[4] During World War 2, the city's football pitch was the site of "fierce battles" and extensive trench construction.

[3] The current team was founded in 1998 as Slutsksakhar Slutsk after success in local futsal and financial guarantees from the sugar refinery.

[6] Starting in 2012, after the expansion of the Slutsk city stadium, with a new administrative building, new stands, and a pitch extension, the team began playing at their proper home ground.

In the 2015 off-season, Slutsk was one of the few Belarusian teams to play friendlies abroad, facing Danish and Russian clubs in Turkey.

As the Belarusian league was one of the few in the world still playing (along with Nicaragua and Tajikistan – and as of April 2020, Taiwan), an online following began around FC Slutsk, started by Australians who found the name funny.

[10][11][12][13][2][14][15] This led to coverage of the club by international media outlets including the BBC, The New York Times, NBC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Russia Today, and the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

[16][17][5] The movement also led to the adoption of a club song, "We love our Slutsk", composed by Andy Bajana and performed by Yury Trubila,[18][19] which was played at home games starting in April 2020.

[21] On 30 June 2020, Slutsk manager Vitaly Pavlov was fired after an extended period of poor performances in the league.

[24] As of February 2025 [25] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.