Volga
Full nameFootball Club Volga Ulyanovsk
Founded1947 (1947)
GroundTrud
Capacity15,000
ChairmanMikhail Navolokin[1]
ManagerAndranik Babayan
LeagueRussian Second League,
Division A,
Silver Group
2022–23Russian First League, 18th (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

FC Volga Ulyanovsk (Russian: ФК «Во́лга» Улья́новск) is a professional association football club based in Ulyanovsk, Russia. In the 2023–24 season, it will play in the third-tier Russian Second League.

Their reserve team FC Volga-d Ulyanovsk used to play professionally as FC Energiya Ulyanovsk.

History

In 2008, they were relegated to the Russian Second Division 2009 after they finished 17th in Russian First Division. In December 2008, Volga signed a partnership agreement with Floriana FC of Malta, the most successful club in Maltese football.[2]

On 4 June 2022, the last day of the 2021–22 season, Volga secured the first place in their FNL2 group and promotion for the 2022–23 season to the second-tier FNL.[3] Volga was relegated after one season in the second tier.[4]

Club name and location history

  • 1947–1957: FC Torpedo Ulyanovsk
  • 1958: FC Dynamo Ulyanovsk
  • 1959–1961: FC Spartak Ulyanovsk
  • 1961–1985: FC Volga Ulyanovsk
  • 1986–1991: FC Start Ulyanovsk
  • 1992–1995: FC Tekstilshchik Isheyevka
  • 1996–2005: FC Volga Ulyanovsk
  • 2006: FC Volga-Energiya Ulyanovsk (the reserves team currently known as FC Volga-d Ulyanovsk played as FC Volga-Energiya Ulyanovsk in the Amateur Football League in 2007)
  • 2007–present: FC Volga Ulyanovsk

Current squad

As of 15 November 2023, according to the official Second 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
1 GK Belarus BLR Andrey Klimovich
2 DF Russia RUS Aslan Dashayev
3 DF Russia RUS Daniil Marugin
4 DF Russia RUS Ilya Maksimenkov
6 MF Russia RUS Ilyas Muminov
8 MF Russia RUS Denis Rakhmanov (captain)
9 FW Russia RUS Giorgy Uridiya
10 FW Russia RUS Nikita Kirsanov
11 FW Russia RUS Islam Alsultanov (on loan from Akhmat Grozny)
13 DF Russia RUS Aleksei Tsygantsov
14 DF Russia RUS Nikita Supagin
17 DF Russia RUS Yegor Noskov (on loan from CSKA Moscow)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Russia RUS Dmitry Rakhmanov
23 MF Russia RUS Ruslan Makhmutov
30 DF Russia RUS Aydar Khabibullin
37 FW Russia RUS Yevgeni Voronin
47 MF Russia RUS Ilya Rukin
77 FW Russia RUS Bilal Bilalov
79 GK Russia RUS Danila Yermakov
87 FW Russia RUS German Paskin
96 FW Russia RUS Dzhamal Dibirgadzhiyev
97 GK Russia RUS Denis Yeremeyev
99 FW Russia RUS Ivan Sergeyev

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
— FW Russia RUS Temur Dzhikiya (at Urartu until 30 June 2024)

References

  1. ↑ "В футбольной «Волге» замена: Наволокин вместо Кузьмина" (in Russian). ulpravda.ru. 2019-11-22. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  2. ↑ "Floriana in discussions to sign a Russian striker next month - the Malta Independent".
  3. ↑ "«ВОЛГА», «ДИНАМО», «РОДИНА» И «ШИННИК» ВЫШЛИ В ОЛИМП-ФНЛ-1" (in Russian). Russian Football National League 2. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "«Уфа» опустилась из РПЛ во Вторую лигу за два сезона. «Велес» тоже вылетел из Первой лиги" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 3 June 2023.


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