FC Spartak Kostroma (Russian: ФК «Спартак» Кострома) is a Russian association football club from Kostroma, founded in 1959. The highest level it achieved in its history was second-highest Soviet First League, where it played in 1981 and 1982. In the past, the club was called Tekstilshchik Kostroma (1961–1963), Tekmash Kostroma (1964–1966) and Zvolma-Spartak Kostroma (1992). It was dissolved in the summer of 2018 due to lack of financing.[1] For the 2022–23 season, the club was resurrected once again and entered the third-tier Russian Second League.[2]
| Full name | Football Club Spartak Kostroma | ||
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| Founded | 1959 | ||
| Ground | Urozhay Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Owner | 9 Kostroma companies + Kostroma Oblast | ||
| Manager | Georgy Bychkov | ||
| League | Russian Second League, Group 2 | ||
| 2017–18 | 5th | ||
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As of 8 September 2022, according to the Second League website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Spartak.
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2022–23 Russian Second League teams | |
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| Group 1 | |
| Group 2.1 | |
| Group 2.2 | |
| Group 3.1 | |
| Group 3.2 | |
| Group 4 | |