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Minsk

Vysshaya Liga Belarus

Belarusian Cup

Founded:	2003
Stadium:	Stadion FK Minsk
Coach:	Vitali Tarakanov
Vysshaya Liga Form:
Overall Form:

Minsk home ground venue is Stadion FK Minsk.

Vitali Tarakanov is the current coach for Minsk.

Minsk Vysshaya Liga Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Minsk have played a total of 33 matches in Belarus Vysshaya Liga. Their current statistics is 8 win, 11 draw and 14 lose.

Minsk did not lose their last two matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Minsk results for their home or away matches in Vysshaya Liga 2011.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Minsk	33	8	11	14

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
27/11/2011	Dinamo Minsk	3 - 4	Minsk	0-3	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	3' Andrey Zaleskiy
			11' Dmitri Shegrikovich
		0 - 2	32' Roman Vasilyuk
		0 - 3	35' K. Pavlyuchek
Bruno Zita Mbanangoyé 59'
Bruno Furlan 59'
S. Dragun 65'
Bruno Furlan 78'		1 - 3
			79' Yevgeni Loshankov
			79' Denis Sashcheko
		1 - 4	80' Roman Vasilyuk
Bruno Furlan 82'		2 - 4
			85' Adama Soro
A. Sachivko 85'		3 - 4
19/11/2011	Minsk	1 - 1	Dinamo Brest	1-1	H2H	O	+
Roman Vasilyuk 4'		1 - 0
			33' Andrey Tsevan
		1 - 1	37' David Lazari
			58' Alexei Gonciarov
Adama Soro 59'
Jonas Pjatrauskas 68'
Nikolai Osipovich 68'
Denis Sashcheko 70'
Sergei Gigevich 70'
			73' Nikolay Yanush
			73' V. Khvashchinskiy
Igor Voronkov 78'
Yevgeni Loshankov 80'
N. Zenko 80'
			83' David Lazari
			83' Aleksandr Matyukhevich
			90' Andrey Tsevan
			90' Dimitry Makar
05/11/2011	Dnepr Mogilev	1 - 0	Minsk	0-0	H2H	O	+
			20' Artur Lesko
			22' Andrey Sheryakov
			22' Vitaliy Zheludok
Vitaliy Tarashchik 33'
			44' Dmitri Shegrikovich
Anton Matveenko 45'
Vladimir Shuneiko 45'
Igor Zenkovich 45'
Vitaliy Tarashchik 46'
A. Shramchenko 46'
Igor Zenkovich 60'
Maksim Berdnik 60'
			61' Denis Sashcheko
			61' Sergei Gigevich
			67' Yevgeni Loshankov
			67' Roman Vasilyuk
Maksim Berdnik 80'		1 - 0
Maksim Berdnik 86'
			87' Igor Voronkov
Fedor Černych 90'
Aliaksandr Barabanau 90'
30/10/2011	Minsk	0 - 0	Neman Grodno	0-0	H2H	O	+
			61' Aleksey Sugak
			61' Andrey Gorbach
			63' Dmitry Rovneiko
			68' D. Lebedev
			68' Vadim Demidovich
Sergei Gigevich 68'
Denis Sashcheko 68'
			77' P. Savitskiy
			77' Witalij Nadijewskij
Yevgeni Loshankov 78'
N. Zenko 78'
Roman Vasilyuk 87'
Mikhail Lizura 87'
Mikhail Lizura 90'
23/10/2011	Vitebsk	1 - 0	Minsk	0-0	H2H	O	+
A. Skitov 46'
Oleg Skidan 46'
Vladimir Moroz 49'		1 - 0
