FC Ryazan (russian: ФК «Рязань») is a Russian

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club from

Ryazan Ryazan ( rus, Рязань, p=rʲɪˈzanʲ, a=ru-Ryazan.ogg) is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census ...

, founded in 1995. It played in the third-tier

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since 2000, when they took over the spot previously held there by another Ryazan club,

FC Spartak Ryazan FC Spartak Ryazan (russian: ФК «Спартак» Рязань) was a Russian football team from Ryazan. It played professionally in 1949 and from 1959 to 1999. It played on the second-highest level (Soviet First League and Russian First Divi ...

, with FC Ryazan renaming themselves to FC Spartak Ryazan for the 2000 season only. From October 2000 to 2001 the club was called Agrokomplekt Ryazan and from 2002 to 2006 – FC Ryazan-Agrokomplekt Ryazan. In March 2010, FC Ryazan dropped out of the Russian Second Division and went bankrupt.Правительство Рязанской области обратилось в Ассоциацию «ПФЛ» с просьбой о включении ГАУ РО «ФК «Звезда» в состав членов (участников) Ассоциации
FC Ryazan was replaced professionally with FC Zvezda Ryazan, which was then renamed to FC Ryazan before the 2014–15 season.

External links

Official Website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryazan Defunct football clubs in Russia Sport in Ryazan 1995 establishments in Russia Association football clubs established in 1995