FC Volga Ulyanovsk (Russian: ФК «Во́лга» Улья́новск) is a professional association football club based in Ulyanovsk, Russia. In the 2022–23 season, it will play in the second-tier Russian First League.

Volga

Full name	Football Club Volga Ulyanovsk
Founded	1947; 75 years ago (1947)
Ground	Trud
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Mikhail Navolokin
Manager	Sergey Zhukov
League	Russian First League
2021–22	FNL 2, Group 4, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

Their reserve team FC Volga-d Ulyanovsk used to play professionally as FC Energiya Ulyanovsk.

History

In 2008, they were relegated to the Russian Second Division 2009 after they finished 17th in Russian First Division. In December 2008, Volga signed a partnership agreement with Floriana FC of Malta, the most successful club in Maltese football.[1]

On 4 June 2022, the last day of the 2021–22 season, Volga secured the first place in their FNL2 group and promotion for the 2022–23 season to the second-tier FNL.[2]

Club name and location history

• 1947–1957: FC Torpedo Ulyanovsk
• 1958: FC Dynamo Ulyanovsk
• 1959–1961: FC Spartak Ulyanovsk
• 1961–1985: FC Volga Ulyanovsk
• 1986–1991: FC Start Ulyanovsk
• 1992–1995: FC Tekstilshchik Isheyevka
• 1996–2005: FC Volga Ulyanovsk
• 2006: FC Volga-Energiya Ulyanovsk (the reserves team currently known as FC Volga-d Ulyanovsk played as FC Volga-Energiya Ulyanovsk in the Amateur Football League in 2007)
• 2007–present: FC Volga Ulyanovsk

Current squad

As of 8 September 2022, according to the official First League website.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BLR Andrey Klimovich 4 DF  RUS Ilya Maksimenkov 5 DF  RUS Denis Kutin 6 MF  RUS Kirill Morozov 7 MF  RUS German Paskin 8 MF  RUS Denis Rakhmanov (captain) 11 FW  RUS Temur Dzhikiya 13 DF  RUS Aleksei Tsygantsov 14 MF  RUS Dmitry Yefremov 15 MF  RUS Anton Krotov 19 MF  RUS Nikita Muromsky 22 MF  RUS Dmitry Rakhmanov 23 MF  RUS Ruslan Makhmutov 30 DF  RUS Aydar Khabibullin 32 DF  RUS Astemir Abazov

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 GK  RUS Denis Yeremeyev 41 MF  RUS Aleksandr Sapeta 44 MF  RUS Aznaur Geryugov 55 DF  RUS Ivan Ustinov 71 FW  RUS Daniil Arsentyev (on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg) 73 FW  RUS Yevgeni Voronin 77 FW  RUS Bilal Bilalov 92 DF  RUS Radik Khayrullov 95 DF  RUS Chingiz Magomadov (on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg) 96 DF  RUS Aleksandr Gapechkin 98 GK  RUS Semyon Morozov 99 FW  RUS Ivan Sergeyev

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  RUS Giorgy Uridiya (at Amkar Perm until 31 May 2023)

References

External links

• Official website (in Russian)

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[ru] Волга (футбольный клуб, Ульяновск)