			61' Denis Sashcheko
			61' Andrey Sheryakov
			80' Nikolai Osipovich
			80' N. Zenko
Igors Slesarcuks 85'
Artem Kosak 85'
Yuriy Vasyutin 89'
			90' Andrey Sheryakov
14/10/2011	Minsk	0 - 2	BATE	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	16' Yevgeni Loshankov
Sergei Gigevich 21'
			46' Aleksandr Yurevich
			46' F. Rudik
			59' M. Volodko
			59' M. Gordeychuk
Yevgeni Loshankov 63'
		0 - 2	69' R. Bressan
Andrey Sheryakov 72'
N. Zenko 72'
			75' F. Rudik
Sergei Gigevich 79'
Denis Sashcheko 79'
			79' Mateja Kezman
			79' M. Skavysh
K. Pavlyuchek 88'
			88' Marko Simic
Aleksandr Sverchinski 89'
01/10/2011	Minsk	0 - 0	Torpedo BelAZ	0-0	H2H	O	+
			33' Ihor Krivobok
			33' S. Irkha
A. Sachivko 37'
			42' Vadim Evseev
Andrey Sheryakov 65'
Yevgeni Loshankov 65'
Sergei Gigevich 71'
Denis Sashcheko 71'
Jonas Pjatrauskas 73'
Roman Vasilyuk 90'
Artem Rakhmanov 90'
25/09/2011	Gomel	1 - 0	Minsk	1-0	H2H	O	+
Yevgeniy Zuev 15'		1 - 0
Yevgeniy Zuev 38'
Igor Stasevich 38'
			42' A. Sachivko
S. Matveychik 46'
Maksym Lisovy 46'
			55' Denis Sashcheko
			55' Sergei Gigevich
I. Aleksievich 76'
Pavel Platonov 76'
			78' Jonas Pjatrauskas
			78' N. Zenko
			85' Roman Vasilyuk
			85' K. Pavlyuchek
			89' Sergei Gigevich
17/09/2011	Minsk	0 - 1	Belshina	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	28' Dmitriy Kovb
Denis Sashcheko 46'
Yevgeni Loshankov 46'
			59' Mikalai Branfilau
Andrey Sheryakov 60'
Sergei Gigevich 60'
			66' E. Zubovich
			66' Mikhail Eremchuk
			68' Artem Kultyshev
Andrey Razin 73'
			84' Dmitriy Kovb
			84' A. Mrinskiy
Jonas Pjatrauskas 84'
N. Zenko 84'
			86' Mikhail Eremchuk
			90' Artem Kultyshev
			90' Dmitri Turlin
11/09/2011	Naftan	1 - 3	Minsk	0-1	H2H	O	+
Maksim Karpovich 2'
		0 - 1	33' Adama Soro
V. Zhukovskiy 46'
Aleksandr Gavruyshko 46'
Dmitry Khlebosolov 55'		1 - 1
A. Yatskevich 58'
			58' Andrey Sheryakov
			58' Yevgeni Loshankov
		1 - 2	58' Andrey Razin
			60' Denis Sashcheko
			60' Sergei Gigevich
A. Yatskevich 71'
Valery Stripeikis 71'
			76' Adama Soro
			76' Roman Vasilyuk
			76' N. Zenko
Oleg Shkabara 77'
A. Yakimov 77'
			83' Yevgeni Loshankov
Dmitriy Verkhovtsov 88'
		1 - 3	89' Sergei Gigevich
Vitaliy Berezovskiy 90'
28/08/2011	Minsk	1 - 1	Shakhtyor	0-1	H2H	O	+
Dmitri Shegrikovich 25'
		0 - 1	27' Aleksandr Alumona
A. Sachivko 29'
			58' Roman Kirenkin
			58' Igor Rozhkov
Andrey Sheryakov 63'
Roman Vasilyuk 63'
Igor Voronkov 63'		1 - 1
Yevgeni Loshankov 78'
Denis Sashcheko 78'
			82' Aleksandr Alumona
			82' Alexander Lebedev
			90' S. Balanovich
			90' Aleksei Petrov
