Universitet Vitebsk

Universitet Vitebsk is a Belarusian women's football club from Vitebsk (Vitsyebsk). The holder of the club is, like the name suggests, the local university. The club is most known for its women's team, that won the Belarusian Premier League several times.

Universitet Vitebsk
Full nameWFC Universitet Vitebsk
Founded1995
GroundStadyen Central'ny Vitsyebski
Capacity8144
LeagueBelarusian Premier League
20091st

History

The club was founded in 1995. In a span of 8 years the women's team worked its way up into the Belarusian Premier League, where it won the title instantly and ended the year-long dominance of Babruichanka Babruisk.[1] In 2006–07 and 2007–08 the team reached the 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA Women's Cup.

In the 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League one started in the round of 32 but lost to FCR Duisburg.

Titles

Current squad

As of 8 October 2011
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Belarus BLR Olga Litvin
— DF Belarus BLR Alina Brovko
— DF Belarus BLR Oksana Klykovskaya
— DF Belarus BLR Alexandra Kudryavtseva
— DF Belarus BLR Yulia Kudryavtseva
— DF Belarus BLR Anna Potavkina
— DF Belarus BLR Anastasya Solokho
— DF Belarus BLR Yulia Vasilenko
— DF Belarus BLR Natalya Vereneva
— DF Belarus BLR OIlga Volkova
— DF Belarus BLR Maria Zemerova
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Belarus BLR Violetta Chayko
— MF Belarus BLR Maria Chernyaeva
— MF Belarus BLR Natalya Lunina
— MF Belarus BLR Anastasya Lusinskaya
— MF Belarus BLR Kristina Prushakova
— MF Belarus BLR Valerya Solokho
— MF Belarus BLR Violetta Vlasova
— FW Belarus BLR Ekaterina Kirshenovich
— FW Belarus BLR Kristina Stepanova
— FW Belarus BLR Alexandra Yakushevich

References
  1. "Vitebsk used to victories". UEFA. 20 September 2007. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2011.


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