FC Orenburg (russian: ФК «Оренбург») is a Russian

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club from

Orenburg Orenburg (russian: Оренбу́рг, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Ural River, southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is also very close to the Kazakhstan-Russia bor ...

, founded in 1976. It will return to the

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for the 2022–23 season.

History

It played professionally as Gazovik from 1976 to 1982 and from 1989 on. Before 1976 another Orenburg team, Lokomotiv Orenburg, played professionally, including 3 seasons in the second-highest

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 ...

in 1960–62. In 1989 Gazovik was called Progress Orenburg. Gazovik began Russian League at Zone 5 of Second League and relegated from Zone 6 from one to Third League in 1993. They stayed in Zone 5 of Third League until 1997 season, when they returned to third level. They finished Ural Povolzhye (Volga Region in Russian) as runner-up in 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons and finally promoted to the

Russian First 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 2010. On 2 May 2016, the club secured top-two finish in the 2015–16 Russian National Football League and with that, the promotion to the

for the 2016–17 season for the first time in club's history. On 25 May 2016, the club was renamed from its historical name FC Gazovik Orenburg to FC Orenburg. The club was relegated back to the second tier at the end of the 2016–17 season after losing a penalty shootout in the relegation playoffs to

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. It was promoted back to the

after one season in the second tier. It was relegated at the end of the

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season. They were forced to forfeit two games late in the season due to

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infections in the squad and play more games with a weakened line-up. On 8 May 2021, they secured a second-place finish in the FNL and return to the

after one season in the second tier. However,

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rejected the club's application for a RPL license on 5 May 2021 due to the stadium not passing capacity requirements and other conditions, and their appeal was rejected on 12 May 2021. The club considered filing a complaint with the

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. On 24 May 2021, the club announced they will not file a lawsuit with CAS and will accept the RFU decision. They also announced that the club will begin the stadium reconstruction in June 2021 to bring it up to Premier League standards. In the 2021–22 season, Orenburg led the FNL for most of the season, before dropping out of the direct promotion spot to the 3rd place on the last matchday. That qualified Orenburg for the promotion play-offs against

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, which finished 14th in the Premier League. Orenburg won the play-offs 4–3 on aggregate thanks to the second-leg added-time goal by

Andrei Malykh Andrei Sergeyevich Malykh (russian: Андрей Серге́евич Малых; born 24 August 1988) is a Russian professional Association football, football player. He plays as a right-back for FC Orenburg. Club career On 28 May 2022, Malyk ...

and returned to the

after two seasons in the second tier.

Honours

Domestic Competitions *

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� ...

: 2 2015–16, 2017–18

Current squad

''As of 26 July 2022, according to th
official RPL website
''

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Reserve squad

Coaching staff

* Manager –

Marcel Lička Marcel Lička (born 17 July 1977) is a Czech football coach and former player. He works currently as a manager of FC Orenburg in Russian Premier League. Playing career He made over 171 appearances in the Czech First League and 37 appearances i ...

* Assistant managers – Ilshat Aitkulov (senior), Konstantin Yemelyanov, Radik Yamlikhanov * Goalkeeping coach – Platon Zakharchuk * Conditioning coach – Yevgeni Stukalov

Managers

* Valeri Bogdanov (1997–1998) * Aleksandr Korolyov (1999–2001) * Adyam Kuzyayev ''(interim)'' (2003) *

Andrei Piatnitski Andrey Vladimirovich Pyatnitsky (russian: Андре́й Влади́мирович Пя́тницкий; born 27 September 1967) is a Russian-Uzbekistani association football coach and a former midfielder. Club career He played for a few clu ...

(2003) * Yevgeni Smertin (2004) * Aleksandr Averyanov (2006–2009) * Ilshat Aitkulov ''(interim)'' (2009) *

Konstantin Galkin Konstantin Severyanovich Galkin (russian: Константин Северьянович Галкин; born 28 May 1961) is a Russian professional football coach. Honours * Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (russian: Перв ...

(2009–2011) * Robert Yevdokimov (2011–2017) *

Temur Ketsbaia Temuri Ketsbaia ( ka, თემურ ქეცბაია; born 18 March 1968) is a Georgian former professional football player and current manager. He is the current manager of the Cyprus national team. Club career After beginning his prof ...

(2017) *

Vladimir Fedotov Vladimir Grigoryevich Fedotov (russian: Владимир Григорьевич Федотов; 18 January 1943 – 29 March 2009) was a Soviet football striker and manager who holds the all-time record of caps for CSKA Moscow. He was the son of ...

(2017–2019) * Konstantin Yemelyanov (2019–2020) *

Konstantin Paramonov Konstantin Valentinovich Paramonov (russian: Константин Валентинович Парамонов; born 26 November 1973) is a Russian football coach and a former player. Playing career He scored the most league goals in Amkar's hi ...

(2020) * Ilshat Aitkulov ''(interim)'' (2020) *

(2020–present)

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Orenburg. ;USSR/Russia ;Former USSR countries ;Africa ;Europe ;CONCACAF

External links

Official website

References

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