FC Sibir Novosibirsk (russian: ФК «Сибирь» (Новосибирск)) is a Russian professional

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club based in

Novosibirsk Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the Russian Census ...

, playing at the Spartak Stadium. The club was established by the initiative of the Government of Novosibirsk Oblast in 2019.

History

The club was founded in 2019 as FC Novosibirsk to replace

FC Sibir Novosibirsk FC Sibir Novosibirsk (russian: ФК «Сибирь» Новосибирск) was a Russian association football club based in Novosibirsk, playing at the Spartak Stadium. They played their first-ever season in the Russian Premier League in 2010 ...

, after Sibir was relegated from the Russian National Football league to the third-tier

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, at the end of 2018–19 season. In the 2023–24 season, Novosibirsk qualified for the Second League promotion play-offs, but lost to FC Rotor Volgograd and remained in the Second League. On 27 June 2024, FC Novosibirsk announced that the club is renamed to FC Sibir Novosibirsk.

Stadium

Novosibirsk's home ground is now the 12,500-capacity Spartak Stadium in Novosibirsk. It is a

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which currently used mostly for

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matches. It is the most easterly venue to have hosted a match in

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club competition.

Current squad

As of 26 July 2024, according to th
Second League website

References

External links

Official website
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