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FC Maxline Vitebsk

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

FC Maxline Vitebsk (Belarusian: ФК Макслайн, romanizedFK Makslayn) is a Belarusian football club based in Vitebsk. Until 2023, the club represented Rahachow.

History

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The team was founded in 1983 as Avtomobilist Rogachev (Awtamabilist Rahachow, Belarusian: Аўтамабіліст) and was renamed to KSM Rogachev (KBM Rahachow, Belarusian: КБМ) 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 (Dnyapro Rahachow, Belarusian: Дняпро Рагачоў).

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 (Belarusian: Дняпро-ДЮСШ-1) 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 (MKK-Dnyapro Rahachow, Belarusian: МКК-Дняпро)and rejoined Second League, before reverting to classic name Dnepr Rogachev (Dnyapro) in 2015.

Maxline takeover

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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

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As of August 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 MF Morocco MAR Yassine Bara
3 DF Belarus BLR Nikita Kostomarov
5 DF Belarus BLR Artur Chuduk
7 MF Belarus BLR Alfred Mazurich
8 MF Belarus BLR Sergey Rusak
9 MF Belarus BLR Andrey Bolvan
10 MF Belarus BLR Andrey Khachaturyan
11 MF Belarus BLR Maksim Omelyanchuk
15 DF Belarus BLR Andrey Alshanik
17 MF Belarus BLR Mikalay Ivanow
18 MF Belarus BLR Vladislav Zhuk
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Belarus BLR Artem Bruy
23 MF Belarus BLR Syarhey Balanovich
30 GK Belarus BLR Pavel Shcherbachenya
35 DF Belarus BLR Nikolay Zolotov
45 FW Belarus BLR Denis Kozlovskiy
61 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Stavpets
70 MF Russia RUS Timur Pukhov
88 MF Belarus BLR Kirill Kirilenko
92 FW Armenia ARM David Arshakyan
93 FW Russia RUS Mikhail Markin
99 GK Belarus BLR Aleksandr Titov

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