FC Torpedo Minsk or PFK Tarpeda Minsk (; ) is a Belarusian football club, playing in Minsk. The team plays their home games at the Torpedo Stadium in Minsk, which holds 4,800 people. They currently play in Belarusian Second League.
History
During Soviet years, Torpedo was playing in the Belarusian SSR top league and won championships in 1947, 1962, 1966, 1967 and 1969.
The team was playing in the Belarusian Premier League since 1992. Their most successful years were in the early 2000s, when the team finished in 4th position twice in a row (2002, 2003) and reached the final of the Belarusian Cup (2000).
In early 2005, Torpedo-SKA lost financial support from their sponsor and, after losing almost all their main squad and not having funds to pay entrance fee for next season's Premiere League, had to relegate to the Second League. Torpedo-SKA won the Second League in 2005, but at the end of the season, the club was disbanded. The owner moved to a new football team, named FC Minsk (legally a successor of Smena Minsk), which also used the same office and stadium as disbanded Torpedo-SKA. Only one player from Torpedo-SKA 2005 squad joined Minsk.
In 2007, the team was reformed as Torpedo-MAZ and started playing in Minsk championship, which is a part of KFK, Belarusian amateur league (4th lever in league pyramid). In 2009, the team finished in 3rd position and was eligible to represent Minsk in the final tournament for two promotion spots to the Second League (as the first two teams either declined or weren't eligible), but finished on the 3rd position. Successful performance in Minsk championship and cup allowed them to qualify for Belarusian Cup twice (2009 and 2010), but they were eliminated from the tournament after the first game both times.
In 2014, the team rejoined Belarusian Second League under their original name Torpedo Minsk, and in the following year was won the promotion into Belarusian First League. In 2018, they were promoted to the Belarusian Premier League as a replacement for Krumkachy Minsk, who had their Premier League license revoked due to debts.
Midway through the 2019 season, Torpedo withdrew from the Premier League due to lack of financing. All their remaining matches were forfeited 0–3 in favor of their opponents.Минское «Торпедо» снимается с чемпионата Беларуси
Name changes 1947: Torpedo (Tarpeda) 1999: Torpedo-MAZ (Tarpeda-MAZ) 2003: Torpedo-SKA (Tarpeda-SKA) 2005: disbanded 2007: Torpedo-MAZ 2014: Torpedo
Current squad As of October 2023
Honours Belarusian Cup Runners-up (1): 2000 Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR Winners (7): 1947, 1948, 1949, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1969 Runners-up (4): 1950, 1963, 1968, 1983
League and Cup history SeasonGoalsPointsDomestic CupNotes 1992 1st 10 15 5 3 7 15–17 13 Quarter-finals 1992–93 1st 9 32 10 10 12 29–33 30 Round of 32 1993–94 1st 6 30 9 15 6 18–18 33 Quarter-finals 1994–95 1st 6 30 11 10 9 36–29 32 Round of 16 1995 1st 9 15 5 3 7 12–27 18 Round of 32 1996 1st 12 30 7 8 15 32–53 29 1997 1st 8 30 12 6 12 45–43 42 Round of 16 1998 1st 7 28 12 8 8 44–22 44 Round of 16 1999 1st 10 30 10 5 15 31–47 35 Semi-finals 2000 1st 8 30 13 10 7 45–28 49 Runners-up 2001 1st 8 26 10 7 9 31–32 37 Round of 16 2002 1st 4 26 15 6 5 30–16 51 Round of 16 2003 1st 4 30 19 7 4 54–20 64 Round of 16 2004 1st 6 30 13 7 10 37–31 46 Round of 32 Bankrupted, relegated 2005 3rd 1 26 22 4 0 75–9 70 Round of 16 Disbanded 2006 Round of 64 2007 4th 5 20 8 3 9 37-42 27 2008 4th 5 14 4 3 7 19-33 15 2009 4th 3 2010 4th 4 18 10 2 6 35-17 32 Round of 64 2011 4th 1 14 9 3 2 40-14 30 Round of 64 2012 4th 3 14 7 2 5 25–20 23 2013 4th 9 22 7 4 11 36–38 25 2014 3rd 6 22 8 5 9 28–26 29 2015 3rd 4 18 10 4 4 27–13 34 Round of 128 promoted 2016 2nd 9 26 9 6 11 35–36 33 Round of 64 2017 2nd 3 30 17 6 7 60–29 57 Round of 32 promoted 2018 1st 14 30 6 6 18 20–41 24 Round of 32 2019 1st 16 30 1 3 26 4–63 6 Round of 16 Withdrew, relegated 2020 Round of 16 Disbanded
References
External links Official website [https://vk.com/tarpedaminsk/ VK profile