FC Gomel

FC Gomel () is a Belarusian professional 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.History of FC Gomel and Gomel football 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.Gomel teams in Soviet leagues

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 was not 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

Current squad As of 8 September, 2026

Out on loan

League and cup history Soviet Union

SeasonGoalsPointsDomestic CupNotes 1959 2nd 151 28 0 7 21 17–61 7 1960 2nd 9 30 11 8 11 36–38 40 Round of 128 1961 2nd 3 30 14 8 8 37–24 36 Round of 256 1962 2nd 1 32 18 10 4 43–19 46 Round of 32 2 2 0 1 1 0–1 1 Promotion/relegation play-off2 1963 2nd 183 34 4 12 18 13–46 20 Round of 32 1964 2nd 25 38 6 15 17 19–37 27 1965 2nd 24 46 13 17 16 34–43 43 Round of 64 1966 2nd 15 32 7 12 13 16–29 26 Round of 128 1967 2nd 7 38 11 19 8 27–24 41 Round of 64 1968 2nd 21 40 6 12 22 21–50 24 Round of 256 2 2 0 1 1 0–2 1 Promotion/relegation play-off4 1969 3rd 2 32 16 9 7 44–18 41 1 2 0 2 0 3–3 2 Promotion/relegation play-off5 1970 3rd 226 42 7 10 25 22–55 24 Round of 256 1971 3rd 6 38 16 13 9 47–28 61 1972 3rd 10 38 15 9 14 39–45 54 1973 3rd 12 32 7 9 16 32–49 197 1974 3rd 11 40 13 13 14 53–57 39 1975 3rd 13 34 9 10 15 28–47 28 1976 3rd 11 38 14 9 15 37–41 37 1977 3rd 16 40 12 8 20 32–49 32 1978 3rd 14 46 16 9 21 56–60 41 1979 3rd 21 46 7 14 25 34–71 28 1980 3rd 6 32 12 8 12 31–33 32 1981 3rd 8 40 13 7 20 50–58 33 1982 3rd 7 30 13 8 9 33–27 34 1983 3rd 8 32 12 8 12 40–39 32 1984 3rd 5 34 18 7 9 44–30 43 1985 3rd 15 30 7 6 17 24–41 20 1986 3rd 8 30 11 9 10 36–39 31 1987 3rd 14 34 8 11 15 29–47 27 1988 3rd 14 34 9 8 17 26–44 26 1989 3rd 14 42 17 7 18 39–46 41 Relegated8 1990 4th 7 32 14 4 14 48–48 32 1991 4th 16 42 13 5 24 40–54 31

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

SeasonGoalsPointsDomestic CupNotes 1992 1st 16 15 1 3 11 5–32 5 Round of 16 1992–93 1st 10 32 9 8 15 23–40 26 Round of 16 1993–94 1st 15 30 7 5 18 36–47 19 Round of 16 1994–95 1st 15 30 6 6 18 26–59 18 Round of 32 Relegated 1995 2nd 9 14 5 2 7 19–17 12 Quarter-finals 1996 2nd 4 24 11 9 4 42–19 42 1997 2nd 1 30 27 1 2 83–9 82 Round of 32 Promoted 1998 1st 5 28 12 9 7 36–30 45 Round of 32 1999 1st 3 30 19 6 5 57–28 63 Quarter-finals 2000 1st 6 30 17 2 11 50–41 53 Semi-finals 2001 1st 6 26 13 5 8 36–24 44 Quarter-finals 2002 1st 6 26 13 4 9 46–33 43 Winners 2003 1st 1 30 23 5 2 56–12 74 Semi-finals 2004 1st 5 30 13 7 10 42–41 46 Runners-up 2005 1st 7 26 12 3 11 34–32 39 Quarter-finals 2006 1st 5 26 12 6 8 33–32 42 Semi-finals 2007 1st 2 26 12 8 6 49–28 44 Round of 16 2008 1st 11 30 9 6 15 35–47 33 Quarter-finals 2009 1st 12 26 8 5 13 31–48 29 Quarter-finals Relegated 2010 2nd 1 30 27 1 2 80–16 82 Round of 16 Promoted 2011 1st 3 33 13 15 5 36–24 54 Winners 2012 1st 4 30 14 8 8 39–24 50 Semi-finals 2013 1st 6 32 11 7 14 34–40 40 Quarter-finals 2014 1st 6 32 10 8 14 29–41 38 Quarter-finals 2015 1st 14 26 5 3 18 22–41 18 Round of 16 Relegated 2016 2nd 1 26 19 6 1 48–11 63 Round of 16 Promoted 2017 1st 10 30 9 8 13 24–25 35 Round of 32 2018 1st Round of 16

