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The team was founded in 1996 as Zvezda Minsk (Zorka Minsk). BGU is a Russian abbreviation and stands for the Belarusian State University.
Zvezda-VA-BGU (Zorka-VA-BDU) 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 (Zorka Minsk, Belarusian: Зорка Мінск)
1998: renamed to Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk (VA stands for Vayennaya Akademiya or Voyennaya Akademiya, Belarusian/Russian for Military Academy)
2005: renamed to Zvezda-BGU Minsk
2017: renamed to Energetik-BGU Minsk (Enerhyetyk-BDU Minsk)
Current squad
As of December 2024
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Maksim Sukhoveyev
Jasurbek Yakhshiboev
Vladislav Vasilyev
