FC MTZ-RIPO
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FC MTZ-RIPO is a Belarusian Premier League football team (formerly known as FC Traktor and FC MTZ), part of Russian-Lithuanian businessman Vladimir Romanov's soccer holding which also includes Scottish Premier League club Hearts and Lithuanian A Lyga champion FBK Kaunas. The club made their top flight debut in 2004.
History
Established in 1947 during building of Minsk Traktor Plant (MTZ) as a sport section for construction workers (including German POW) and later for local factory personal. This sport section was transformed to a professional football team in 1948.- 1947 established
- 2002 Merged with RIPO (“Trudovye Rezervy”) to create FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk
Honours
Belarussian Soviet Socialist Republic Championship (before 1992) First Place- 1948
- 1949
- 2005 - Belarusian Cup winner
- 2005 - 3rd place in Belarusian Premier League
UEFA Cup 2005-06
First Qualifying Round
- First leg 14 July 2005
- Ferencvárosi TC 0 – 2 FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk
- Second leg 28 July 2005
- FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk 1 – 2 Ferencvárosi TC
Second Qualifying Round
- First leg, 11 August 2005
- MTZ-RIPO Minsk 1 – 1 FK Teplice
- Second leg 25 August 2005. Progressing teams shown in bold
- FK Teplice 2–1 MTZ-RIPO Minsk
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 Season Squad
As of November 5, 2005 (last game in the season):
External links
Supporters websites
Statistics websites
- [RSSSF - Belarus: List of Champions]
- [RSSSF - Belarus: Championships before Independence]
- [FC MTZ-RIPO at eufo.de]
Other websites
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