FC Karelia Petrozavodsk (russian: ФК «Карелия Петрозаводск») is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

team from

Petrozavodsk Petrozavodsk (russian: Петрозаводск, p=pʲɪtrəzɐˈvotsk; Karelian, Vepsian and fi, Petroskoi) is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, which stretches along the western shore of Lake Onega for some . The population ...

(in 2011 temporarily played in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

at Petrovsky Small Arena),

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

founded in 2011. It played in the

Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the Pr ...

from 2011 to 2012–13 season, after which it dropped the professional status. It returned to the third-level Russian Professional Football League for the 2015–16 season, after which it dropped out of professional-level competitions once again.

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karelia Petrozavodsk, FC Association football clubs established in 2011 Football clubs in Russia Sport in Petrozavodsk 2011 establishments in Russia