FC Irtysh Omsk (russian: Иртыш Омск) is a Russian
football
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club based in
Omsk
Omsk (; rus, Омск, p=omsk) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia, and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk ...
,
Russia
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. It plays in the third-tier
FNL 2.
History
Their best result in the 1992 season was 2nd in the Eastern Group of the
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 ...
. It was relegated to the 3rd tier in 1995. It was promoted to 2nd tier in 1996, then relegated to 3rd in 1998. As East Zone champions, Irtysh Omsk was promoted to 2nd tier in 2009. Irtysh Omsk finished 19 out of 20 and relegated to 3rd tier.
On 15 May 2020, the 2019–20 PFL season was abandoned due to
COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
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The virus was confirmed to have spread to Russia on 31 January 2020, when two Ch ...
. As Irtysh was leading in their PFL zone at the time, they were promoted to the second-tier
FNL for the 2020–21 season.
The club was relegated back to PFL after one season.
The club was founded in 1946 and has been known as:
* ''Krylia Sovetov'' (Крылья Советов) in 1946–1947
* ''Team of the Factory Baranov'' (Команда Завода имени Баранова) in 1948
* ''Bolshevik'' (Большевик) in 1949
* ''Krasnaja Zvezda'' (Красная Звезда)(Red Star) in 1957
* ''Irtysh'' (Иртыш) in 1958
* ''Irtysh-1946'' (Иртыш-1946) from 2006 to 2009
Current squad
As of 17 October 2022, according to th
official Second League website
References
External links
Official website
Association football clubs established in 1946
Football clubs in Russia
Sport in Omsk
1946 establishments in Russia
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