FC Salyut-Energiya Belgorod

FC Salyut Belgorod is a Russian association football club based in Belgorod. They play in the FNL 2.

History

The club was founded in 1960 and has been known as:
* ''Tsementnik'' (Cement Worker) (1960–63)
* '' Spartak'' (1964–69)
* ''Salyut'' (Salute) (1970–91, 1993–95, 2010–14, 2018–)
* ''Energomash'' (Power Machine Building) (1991–92)
* ''Salyut-YUKOS'' (1996–99)
* ''Salyut-Energiya'' (2000–09)

Tsementnik played in the Class B in 1960 and 1961. After the team became the part of Spartak sports society, they re-entered the competition in 1964. In 1968 Spartak finished third in the finals of Class B and were promoted to the Class A, Group 2. After the reorganization of the leagues in 1971 Salyut played in the Soviet Second League until 1989. In 1990 and 1991 the team played in the Soviet Second League B.

In 1992 Energomash entered the newly formed Russian First League and were relegated. In 1993, the team finished first in Zone 2 of the Russian Second League but were not promoted. In 1995 Salyut were relegated from the Second League, but returned immediately after topping their zone in the Third League. Salyut-YUKOS were relegated again after another three years in the Second Division (1997–1999), this time to the amateur league (KFK). In 2000, they won the promotion back to the professional football. In 2001–2005 Salyut-Energia were among the leaders of the Second Division, finishing no lower than fifth in their zone. In 2005, the team finished first and were promoted to the First Division. The team finished 17th in 2010 and relegated to Second Division.

During winter break 2013–2014, Salyut experienced huge financial difficulties. Almost all contracts with first-team players were terminated by mutual consent. As a result, on 14 February 2014 club officially withdrew from competition in Russian National Football League.

Belgorod was represented professionally by FC Energomash Belgorod from 2015 to 2018.

Before the 2018–19 season, Salyut was revived and entered the third-tier Russian Professional Football League.

Current squad

As of 9 January 2023, according to th
Second League website

League results

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DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period = from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/2014
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id:bl1 value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.5)
id:bl2 value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.3)
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id:rn value:rgb(0.9,0.1,0.1)

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bar:Position width:15 color:white align:center
from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1992 shift:(0,-4) text:16
from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1993 shift:(0,-4) text:1
from:01/07/1993 till:01/07/1994 shift:(0,-4) text:13
from:01/07/1994 till:01/07/1995 shift:(0,-4) text:18
from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1996 shift:(0,-4) text:1
from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1997 shift:(0,-4) text:3
from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/1998 shift:(0,-4) text:19
from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/1999 shift:(0,-4) text:19
from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 shift:(0,-4) text:1
from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2001 shift:(0,-4) text:2
from:01/07/2001 till:01/07/2002 shift:(0,-4) text:3
from:01/07/2002 till:01/07/2003 shift:(0,-4) text:3
from:01/07/2003 till:01/07/2004 shift:(0,-4) text:5
from:01/07/2004 till:01/07/2005 shift:(0,-4) text:1
from:01/07/2005 till:01/07/2006 shift:(0,-4) text:12
from:01/07/2006 till:01/07/2007 shift:(0,-4) text:9
from:01/07/2007 till:01/07/2008 shift:(0,-4) text:12
from:01/07/2008 till:01/07/2009 shift:(0,-4) text:7
from:01/07/2009 till:01/07/2010 shift:(0,-4) text:17
from:01/07/2010 till:01/07/2012 shift:(0,-4) text:1
from:01/07/2012 till:01/07/2013 shift:(0,-4) text:13
from:01/07/2013 till:01/07/2014 shift:(0,-4) text:WD

from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1992 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: " D1"
from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1995 color:rs shift:(0,13) text: " D2(zone Center)"
from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1996 color:rn shift:(0,13) text: " D3"
from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1999 color:rs shift:(0,13) text: " D2(zone Center)"
from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 color:rn shift:(0,13) text: " KFK"
from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2005 color:rs shift:(0,13) text: " D2(zone Center)"
from:01/07/2005 till:01/07/2010 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: " D1"
from:01/07/2010 till:01/07/2012 color:rs shift:(0,13) text: " D2"
from:01/07/2012 till:01/07/2014 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: " FNL"

External links

Fans website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salyut Belgorod, FC
Football clubs in Russia
Sport in Belgorod
Association football clubs established in 1960
1960 establishments in Russia