FC Spartak Yoshkar-Ola (russian: ФК «Спартак» Йошкар‑Ола) is a Russian

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team from

Yoshkar-Ola Yoshkar-Ola ( Mari and russian: Йошкар-Ола) is the capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia. Yoshkar-Ola means “red city” in Mari and was formerly known as Tsaryovokokshaysk () before 1919, as Krasnokokshaysk () between 1919 an ...

. It played professionally from 1962 to 1998, from 2000 to 2003 and again from 2012/13 season to 2014/15. It played at the second-highest level (

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and

Russian First Division 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 1962, 1968–1969 and 1992–1993. It was called Trud Yoshkar-Ola (1962) and Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola (1975–1998). In 2012/13 season the team returned to the

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. In 2011/12 season Spartak Yoshkar-Ola won Privolzhye zone tournament of the Russian amateur championship.

Current squad

As of 20 April 2017, according to th
AFL website

External links

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Team history at KLISF

Official Website
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