Avangard
Full nameFootball Club
Avangard Kursk
Founded1946 (1946)
GroundTrudovye Rezervy Stadium,
Kursk
Capacity11,329
OwnerRubEx Group/Kursk/Kursk Oblast
ChairmanDmitry Izvekov[1]
ManagerIgor Belyayev
LeagueRussian Second League,
Division A,
Group Silver
2022–23Group 3, 5th
WebsiteClub website

FC Avangard Kursk is an association football club based in Kursk, Russia, currently playing in the third tier of Russian football. The team's colors are: home all blue, and away all white.

History

The club has been known under the following names:

Spartak made an appearance in the Soviet league in 1946. Since 1957 Kursk was continuously represented in the league by Trudovye Rezervy, Trud, and Avangard. The club played in Class B and in the Second League. The best achievement was the second position in the zone in 1962 and 1964.

Avangard entered the Russian Second League in 1992 and was moved to the Third League in 1994, after the number of clubs in the Second League was significantly reduced. In 1995, they won promotion to the Second League, and in 2004 Avangard finished second in their Second Division zone, obtaining promotion to the First Division. Avangard played 3 seasons in First Division and relegated to Second Division in 2007 as 18th. Avangard returned to second level in 2009 as Center Group champion. But, Avangard finished in the last place and was relegated to third level in 2010. The club won its PFL zone and was promoted back to the second-tier Russian Football National League at the end of the 2016–17 season.

In the 2017–18 season, the team has reached the final of the Russian Cup, defeating two Premier League clubs (CSKA and Amkar) during the competition. They lost the final 1–2 to FC Tosno on a late goal by Reziuan Mirzov.

In February 2019, Avangard competed in the FNL Cup. They got into finals, where they had to play against FC Rotor Volgograd. The match took place on 20 February. After the full-time, the score was 1:1, with Mikhail Zemskov scoring the opening goal for Avangard on 80' minute and a quick response by Anzor Sanaya on 86' minute of the match. The match has ultimately ended in a penalty shoot-out, where Avangard was able to grab a 3–4 victory.

On 17 May 2020, the club announced that they will be voluntarily relegated to the third-tier PFL for the 2020–21 season due to lack of necessary financing.[2]

League history

Russia

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Top scorer (league) Head coach
19923rd, zone 2104222317676747--Russia Tolmachov – 21Russia Galkin
199363015114445931R512-Russia Sukhorukov – 14Russia Galkin
19944th, zone 24321949513942R128-Russia Sukhorukov – 12Russia Galkin
19951302127523065R256-Russia Gershun – 10Russia Galkin
19963rd, "West"153813421507843R128-Russia Delov – 10Russia Galkin
1997153811720405840R512-Russia Delov – 16Russia Galkin
19983rd, "Center"18409922345436R256-Russia Buda – 10Russia Galkin
1999153610719405937R256-Russia Delov – 9Russia Galkin
200083816616364154R128-Russia Gershun – 9Russia Galkin
200183817714474158R512-Russia Gershun – 12Russia Galkin
2002153811819405541R512-Russia E. Kalashnikov – 10Russia Galkin
2003133610719283737R512-Russia E. Kalashnikov – 5Russia Galkin
Russia Delov
20042322156602368R512-Russia Larin – 12Russia Delov
20052nd1642111516364548R256-Russia Sigachev – 6Russia Delov
20061042161313453861R64-Russia Martynov – 7Russia Borzykin
2007184215621505551R64-Russia Bukievsky – 11
Russia Korovushkin – 11
Russia Gorlukovich
20083rd, "Center"2342365481875R32-Russia S. Mikhailov – 10Russia Esipov
20091322417682373R64-Russia Borozdin – 11Russia Esipov
20102nd20387625316727R32-Russia Korovushkin – 7Russia Esipov
Russia Sergeyev
Russia Ignatenko
2011–123rd, "Center"23921711623679R128-Russia Sargsyan – 17Russia Ignatenko
Russia Frantsev
2012–133rd, "Center"93011811424041R64-Russia Akhba – 8Russia Frantsev
Russia Zazulin

Current squad

As of 25 July 2023, according to the 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
4 DF Russia RUS Ilya Bobryshov
5 DF Russia RUS Denis Zhilmostnykh
7 MF Russia RUS Vladislav Ignatenko
8 FW Russia RUS Dmitry Vyatkin
9 MF Russia RUS Nikita Imullin
10 FW Russia RUS Maksim Tarasov
13 GK Russia RUS Yegor Skorobogatko
17 MF Russia RUS Vladislav Shitakov
22 DF Russia RUS Aleksandr Voynov
40 DF Russia RUS Vladislav Petrishchev
41 MF Russia RUS Igor Rodionov
No. Pos. Nation Player
46 MF Russia RUS Igor Gershun
63 MF Russia RUS Ilya Volnov
67 DF Russia RUS Nikita Ponomaryov
71 DF Russia RUS Andrey Ivanteyev
74 MF Russia RUS Nikita Kupriyanov
76 FW Russia RUS Aleksandr Ageyev
77 MF Russia RUS Emrakh Nabatov
78 FW Russia RUS Yevgeny Mukhin
88 FW Russia RUS Dmitry Savin
95 GK Russia RUS Vladislav Teryoshkin
96 GK Russia RUS Arseny Yermolenko

Notable players

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

References

  1. "В "Авангарде" назначен новый руководитель" (in Russian). rusfootball.info. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  2. "СЕЗОН 2020/2021 «АВАНГАРД» ПРОВЕДЕТ В ПФЛ" (in Russian). FC Avangard Kursk. 17 May 2020.
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