FC MTZ-RIPO

Football club infobox
clubname = FC MTZ-RIPO


fullname = Football Club MTZ-RIPO
nickname = Traktor Boys
founded = 1947
ground = Traktor Stadium, Minsk
capacity = 17,600
chairman = flagicon|Belarus Mikhail Yuferev
manager = flagicon|Belarus Yuri Puntus
league = Belarusian Premier League
season = 2007
position = 5th
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FC MTZ-RIPO ( _be. ФК МТЗ-РІПА) is a Belarusian Premier League football team (formerly known as "FC Traktor" and "FC MTZ"), part of Russian-Lithuanian businessman Vladimir Romanov's soccer holding which also includes Scottish Premier League club Hearts and Lithuanian A Lyga champion FBK Kaunas. The club made their top flight debut in 2004.

History

Established in 1947 during building of Minsk Traktor Plant (MTZ) as a sport section for construction workers (including German POW) and later for local factory personnel. This sport section was transformed to a professional football team in 1948.
*1947 established
*2002 Merged with RIPO (“Trudovye Rezervy-RIPO”) to create FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk

Recently announced a possible name change before the start of next season.Fact|date=December 2007

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Achievements

* Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Champion: 2:: 1948, 1949

* Belarusian Cup: 2:: 2005, 2008

UEFA Cup 2005-06

First Qualifying Round

*First leg 14 July 2005
*Ferencvárosi TC 0 – 2 FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk
*Second leg 28 July 2005
* FC MTZ-RIPO Minsk 1 – 2 Ferencvárosi TC

econd Qualifying Round

*First leg, 11 August 2005
*MTZ-RIPO Minsk 1 – 1 FK Teplice
*Second leg 25 August 2005. Progressing teams shown in bold
*FK Teplice 2–1 MTZ-RIPO Minsk

Managers

*Andrei Zygmantovich - current
*Eduard Malofeev
*Yuri Puntus
*Alexandr Piskarev

Current squad

External links

Official website

* [http://www.mtz-ripo.by/ www.mtz-ripo.by]

Supporters' website

* [http://www.mtz-ripo.com/ www.mtz-ripo.com]

tatistics websites

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/witrchamp.html RSSSF - Belarus: List of Champions]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/witrhist.html RSSSF - Belarus: Championships before Independence]
* [http://www.eufo.de/football/blr/mtz_insk.html FC MTZ-RIPO at eufo.de]

Other websites

* [http://www.uefa.com/magazine/news/Kind=8/newsId=319022.html UEFA.com - The real Tractor Boys]