FC Izhevsk (russian: ФК «Ижевск») was a Russian

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team from

Izhevsk Izhevsk (russian: Иже́вск, p=ɪˈʐɛfsk; udm, Ижкар, ''Ižkar'', or , ''Iž'') is the capital city of Udmurtia, Russia. It is situated along the Izh River, west of the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. It is the 21st-largest city i ...

. It played professionally from 1946 to 1949 and 1956 to 2004. It played at the second-highest level (

Soviet First League The Soviet First League in football (russian: Первая лига СССР по футболу) was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футбо ...

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 1947–1949, 1956–1962, 1968–1969 and 1992–1993.

Team name history

* 1936–1948 Zenit Izhevsk * 1949–1955 Izhevsky Zavod Izhevsk * 1956–1984 Zenit Izhevsk * 1985–1987 Zenit Ustinov (Izhevsk was renamed briefly to Ustinov) * 1988–1998 Zenit Izhevsk * 1998–2003 Dynamo Izhevsk * 2004 FC Izhevsk

External links

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Team history at KLISF
Association football clubs established in 1936 Association football clubs disestablished in 2005 Defunct football clubs in Russia Football clubs in Izhevsk 1936 establishments in Russia 2005 disestablishments in Russia {{Russia-footyclub-stub