FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod
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| Full name | Некоммерческое партнерство Футбольный Клуб Волга Нижний Новгород (Non-Commercial Partnership Football Club Volga Nizhny Novgorod) |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Volgari (The Volga Natives) |
| Founded | 1963; 62 years ago (1963) |
| Dissolved | 2016; 9 years ago (2016) |
| Ground | Lokomotiv Stadium |
| Capacity | 17,856 |
| Owner | Igor Zheleznyakov/Vladimir Zinovyev/Aleksandr Kuznetsov |
| Chairman | Oleg Alyoshin |
| League | FNL |
| 2015–16 | 10th |
FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: Футбольный Клуб "Волга" Нижний Новгород) was a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 1998. In 2008, FC Volga won the Ural-Povolzhye (Volga Region in Russian) zone of the Russian Second Division and advanced to the Russian First Division. In 2010 they promoted to the Russian Premier League. After the 2013–14 season, they were relegated to the second level once more. On 15 June 2016, the club was dissolved due to inability to service the accumulated debts.[1]
History
[edit ]The team was founded in 1963 after a merger of two teams from Gorky – Torpedo and Raketa. The team played in the Soviet Top League, where its best result was 14th place in 1964. The team was disbanded in 1984. In 1998, a new club called FC Elektronika Nizhny Novgorod was founded. It played in Russian Second Division. In 2004 it was renamed to Volga.
FC Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod was another squad to claim the legacy of FC Volga Gorky.
In the 2015–16 season, Volga registered a reserve team FC Volga-Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod that entered the third-tier PFL. After Volga itself was dissolved, Volga-Olimpiyets became independent was renamed to FC Olimpiyets. It eventually was promoted to the Russian Premier League under the name FC Nizhny Novgorod and is called, as of 2023, FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod.
League history
[edit ]Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Top Scorer (League) 1999 KFK(4th), "Povolzhye" 7 - - - - - - - - - - 2000 3 - - - - - - - - - - 2001 3rd, "Ural-Povolzhye" 9 34 13 10 11 54 43 49 - - Russia Kuznetsov – 12 2002 6 30 12 8 10 40 38 44 R256 - Russia Andrei Podolyanchik – 9 2003 14 38 11 5 22 41 62 38 R256 - Russia Andrei Podolyanchik – 14 2004 12 36 12 9 15 41 46 45 R512 - Russia Georgiev – 9 2005 6 36 15 12 9 44 30 57 R256 - Russia Udodov – 7 2006 7 24 10 8 6 31 23 38 R512 - Russia Loginov – 5 2007 4 26 15 5 6 52 30 50 R256 - Russia Kaynov – 11 2008 1 34 23 9 2 73 23 78 R512 - Russia Prokofyev – 17 2009 2nd 4 38 17 14 7 54 32 65 R16 - Russia Khazov – 10 2010 2 38 19 14 5 62 25 71 R64 - Georgia (country) Martsvaladze – 21 2011–12 1st 14 44 12 5 27 37 60 41 SF - Russia Bibilov – 7 2012–13 12 30 7 8 15 28 46 29 R32 - Russia Sapogov – 9 2013–14 15 30 6 3 21 22 65 21 R32 - Armenia Sarkisov, Russia Bibilov – 3 2014–15 2nd 13 34 12 4 18 44 57 40 R64 - Armenia Sarkisov – 12 2015–16 10 38 14 9 15 39 37 51 R32 -
Farm club
[edit ]No farm club
Notable players
[edit ]Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Volga.
- Russia
- Russia Evgeni Aldonin
- Russia Dmitri Bulykin
- Russia Taras Burlak
- Russia Andrei Karyaka
- Russia Denis Kolodin
- Russia Ilya Maksimov
- Russia Dmitri Sychev
- Russia Andrey Yeshchenko
- Europe
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Israel
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Romania
- South & Central America
- Jamaica
- Former USSR countries
- Armenia Artur Sarkisov
- Azerbaijan Vagif Javadov
- Belarus Anton Putsila
- Belarus Igor Stasevich
- Georgia (country) Gogita Gogua
- Georgia (country) Gia Grigalava
- Georgia (country) Gocha Khojava
- Georgia (country) Otar Martsvaladze
- Georgia (country) Giorgi Navalovski
- Georgia (country) Edik Sadzhaya
- Georgia (country) Lasha Salukvadze
- Georgia (country) Mate Vatsadze
- Kyrgyzstan Valerii Kichin
- Moldova Vitalie Bordian
- Moldova Simeon Bulgaru
- Tajikistan Rustam Yatimov
- Uzbekistan Sanzhar Tursunov
Managers
[edit ]- Russia Sergey Frantsev (2005)
- Russia Sergei Petrenko (7 Dec 2007 – 5 June 2009)
- Russia Sergei Perednya (interim) (5 June 2009 – 31 Dec 2009)
- Russia Khazret Dyshekov (20 July 2009–09)
- Russia Aleksandr Pobegalov (1 Jan 2010 – 7 May 2010)
- Georgia (country) Omari Tetradze (8 May 2010 – 15 June 2011)
- Russia Dmitri Cheryshev (16 June 2011 – 30 June 2012)
- Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiev (1 July 2012 – 26 Dec 2012)
- Ukraine Yuriy Kalitvintsev (19 Jan 2013 – 27 March 2014)
- Russia Andrei Talalayev (29 March 2014 – 15 June 2016)
References
[edit ]- ^ ФК «Волга» будет расформирован (in Russian). FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016.
External links
[edit ]- Official website (archived 24 March 2010)