FC Volga Ulyanovsk

Volga
	File:Logo of FC Volga Ulyanovsk.gif
Full name	Football Club Volga Ulyanovsk
Founded	1947; 77 years ago
Ground	Trud
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Mikhail Navolokin
Manager	Sergey Zhukov
League	Russian First League
2021–22	FNL 2, Group 4, 1st (promoted)
Home colours	Away colours

FC Volga Ulyanovsk (Russian: ФК «Во́лга» Улья́новск) is a professional association football club based in Ulyanovsk, Russia. In the 2022–23 season, it will play in the second-tier Russian First 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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 8 September 2022, according to the official 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
1	GK	BLR	Andrey Klimovich
4	DF	RUS	Ilya Maksimenkov
5	DF	RUS	Denis Kutin
6	MF	RUS	Kirill Morozov
7	MF	RUS	German Paskin
8	MF	RUS	Denis Rakhmanov (captain)
11	FW	RUS	Temur Dzhikiya
13	DF	RUS	Aleksei Tsygantsov
14	MF	RUS	Dmitry Yefremov
15	MF	RUS	Anton Krotov
19	MF	RUS	Nikita Muromsky
22	MF	RUS	Dmitry Rakhmanov
23	MF	RUS	Ruslan Makhmutov
30	DF	RUS	Aydar Khabibullin
32	DF	RUS	Astemir Abazov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
37	GK	RUS	Denis Yeremeyev
41	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Sapeta
44	MF	RUS	Aznaur Geryugov
55	DF	RUS	Ivan Ustinov
71	FW	RUS	Daniil Arsentyev (on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg)
73	FW	RUS	Yevgeni Voronin
77	FW	RUS	Bilal Bilalov
92	DF	RUS	Radik Khayrullov
95	DF	RUS	Chingiz Magomadov (on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg)
96	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Gapechkin
98	GK	RUS	Semyon Morozov
99	FW	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
—	MF	RUS	Giorgy Uridiya (at Amkar Perm until 31 May 2023)

References

^ "Floriana in discussions to sign a Russian striker next month - the Malta Independent".
^ "«ВОЛГА», «ДИНАМО», «РОДИНА» И «ШИННИК» ВЫШЛИ В ОЛИМП-ФНЛ-1" (in Russian). Russian Football National League 2. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

External links

Official website (in Russian)

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[1] "Floriana in discussions to sign a Russian striker next month - the Malta Independent".

[2] "«ВОЛГА», «ДИНАМО», «РОДИНА» И «ШИННИК» ВЫШЛИ В ОЛИМП-ФНЛ-1" (in Russian). Russian Football National League 2. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

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