FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod

FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: Футбольный Клуб "Волга" Нижний Новгород) is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 1963. In 2008, FC Volga won the Ural-Povolzhye (Volga Region in Russian) zone of the Russian Second Division and advanced to the Russian First Division. It finished First Division as 4th in 2009 and finished one as 2nd in 2010 and promoted to Russian Premier League for 2011 season. Promotion to the top league was secured after 2-2 draw with Nizhny Novgorod at Nizhny Novgorod derby on November 3, 2010.

History

The team was founded in 1963 after a merger of two teams from Gorky - Torpedo and Raketa. The team played in the Soviet Top League, where its best result was 14th place in 1964. The team was disbanded in 1984. In 1998, a new club called FC Elektronika Nizhny Novgorod was founded. It played in Russian Second Division. In 2004 it was renamed to Volga.

FC Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod was another squad to claim the legacy of FC Volga Gorky.

League History

Russia

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (League)
1999	KFK(4th), "Povolzhye"	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
2000		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
2001	3rd, "Ural-Povolzhye"	9	34	13	10	11	54	43	49	-	-		Kuznetsov - 12
2002		6	30	12	8	10	40	38	44	R256	-		Podolyanchik - 9
2003		14	38	11	5	22	41	62	38	R256	-		Podolyanchik - 14
2004		12	36	12	9	15	41	46	45	R512	-		Georgiev - 9
2005		6	36	15	12	9	44	30	57	R256	-		Udodov - 7
2006		7	24	10	8	6	31	23	38	R512	-		Loginov - 5
2007		4	26	15	5	6	52	30	50	R256	-		Kaynov - 11
2008		1	34	23	9	2	73	23	78	R512	-		Prokofyev - 17
2009	2nd	4	38	17	14	7	54	32	65	R16	-		Khazov - 10
2010		2	38	19	14	5	62	25	71	R64	-		Martsvaladze - 21

Current squad

As of August 31, 2011, according to the RFPL official website.

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

Youth team

The following players are listed by club's website as reserve players and are registered with the RFPL. They are eligible to play for the first team.

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

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Volga.

External links

• Official Website