Volgar FC (russian: Футбольный Клуб "Волгарь") is an

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club based in

Astrakhan Astrakhan ( rus, Астрахань, p=ˈastrəxənʲ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in Southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the ...

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. They play in the

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History

The club has been known under following names: *''Pishchevik'' (food industry worker) (1925−1958) *''Trud'' (labour) (1958–59) *''Volgar'' (1960–94) (2012–) *''Volgar-

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'' (1995–2007), (2010–2012) *''Volgar-Gazprom-2'' (2007–10) Pishchevik played in the Second Group of the Soviet League. Trud (and later Volgar) played in the Class B (1958, 1960–1967), in Class A, Group 2 (1968–1969), in Class A, Group 1 (1970),

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 ...

(1971),

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(1972–1990),

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(1991). In 1992 Volgar entered the

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, played in the Third League in 1994 (finished top and were promoted), returned to the Second League in 1995 and stayed until 1998. In 1998 Volgar-Gazprom were promoted and in 1999 they started playing in the

Russian First Division The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

. With the exception of the relegation for the 2004 season, Volgar-Gazprom had been in the First Division until 2006. The club was denied the professional licence and thus relegated to amateur level in 2007. Another club was organized called FC Volgar-Gazprom-2. The new club advanced to the

for the 2009 season. After the 2017–18 season, the club experienced financial difficulties and decided to be voluntarily relegated to the third-tier

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. On 15 May 2020, the 2019–20 PFL season was abandoned due to

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. As Volgar was leading in their PFL zone at the time, they were promoted to the second-tier FNL for the 2020–21 season.

Current squad

''As of 5 December 2022, according to th
Russian First League website
''

Out on loan

Notable past players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Volgar. ;Russia/USSR *

Rinat Dasayev Rinat Fayzrakhmanovich Dasayev (russian: Ринат Файзрахманович Дасаев, tt-Cyrl, Ринат Фәйзерахман улы Дасаев, translit=Rinat Fäyzerakhman uly Dasaev; born 13 June 1957) is a Russian football coa ...

* Dmitry Kuznetsov *

Vasili Zhupikov Vasili Mikhailovich Zhupikov (russian: Василий Михайлович Жупиков; 16 January 1954 – 7 June 2015) was a Soviet Union, Soviet football player and a Russian coach. Honours * Soviet Top League bronze: 1977. * Soviet Cup w ...

Viktor Bulatov Viktor Gennadyevich Bulatov (russian: Виктор Геннадьевич Булатов; born 22 January 1972) is a Russian football coach and a former Russian international football player. He is the manager of FC Chelyabinsk. Playing care ...

Ruslan Kambolov Ruslan Aleksandrovich Kambolov (russian: Руслан Александрович Камболов; born 1 January 1990) is a Russian footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. Club career On 1 February 2014, he signed with ...

Vladimir Lebed Vladimir Anatolyevich Lebed (russian: Владимир Анатольевич Лебедь; born 17 August 1973), known as Volodymyr Lebid in Ukrainian, is a Soviet, Ukrainian, and Russian retired football player. International career Lebed pl ...

Ramiz Mamedov Ramiz Mamedov ( az, Ramiz Məmmədov; russian: Рамиз Мамедов; born 21 August 1972) is a retired Soviet and Russian football player of Azerbaijani descent, best known as a defender for Spartak Moscow in the 1990s. Club career Mamedo ...

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* Sergei Terekhov * Vladislav Ternavsky *

Anton Zabolotny Anton Konstantinovich Zabolotny (russian: Антон Константинович Заболотный; born 13 June 1991) is a Russian professional football player who plays as a striker for CSKA Moscow. Club career On 12 December 2017, he s ...

;Former USSR countries *

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Stanislav Buchnev Stanislav Sergeyevich Buchnev ( hy, Ստանիսլավ Բուչնև; russian: Станислав Сергеевич Бучнев; born 17 July 1990) is a professional Association football, football player who plays as a Goalkeeper (association fo ...

Manuk Kakosyan Manuk Arsenovich Kakosyan (russian: Манук Арсенович Какосьян; born 1 August 1974) is a former Armenian professional Association football, footballer who also holds Russian citizenship. Club career He made his professional ...

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Barys Haravoy Boris Olegovich Gorovoy ( be, Барыс Алегавіч Гаравы; russian: Борис Олегович Горовой; born 8 April 1974) is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Russian club ...

Vasily Khomutovsky Vasil Iosifavich Khamutowski ( be, Васіль Іосіфавіч Хамутоўскі, russian: Василий Иосифович Хомутовский, ''Vasily Iosifovich Khomutovsky''; born 30 August 1978) is a former Belarusian football g ...

* Vitaliy Abramov *

Konstantin Ledovskikh Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Ledovskikh (russian: Константин Вячеславович Ледовских; born 12 July 1972) is a Kazakhstani professional football coach and a former player. Club career He made his professional debut i ...

Almir Mukhutdinov Almir Nurullovich Mukhutdinov (russian: Альмир Нуруллович Мухутдинов; born 9 June 1985) is a Kazakhstani former professional football player. He also holds Russian citizenship. Career Club In February 2013, Mukhutdino ...

Roman Uzdenov Roman Mukhadinovich Uzdenov (russian: Роман Мухадинович Узденов; born 10 March 1979) is a Kazakh football coach and a former forward. He also holds Russian citizenship. He also has caps in the Kazakhstan national football ...

Aleksandrs Isakovs Aleksandrs Isakovs (born 16 September 1973 in Daugavpils) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He made 58 appearances for the Latvia national team. He debuted in 1997, and played at the Euro 2004. He started hi ...

Valērijs Ivanovs Valērijs Ivanovs (russian: Валерий Иванович Иванов; born 23 February 1970 in Riga) is a former football midfielder from Latvia. He played 69 international matches and scored 1 goal for the Latvia national team between 1 ...

Ivans Lukjanovs Ivans Lukjanovs (born 24 January 1987) is a retired Latvian footballer, who played as a winger. Club career Lukjanovs was born in Daugavpils, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union. As a youth player he played for JFC Skonto, making his first first-team ap ...

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* Nerijus Radžius *

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Oleksandr Svystunov Oleksandr Viktorovych Svystunov ( uk, Олександр Вікторович Свистунов; russian: Александр Викторович Свистунов; born 30 August 1973) is a former Ukrainian professional footballer. Club car ...

Sergey Andreyev Sergey Vasilyevich Andreyev (russian: Сергей Васильевич Андреев; born 16 May 1956 in Luhansk) is a football manager and a former Soviet and Russian player. Honors * Olympic bronze: 1980. * Olympic tournament top scorer: ...

* Gennadiy Sharipov Danila Yashchuck ;Europe *

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* Luboš Kalouda * Marek Hollý *

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References

External links

Official website
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