FC Molodechno (, ) is a Belarusian professional football club based in Maladzyechna. They play in the Belarusian First League, the 2nd division in Belarusian football. Their home stadium is Molodechno City Stadium.
History Early history The city of Molodechno was represented in the Belarusian SSR League since 1949 by various teams attached to local industries and organizations and thus having different names and loose continuity: Dinamo Molodechno (1949–1955), Molodechno Oblast team (1956, 1959), Molodechno city team (1957–1958), Spartak Molodechno (1960–1963, 1970–1971), Naroch Molodechno (1964–1965), Krasnoye Znamya Molodechno (1966), Volna Molodecno (1967–1969), Selena Molodechno (1972–1980), Metallist Molodechno (1981–1982), Trud Molodechno (1983–1985), Stankostroitel Molodechno (1986). Spartak Molodechno won the Belarusian SSR league in 1963. The modern FC Molodechno logo retroactively displays 1949 as the club's year of foundation.
Modern club Metallurg Molodechno was formed in 1989 and in 1991, the young team won the Belarusian SSR Top League championship as well as the Soviet Amateur Cup. Since 1992, the team started playing in the Belarusian Premier League. In 1993, they were renamed to FC Molodechno. Their best result came in the 1994–95 season, when Molodechno finished 4th. In 1999, they finished 15th and relegated to the First League, but after winning the First League in 2000, they quickly came back to the top level in 2001. To celebrate the win, they changed their name to Molodechno-2000. They finished last and relegated to the First League again in 2003 and went further down to the Second League one season later. In 2006, they changed their name back to Molodechno. In 2011, the name was changed to Zabudova Molodechno after a merger with Zabudova Chist. In 2013, the merger was dissolved and the club was renamed to Molodechno-2013 and later to Molodechno-DYuSSh-4 in 2015. The club changed its name again in 2019 back to FC Molodechno.
Name changes 1989: FC Metallurg Molodechno (Metalurh Maladzyechna, ) 1993: FC Molodechno 2001: FC Molodechno-2000 2006: FC Molodechno 2011: FC Zabudova Molodechno (Забудова) 2013: FC Molodechno-2013 2015: FC Molodechno-DYuSSh-4 (Maladzyechna-DyuSSh-4, ) 2019: FC Molodechno (FK Maladzyechna)
Achievements SSR Belarusian League: 1 1991 Soviet Amateur Cup: 1 1991
Current squad
League and Cup history SeasonGoalsPointsDomestic CupNotes 1992 1st 9 15 5 5 5 11–12 15 Semi-finals 1992–93 1st 13 32 7 10 15 34–40 24 Quarter-finals 1993–94 1st 9 30 10 11 9 35–31 31 Semi-finals 1994–95 1st 4 30 12 11 7 48–30 35 Quarter-finals 1995 1st 5 15 8 1 6 33–19 25 Quarter-finals 1996 1st 8 30 11 8 11 42–33 41 1997 1st 13 30 7 9 14 28–44 30 Round of 16 1998 1st 14 28 4 4 20 21–51 16 Quarter-finals 1999 1st 16 30 2 5 23 21–71 11 Quarter-finals Relegated 2000 2nd 1 30 23 5 2 76–16 74 Round of 16 Promoted 2001 1st 10 26 8 5 13 23–47 29 Round of 64 2002 1st 13 26 3 3 20 23–59 13 Round of 16 2003 1st 16 30 3 7 20 19–52 16 Round of 16 Relegated 2004 2nd 13 30 9 4 17 27–54 31 Round of 16 Relegated1 2005 3rd 12 26 5 3 18 34–32 39 Round of 32 2006 3rd 16 32 5 5 22 33–71 20 Round of 64 2007 3rd 14 30 7 4 19 28–71 25 Round of 64 2008 3rd 8 30 11 10 9 55–43 43 Round of 64 2009 3rd 3 26 15 3 8 55–31 48 Round of 64 2010 3rd 4 34 17 6 11 69–52 57 Round of 32 2011 3rd 4 30 17 7 6 58–38 58 Round of 32 1 Withdrew from the First League due to financial troubles.
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