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dnepr transmash mogilev - belarus
Sunday Herald, The, Jun 20, 1999
WHAT ABOUT THEM?
Known as Dnepr Mogilev from 1992-97, before a merger with Transmash Mogilev resulted in a name change to Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev in 1998. Got that?
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After winning last season's Belarussian league in October, they are in the first qualifying round for this year's Champions League. WHAT'S THE STADIUM LIKE? The Spartak Stadium, Mogilev, can hold 11,200, all seated on benches. The merger meant the smaller, 6,000-capacity Transmash stadium became surplus to requirements. As for the fans, the April- to-October league season isn't long enough to complete the chant "give us a D ... give us an N ... " FORMED/COLOURS/ NICKNAME/HONOURS 1998/red-and-white-hooped shirts, black shorts/None/One league championship. STAR PLAYERS? Belarussian international defender Eduard Boltrushevich and a sprinkling of under-21 stars, notably striker Dmitriy Ogorodnik. Dnepr were the more powerful of the two clubs before their merger (reaching the 1992 cup final) and most of the new club's better players were previously on their books. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? Manufacturing company Transmash - who make tractors, bulldozers and the like - are the money behind Dnepr but Belarussian football has become extremely competitive. Dinamo Minsk won the first six championships since independence in 1992. Now the current season leaders, after 10 games, are BATE from the town of Borisov. Transmash, still unbeaten, are four points behind in second. WHAT SCOTTISH CLUB WOULD THEY BE? For the tractor connection, Forres Mechanics. AND ANOTHER THING? Belarussian football is considering how to raise money for victims of the Minsk rock concert stampede last month, in which 52 spectators died.
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