20/08/2011	Naftan	0 - 0	Minsk	0-0	H2H	O	+
			46' N. Zenko
			46' Andrey Sheryakov
			56' Dmitri Shegrikovich
			64' Denis Sashcheko
			64' Yevgeni Loshankov
Vitaliy Berezovskiy 68'
Artem Teplov 68'
			70' Artem Rakhmanov
A. Yatskevich 75'
Aleksandr Kobets 78'
Aleksandr Gavruyshko 78'
			90' Artur Lesko
			90' Simas Skinderis
12/08/2011	Minsk	1 - 0	BATE	0-0	H2H	O	+
			6' Dzmitry Likhtarovich
			6' E. Olekhnovich
Denis Sashcheko 39'
Dmitriy Klimovich 46'
Nikolai Osipovich 46'
			56' Marko Simic
			63' F. Rudik
			63' Aleksandr Volodko
Denis Sashcheko 67'
Sergei Gigevich 67'
Yevgeni Loshankov 73'
			73' M. Volodko
			73' Pavel Nekhajchik
N. Zenko 84'
Roman Vasilyuk 84'
Roman Vasilyuk 89'		1 - 0
08/08/2011	Gomel	2 - 1	Minsk	1-0	H2H	O	+
			38' A. Sachivko
			39' Artur Lesko
Nikolai Kashevski 44'		1 - 0
Yakov Zalevskiy 46'
Pavel Evseenko 46'
			46' Roman Vasilyuk
			46' Andrey Sheryakov
Igor Khudobyak 46'
Yevgeniy Zuev 46'
Maksym Lisovy 61'
			61' K. Pavlyuchek
A. Stepanov 63'		2 - 0
			74' Yevgeni Loshankov
			74' Denis Sashcheko
		2 - 1	75' Andrey Razin
Artur Levitski 80'
Pavel Platonov 80'
			85' Andrey Sheryakov
Nikolai Kashevski 88'
			89' K. Pavlyuchek
			89' N. Zenko
31/07/2011	Minsk	3 - 1	Neman Grodno	1-1	H2H	O	+
			28' Vadim Demidovich
			28' D. Lebedev
		0 - 1	39' D. Lebedev
Dmitriy Klimovich 45'		1 - 1
N. Zenko 46'
Andrey Sheryakov 46'
Yevgeni Loshankov 59'		2 - 1
			64' P. Savitskiy
			64' Aleksandr Yedeshko
			69' Aleksey Suchkov
			69' Witalij Nadijewskij
Dmitri Shegrikovich 75'
Denis Sashcheko 75'
Andrey Sheryakov 86'		3 - 1
Dmitriy Klimovich 89'
Nikolai Osipovich 89'
25/07/2011	Minsk	1 - 2	Belshina	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	27' Dmitriy Kovb
		0 - 2	29' Dmitriy Kovb
			44' Gennadi Bliznyuk
Artem Rakhmanov 46'
Roman Vasilyuk 46'
			52' Dmitri Turlin
			52' E. Zubovich
Roman Vasilyuk 54'		1 - 2
Dmitriy Klimovich 57'
Adama Soro 61'
Andrey Khachaturyan 61'
			63' Dmitriy Kovb
			63' Vyacheslav Gorbanenko
Dmitri Shegrikovich 72'
Andrey Sheryakov 72'
Simas Skinderis 74'
			82' E. Zubovich
			85' Mikalai Branfilau
			86' E. Zubovich
			86' Mikhail Eremchuk
10/07/2011	Vitebsk	1 - 0	Minsk	1-0	H2H	O	+
			14' Andrey Razin
			14' Sergei Gigevich
Andrei Baranok 34'		1 - 0
Alexey Kuchuk 69'
Artem Kosak 69'
			72' N. Zenko
			72' Roman Vasilyuk
Oleg Skidan 73'
Igors Slesarcuks 73'
Aleksey Tupchiy 80'
Aleksey Belousov 80'
			82' Dmitri Shegrikovich
			82' Donatas Navikas
Vyatcheslav Yaroslavskiy 85'
Igors Slesarcuks 90'
04/07/2011	Minsk	0 - 1	Shakhtyor	0-0	H2H	O	+
Sergei Gigevich 46'
Yevgeni Loshankov 46'
