FC Maxline Vitebsk

Maxline Vitebsk
Full nameFootball Club Maxline Vitebsk
Founded1983
2014 (reformed)
Dissolved2006
GroundVitebsky Central Sport Complex, Vitebsk
Capacity8,144
Head CoachYury Puntus
LeagueBelarusian First League
2023Belarusian First League, 5th of 17

FC Maxline Vitebsk is a Belarusian football club based in Vitebsk.

History[edit]

The team was founded in 1983 as Avtomobilist Rogachev and was renamed to KSM Rogachev next year. Since its foundation and until the dissolution of Soviet Union the team was playing in Belarusian SSR league. In 1988, they were renamed to Dnepr Rogachev.

In 1992, the team joined newly created Belarusian Second League, where they spent next six seasons. After successful 1996 season Dnepr was promoted to the First League. In 1998, they were renamed to FC Rogachev, in 2001, after partnering with local football academy, to Rogachev-DUSSh-1 and finally to Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev in 2002.

The team spent nine seasons in First League until they finished at the last (16th) place in 2005 and were to be relegated back to the Second League. However, due to financial troubles, the team disbanded in early 2006.

Between 2007 and 2013 the amateur team representing Rogachev played in Gomel Oblast league. In 2014, the team reformed as MKK-Dnepr Rogachev and rejoined Second League, before reverting to classic name Dnepr Rogachev in 2015.

Maxline takeover[edit]

In 2021 the team was re-branded into Maxline Rogachev, after being taken over by the eponymous betting company. In the fall of 2022 Maxline defeated Arsenal Dzerzhinsk in the promotion/relegation play-off and won the right to be promoted to Belarusian Premier League for the 2023 season. During the off-season, Maxline were denied Premier League license and stayed in the First League as the result. In early 2023 the club cut ties with Rogachev and relocated to Vitebsk with the intention of having better chances for promotion in the bigger city with better infrastructure.[1]

Current squad[edit]

As of April 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Belarus BLR Arseniy Kudin
2 DF Belarus BLR Artur Ivanow
3 DF Belarus BLR Nikita Kostomarov
5 DF Belarus BLR Artur Chuduk
7 MF Belarus BLR Alfred Mazurich
8 FW Belarus BLR Pavel Klenyo
9 MF Belarus BLR Andrey Bolvan
10 MF Belarus BLR Andrey Khachaturyan
11 MF Belarus BLR Artem Vlasov
14 MF Belarus BLR Aleksei Petrusevich
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Belarus BLR Dmitriy Lutik
18 MF Belarus BLR Vladislav Zhuk
19 DF Belarus BLR Artem Bruy
21 MF Belarus BLR Artem Zimin
23 MF Belarus BLR Syarhey Balanovich
30 GK Belarus BLR Pavel Shcherbachenya
33 MF Belarus BLR Oleg Alay
37 FW Russia RUS Mark Krasnov
61 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Stavpets
99 FW Russia RUS Maksim Zhitnev

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