FC Avangard Kursk

Avangard
Full name Football Club
Avangard Kursk
Founded 1946
Ground Trudovye Rezervy Stadium,
Kursk
(Capacity: 11,329)
Chairman Viktor Karamyshev
Manager Aleksandr Ignatenko
League Russian Second Division, Zone Center
2010 Russian First Division, 20th
Home colours
Away colours

FC Avangard Kursk is an association football club based in Kursk, Russia. In 2011, it will once again play in the Russian Second Division after taking the last place in Russian First Division in 2010, where it spent one season.

The teams colors are: home all blue, and away all white.

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History

The club has been known under the following names:

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 was 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. Avangard played 3 seasons in First Division and relegated to Second Division in 2007 as 18th. Avangard returned to second level in 2009 as Center Group champion. But, Avangard finished in the last place and was relegated to third level in 2010.

League history

Russia

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Top Scorer (League) Head Coach
1992 3rd, zone 2 10 42 22 3 17 67 67 47 - - Tolmachov - 21 Galkin
1993 6 30 15 1 14 44 59 31 R512 - Sukhorukov - 14 Galkin
1994 4th, zone 2 4 32 19 4 9 51 39 42 R128 - Sukhorukov - 12 Galkin
1995 1 30 21 2 7 52 30 65 R256 - Gershun - 10 Galkin
1996 3rd, "West" 15 38 13 4 21 50 78 43 R128 - Delov - 10 Galkin
1997 15 38 11 7 20 40 58 40 R512 - Delov - 16 Galkin
1998 3rd, "Center" 18 40 9 9 22 34 54 36 R256 - Buda - 10 Galkin
1999 15 36 10 7 19 40 59 37 R256 - Delov - 9 Galkin
2000 8 38 16 6 16 36 41 54 R128 - Gershun - 9 Galkin
2001 8 38 17 7 14 47 41 58 R512 - Gershun - 12 Galkin
2002 15 38 11 8 19 40 55 41 R512 - E. Kalashnikov - 10 Galkin
2003 13 36 10 7 19 28 37 37 R512 - E. Kalashnikov - 5 Galkin
Delov
2004 2 32 21 5 6 60 23 68 R512 - Larin - 12 Delov
2005 2nd 16 42 11 15 16 36 45 48 R256 - Sigachev - 6 Delov
2006 10 42 16 13 13 45 38 61 R64 - Martynov - 7 Borzykin
2007 18 42 15 6 21 50 55 51 R64 - Bukievsky - 11
Korovushkin - 11
Gorlukovich
2008 3rd, "Center" 2 34 23 6 5 48 18 75 R32 - S. Mikhailov - 10 Esipov
2009 1 32 24 1 7 68 23 73 R64 - Borozdin - 11 Esipov
2010 2nd 20 38 7 6 25 31 67 27 R32 - Korovushkin - 7 Esipov
Sergeyev
Ignatenko

Current squad

As of October 5, 2011, according to the RFS website.

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Illya Hawrylaw
2 DF Sergei Sholokhov
3 DF Igor Alexeyev
4 DF Nikita Timoshin
5 MF Igor Borozdin
8 MF Sergei Shcheglov
9 FW Dmitri Akhba
10 MF Aleksandr Omelchenko
11 FW Karen Sargsyan (on loan from FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan)
14 DF Aleksei Yepifanov
15 FW Ivan Podolyak
No. Position Player
16 GK Viktor Suloyev
17 MF Denis Sinyayev
22 MF Artyom Mitasov
23 FW Aleksei Foroponov
33 DF Denis Kondakov
34 DF Nariman Gusalov
55 DF Yuri Morozov
61 DF Andrei Maslovskiy
77 GK Stanislav Plokhikh
88 FW Pavel Yesikov
99 MF Dmitri Sannikov

2011 transfers

In

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

No. Position Player
FW Dmitri Akhba (in from FC Gubkin)
DF Igor Alexeyev (in from FC Zenit Penza)
MF Anton Beketov (in from FC Mostovik-Primorye Ussuriysk)
DF Vadim Firsov (in from FC Vityaz Podolsk)
DF Nariman Gusalov (in from FK Jūrmala-VV)
GK Illya Hawrylaw (in from FC Torpedo Zhodino)
DF Airat Khaliulla (in from FC Saturn-2 Moscow Oblast)
DF Andrei Maslovskiy (in from FC Sheksna Cherepovets)
MF Artyom Mitasov
DF Yuri Morozov (in from FC Dynamo Bryansk)
No. Position Player
MF Aleksandr Omelchenko (in from FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk)
GK Stanislav Plokhikh (in from FC CSKA Moscow)
FW Ivan Podolyak (end on loan from FC Metallurg-Oskol Stary Oskol)
MF Dmitri Sannikov
FW Karen Sargsyan (on loan from FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan)
MF Denis Soynikov (in from FC Spartak Tambov)
GK Viktor Suloyev (in from FC Dynamo Bryansk)
DF Aleksei Yepifanov (in from FC Rotor Volgograd)
FW Pavel Yesikov (in from FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk)
FW Eduard Zatsepin (in from FC Kaluga)

Out

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

No. Position Player
FW Sergei Anokhin (end on loan from FC Vityaz Podolsk)
MF Anton Beketov (to FC Dynamo Kirov)
DF Albert Borzenkov (to FC Dynamo Kostroma)
GK Valeri Chizhov (to FC Saturn-2 Moscow Oblast)
DF Vadim Firsov
GK Ilya Ilyin (to FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk)
DF Airat Khaliulla (to FC Oktan Perm)
MF Andrei Kireyev (to FC Ufa)
MF Aleksei Kolomiychenko (to FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan)
FW Sergey Korovushkin (to FC Nizhny Novgorod)
MF Dmitri Kozlov (to FC Daugava)
DF Dmitri Kudinov (end on loan from FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny)
No. Position Player
DF Andrei Lukanchenkov (to PFC Spartak Nalchik)
GK Artyom Moskvin (to FC Syzran-2003 Syzran)
MF Mikhail Nekrasov (to FC Gubkin)
MF Maksim Panin (to FC Salyut Belgorod)
MF Aleksandr Shvetsov (to FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok)
FW Georgi Smurov (to FC Sokol Saratov)
MF Denis Soynikov (to FC Gubkin)
FW Sergei Strukov (to FC Kairat)
DF Kirill Terentyev (to FC Volga Tver)
DF Dmitri Timachev (to FC Salyut Belgorod)
FW Eduard Zatsepin
FW Aleksandr Zobnin (to FC Radian-Baikal Irkutsk)

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