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Volgar FC
File:Logo of FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan.png
Full nameVolgar Football Club
Founded1925; 99 years ago (1925)
GroundCentral Stadium,
Astrakhan
Capacity17,712
OwnerAstrakhan Oblast
ManagerRussia Vitali Panov
LeagueRussian Professional Football League
2017–18FNL, 10th (voluntarily relegated)

Volgar FC (Russian: Футбольный Клуб "Волгарь") is an association football club based in Astrakhan, Russia. They play in the Russian Professional Football League.

History

The club has been known under following names:

  • Pishchevik (food industry worker) (−1958)
  • Trud (labour) (1958–59)
  • Volgar (1960–94) (2012–)[1]
  • Volgar-Gazprom (1995–2007), (2010–2012)
  • Volgar-Gazprom-2 (2007–10)

Pishchevik played in the Second Group of the Soviet League. Trud (and later Volgar) played in the Class B (1958, 1960–1967), in Class A, Group 2 (1968–1969), in Class A, Group 1 (1970), Soviet First League (1971), Soviet Second League (1972–1990), Soviet Second League B (1991). In 1992 Volgar entered the Russian Second League, played in the Third League in 1994 (finished top and were promoted), returned to the Second League in 1995 and stayed until 1998. In 1998 Volgar-Gazprom were promoted and in 1999 they started playing in the Russian First Division. With the exception of the relegation for the 2004 season, Volgar-Gazprom had been in the First Division until 2006. The club was denied the professional licence and thus relegated to amateur level in 2007. Another club was organized called FC Volgar-Gazprom-2. The new club advanced to the Russian First Division for the 2009 season.

After the 2017–18 season, the club experienced financial difficulties and decided to be voluntarily relegated to the third-tier PFL.[2]

Current squad

As of 31 August 2018[3], according to the PFL website.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Russia RUS Dmitri Saganovich
— GK Russia RUS Vladislav Tselovalnikov
— GK Russia RUS Vladislav Yampolsky
— DF Russia RUS Andrei Alekseyev
— DF Russia RUS Aleksei Berdnikov
— DF Russia RUS Aleksei Birbin
— DF Russia RUS Yevgeni Kirisov
— DF Russia RUS Roman Loktionov
— DF Russia RUS Dauren Shadiyev
— DF Russia RUS Aleksandr Stepanov
— DF Russia RUS Yuri Zhuravlyov
— MF Russia RUS Vladlen Babayev
— MF Russia RUS Pavel Bashilin
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Bolonin
— MF Russia RUS Artur Karpov
— MF Russia RUS Batradz Kokoyev
— MF Russia RUS Danila Kozlov
— MF Russia RUS Aleksei Pavlishin
— MF Russia RUS Roman Razzhivin
— FW Russia RUS Vitali Gorulyov
— FW Russia RUS Dmitri Lesnikov
— FW Russia RUS Artyom Pogosov
— FW Russia RUS Mark Polushin
— FW Russia RUS Yuri Pugachyov
— FW Russia RUS Ivan Stolbovoy
— FW Russia RUS Andrei Zenin

Notable past players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Volgar.

References

  1. ^ Sergey Sergeyev: Return the name of "Volgar" Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "«Волгарь» не будет играть в ФНЛ, его может заменить «Ротор-Волгоград»" (in Russian). Russian National Football League. 28 May 2018.
  3. ^ http://www.volgar-fc.ru/volgar/footballer
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