FC Minsk (women)

FC Minsk

Full name	Women Football Club Minsk
Ground	FC Minsk Stadium Minsk, Belarus
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Andrey Vasilevich[1]
Manager	Andrey Pyshnik[2]
League	Belarusian Premier League
2023	2nd (runners-up)
Home colours Away colours

ZFK Minsk is a Belarusian women's football team based in Minsk. It plays its home matches at the FC Minsk Stadium.^[3]

History

It originally competed in the Belarusian Premier League as Minchanka-BGPU before becoming the women's section of FC Minsk in 2010.^[4] In 2011, it won the national cup, its first title, and soon afterwards it rose to the championship's top positions.

In 2013, it won the championship for the first time, winning all 26 games, along with its second Cup. This qualified the team for UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time.^[5]

In 2014, the club succeeded in achieving the double again.^[6]

Honours

• Belarusian Premier League:
  • Winners (7): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019^[7]
• Belarusian Women's Cup:
  • Winners (8): 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,
• Belarusian Women's Super Cup:
  • Winners (7): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024^[8]

Current squad

As of 19 March 2024.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  RUS Alena Gryaznova — GK  BLR Marjana Brileva — DF  BLR Uljana Asaula — DF  BLR Anastasia Belenkaya — DF  KAZ Mariya Demidova — DF  BLR Angelina Giros — DF  BLR Viktoriya Kazakevich — MF  BLR Valeriya Belaya — MF  BLR Liana Mirashnichenka — MF  BLR Viktoria Natetkova — MF  BLR Lada Pashkovskaya — MF  BLR Viktoria Plisyuk

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BLR Aleksandra Samoylova — MF  BLR Karina Stankevich — MF  BLR Valeria Verzhbitskaya — MF  BLR Nadezhda Voskobovich — FW  BLR Miroslava Zubko — MF  BLR Elizaveta Iskareva — FW  BLR Diana Bakum — FW  MOZ Ninika — MF  BLR Anna Godinskaya — MF  BLR Daria Korobanko — DF  BLR Anastasia Novikova — FW  BLR Kristina Kiyanka

Former Players

For details of current and former players, see Category:FC Minsk (women) players.

UEFA Women's Champions League record

Season	Stage	Opponents	Results	Scorers
2014–15	Qualifying round	FC Zürich	1–1	E. Sunday
		Konak Belediyespor	1–2	Kharlanova
		Rigas FS	7–0	Buzunova (2), Ishola, Kenda, Miroshnichenko, Otuwe, E. Sunday
2015–16	Qualifying round	Konak Belediyespor	10–1	E. Sunday, Miroshnichenko (2), U. Sunday (5), Özgan (o.g.), Ishola
		SFK Sarajevo	3–0	Pilipenko, U. Sunday, Buzunova
		Vllaznia Shkodër	3–0	U. Sunday (2), Pilipenko
	Round of 32	Fortuna Hjørring	0–2 (H), 0–4 (A)
2016–17	Qualifying round	Standard Liège	3–1	Ebi, Slesarchik, Duben
		ŽNK Osijek	5–0	Ogbiagbevha (3), Duben (2)
		ŽFK Dragon	9–0	Yakubu (5), Ogbiagbevha, Otuwe, Lynko, Ebi
	Round of 32	FC Barcelona	0–3 (H), 1–2 (A)	Ogbiagbevha
2017–18	Qualifying round	Birkirkara	8–0	Pilipenko (3), Linnik, Khimich (2), Duben, Miroshnichenko
		ŽNK Olimpija Ljubljana	5–0	Borisenko, Pilipenko, Abambila, Khimich (2)
		FC Zürich	0–0
	Round of 32	Slavia Praha	1–3 (H), 3–4 (A)	Khimich (2), Duben, Ogbiagbevha
2018–19	Qualifying round	ŽNK Olimpija Ljubljana	6–0	Pilipenko (2), Ogbiagbevha (2), Shmatko, Diakité
		Slovan Bratislava	1–0	Pribilová (o.g.)
		Barcelona FA	0–2
2019–20	Qualifying round	Bettembourg	12–0	Ogbiagbevha (4), Cissé, Shuppo (2), Khimich (3), Aniset (o.g.), Madiba
		ŽNK Split	2–1	Khimich, Ogbiagbevha
		Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	2–0	Ogbiagbevha, Linnik
	Round of 32	FC Zürich	1–0 (H), 3–1 (A)	Ogbiagbevha (3), Duben
	Round of 16	FC Barcelona	0–5 (A), 1–3 (H)	Ogbiagbevha
2020–21	First qualifying round	Rīgas FS	3–0	Kubichnaya, Shmatko, Akaba
	Second qualifying round	Vllaznia	2–0	Sas, Kharlanova
	Round of 32	LSK Kvinner	0–2 (H), 1–0 (A)	Skorynina
2021–22	First qualifying round	Rosenborg	1–2	Kuč
		Celtic	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Kapetanovic, Kuč
2022–23	First qualifying round	Slovácko	2–1	Pobegaylo, Surovtseva
		Rosenborg	0–1
2023–24	First qualifying round	Vålerenga	1–3	Kiskonen
		Brøndby	1–2	Mashina
2024–25	First qualifying round	Breiðablik	1–6	Miroshnichenko
		Eintracht Frankfurt	0–6

References

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8. "FC Minsk raise Belarus Women Super Cup trophy". BELTA. March 11, 2024.