FC Alania Vladikavkaz (russian: "Алания" (Владикавказ), os, Футболон клуб "Алани" (Дзæуджыхъæу)) is a Russian football team from

Vladikavkaz Vladikavkaz (russian: Владикавка́з, , os, Дзæуджыхъæу, translit=Dzæwdžyqæw, ;), formerly known as Ordzhonikidze () and Dzaudzhikau (), is the capital city of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. It is located i ...

. Founded in 1921, the club played in the

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

during the communist era, and won its first and only league title in the 1995 Russian Top League.

Background

Since the Russian football league system was established in 1992, the main team representing

changed ownership structure several times, also changing the team name from

FC Spartak Vladikavkaz FC Spartak Vladikavkaz (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Спартак Владикавказ») was a Russian football club based in Vladikavkaz (formerly Ordzhonikidze), North Ossetia–Alania. Founded in 1921, the club played ...

to FC Spartak-Alania and FC Alania and back to Spartak. In the 2018–19 Russian Professional Football League season, the team was financed by the provincial government and played as Spartak. Before the 2019–20 season, a new team, privately owned and called FC Alania was organized and licensed for PFL. However, FC Spartak also remained in the league for 2019–20, even though many players and coaches moved to the "new Alania". As a result of the

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, 2019–20 Russian Football National League season was abandoned and none of the teams were relegated. After the licensing, the league had 23 teams eligible for the 2020–21 season. Having an odd number of teams would mean one team would get a bye on each matchday and the league preferred to have an even number of teams, therefore it invited PFL teams to apply for the license. Out of the teams that applied, on 24 July 2020 Alania was selected by the Russian Football Union for promotion to FNL. On 15 May 2021, they secured a 4th place in the FNL which would normally qualify the club for

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promotion playoffs. Alania failed to receive a Premier League license due to unacceptable condition of their stadium and therefore the playoffs were cancelled.

Domestic

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Soviet Union

Russia

European

Honours

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*Winners (1):

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*''Runners-up (2):'' 1992, 1996 ; Russian Cup *''Runners-up (1):''

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*Winners (2): 1969,

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*''Runners-up (1):'' 2011–12 ;

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Coaching staff

Current squad

As of 13 December 2022, according to th
FNL website

Reserve team

Notable players

* Valeriy Gazzaev *

Stanislav Cherchesov Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov (russian: Станислав Саламович Черчесов, ; os, Черчесты Саламы фырт Станислав, Ĉerĉesty Salamy fyrt Stanislav; born 2 September 1963) is a Russian football ma ...

* Zaur Khapov * Viktor Bulatov * Vasili Baranov * Victor Onopko * Yuri Kovtun * Artur Pagayev * Bakhva Tedeev * Omari Tetradze * Soslan Dzhanayev *

Igor Yanovsky Igor Sergeyevich Yanovsky (russian: Игорь Сергеевич Яновский; born 3 August 1974) is a Russian retired association football player. He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain (France), ...

Spartak Gogniyev Spartak Arturovich Gogniyev (russian: Спартак Артурович Гогниев, os, Гогуниты Артуры фырт Спартак; born 19 January 1981) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the man ...

Alan Kasaev Alan Taimurazovich Kasaev (russian: Алан Таймуразович Касаев; born 8 April 1986) is a Russian former football player of Ossetian descent who played as a left winger. Club career He made his Russian Premier League debut for ...

Mikhail Kavelashvili Mikheil Kavelashvili ( ka, მიხეილ ყაველაშვილი; born 22 July 1971) is a Georgian politician and former professional footballer. He is the co-founder of People's Power party. As a player he was a striker who no ...

* Giorgi Demetradze *

Murtaz Shelia Murtaz Shelia (born 25 March 1969) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He was capped 29 times for the Georgia national team between 1994 and 1998. His clubs included Dinamo Tbilisi, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Spart ...

Mikheil Ashvetia Mikheil Ashvetia ( ka, მიხეილ აშვეთია; born 10 November 1977) is a Georgian former footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001–2002 and a recent spell in G ...

Levan Kobiashvili Levan Kobiashvili ( ka, ლევან კობიაშვილი, born 10 July 1977) is a Georgian former professional footballer and the current president of the Georgian Football Federation and a member of Parliament of Georgia. He pla ...

Giorgi Chanturia Giorgi Chanturia ( ka, გიორგი ჭანტურია, ; 19 August 1959, in Tbilisi – 3 December 1994) was a Georgian politician and the National Democratic Party leader who was murdered in Tbilisi, Georgia in December 1994. He en ...

Mirjalol Qosimov Mirjalol Kushakovich Qosimov ( uz, Mirjalol Qoʻshoqovich Qosimov, russian: Мирджалол Кушакович Касымов; in English also: Mirdjalal Kasimov or Kasymov) (born 17 September 1970) is a former head coach of the Uzbekistan na ...

* Tamás Priskin * Renan Bressan * Dacosta Goore * Isaac Okoronkwo * Sani Kaita *

Ognjen Vranješ Ognjen Vranješ (; born 24 October 1989) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Hatayspor. Vranješ started his professional career at Borac Banja Luka, before joining Red Star Belgrade in 2009. He ...

* Deividas Semberas *

Ibrahim Gnanou Ibrahim Gnanou (born 8 November 1986) is a retired Burkinabé football defender. Although primarily a centre back, he is also able to play full back on either side. Career Gnanou began his career with ASFA Yennega and was scouted from She ...

