FC SKVICh Minsk () was a Belarusian football club based in Minsk, last playing in the Belarusian Second League.
History The team was founded in late 2000 by travel company SKVICh, which had had investments in sport and football projects (such as their own football school) for several years. Before the start of their first season, after gaining support from Belarusian Railways, the team was renamed Lokomotiv Minsk (Lakamatyw Minsk, ). The team won the Second League in 2001 and finished 3rd in the First League the following year and was promoted to the Belarusian Premier League.
The club finished in the relegation zone of the table in three of their four seasons in the Premier League; twice they were promoted after only one season, until they got stuck in the First League following relegation in 2008. In 2009, they reverted to their original name SKVICh Minsk.
Lokomotiv reached the final of the 2002–03 Belarusian Cup, losing to Dinamo Minsk.
The club was dissolved after the 2014 season.
Honours Belarusian Cup Runners-up (1): 2003
League and Cup history SeasonGoalsPointsDomestic CupNotes 2001 3rd 1 34 26 4 4 77–17 82 Promoted 2002 2nd 3 30 20 6 4 59–16 66 Quarter-finals Promoted 2003 1st 15 30 5 9 16 16–42 24 Runners-up Relegated 2004 2nd 1 30 24 3 3 75–25 75 Quarter-finals Promoted 2005 1st 11 26 7 5 14 30–43 26 Round of 32 2006 1st 13 26 5 4 17 26–52 19 Round of 16 Relegated 2007 2nd 3 26 16 4 6 49–21 52 Round of 16 Promoted 2008 1st 14 30 6 7 17 28–50 25 Round of 16 Relegated 2009 2nd 5 26 11 6 9 37–29 39 Round of 16 2010 2nd 2 30 17 7 6 52–21 58 Round of 64 Promotion play-off 2011 2nd 4 30 16 6 8 57–27 54 Round of 32 2012 2nd 4 28 16 7 5 61–19 55 Quarter-finals 2013 2nd – Quarterfinals
External links Official website (archived 6 July 2011) Lokomotiv Minsk at EUFO.de Lokomotiv Minsk at footballfacts.ru