FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod
FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: Футбольный Клуб "Волга" Нижний Новгород) was a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 1998. In 2008, FC Volga won the Ural-Povolzhye (Volga Region in Russian) zone of the Russian Second Division and advanced to the Russian First Division. In 2010 they promoted to the Russian Premier League. After the 2013-14 season, they were relegated to the second level once more. On 15 June 2016, the club was dissolved due to inability to service the accumulated debts.[1]
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| Full name | Некоммерческое партнерство Футбольный Клуб Волга Нижний Новгород (Non-Commercial Partnership Football Club Volga Nizhny Novgorod) | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Volgari (The Volga Natives) | ||
| Founded | 1963 | ||
| Dissolved | 2016 | ||
| Ground | Lokomotiv Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 17,856 | ||
| Owner | Igor Zheleznyakov/Vladimir Zinovyev/Aleksandr Kuznetsov | ||
| Chairman | Oleg Alyoshin | ||
| League | FNL | ||
| 2015–16 | 10th | ||
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History
The team was founded in 1963 after a merger of two teams from Gorky - Torpedo and Raketa. The team played in the Soviet Top League, where its best result was 14th place in 1964. The team was disbanded in 1984. In 1998, a new club called FC Elektronika Nizhny Novgorod was founded. It played in Russian Second Division. In 2004 it was renamed to Volga.
FC Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod was another squad to claim the legacy of FC Volga Gorky.
Russia
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Top Scorer (League) 1999 KFK(4th), "Povolzhye" 7 - - - - - - - - - - 2000 3 - - - - - - - - - - 2001 3rd, "Ural-Povolzhye" 9 34 13 10 11 54 43 49 - - 
Kuznetsov - 122002 6 30 12 8 10 40 38 44 R256 - Andrei Podolyanchik - 92003 14 38 11 5 22 41 62 38 R256 - Andrei Podolyanchik - 142004 12 36 12 9 15 41 46 45 R512 - Georgiev - 92005 6 36 15 12 9 44 30 57 R256 - Udodov - 72006 7 24 10 8 6 31 23 38 R512 - Loginov - 52007 4 26 15 5 6 52 30 50 R256 - Kaynov - 112008 1 34 23 9 2 73 23 78 R512 - Prokofyev - 172009 2nd 4 38 17 14 7 54 32 65 R16 - Khazov - 102010 2 38 19 14 5 62 25 71 R64 - 
Martsvaladze - 212011–12 1st 14 44 12 5 27 37 60 41 SF - Bibilov - 72012–13 12 30 7 8 15 28 46 29 R32 - Sapogov - 92013–14 15 30 6 3 21 22 65 21 R32 - 
Sarkisov, Bibilov - 32014–15 2nd 13 34 12 4 18 44 57 40 R64 - Sarkisov - 122015-16 10 38 14 9 15 39 37 51 R32 -
Farm club
No farm club
Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Volga.
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Managers
- Sergey Frantsev (2005)
- Sergei Petrenko (7 Dec 2007 – 5 June 2009)
- Sergei Perednya (interim) (5 June 2009 – 31 Dec 2009)
- Khazret Dyshekov (20 July 2009–09)
- Aleksandr Pobegalov (1 Jan 2010 – 7 May 2010)
- Omari Tetradze (8 May 2010 – 15 June 2011)
- Dmitri Cheryshev (16 June 2011 – 30 June 2012)
- Gadzhi Gadzhiev (1 July 2012 – 26 Dec 2012)
Yuriy Kalitvintsev (19 Jan 2013 – 27 March 2014)- Andrei Talalayev (29 March 2014 – 15 June 2016)
References
- ФК «Волга» будет расформирован (in Russian). FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016.