European history

Competition GP W D L GF GA ± UEFA Champions League 2 1 0 1 1 2 –1 UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup 16 5 1 10 21 25 –4 UEFA Europa Conference League 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 UEFA Intertoto Cup 4 1 1 2 3 7 -4 Total 24 7 2 15 27 41 −14 Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup R1 Hradec Králové 1–0 0–1 1–1 (3–1 p) R2 Hammarby 2–2 0–4 2–6 2000–01 UEFA Cup QR AIK 0–2 0–1 0–3 2002–03 UEFA Cup QR HJK 1–0 4–0 5–0 R1 Schalke 04 1–4 0–4 1–8 2004–05 UEFA Champions League 1Q Tirana 0–2 1–0 1–2 2008–09 UEFA Cup 1QR Legia Warsaw 1–4 0–0 1–4 2011–12 UEFA Europa League 3QR Bursaspor 1–3 1–2 2–5 2012–13 UEFA Europa League 1QR Víkingur Gøta 4–0 6–0 10–0 2QR Renova 0–1 2–0 2–1 3QR Liverpool 0–1 0–3 0–4 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR Aris Thessaloniki 1–2 1–5 2–7

Managers

Pavel Baranov (1959) Gleb Rabikov (1960–61) Vadim Radzievski (1962 – July 63) Sergei Korshunov (July 1963) Vasiliy Yermilov (1964–65) Alexander Sagreski (1966) Vladimir Eremeev (1967–68) Viktor Korotkevich (1969–70) Leonard Adamov (1971–72) Leonid Yerochovich (July 1973) Yevgeniy Glemboski (July 1973–74) Viktor Korotkevich (1975 – July 1977) Alexander Tschirimisin (July 1977–80) Kasimir Symanski (1981–83) Nikolay Kiselyov (1984) Viktor Korotkevich (1985 – July 1987) Valery Janotschkin (July 1, 1987 – December 31, 1987) Yuriy Golovey (July 1988) Alexander Pryazhnikov (July 1988–90) Kasimir Symanski (1991) Vladimir Astratenko (1992–93) Viktor Korotkevich (1993–94) Nikolai Gorjunov (1994–96) Yuriy Grunov (1997) Valery Janotschkin (January 1, 1998 – May 15, 1999) Vyacheslav Akshayev (January 1, 1999 – June 30, 2000) Aleksandr Kuznetsov (August 2000 – May 1) Valery Janotschkin (May 15, 2001 – September 1, 2001) Sergei Podpaly (August 1, 2001 – June 26, 2004) Aleksandr Kuznetsov (July 1, 2004 – August 12, 2005) Nikolai Gorjunov (Aug 15, 2005 – July 1, 2006) Viktor Papayev (July 5, 2006 – October 27, 2006) Vladimir Golmak (interim) (October 28, 2006 – January 8, 2007) Anatoliy Yurevich (January 9, 2007 – August 5, 2008) Andrey Yusipets (August 15, 2008 – August 30, 2009) Leonid Borsuk (interim) (September 1, 2009 – December 13, 2009) Oleg Kubarev (December 14, 2009 – December 9, 2012) Alyaksey Merkulaw (December 10, 2012 – 2019)

Honours Belarusian Premier League Winners (1): 2003 Runners-up (1): 2007 3rd place (2): 1999, 2011 Belarusian Cup Winners (3): 2002, 2011, 2022 Runners-up (1): 2004 Belarusian Super Cup Winners (1): 2012 Runners-up (1): 2023

References

External links

FC Gomel at UEFA.com