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FC Volga Ulyanovsk

For the bandy team, see Volga Ulyanovsk Bandy Club.
Volga
Full nameFootball Club Volga Ulyanovsk
Founded1947; 78 years ago (1947)
GroundTrud
Capacity15,000
ChairmanMikhail Navolokin[1]
ManagerMikhail Belov
LeagueRussian Second League,
Division A,
Gold Group
2024–25First Stage: Silver Group, 2nd
Websitehttps://www.fcvu.ru/

FC Volga Ulyanovsk (Russian: ФК «Во́лга» Улья́новск) is a professional association football club based in Ulyanovsk, Russia. It plays in the third-tier Russian Second League Division A.

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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Current squad

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As of 9 December 2024, according to the official Second League website.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF Russia RUS Ilya Maksimenkov
7 MF Russia RUS Dmitri Korobov
8 MF Russia RUS Denis Rakhmanov (captain)
9 FW Russia RUS Dmitri Kamenshchikov
10 FW Russia RUS Giorgy Uridiya
11 FW Russia RUS Vitaly Zhironkin
14 FW Russia RUS Roman Minayev
15 DF Russia RUS Devid Kokoyev (on loan from Dynamo Stavropol)
17 MF Russia RUS Igor Gershun
20 DF Russia RUS Konstantin Kovalyov
22 MF Russia RUS Dmitry Rakhmanov
30 DF Russia RUS Aydar Khabibullin
37 FW Russia RUS Yevgeni Voronin
No. Pos. Nation Player
47 MF Russia RUS Zakhar Kravtsov (on loan from SKA-Khabarovsk)
49 DF Russia RUS Ilya Dyatlov (on loan from Khimki)
70 MF Ukraine UKR Artur Murza
74 DF Russia RUS Valentin Solodarenko
77 FW Russia RUS Bilal Bilalov
80 MF Russia RUS Maksim Novikov
86 GK Russia RUS Vladimir Shaykhutdinov (on loan from CSKA Moscow)
88 DF Russia RUS Valeri Chupin
97 GK Russia RUS Denis Yeremeyev
99 MF Russia RUS Danil Polyakh
— MF Russia RUS Luka Bagateliya (on loan from Fakel Voronezh)
— MF Russia RUS Mikhail Umnikov (on loan from Krasnodar)

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Russia RUS Temur Dzhikiya (at BATE Borisov until 31 December 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Russia RUS Dzhamal Dibirgadzhiyev (at Amkar Perm until 31 December 2024)

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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