FC Energetik-BGU Minsk is a Belarusian football club based in Minsk.

History

The team was founded in 1996 as Zvezda Minsk. BGU is a Russian abbreviation and stands for the Belarusian State University.

Zvezda-VA-BGU made its debut in Premier League in 2002 and played there until 2005. Since 2006, the team plays in lower leagues.

In 2006, Zvezda-BGU reached the semi-final of the Belarusian Cup.

In 2010, the women's team of (then-) Zorka-BDU Minsk reached the Round of 32 of the Women's Champions League.

Name changes

  • 1996: founded as Zvezda Minsk
  • 1998: renamed to Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk (VA stands for Voyennaya Akademiya, Russian for Military Academy)
  • 2005: renamed to Zvezda-BGU Minsk
  • 2017: renamed to Energetik-BGU Minsk