FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan

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Volgar-Gazprom

Football Club
Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan

Founded

1960

 ground   = Central Stadium,
Astrakhan

Ground

None
(Capacity 30,500)

Chairman

Yury Makhoshvili

Manager

Khazret Dyshekov

League

Amateur Football League,
South zone

2006

Russian First Division, 11th





Home colours





Away colours

FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan are a Russian football club based in Astrakhan. Currently the club plays in the Amateur Football League.

[edit] History

The club has been known under following names:

Pishchevik (food industry worker) before 1958
Trud (labour) in 1958–1959
Volgar in 1960–1994
Volgar-Gazprom since 1995

Pishchevik played in the Second Group of the Soviet League. Trud (and later Volgar) played in the Class B (1958, 1960–1967), in Class A, Group 2 (1968–1969), in Class A, Group 1 (1970), Soviet First League (1971), Soviet Second League (1972–1990), Soviet Second League B (1991). In 1992 Volgar entered the Russian Second League, played in the Third League in 1994 (finished top and were promoted), returned to the Second League in 1995 and stayed until 1998. In 1998 Volgar-Gazprom were promoted and in 1999 they started playing in the Russian First Division. With the exception of the relegation for the 2004 season, Volgar-Gazprom had been in the First Division until 2006. The club was denied the professional licence and thus relegated to amateur level in 2007.