FC Akron Tolyatti

Russian football club

Football club

FC Akron Tolyatti

Full name| Football Club Akron Tolyatti
Founded| 2018; 7 years ago (2018)
Ground| Kristall Stadium, Zhigulyovsk
Capacity| 3,065
Chairman| Aleksey Vlasov
Manager| Zaur Tedeyev
League| Russian Premier League
2023–24| Russian First League, 3rd of 18 (promoted)
Website| https://fcakron.ru/

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FC Akron Tolyatti (Russian: ФК «Акрон» Тольятти) is a Russian professional football club based in Tolyatti founded in 2018 who play in the Russian Premier League.

## History

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In June 2019, it was confirmed that the club will enter the Russian Professional Football League in the 2019–20 season.[1]

On 15 May 2020, the 2019–20 PFL season was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. As Akron was leading in their PFL zone at the time, they were promoted to the second-tier FNL for the 2020–21 season.[2]

Akron finished their first FNL season in 17th place, which would normally mean relegation. On 15 May 2021, FNL confirmed that FC Tambov, which placed last in the Premier League and was expected to be relegated to FNL, did not apply for the FNL license for the 2021–22 season and therefore Akron would not be relegated.[3]

In June 2022, Akron became the backer of Konoplyov football academy.[4]

In the 2022–23 season, Akron had an impressive run in the Russian Cup. They consecutively eliminated four Moscow-based Russian Premier League clubs (Torpedo, Lokomotiv, Dynamo and Spartak, including two penalty-shoots) and reached the Regions Path final of the competition, where they lost, also in a shootout, to FC Krasnodar.[5] The cup competition structure was changed to double-elimination for RPL teams that season as Russia was banned from the European competitions due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, in the traditional cup structure, eliminating four RPL teams would have been sufficient for Akron to qualify for the final.

In the 2023–24 season, Akron qualified for the Russian Premier League promotion play-offs.[6] They defeated Ural Yekaterinburg 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for RPL for the first time in its history.[7]

## Current squad

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As of 7 February 2025, according to the FNL website.

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  | GK |  RUS | Sergey Volkov
4  | DF |  BRA | Paulo Vitor
5  | MF |  SRB | Aleksa Đurasović
6  | MF |  RUS | Maksim Kuzmin
7  | FW |  RUS | Kirill Danilin
11  | FW |  CPV | Benchimol
14  | MF |  RUS | Vladimir Khubulov (on loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara)
15  | MF |  MNE | Stefan Lončar
17  | MF |  RUS | Soltmurad Bakayev
19  | DF |  RUS | Marat Bokoyev
20  | MF |  RUS | Artur Galoyan
21  | DF |  BOL | Roberto Fernández (on loan from Bolívar)
22  | DF |  ROU | Ionuț Nedelcearu
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24  | FW |  RUS | Artem Dzyuba
25  | MF |  UZB | Sherzod Esanov
26  | DF |  POR | Rodrigo Escoval
35  | MF |  BIH | Ifet Đakovac
50  | GK |  RUS | Dmitry Nagayev
65  | MF |  RUS | Vladimir Moskvichyov (on loan from Torpedo Moscow)
69  | FW |  RUS | Arseni Dmitriyev
71  | DF |  RUS | Dmitri Pestryakov
77  | MF |  RUS | Konstantin Savichev
78  | GK |  RUS | Aleksandr Vasyutin
80  | DF |  RUS | Vyacheslav Bardybakhin
91  | MF |  RUS | Maksim Boldyrev
97  | FW |  RUS | Sergei Gribov

### Reserve team

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Further information: FC Akron-2 Tolyatti

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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-- | MF |  RUS | Aleksey Gusev
17  | DF |  RUS | Nikita Krivoruchko
37  | DF |  RUS | Vladislav Konovalov
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55  | DF |  RUS | Aleksandr Popov
67  | FW |  RUS | Ali Kartoyev
75  | MF |  RUS | Vyacheslav Vinnikov

### Out on loan

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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-- | DF |  MKD | Bojan Dimoski (at Partizan until 30 June 2025)
-- | DF |  BLR | Nikita Baranok (at Maxline Vitebsk until 31 December 2025)
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-- | FW |  CGO | Mavis Tchibota (at Bnei Sakhnin until 30 June 2025)

## See also

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* FC Academiya
* Konoplyov football academy

## External links

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* Official website

## References

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1. ^ "ФК "Акрон" официально стал вторым тольяттинским клубом второй лиги российского футбольного чемпионата" [FC Akron officially becomes the second Tolyatti club in the second division] (in Russian). TLT Pravda. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
2. ^ "ИТОГИ ИСПОЛКОМА РФС" (in Russian). Russian Professional Football League. 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
3. ^ ""Акрон" остается в ФНЛ" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 15 May 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
4. ^ ""Акрон Холдинг" объединит усилия с Правительством Самарской области по развитию Академии Коноплёва в Тольятти" (in Russian). FC Akron Tolyatti. 8 June 2022. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
5. ^ ""Краснодар" выбил "Акрон" из финала Пути регионов в ФОНБЕТ Кубке России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 3 May 2023. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
6. ^ "РФС выдал 20 лицензий для выступления в РПЛ на будущий сезон" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 17 May 2024. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
7. ^ ""Акрон" уступил "Уралу", но победил по сумме двух встреч и завоевал путёвку в Мир РПЛ" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 1 June 2024. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.

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