FC Krumkachy Minsk

NFC Krumkachy Minsk (Belarusian: HФК Крумкачы Мінск, Russian: НФК Крумкачы) is a Belarusian professional football club based in the capital city of Minsk.

Krumkachy Minsk
Full nameFootball Club NFK Minsk
Nickname(s)Ravens
Founded2011 (2011)
GroundSOK Alimpijski, Minsk
Capacity1,500
ChairmanOleg Davidovich
Head CoachSyarhey Kazeka
LeagueBelarusian First League
20213rd
WebsiteClub website
Krumkachy logo during 2011–2019

History

The club was founded in 2011 by a group of football fans. The club was named after the Belarusian word for ravens. After competing in the Belarusian amateur leagues for a few seasons, they joined the Belarusian Second League, the third division of Belarusian football, in 2014.[1] With the help of some experienced players, the team was able to finish 2nd in their debut season in the third tier and was promoted to the Belarusian First League for the 2015 season. At the end of the 2015 season, Krumkachy successfully completed back-to-back promotions and were promoted to the Belarusian Premier League for the first time in their history after a 2–0 win against Dnepr Mogilev.

Their first ever season in the Belarusian top flight was successful as they finished in 11th place. They followed this up with a good second season, again finishing in mid-table in 13th place. In early 2018, however, Krumkachy were excluded from the Premier League and demoted to the Second League due to persistent financial issues and payment delays as well as licensing issues.[2] The club was restarted as a new legal entity. They finished 2nd in the 2018 Second League season and were again promoted to the First League.

In early 2019, the club changed its name to NFK Minsk to avoid BFF membership clash with the old Krumkachy legal entity. In 2020, the naming issue was resolved, and the club's name was reverted to the original Krumkachy Minsk.

Current squad

As of November 2022 [3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  BLR Valery Makarevich
— GK  BLR Andrey Naporko
— GK  BLR Matvey Sukharenko
— DF  BLR Daniil Volkov
— DF  BLR Nikita Kerolidi
— DF  BLR Yan Komarov
— DF  BLR Oleg Krot
— DF  BLR Kiril Pavlyuchek
— DF  BLR Pavel Ratskevich
— DF  BLR Ilya Sugakov
— DF  BLR Vladislav Khomutovskiy
— DF  BLR Marat Chernyakov
— DF  BLR Sergey Yakimtsov
— MF  BLR Aleksandr Bakinovskiy
— MF  BLR Alyaksey Baranaw
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  BLR Artem Brichak
— MF  BLR Yevgeniy Gordeychik
— MF  BLR Andrey Kazaryn
— MF  BLR Vladislav Korzun
— MF  BLR Artem Kuratnik
— MF  BLR Maksim Pavlovets
— MF  BLR Arseniy Starikov
— FW  BLR Vadim Fastovets
— FW  BLR Ivan Kalenskiy
— FW  BLR Yanush Ladutko
— FW  BLR Sergey Lipnitskiy
— FW  BLR Pavel Lisyuk
— FW  BLR Yevgeniy Khanenya
— FW  BLR Pavel Schuka
— FW  BLR Alyaksandr Yatskevich

References
  1. "FC Krumkachy – The Crows are Ready to Conquer Belarus". Futbolgrad. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  2. Футбольный арбитраж отказал ФК «Крумкачы». [Arbitration committee of BFF rejected appeal of "Krumkachy".]. pressball.by (in Russian). 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  3. Krumkachy Minsk squad
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