		0 - 1	64' Viktor V. Sokol
N. Zenko 68'
Roman Vasilyuk 68'
K. Pavlyuchek 74'
Denis Sashcheko 74'
			79' Alexei Rios
			79' Aleksei Petrov
			87' Viktor V. Sokol
			87' Artem Chelyadinski
			90' Igor Rozhkov
			90' Denis Polyakov
25/06/2011	Torpedo BelAZ	2 - 2	Minsk	2-0	H2H	O	+
A. Solovey 7'		1 - 0
			18' Andrey Khachaturyan
			18' Denis Sashcheko
Vadim Evseev 21'
A. Solovey 23'		2 - 0
Vitali Lanko 25'
Oleksandr Papush 25'
			53' Dmitri Shegrikovich
		2 - 1	57' Igor Voronkov
Simon Ogar Veron 65'
Sergey Tikhonovskiy 65'
		2 - 2	67' Anton Ryabtsev
Vadim Evseev 68'
Maxim Cebotari 68'
			81' A. Sachivko
			84' Nikolai Osipovich
			84' Sergei Gigevich
			85' Sergei Gigevich
			90' Denis Sashcheko
			90' N. Zenko
19/06/2011	Minsk	1 - 1	Dinamo Brest	0-0	H2H	O	+
Andrey Khachaturyan 59'		1 - 0
			64' Dimitry Makar
			64' Sergey Schegrikovich
Denis Sashcheko 67'
Sergei Gigevich 67'
Jonas Pjatrauskas 71'
Jonas Pjatrauskas 75'
Nikolai Osipovich 75'
		1 - 1	79' Sergey Schegrikovich
Roman Vasilyuk 86'
N. Zenko 86'
Yevgeni Loshankov 89'
			90' Alexander Lebedev
			90' Nikolay Signevich
12/06/2011	Dinamo Minsk	1 - 2	Minsk	0-2	H2H	O	+
			29' K. Pavlyuchek
Eduard Zhevnerov 33'
		0 - 1	37' Andrey Razin
		0 - 2	41' Denis Sashcheko
Leonid Kovel 54'
Bruno Furlan 54'
			59' Jonas Pjatrauskas
			65' Roman Vasilyuk
			65' N. Zenko
Vyacheslav Hleb 72'		1 - 2
Aurelien Montaroup 72'
Sergey Kondratyev 72'
A. Kugan 77'
I. Yasinskiy 77'
			81' Yevgeni Loshankov
			81' Donatas Navikas
			86' Denis Sashcheko
			86' Nikolai Osipovich
27/05/2011	Minsk	1 - 3	Dnepr Mogilev	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	3' Igor Zenkovich
A. Sachivko 35'
Adama Soro 37'
			39' Vladimir Shuneiko
		0 - 2	52' Andrey Gonchar
Denis Sashcheko 62'
Yevgeni Loshankov 62'
Jonas Pjatrauskas 62'
N. Zenko 62'
			72' B. Pankratov
		0 - 3	78' Yaroslav Svorak
Andrey Sheryakov 80'
Sergei Gigevich 80'
N. Zenko 82'		1 - 3
			86' D. Tereshchenko
			86' Artur Grigoryan
			90' Vladimir Shuneiko
			90' A. Shepelev
21/05/2011	Minsk	1 - 3	Naftan	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	37' Nikita Bukatkin
		0 - 2	54' Roman Sorokin
			57' Roman Sorokin
			57' A. Yatskevich
			62' Mikhail Gorbachev
Andrey Sheryakov 65'
			65' Igor Zyulev
			65' Dmitry Khlebosolov
		0 - 3	66' I. Sándor
Vitaliy Berezovskiy 70'		1 - 3
Dmitri Shegrikovich 72'
Artur Lesko 72'
Yevgeni Loshankov 78'
Denis Sashcheko 78'
			80' Aleksandr Gavruyshko
			80' Aleksandr Gavruyshko
			80' Yuriy Markhel
Roman Vasilyuk 84'
Donatas Navikas 84'
15/05/2011	BATE	1 - 1	Minsk	0-0	H2H	O	+
Pavel Nekhajchik 11'
