FC Akron Tolyatti
Full nameFootball Club Akron Tolyatti
Founded2018 (2018)
GroundKristall Stadium, Zhigulyovsk
Capacity3,065
ChairmanAleksey Vlasov
ManagerZaur Tedeyev
LeagueRussian First League
2022–239th of 18
WebsiteClub website

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

History

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.

Current squad

As of 11 January 2024, according to the FNL 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
1 GK Russia RUS Sergey Volkov
5 DF Russia RUS Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov
6 MF Russia RUS Sergei Makarov
7 FW Russia RUS Ruslan Apekov
8 MF Russia RUS Yevgeni Pesegov
10 MF Russia RUS Maksim Paliyenko
11 FW Venezuela VEN Andrés Ponce
13 MF Russia RUS David Khubayev
14 DF Russia RUS Marat Bokoyev
15 DF Russia RUS Yegor Danilkin
17 DF Russia RUS Nikita Krivoruchko
18 MF Russia RUS Anton Kilin
19 GK Russia RUS David Sangaré (on loan from Rodina Moscow)
20 DF North Macedonia MKD Bojan Dimoski
22 MF Russia RUS Vladislav Galkin (on loan from Dynamo Moscow)
23 FW Russia RUS Kirill Danilin
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF Russia RUS Artyom Pogosov (on loan from Ufa)
26 DF Serbia SRB Nemanja Anđelković
27 MF Russia RUS Ivan Chudin
35 GK Russia RUS Vitali Sychyov
50 GK Russia RUS Dmitry Nagayev
52 DF Russia RUS Vadim Konyukhov (on loan from CSKA Moscow)
55 DF Russia RUS Aleksandr Popov
59 FW Russia RUS Ruslan Bart
70 FW Russia RUS Abu-Said Eldarushev
72 GK Russia RUS Maksim Shalonikov
77 MF Russia RUS Konstantin Savichev
78 MF Russia RUS Aleksey Gusev
90 FW Russia RUS Artyom Malyshev
99 DF Russia RUS Anton Yeryomin
— MF Armenia ARM Artur Galoyan
— MF Russia RUS Nikita Glushkov

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Russia RUS Vladimir Marukhin (at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk)

Reserve team

See also

References

  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.
  2. ↑ "ИТОГИ ИСПОЛКОМА РФС" (in Russian). Russian Professional Football League. 15 May 2020.
  3. ↑ ""Акрон" остается в ФНЛ" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 15 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. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "«Краснодар» выбил «Акрон» из финала Пути регионов в ФОНБЕТ Кубке России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 3 May 2023.
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