FC Akademiya Futbola Rostov-on-Don (russian: ФК "Академия Футбола им. В. Понедельника" (Ростов-на-Дону)) 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
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...
. It was the senior team for the football academy founded in 2006 by
Ivan Savvidis
Ivan Ignatyevich Savvidi (russian: Иван Игнатьевич Саввиди, , el, Ιβάν Σαββίδης, translit=Ivan Savvidis, , ka, ივან ეგნატეს ძე სავიდი, ''Ivan Egnates dze Savidi'', , also ...
. The senior team participated in the
Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblast, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of and a populati ...
amateur championship from 2012. In 2008 it was named after former USSR international
Viktor Ponedelnik
Viktor Vladimirovich Ponedelnik (russian: Виктор Владимирович Понедельник, 22 May 1937 – 5 December 2020) was a Russian footballer and manager, who played for the Soviet Union national team.
Biography
Ponedeln ...
.
For 2017–18 season, it received the license for the third-tier
Russian Professional Football League
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 ...
. During the winter break in the 2018–19 season, it experienced financial difficulties and dropped out of PFL.
References
External links
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Official site
Association football clubs established in 2012
Association football clubs disestablished in 2019
Defunct football clubs in Russia
Sport in Rostov-on-Don
2012 establishments in Russia
2019 disestablishments in Russia
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