R. Bressan 65'
Aleksandr Pavlov 65'
			69' A. Sachivko
Marko Simic 69'
			70' Denis Sashcheko
			70' Yevgeni Loshankov
		0 - 1	74' Adama Soro
Aleksandr Volodko 76'
F. Rudik 76'
Artem Kontsevoy 79'		1 - 1
M. Bordachev 79'
Aleksandr Yurevich 79'
			80' Simas Skinderis
			87' Andrey Sheryakov
			87' N. Zenko
			90' Roman Vasilyuk
			90' K. Pavlyuchek
11/05/2011	Minsk	2 - 1	Gomel	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	9' Igor Stasevich
Roman Vasilyuk 20'		1 - 1
			46' Yevgeniy Zuev
			46' Andrey Lyasyuk
Andrey Khachaturyan 47'		2 - 1
			58' S. Matveychik
			58' I. Aleksievich
			69' Aleksey Timoshenko
			69' M. Mrkaić
Denis Sashcheko 74'
Yevgeni Loshankov 74'
Nikolai Osipovich 74'
K. Pavlyuchek 74'
Roman Vasilyuk 89'
N. Zenko 89'
07/05/2011	Neman Grodno	0 - 1	Minsk	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	8' Dmitri Shegrikovich
			10' Adama Soro
Witalij Nadijewskij 38'
Witalij Nadijewskij 43'
P. Savitskiy 43'
Nemanja Cvetkovic 43'
Oleg Strakhanovich 43'
Ivan Denisevich 66'
Aleksandr Yedeshko 66'
Vadim Demidovich 70'
			72' Yevgeni Loshankov
			72' Denis Sashcheko
			87' Roman Vasilyuk
			87' N. Zenko
			90' Andrey Sheryakov
			90' K. Pavlyuchek
30/04/2011	Belshina	2 - 2	Minsk	1-0	H2H	O	+
E. Zubovich 25'		1 - 0
Sergey Kozak 30'
			52' Jonas Pjatrauskas
Sergey Kozak 58'
Igor Lisitsa 58'
E. Zubovich 61'
Dmitri Turlin 61'
			62' Jonas Pjatrauskas
			62' Nikolai Osipovich
			68' Nikolai Osipovich
		1 - 1	71' K. Pavlyuchek
			75' Andrey Razin
		1 - 2	80' Andrey Razin
Yuriy Pleshakov 84'
Dmitriy Kovb 84'
			87' Yevgeni Loshankov
			87' Sergei Pushnyakov
Dmitriy Kovb 90'		2 - 2
Aleksey Khaletskiy 90'
Dmitriy Kovb 90'
			90' Roman Vasilyuk
			90' Donatas Navikas
23/04/2011	Minsk	1 - 3	Vitebsk	0-1	H2H	O	+
			19' Sergey Glazyukov
		0 - 1	20' Oleg Skidan
			47' Aleksey Kravchenko
		0 - 2	51' Alexey Kuchuk
Artem Rakhmanov 54'
Andrey Sheryakov 54'
			62' Alexey Kuchuk
			62' Maksim Gukailo
Yevgeni Loshankov 66'
Denis Sashcheko 66'
Andrey Khachaturyan 70'
			76' Oleg Skidan
			76' Maksim Berdnik
Andrey Sheryakov 78'
Roman Vasilyuk 82'		1 - 2
		1 - 3	84' Sergey Glazyukov
			89' Sergey Glazyukov
			89' Igors Slesarcuks
19/04/2011	Shakhtyor	1 - 0	Minsk	0-0	H2H	O	+
Vladimir Yurchenko 55'
S. Balanovich 55'
			56' Igor Voronkov
			58' Adama Soro
Viktor V. Sokol 67'
Andrey Leonchik 67'
			77' Yevgeni Loshankov
			77' Roman Vasilyuk
Aleksandr Alumona 83'		1 - 0
Pavel Sitko 89'
Alexei Rios 89'
			90' Denis Sashcheko
			90' Sergei Pushnyakov
15/04/2011	Minsk	0 - 1	Torpedo BelAZ	0-1	H2H	O	+
K. Pavlyuchek 24'
