FC Avangard Kursk
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| Full name | Football Club Avangard Kursk |
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| Founded | 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Trudovye Rezervy Stadium, Kursk (Capacity 10,000) |
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| Chairman | Igor Pakhomov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Russian First Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 18th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FC Avangard Kursk are a Russian football club based in Kursk. In the 2007 season, the club played in the Russian First Division, but finished 18th and was relegated to the Second Division.
Colours (Home) all blue, (Away) all yellow
[edit] History
The club was known under following names:
- Spartak in 1946–1957
- Trudovye Rezervy in 1958–1965 and 1967–1972
- Trud in 1966
- Avangard since 1973
Spartak made an appearance in the Soviet league in 1946. Since 1957 Kursk was continuously represented in the league by Trudovye Rezervy, Trud, and Avangard. The club played in Class B and in the Second League. The best achievement was the second position in the zone in 1962 and 1964.
Avangard entered the Russian Second League in 1992 and were moved to the Third League in 1994, after the number of clubs in the Second League was significantly reduced. In 1995 they won promotion to the Second League, and in 2004 Avangard finished second in their Second Division zone, obtaining promotion to the First Division.
[edit] External links
- Fans' website (Russian)
- Official site
