PFC Spartak Nalchik
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| Full name | Professional Football Club Spartak Nalchik | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Red-White, Djigits (Horsemen), Southerners | ||
| Founded | 1935 | ||
| Ground | Spartak Stadium, Nalchik | ||
| Capacity | 14,149 | ||
| Chairman | Azret Bishenov | ||
| Manager | Khasanbi Bidzhiyev | ||
| League | Russian Professional Football League, Zone South | ||
| 2014–15 | 8th | ||
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PFC Spartak Nalchik (Russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб "Спартак" Нальчик) is a Russian association football club based in Nalchik that plays in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. They played in the Russian Premier League between 2006 and 2012.
History
FC Spartak Nalchik was founded in 1935 and played in the regional "B-class" tournament. In 1965, Spartak won the competition and was promoted into "A-class", second group. Spartak played in that tournament from 1966 to 1970.
After reorganization of Soviet league system, Spartak played in the Soviet Second League (1971, 1977, 1978, 1981–1989) and Soviet First League (1972–1976, 1979, 1980), having been promoted and relegated several times. In 1990 and 1991 Spartak played in the Buffer League. The club's best result was a 14th position in the First League in 1974 and 1975.
The club won the title of champions of RSFSR in 1965 and 1970.
In 1992, Spartak Nalchik was entitled to enter Russian First Division. The club was relegated after the 1993 season, but earned promotion back in 1995, after two seasons spent in the Russian Second Division. From 1996 to 2005 Spartak again played in the First Division. In 2005, the team finished second and earned promotion to the Premier League. They were the leaders of Premier League between 10th and 15th rounds in 2006 season. Finally they finished 9th. They led the league again from the 3rd to 8th round in the 2010 season.
Spartak has also been known as "Automobilist" (in 1969–1972) and "Elbrus" (in 1976).
In 2011/12 season the team finished 16th and was relegated to First division.
In January 2014, Minister for Sport and Tourism of Kabardino-Balkaria announced the beginning of bankruptcy proceedings for the club.[1] Later the same month, the Government of Kabardino-Balkaria allocated additional 61 mln roubles for the team from Republican budget.[2]
After the 2013–14 season, the club volunteered to be relegated to the third-tier Russian Professional Football League due to lack of necessary financing for the FNL.
League and Cup history
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes Top Scorer Head Coach 1992 2nd, West 8 34 16 3 15 58 47 35 
Kugotov – 19
Tlyarugov 1993 2nd, West 16 42 13 8 21 52 73 34 Round of 128 Relegated Kugotov – 9
Tlyarugov 1994 3rd, West 3 40 28 3 9 98 33 59 Round of 64 Goplachev – 29
Naurzokov 1995 3rd, West 1 42 30 6 6 127 49 96 Round of 256 Promoted Kirimov – 22
Sinitsyn
1996 2nd 9 42 17 8 17 62 59 59 Round of 512 Zarutsky – 13
Kumykov
1997 2nd 4 42 23 3 16 74 53 72 Round of 64 Zarutsky – 12
Kumykov
1998 2nd 15 42 15 11 16 49 52 56 Round of 64 Alchagirov – 9
Kumykov Zernov Khantsev
1999 2nd 13 42 17 5 20 49 61 56 Round of 256 
Sepashvili – 14
Khantsev
2000 2nd 5 38 13 9 16 37 44 48 Round of 16 
Tsybul – 7
Khantsev
Ponomaryov
2001 2nd 5 34 17 4 13 48 37 55 Round of 64 Autlev – 12
Yeshugov
2002 2nd 6 34 14 11 9 42 30 53 Round of 64 
Uzdenov – 12
Yeshugov
2003 2nd 15 42 14 10 18 34 49 52 Round of 16 Dzamikhov – 9
Yeshugov
2004 2nd 12 42 16 10 16 53 46 58 Round of 64 Kunizhev – 9
Krasnozhan
2005 2nd 2 42 25 11 6 67 36 86 Round of 64 Promoted 
Poroshyn – 18
Krasnozhan
2006 1st 9 30 11 8 11 33 32 41 Round of 32 Pylypchuk – 5
Kontsedalov – 5
Korchagin – 5
Krasnozhan
2007 1st 12 30 8 9 13 29 38 33 Round of 32 
Ricardo Jesus – 7
Krasnozhan
2008 1st 12 30 8 8 14 30 39 32 Quarter-final Kalimullin – 5
Krasnozhan
2009 1st 11 30 8 11 11 36 33 35 Round of 32 Asildarov – 8
Leandro – 8
Krasnozhan
2010 1st 6 30 12 8 10 40 37 44 Round of 32 Dyadyun – 10
Krasnozhan
2011/12 1st 16 44 7 13 24 39 60 34 Round of 32 Relegated Kontsedalov – 7
Eshtrekov Tashuev Shipshev
2012/13 2nd 3 32 15 8 9 32 27 53 Round of 32 Igor Koronov – 6
Aleksei Medvedev – 6
Shipshev
2013/14 2nd ' ' Round of 64 Shipshev
Bidzhiyev
Current squad
As of 28 August 2015, according to the PFL official website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Spartak.
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External links
References
- ^ "Начата процедура банкротства нальчикского "Спартака"" (in Russian). http://www.rbc.ru/. 10 January 2014.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ "Кабардино-Балкария выделила клубу "Спартак-Нальчик" 61 млн рублей" (in Russian). PFC Spartak Nalchik. 30 January 2014.