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FC Neman Grodno (Belarusian: ФК Нёман Гродна, FK Nyoman Hrodna; Russian: ФК Неман Гродно) is a Belarusianfootball club from the city of Grodno, named after the Neman River and was founded in 1964. Since 1992, the team has participated in the top league of Belarus.
Since 1964, the team was playing in the third tier of the Soviet football system almost constantly, excluding two seasons (1968 and 1969) spent in the second tier. They were close to achieving promotions in 1966 and 1980, but lost the final play-off against the third tier zone winners on both occasions.
Since 1992, Neman plays in the Belarusian Premier League. In 1993, they won the Belarusian Cup. The most successful years for the team were in the early 2000s, when they finished fourth twice in a row before finishing second in 2002 after losing the first place play-off against BATE Borisov.
1 Advanced to the final round for one promotion spot as the best-placed team from Belarusian SSR.
2 Advanced to the semi-final round of promotion tournament (for one spot) as one of top 8 teams not from Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh or Central Asian SSR.
3 As the worst-placed team from the Belarusian SSR, Neman had to play promotion/relegation play-off against the best-placed Belarusian team from the 3rd level.
4 In 1973, every draw was followed by a penalty shoot-out, with a winner gaining 1 point and loser gaining 0.
5 Advanced to the final round for one promotion spot as winners of their zone.