background:#FEC9C9"| 4th16421352440–5431

  • 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.

;{{flagicon|Belarus}} Belarus

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!width=55|Season

!width=50|{{Tooltip|Level|League level}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!width=60|Goals

!width=45|Points

!Domestic Cup

!Notes

19921st161513115–325Round of 16
1992–931st1032981523–4026Round of 16
1993–941st1530751836–4719Round of 16
1994–951st1530661826–5918Round of 32Relegated
1995style="background:#D0F0C0"| 2nd91452719–1712rowspan="2"|Quarter-finals
1996style="background:#D0F0C0"| 2nd424119442–1942
1997style="background:#D0F0C0"| 2nd130271283–982Round of 32Promoted
19981st528129736–3045Round of 32
19991ststyle="background:#cc9966"| 330196557–2863Quarter-finals
20001st6301721150–4153style="background:#cc9966"|Semi-finals
20011st626135836–2444Quarter-finals
20021st626134946–3343style="background:gold"|Winners
20031ststyle="background:gold"| 130235256–1274style="background:#cc9966"|Semi-finals
20041st5301371042–4146style="background:silver"|Runners-up
20051st7261231134–3239Quarter-finals
20061st526126833–3242style="background:#cc9966"|Semi-finals
20071ststyle="background:silver"| 226128649–2844Round of 16
20081st1130961535–4733Quarter-finals
20091st1226851331–4829Quarter-finalsRelegated
2010style="background:#D0F0C0"| 2nd130271280–1682Round of 16Promoted
20111ststyle="background:#cc9966"| 3331315536–2454style="background:gold"|Winners
20121st430148839–2450style="background:#cc9966"|Semi-finals
20131st6321171434–4040Quarter-finals
20141st6321081429–4138Quarter-finals
20151st1426531822–4118Round of 16Relegated
2016style="background:#D0F0C0"| 2nd126196148–1163Round of 16Promoted
20171st1030981324–2535Round of 32
20181stRound of 16

European history

{{updated|match played 27 July 2022}}

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Competition

! GP

! W

! D

! L

! GF

! GA

! +/-

UEFA Champions League210112–1
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup1651102125–4
UEFA Europa Conference League200227-5
UEFA Intertoto Cup411237-4
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| Total

2472152741−14

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bgcolor="#e4e4e4"

! style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA"| Season

! style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA"| Competition

! style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA"| Round

! style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA"| Club

! style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center"| Home

! style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center"| Away

! style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center"| Aggregate

rowspan="2"| 1999

| rowspan="2"| UEFA Intertoto Cup

| R1

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Hradec Králové

| align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 1–0

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 0–1

| align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 1–1 (3–1 p)

R2

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Hammarby

| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffdd"| 2–2

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 0–4

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 2–6

2000–01

| UEFA Cup

| QR

| {{flagicon|SWE}} AIK

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 0–2

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 0–1

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 0–3

rowspan="2"| 2002–03

| rowspan="2"| UEFA Cup

| QR

| {{flagicon|FIN}} HJK

| align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 1–0

| align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 4–0

| align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 5–0

R1

| {{flagicon|GER}} Schalke 04

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 1–4

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 0–4

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 1–8

2004–05

| UEFA Champions League

| 1Q

| {{flagicon|ALB}} Tirana

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 0–2

| align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 1–0

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 1–2

2008–09

| UEFA Cup

| 1QR

| {{flagicon|POL}} Legia Warsaw

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 1–4

| align="center" bgcolor="#ffffdd"| 0–0

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 1–4

2011–12

| UEFA Europa League

| 3QR

| {{flagicon|TUR}} Bursaspor

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 1–3

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 1–2

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 2–5

rowspan="3"| 2012–13

| rowspan="3"| UEFA Europa League

| 1QR

| {{flagicon|FRO}} Víkingur Gøta

| align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 4–0

| align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 6–0

| align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 10–0

2QR

| {{flagicon|MKD}} Renova

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 0–1

| align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 2–0

| align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"| 2–1

3QR

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 0–1

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 0–3

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 0–4

2022–23

| UEFA Europa Conference League

| 2QR

| {{flagicon|GRC}} Aris Thessaloniki

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 1–2

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 1–5

| align="center" bgcolor="#fdd"| 2–7

Managers

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References

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