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.

Volga
Full nameFootball Club Volga Ulyanovsk
Founded1947; 77 years ago (1947)
GroundTrud
Capacity15,000
ChairmanMikhail Navolokin[1]
ManagerMikhail Belov
LeagueRussian Second League,
Division A,
Silver Group
2023–246th
WebsiteClub website

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

History

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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

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  • 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

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As of 4 July 2024, 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
4 DF   RUS Ilya Maksimenkov
8 MF   RUS Denis Rakhmanov (captain)
9 FW   RUS Dmitri Kamenshchikov
10 FW   RUS Giorgy Uridiya
11 FW   RUS Vitaly Zhironkin
17 MF   RUS Igor Gershun
20 DF   RUS Konstantin Kovalyov
22 MF   RUS Dmitry Rakhmanov
27 DF   RUS Danila Vrazhkin
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 DF   RUS Aydar Khabibullin
37 FW   RUS Yevgeni Voronin
47 MF   RUS Zakhar Kravtsov (on loan from SKA-Khabarovsk)
49 DF   RUS Ilya Dyatlov (on loan from Khimki)
77 FW   RUS Bilal Bilalov
80 MF   RUS Maksim Novikov
86 GK   RUS Vladimir Shaykhutdinov (on loan from CSKA Moscow)
88 DF   RUS Valeri Chupin
97 GK   RUS Denis Yeremeyev

Other players under contract

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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 Dmitri Korobov
MF   UKR Artur Murza
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   RUS Dzhamal Dibirgadzhiyev
FW   RUS Temur Dzhikiya

References

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  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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