FC Spartak Ryazan (russian: ФК «Спартак» Рязань) was a Russian football team 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 Cens ...

. It played professionally in 1949 and from 1959 to 1999. It played on the second-highest level (

Soviet First League The Soviet First League in football (russian: Первая лига СССР по футболу) was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футбо ...

and Russian First Division) in 1949, 1959–1962, 1968 and 1992–1993. The best position they achieved was 2nd place in 1992. The team was dissolved after the 1999 season, and their spot 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 ...

was taken over by

FC Ryazan FC Ryazan (russian: ФК «Рязань») is a Russian football club from Ryazan, founded in 1995. It played in the third-tier Russian Second Division since 2000, when they took over the spot previously held there by another Ryazan club, FC Sp ...

, that club renamed itself to FC Spartak Ryazan for a part of the 2000 season only.

Team name history

* 1937 – FC Spartak Ryazan * 1938 – Ryazan City Team * 1939–1958 – FC Spartak Ryazan * 1959–1960 – FC Trud Ryazan * 1961–1967 – FC Spartak Ryazan * 1968 – FC Zvezda Ryazan * 1969–1986 – FC Spartak Ryazan * 1987 – FC Sapphire Ryazan * 1988–1994 – FC Torpedo Ryazan * 1995–1999 – FC Spartak Ryazan

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Team history at KLISF
Association football clubs established in 1937 Association football clubs disestablished in 2000 Defunct football clubs in Russia Sport in Ryazan 1937 establishments in Russia 2000 disestablishments in Russia {{Russia-footyclub-stub