# FC Neman Grodno

FC Neman Grodno or FK Nyoman Hrodna (Belarusian: ФК Нёман Гродна; Russian: ФК Неман Гродно) is a Belarusian professional football club based in the city of Grodno. It is named after the Neman River and founded in 1964. Since 1992, the team has participated in the highest division of Belarusian football league system.

## History

Since 1964, the team was playing in the third tier of the Soviet football system almost constantly, excluding two seasons (1968 and 1969) spent in the second tier. Since 1992, Neman plays in the Belarusian Premier League. In 1993, they won the Belarusian Cup. The most successful years for the team were in the early 2000s, when they finished fourth twice in a row before finishing second in 2002 after losing the first place play-off against BATE Borisov.

### Name changes

* 1964: founded as Neman Grodno
* 1973: renamed to Khimik Grodno
* 1993: renamed to Neman Grodno
* 1999: renamed to Neman-Belcard Grodno
* 2002: renamed to Neman Grodno

## Honours

* Belarusian Premier League
** Runners-up (3): 2002, 2023, 2024
* Belarusian Cup
** Winners (2): 1993, 2024
** Runners-up (2): 2011, 2014

## Current squad

As of March 2025
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 |
| 1 | GK | BLR | Artur Maliyevsky |
| 5 | DF | BLR | Yegor Parkhomenko |
| 6 | MF | BLR | Artur Nazarenko |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Yuri Klochkov |
| 8 | DF | UKR | Yuriy Pantya |
| 9 | MF | BLR | Sergey Pushnyakov |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Leonard Gweth |
| 11 | DF | RUS | Yuri Gavrilov |
| 12 | GK | BLR | Maksim Belov |
| 15 | MF | BLR | Oleg Yevdokimov |
| 16 | DF | BLR | Nikita Bylinkin |
| 17 | FW | BLR | Yahor Zubovich |
| 18 | FW | BLR | Maksim Kravtsov |
| 19 | DF | BLR | Konstantin Kuchinsky |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | BLR | Ivan Sadownichy |
| 21 | MF | BLR | Alfred Mazurich |
| 24 | MF | BLR | Andrey Yakimov |
| 27 | DF | KGZ | Amantur Shamurzayev |
| 32 | MF | BLR | Yury Pavlyukovets |
| 33 | MF | CTA | Isaac Ngoma |
| 44 | MF | BLR | Ivan Kontsevoy |
| 46 | MF | BLR | Aleksey Legchilin |
| 47 | MF | BLR | Mikhail Kazlow |
| 50 | DF | BLR | Aleksey Shalashnikov |
| 71 | FW | BLR | Anton Suchkow |
| 88 | MF | BLR | Pavel Savitsky |
| — | MF | BLR | Sergey Guzarevich |

## League and Cup history
### Soviet Union

| Season | Level | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | Goals | Points | Domestic Cup | Notes |
| 1964 | 3rd | 16 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 16–60 | 18 | Round of 2048 | |
| 1965 | 3rd | 11 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 27–34 | 25 | Round of 1024 | |
| 1966 | 3rd | 4 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 38–15 | 40 | | |
| 1966 | 3rd | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3–3 | 3 | | Final round$^1$ |
| 1967 | 3rd | 2 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 32–20 | 42 | Round of 4096 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9–0 | 6 | Round of 4096 | Semi-final round$^2$ |
| 1967 | 3rd | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3–0 | 2 | Round of 4096 | Final round; Promoted |
| 1968 | 2nd | 19 | 40 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 20–53 | 29 | Round of 256 | |
| 1969 | 2nd | 14 | 40 | 7 | 23 | 10 | 27–27 | 37 | Round of 256 | |
| 1969 | 2nd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2–2 | 2 | Round of 256 | Promotion/relegation play-off$^3$ |
| 1970 | 3rd | 18 | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 27–48 | 35 | Round of 256 | |
| 1971 | 3rd | 12 | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 28–36 | 45 | | |
| 1972 | 3rd | 18 | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 24–45 | 40 | | |
| 1973 | 3rd | 14 | 32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 24–42 | 19$^4$ | | |
| 1974 | 3rd | 21 | 40 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 21–71 | 15 | | |
| 1975 | 3rd | 18 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22–48 | 16 | | |
| 1976 | 3rd | 9 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 49–60 | 38 | | |
| 1977 | 3rd | 6 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 45–36 | 46 | | |
| 1978 | 3rd | 13 | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 42–54 | 44 | | |
| 1979 | 3rd | 7 | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 56–33 | 57 | | |
| 1980 | 3rd | 1 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 42–23 | 44 | | |
| 1980 | 3rd | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5–4 | 5 | | Final round$^5$ |
| 1981 | 3rd | 4 | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 48–44 | 41 | Group stage | |
| 1982 | 3rd | 2 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 43–23 | 40 | | |
| 1983 | 3rd | 3 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 35–19 | 41 | | |
| 1984 | 3rd | 5 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 51–42 | 39 | | |
| 1985 | 3rd | 4 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 43–27 | 36 | | |
| 1986 | 3rd | 6 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 37–30 | 35 | | |
| 1987 | 3rd | 10 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 33–39 | 30 | Round of 16 | |
| 1988 | 3rd | 5 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 48–31 | 46 | | |
| 1989 | 3rd | 10 | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 46–41 | 44 | | |
| 1990 | 3rd | 15 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 46–52 | 38 | Round of 64 | |
| 1991 | 3rd | 22 | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 32–55 | 23 | | |
| 1992 | | | | | | | | | Round of 64 | |
* $^1$ Advanced to the final round for one promotion spot as the best-placed team from Belarusian SSR.
* $^2$ Advanced to the semi-final round of promotion tournament (for one spot) as one of top 8 teams not from Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh or Central Asian SSR.
* $^3$ As the worst-placed team from the Belarusian SSR, Neman had to play promotion/relegation play-off against the best-placed Belarusian team from the 3rd level.
* $^4$ In 1973, every draw was followed by a penalty shoot-out, with a winner gaining 1 point and loser gaining 0.
* $^5$ Advanced to the final round for one promotion spot as winners of their zone.

