FC Angusht Nazran (russian: «Ангушт» Назрань) is a Russian
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
club from
Nazran, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia.
History
The club was founded in 1993 as ''Ingushetia Nazran'' and entered the Russian Third League in 1994. In 1995 the club was renamed Angusht and finished second in their zone, securing promotion to the
Second League (they were playing in
Malgobek
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History
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that season). Angusht finished second in 1998 and third in 2000, and in 2005 they managed to win their Second Division zone to get another promotion. The club spent the 2006 season in the
First Division, finishing last between 22 teams. After the season Angusht went bankrupt, were renamed FC Nazran (and shortly after that FC Ongusht Nazran) and joined the Amateur Football League. In 2009 it was renamed back to Angusht. It was promoted to the second-level (now called
Russian National Football League
The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн ...
) for the 2013–14 season, but were again relegated after just one season on that level.
They were denied professional license for the 2019–20 season due to accumulated debts.
References
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Football clubs in Russia
Sport in Ingushetia
Nazran
Association football clubs established in 1993
1993 establishments in Russia