* George Florescu *

Cristian Tudor Cristian Dorin Tudor (23 August 1982 – 23 December 2012) was a Romanian football striker. He died of hepatic cirrhosis. Honours Club ;Sheriff Tiraspol * Divizia Națională: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04 *Moldovan Cup The Moldo ...

* Rodolfo Zelaya *

Royston Drenthe Royston Ricky Drenthe (born 8 April 1987) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Murcia. Although primarily a left winger, he has also played as a left-back. Drenthe started his professional career with Eredivisie side Feyenoord i ...

Nazim Suleymanov Nazim Suleymanov ( az, Nazim Süleymanov; russian: Назим Сулейманов; born 17 February 1965) is a Soviet and Azerbaijani football coach and a former player best known as a striker for Alania Vladikavkaz in the 1990s. Suleymanov was ...

* Sergiu Dadu *

Kosta Barbarouses Konstantinos "Kosta" Barbarouses ( el, Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Μπαρμπαρούσης; born 19 February 1990) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays in Australia's A-League Men for Wellington Phoenix FC. Club ca ...

Former coaches

* Grigoriy Gornostaev (1966–1967) * Mussa Tsalikov (1967) * Andrei Zazroyev (1968–1970) * Kazbek Tuaev (1970) * Sergei Korshunov (1971) * Dmitri Chikhradze (1971) * Andrei Zazroyev (1972) * Ivan Larin (1973) * Kazbek Tuaev (1974–1977) * Viktor Belov (1977–1978) * Mussa Tsalikov (1978–1980) * Andrei Zazroyev (1980–1981) * Aleksandr Kochetkov (1982) * Valeri Maslov (1983) * Ivan Varlamov (1984) * Valeri Ovchinnikov (1985–1986) * Igor Zazroyev (1986–1987) *

Oleg Romantsev Oleg Ivanovich Romantsev (russian: Олег Иванович Романцев; born 4 January 1954) is a Soviet/Russian former international footballer and coach. Romantsev was acclaimed for his success with Spartak Moscow, whom he led to a reco ...

(1988) * Valeriy Gazzaev (1989–1991) * Nikolay Khudiyev (1991) * Aleksandr Novikov (1992–1993) * Valeriy Gazzaev (1994–1999) *

Vladimir Gutsaev Vladimir Gutsaev ( ka, ვლადიმერ გუცაევი, russian: Владимир Гаврилович Гуцаев, ''Vladimir Gavrilovich Gutsayev''; born 21 December 1952) is a retired Soviet and Georgian footballer and coach ...

(2000) * Aleksandr Averyanov (2000–2001) * Aleksandr Yanovskiy (2001–2002) * Volodymyr Muntyan (2002) * Bakhva Tedeyev (2002) *

Revaz Dzodzuashvili Revaz Mikheilis dze Dzodzuashvili ( ka, რევაზ მიხეილის ძე ძოძუაშვილი; born 15 April 1945) is a Georgian football manager and a former player. He coaches FC Dinamo Sukhumi. He earned 49 caps for t ...

(2003) * Nikolay Khudiyev (2003) * Bakhva Tedeyev (2003–2004) *

Rolland Courbis Rolland Courbis (; born 12 August 1953) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a defender. He was most recently manager of Stade Rennais F.C., having replaced Philippe Montanier on 20 January 2016. Career Bo ...

(2004–2005) * Yuri Sekinaev (2004) * Bakhva Tedeyev (2005) *

Edgar Gess Edgar Yakovlevich Gess (russian: Эдгар Яковлевич Гесс; german: Edgar Hess; born 14 March 1954) is a Tajikistani- German football coach and a former Soviet player. He is the current head coach of the FK Andijan football club. I ...

(2005) *

Itzhak Shum Itzhak Shum ( he, יצחק שום; born 1 September 1948 in Kishinev, Moldavian SSR) is a retired Israeli football player and manager, and currently the owner of Hapoel Kfar Saba. Playing career He played 78 times and scored 10 goals for Isr ...

(2005) * Aleksandr Yanovskiy (2005–2006) *

Boris Stukalov Boris Alekseyevich Stukalov (russian: Борис Алексеевич Стукалов; born 24 January 1953) is a Russian professional football manager and a former player. Personal His son Aleksei Stukalov is a professional football manager ...

(2006–2007) * Stanislav Tskhovrebov (2007-2008) *

Valery Petrakov Valery Yuryevich Petrakov (russian: Валерий Юрьевич Петраков, born 16 May 1958) is a Russian soccer manager and a former striker. He is the manager of FC Irtysh Omsk. Playing career In 1975, at the age of 17, Petrakov be ...

(2009) *

Mircea Rednic Mircea Rednic (born 9 April 1962) is a Romanian football coach and former player who played as a defender. Club career Mircea Rednic, nicknamed "Puriul" was born on 9 April 1962 in Hunedoara and until he was 14 years old he played table tenn ...

(2009) * Vladimir Shevchuk (2010–2011) * Vladimir Gazzayev (2011–2012, 2013-2014) * Valeriy Gazzaev (2012–2013) * Artur Pagayev (2014–2015) * Zaur Tedeyev (2015–2016) * Fyodor Gagloyev (2016) * Marat Dzoblayev (2016-2017) * Yuri Gazzaev (2018) *

(2019–2022) * Zaur Tedeyev (2022-current)

References

External links

Official website
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