### Belarus

| Season | Level | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | Goals | Points | Domestic Cup | Notes |
| 1992 | 1st | 5 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 21–17 | 18 | Round of 16 | |
| 1992–93 | 1st | 4 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 39–27 | 45 | Winners | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup |
| 1993–94 | 1st | 11 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 29–41 | 24 | Round of 32 | |
| 1994–95 | 1st | 7 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 26–27 | 31 | Round of 16 | |
| 1995 | 1st | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20–35 | 19 | Round of 32 | |
| 1996 | 1st | 13 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 25–48 | 29 | Round of 32 | |
| 1997 | 1st | 10 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32–41 | 38 | Round of 16 | |
| 1998 | 1st | 10 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 27–44 | 31 | Quarter-finals | |
| 1999 | 1st | 9 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 36–43 | 37 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2000 | 1st | 4 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 56–29 | 57 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2001 | 1st | 4 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 44–20 | 50 | Round of 16 | |
| 2002 | 1st | 2 | 27$^1$ | 17 | 5 | 5 | 47–21 | 56 | Round of 16 | UEFA Cup |
| 2003 | 1st | 7 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 24–35 | 39 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2004 | 1st | 7 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 37–33 | 40 | Quarter-finals | UEFA Intertoto Cup |
| 2005 | 1st | 12 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 20–50 | 24 | Semi-finals | |
| 2006 | 1st | 10 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 24–30 | 30 | Round of 16 | |
| 2007 | 1st | 6 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 23–22 | 36 | Semi-finals | |
| 2008 | 1st | 12 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 36–40 | 33 | Round of 16 | |
| 2009 | 1st | 7 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 23–31 | 37 | Semi-finals | |
| 2010 | 1st | 10 | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 27–42 | 31 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2011 | 1st | 8 | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 33–45 | 37 | Runners-up | |
| 2012 | 1st | 5 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 43–36 | 41 | Semi-finals | |
| 2013 | 1st | 4 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 34–30 | 47 | Round of 16 | |
| 2014 | 1st | 8 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 41–36 | 42 | Runners-up | UEFA Europa League |
| 2015 | 1st | 8 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 21–32 | 32 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2016 | 1st | 14 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 21–36 | 29 | Round of 16 | |
| 2017 | 1st | 6 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 42–32 | 49 | Round of 16 | |
| 2018 | 1st | 7 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 31–32 | 43 | Semi-finals | |
| 2019 | 1st | 10 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 28–37 | 36 | Round of 32 | |
| 2020 | 1st | 5 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 41–29 | 53 | Round of 32 | |
| 2021 | 1st | 11 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 36–36 | 34 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2022 | 1st | 9 | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 39–36 | 40 | Semi-finals | UEFA Conference League |
| 2023 | 1st | 2 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 60–22 | 62 | Semi-finals | UEFA Conference League |
| 2024 | 1st | 2 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 45–19 | 65 | Winners | UEFA Conference League |
* $^1$ Including additional game (0–1 loss) against BATE for the first place.

## Neman in Europe

As of match played 1 August 2024
| Competition | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- |
| UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | –2 |
| UEFA Conference League | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | –6 |
| UEFA Cup Winners Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | –4 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
| Total | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | –13 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1993–94 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | QR | Lugano | 2–1 | 0–5 | 2–6 |
| 2003–04 | UEFA Cup | QR | Steaua București | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| 2005 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R | Tescoma Zlín | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | FH Hafnarfjörður | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| 2023–24 | UEFA Conference League | 1Q | Vaduz | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| 2023–24 | UEFA Conference League | 2Q | Balzan | 2–0 | 0−0 | 2−0 |
| 2023–24 | UEFA Conference League | 3Q | Celje | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–5 |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 2Q | CFR Cluj | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–5 |
| 2025–26 | UEFA Conference League | 1Q | | | | |

## Managers

* Vyacheslav Sivakov
* Valery Yanochkin (Sept 1, 1993 – April 1, 1995)
* Sergey Solodovnikov (Sept 1, 1997 – Feb 1, 1998), (May 1, 1998 – June 30, 2005)
* Vladimir Kurnev (Jan 1, 2006 – Dec 31, 2006)
* Liudas Rumbutis (Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007)
* Vyacheslav Akshayev (Jan 4, 2008 – July 20, 2008)
* Oleg Radushko (July 21, 2008 – July 19, 2010)
* Aleksandr Koreshkov (June 25, 2010 – Aug 11, 2011)
* Pyotr Kachuro (caretaker) (Aug 13, 2011 – Aug 15, 2011)
* Sergey Solodovnikov (Aug 16, 2011 – Apr 26, 2016)
* Oleg Kirenya (caretaker) (Apr 26, 2016 – Jun 16, 2016)
* Igor Kovalevich (Jun 17, 2016 –)