FC Volgar Astrakhan

Russian football club

Football club

Volgar FC

Full name| Volgar Football Club
Founded| 1960; 64 years ago (1960)
Ground| Central Stadium,
Astrakhan
Capacity| 21,500
Owner| Astrakhan Oblast
CEO| Andrey Nikitin[1]
Manager| Denis Klyuyev
League| Russian Second League
Division A
2023–24| Russian First League, 17th of 18 (relegated)
Website| Club website

Home colours

Away colours

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Volgar FC (Russian: Футбольный Клуб "Волгарь") is an association football club based in Astrakhan, Russia. They will play in the Russian Second League in the 2024–25 season.

## History[edit]

The club has been known under following names:

* Pishchevik (food industry worker) (1925−1958)
* Trud (labour) (1958–59)
* Volgar (1960–94) (2012–)[2]
* 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.[3]

On 15 May 2020, the 2019–20 PFL season was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. As Volgar was leading in their PFL zone at the time, they were promoted to the second-tier FNL for the 2020–21 season.[4]

On 20 May 2024, Volgar was relegated to the Russian Second League.[5]

## Current squad[edit]

As of 8 June 2024, according to the Russian First League 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

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1  | GK |  RUS | Vladislav Yampolsky
6  | DF |  RUS | Yelisey Krivokhizhin
7  | MF |  RUS | Aleksei Pavlishin
8  | MF |  RUS | Danil Klyonkin
9  | FW |  RUS | Timur Zhamaletdinov
14  | MF |  RUS | Danil Poluboyarinov
17  | FW |  RUS | Dmitri Lesnikov
20  | MF |  RUS | Danila Smirnov
28  | DF |  RUS | Yegor Proshkin
| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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43  | DF |  RUS | Artur Gilyazetdinov
44  | MF |  RUS | Andrey Anisimov
55  | DF |  RUS | Yevgeni Shlyakov
57  | FW |  RUS | Vyacheslav Krotov
58  | DF |  RUS | Ilya Zuyev
70  | MF |  RUS | Nikita Malyarov
88  | DF |  RUS | Sergei Obivalin
99  | GK |  RUS | Oleg Smirnov

## Notable past players[edit]

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

Russia/USSR

* Rinat Dasayev
* Dmitry Kuznetsov
* Vasili Zhupikov
* Viktor Bulatov
* Ruslan Kambolov
* Vladimir Lebed
* Ramiz Mamedov
* Yevgeny Morozov
* Gennadiy Nizhegorodov
* Aleksei Sutormin
* Sergei Terekhov
* Vladislav Ternavsky
* Anton Zabolotny

Former USSR countries

* Garnik Avalyan
* Stanislav Buchnev

* Manuk Kakosyan
* Tigran Petrosyan
* David Yurchenko
* Gurban Gurbanov
* Barys Haravoy
* Vasily Khomutovsky
* Vitaliy Abramov
* Konstantin Ledovskikh
* Almir Mukhutdinov
* Roman Uzdenov
* Aleksandrs Isakovs
* Valērijs Ivanovs
* Ivans Lukjanovs
* Igors Sļesarčuks
* Artūras Fomenka
* Tadas Gražiūnas
* Nerijus Radžius

* Ilie Cebanu
* Alexandr Covalenco
* Stanislav Namașco
* Farkhod Vosiyev
* Oleksandr Svystunov
* Sergey Andreyev
* Gennadiy Sharipov

Danila Yashchuck

Europe

* Dželaludin Muharemović
* Luboš Kalouda
* Marek Hollý
* Andrej Pečnik

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "У астраханского "Волгаря" новый руководитель" (in Russian). 2019-10-29. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
2. ^ Sergey Sergeyev: Return the name of "Volgar" Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ «Волгарь» не будет играть в ФНЛ, его может заменить «Ротор-Волгоград» (in Russian). Russian National Football League. 28 May 2018.
4. ^ ""Волгарь" официально в ФНЛ" (in Russian). FC Volgar Astrakhan. 19 June 2020. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
5. ^ ""ДИНАМО" И "ХИМКИ" ДОСРОЧНО ВЫШЛИ В РПЛ. "ВОЛГАРЬ" ВЫЛЕТАЕТ ВО ВТОРУЮ ЛИГУ А" (in Russian). Russian First League. 20 May 2024.

## External links[edit]

* Official website (in Russian)

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2023–24 Russian First League teams

* Akron Tolyatti
* Alania Vladikavkaz
* Arsenal Tula
* Chernomorets Novorossiysk
* Dynamo Makhachkala
* KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
* Khimki
* Kuban Krasnodar
* Leningradets Leningrad Oblast
* Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
* Rodina Moscow
* Shinnik Yaroslavl
* Sokol Saratov
* SKA-Khabarovsk
* Torpedo Moscow
* Tyumen
* Volgar Astrakhan
* Yenisey Krasnoyarsk

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