FC Armavir (russian: Футбольный клуб "Армавир"), formerly FC Torpedo Armavir, is a Russian

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club from Armavir, founded in 1959.

History

Torpedo Armavir was active (mostly in the third-highest level leagues of USSR and Russia) from 1959 to 1969 and from 1990 to 1998, after which it folded. In 2009, the club was re-created and played in the

Russian Professional Football League The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the Pr ...

(PFL). It won the third-tier

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Zone South and was promoted to the second-tier

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(FNL), for the

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season. Before starting its 2015–16 FNL season, there were plans for Torpedo to be taken over by the

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club

FC Kuban Krasnodar FC Kuban (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Кубань" Краснодар) was a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. The team began playing in the Russian Premier League in 2011, after it was promoted for winning the Ru ...

and converted to a farm-club as

FC Kuban-2 Krasnodar FC Kuban-2 Krasnodar (russian: ФК «Кубань-2» Краснодар) was a Russian football team from Krasnodar. It was a farm club for the team FC Kuban Krasnodar. It was registered to play in the Russian Professional Football League (thir ...

. However, on 9 July 2015, Torpedo was licensed for FNL and Kuban-2 was registered for PFL independently. After one season at the second tier, Torpedo was relegated back to PFL at the end of the 2015–16 season. On 9 June 2016, the club was renamed from FC Torpedo Armavir to FC Armavir. Armavir returned to the second-tier for the

2018–19 Russian Football National League The 2018–19 Russian National Football League was the 27th season of Russia's second-tier football league since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The season began on 17 July 2018 and ended on 25 May 2019. Team changes To FNL Promoted fro ...

. On 15 April 2020, shortly after the

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shortened

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season, Aramvir went bankrupt and folded. Club president Valentin Klimko stated that the club hopes to participate in the third-tier PFL in the 2020–21 season. On 29 June 2020, the club announced that they failed licensing for the PFL as well for the 2020–21 season and are hoping to find necessary financing to enter local

Krasnodar Krai Krasnodar Krai (russian: Краснода́рский край, r=Krasnodarsky kray, p=krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of t ...

amateur competition for the season.

External links

Official site

References

Association football clubs established in 1959 Football clubs in Russia Sport in Krasnodar Krai 1959 establishments in Russia {{Russia-footyclub-stub