			30' Vadim Evseev
			30' Maxim Cebotari
		0 - 1	31' Ihor Krivobok
K. Pavlyuchek 33'
Artem Rakhmanov 33'
Andrey Khachaturyan 34'
Andrey Razin 41'
Dmitriy Klimovich 46'
Yevgeni Loshankov 46'
			60' Ihor Krivobok
			60' S. Irkha
			66' Sergey Tikhonovskiy
			69' Vladimir Moroz
Andrey Razin 70'
A. Sachivko 76'
Roman Vasilyuk 76'
			77' Vladimir Moroz
			77' A. Solovey
			79' Maxim Cebotari
			79' Andrey Divakov
10/04/2011	Dinamo Brest	2 - 2	Minsk	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	7' Roman Vasilyuk
Dmitri Mozolevski 38'		1 - 1
Pascal Mendy 39'
Alexander Lebedev 39'
Sergey Schegrikovich 42'
			46' Denis Sashcheko
			46' Yevgeni Loshankov
			60' Roman Vasilyuk
			60' Andrey Sheryakov
Andrey Tsevan 61'		2 - 1
			75' Jonas Pjatrauskas
			75' A. Sachivko
			82' Adama Soro
			86' Dmitriy Klimovich
		2 - 2	90' Andrey Khachaturyan
David Lazari 90'
Nikolay Signevich 90'
06/04/2011	Minsk	0 - 0	Dinamo Minsk	0-0	H2H	O	+
Adama Soro 27'
Jonas Pjatrauskas 35'
			57' Robert Zebelyan
			57' Mikhail Afanasyev
Yevgeni Loshankov 73'
Denis Sashcheko 73'
Andrey Sheryakov 83'
Roman Vasilyuk 83'
Igor Voronkov 90'
A. Sachivko 90'
			90' Vyacheslav Hleb
			90' Yaroslav Yampol
02/04/2011	Dnepr Mogilev	0 - 2	Minsk	0-0	H2H	O	+
Arturs Silagailis 24'
			48' Andrey Razin
		0 - 1	54' Igor Voronkov
			57' Andrey Khachaturyan
			60' Andrey Khachaturyan
Anton Gai 60'
			64' Roman Vasilyuk
			64' Andrey Sheryakov
			66' Denis Sashcheko
			66' Yevgeni Loshankov
Anton Gai 66'
Yaroslav Svorak 66'
Vitaliy Tarashchik 74'
Mikhail Kozlov 74'
		0 - 2	78' Andrey Razin
			87' Simas Skinderis
			89' Andrey Razin
			89' N. Zenko

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Minsk in Vysshaya Liga.

Statistics & Analysis of Minsk

R. Vasilyuk is the leading top goal scorer for Minsk with 8 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	2
Longest losing streak	3
Longest run without loss	4
Longest run without win	8
Clean sheets	7
Matches over 2.25 goals	13
Matches under 2.25 goals	20
Matches First Half Over 0.5	21
Matches First Half Under 0.5	12
Matches odd	15
Matches even	18
Average goals scored	1
Average goals allowed	1.21
Failure to score	13
Biggest victory	3 - 1
Biggest defeat	1 - 3
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	1
Own goals	3
Goalless draw at home match	3 (18%)
Goalless draw at away match	1 (6%)
Comeback win	2
Top Goal Scorer	R. Vasilyuk
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Football clubs that play well for their away games.

Dodoma Jiji vs Simba

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.