FC Olimp-Dolgoprudny (russian: ФК «Олимп-Долгопрудный») was a professional association

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club from

Dolgoprudny Dolgoprudny (russian: Долгопру́дный, ) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located about north of Moscow city center. The town's name is derived from Russian "" (''dolgy prud'', lit. "long pond")—a long and narrow pond situated in t ...

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. It made its debut in the second-highest

Russian Football National 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� ...

in the 2021–22 season and was denied license by the

Russian Football Union The Russian Football Union (russian: Российский Футбольный Союз, ''Rossiyskiy Futbolnyy Soyuz'' or RFS) is the official governing body of association football in the Russian Federation. With headquarters in Moscow, it org ...

at the end of that season. It began competing in the third-tier

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in the 2012–13 season.

History

On 25 May 2020, FSC Dolgoprudny announced that it will merge into

FC Olimp Khimki FC Olimp Khimki (russian: ФК «Олимп» Химки) was a Russian football team based in Khimki. It was founded in 2018 and entered amateur competitions, representing Moscow. For 2019–20 season, it received the license for the third-tier ...

, with the new club called FC Olimp-Dolgoprudny. On 16 June 2020, the new club passed licensing for the

and applied for admission to the league, along with two other candidates. On 24 July 2020,

chose

Alania Vladikavkaz FC Alania Vladikavkaz (russian: "Алания" (Владикавказ), os, Футболон клуб "Алани" (Дзæуджыхъæу)) is a Russian football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League ...

to be promoted instead. On 23 May 2021, Olimp-Dolgoprudny secured the first place in their PFL zone and promotion to the

for the 2021–22 season. Following promotion, the main squad moved their base to

Khimki Khimki ( rus, Химки, p=ˈxʲimkʲɪ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, 18.25 kilometres northwest of central Moscow, and immediately beyond the Moscow city boundary. History Origins and formation Khimki was initially a railway station tha ...

and completely revamped the squad and coaching staff. A separate club, technically a farm-club of Olimp, was organized in the third tier as

FC Olimp-Dolgoprudny-2 FC Olimp-Dolgoprudny-2 (russian: ФК «Олимп-Долгопрудный-2») was a Russian football team based in Dolgoprudny. It was the reserves club for FC Olimp-Dolgoprudny. After the parent club was promoted to the second-tier FNL for t ...

. Several players who secured promotion in the previous season moved to that new club. On 3 June 2022, the

confirmed their decision to not grant Olimp-Dolgoprudny the RFS-2 license that is necessary to play in the FNL. Their appeal was not considered as it was not filed according to the procedure. The club did not announce at the time whether it will apply for the FNL 2 license or not, and eventually they did not.

Reserve team

Notable players

Former

Russia national football team The Russia national football team (russian: Сборная России по футболу, Sbornaya Rossii po futbolu) represents the Russia, Russian Federation in men's international association football. It is controlled by the Russian Footb ...

players

Aleksandr Filimonov Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov (russian: Александр Владимирович Филимонов; born 15 October 1973) is a former association football goalkeeper from Russia. He won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup with the Rus ...

Alan Kusov Alan Taimurazovich Kusov (russian: Алан Таймуразович Кусов; born 11 August 1981) is a Russian former association football player. Career He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Alania Vladikavkaz on 18 June 2000 in ...

Nikita Bazhenov Nikita Aleksandrovich Bazhenov (russian: Никита Александрович Баженов; born 1 February 1985) is a Russian former association footballer who played as a striker. Club career He made one appearance in 2006–07 UEFA Cha ...

and

Andrei Mostovoy Andrei Andreyevich Mostovoy (russian: Андрей Андреевич Мостовой; born 5 November 1997) is a Russian professional footballer who plays for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Russia national team. He mostly plays as a left w ...

represented Dolgoprudny.

References

External links

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Official site
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Fans site
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