FC Yessentuki (russian: ФК «Ессентуки») was a Russian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

team based in

Yessentuki Yessentuki ( rus, Ессентуки́, p=jɪsɪntʊˈkʲiˑ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located in the shadow of Mount Elbrus at the base of the Caucasus Mountains. The city serves as a railway ...

. It was founded in 2014 and played on the amateur level. For 2020–21 season, it received the license for the third-tier

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. On 12 April 2023, Yessentuki dropped out of the

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as their license was recalled for multiple violations.

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