FC Alania Vladikavkaz

FC Alania Vladikavkaz (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Алания» Владикавказ) is a Russian football club based in Vladikavkaz (formerly Ordzhonikidze), North Ossetia-Alania. In 2010, it replaced FC Moscow (who dropped out for financial reasons) in the Russian Premier League, but was relegated back after one season on the top level.^[1]

History

By the collapse of the Soviet Union, Spartak Vladikavkaz were the only non-Muscovite Russian club competing in the old Soviet Top League. This had been their second and last season in the STL; before that the only other season they competed in the top Soviet division was in 1970.

Their most successful season was 1995 when they managed to grab the Russian Premier League champions title, after several years of Spartak Moscow domination having previously won a silver medal for the second place in 1992 and 1996. However in the qualification stages of the UEFA Champions League Alania lost 10-3 on aggregate to Rangers F.C..

However, after departure of manager Valery Gazzaev and several players from the club, Alania weren't able to get anywhere near the trophy again, finishing at the bottom half of the table.

Previously, the club was known as Spartak Ordzhonikidze (1937–1990), Spartak Vladikavkaz (1990–1994 and 2006), Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz (1995–1996 and 2003–2006), Alania Vladikavkaz (1997–2003 and since 2007).

In season 2005 Alania was relegated from Russian Premier League after 15 seasons of top flight football.

On 14 February 2006 Alania and another First Division club, Lokomotiv Chita, were denied professional licences by Professional Football League and excluded from professional football for juridicial irregularities.[1] On 22 February PFL decided to replace Alania and Lokomotiv with Lada Togliatti and Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk, the runners-up in the Second Division.[2] The Russian Football Union did not endorse the exclusion and on 28 February decided to keep Alania and Lokomotiv in the First Division, giving them another chance to fulfill the league requirements.[3] Consequently, on 6 March PFL decided to extend the First Division from 22 to 24 clubs, including Alania, Lokomotiv, Lada, and Mashuk-KMV.[4]

However, on 20 March the Russian Football Union finally decided to exclude Alania and Lokomotiv from the league. This decision was announced by the Professional Football League on 21 March, five days before the start of the First Division.[5]

Alania underwent reorganization, were renamed Spartak Vladikavkaz and on 4 April were admitted into the Russian Second Division, South zone.

After finishing first in the South Zone of 2nd division in the 2006 the team was promoted to Russian First Division and again renamed to Alania.

In 2009, Alania achieved 3rd place in the Russian First Division, just below the nominal promotion places. However, due to FC Moscow being expelled from the Russian Premier League, Alania were chosen to take their place. Their season back in the top flight was not successful and only Sibir Novosibirsk finished below them, thus going back to the First Division; despite the subsequent withdrawal of Amkar Perm and Saturn Moscow Oblast, Alania was refused a reprieve by the RPL.

In the spring of 2011, Alania qualified for the final of the 2010–11 Russian Cup, where it will meet PFC CSKA Moscow. CSKA already qualified for the UEFA Champions League spot, and therefore Alania secured a spot in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League regardless of the final result. That is the second occasion in Russian soccer history when a second-level division team qualified for European competition (the first one was FC Terek Grozny). Alania achieved a rare feat of reaching the cup final without scoring a single regular-time goal. On three occasions they won a penalty shootout after playing the game with a score of 0-0 and once they received a bye after their opponent team went bankrupt.

FC Alania in Europe

• Q = Qualifyimg
• PO = Play-Off

League history

Soviet Union

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (League)
1960	2nd, RSFSR-3	14	26	3	4	19	26	68	10	-	-
1961	2nd, RSFSR-4	10	24	6	6	12	32	57	18	1/64	-
1962	2nd, RSFSR-3	8	28	10	6	12	38	36	26	1/128	-
1963	3rd, RSFSR-3	7	30	12	8	10	47	39	32	1/512	-
1964	3rd, RSFSR-4	4	34	16	7	11	53	35	39	1/512	-
	3rd, RSFSR-final	4	8	3	2	3	9	10	8
1965	3rd, RSFSR-4	9	38	16	7	15	54	43	39	-	-
1966		1	38	22	9	7	80	40	53	1/32	-
	3rd, RSFSR-final	2	7	4	1	2	9	4	9
1967	2nd, group 1	16	38	10	11	17	34	45	31	1/32	-
1968	2nd, group 3	2	40	19	12	9	53	29	50	1/64	-		Kaishauri - 18
1969	2nd, group 1	1	38	22	12	4	60	25	60	1/64	-		Papelishvili - 16
	2nd, final	1	3	2	0	1	4	2	4
1970	Top League	17	32	7	8	17	31	48	22	1/16	-		Kaishauri - 8
1971	2nd	5	42	19	7	16	52	57	45	1/16	-		Zazroev - 11
1972		9	38	14	10	14	49	50	38	1/16	-		Kaishauri - 18
1973		17	38	13	7	18	29	44	30	1/16	-		Kaishauri - 7
1974		17	38	15	4	19	45	67	34	1/32	-		Kitaev - 17
1975		9	38	15	7	16	41	43	37	1/32	-		V. Gazzaev - 14
1976		15	38	11	14	13	40	50	36	1/32	-		Kaishauri - 11
1977		15	38	11	11	16	38	45	33	1/32	-		Khuadonov - 6
1978		18	38	10	8	20	30	50	28	1/16	-		Khuadonov - 9
1979		13	46	19	7	20	49	44	45	group stage	-		Suanov, Zazroev - 9
1980		15	46	17	9	20	43	50	43	group stage	-		Khuadonov - 9
1981		21	46	14	12	20	36	49	40	group stage	-		Y. Gazzaev - 10
1982	3rd, zone 3	1	32	22	6	4	64	18	50	-	-		Y. Gazzaev - 23
	3rd, final-1	2	4	1	2	1	5	4	4
1983	3rd, zone 3	1	30	23	2	5	69	23	48	-	-
	3rd, final-2	1	4	1	3	0	2	0	5
1984	2nd	16	42	15	8	19	42	51	38	1/32	-		Argudyaev - 13
1985		16	38	17	4	17	49	52	38	1/16	-		Ambalov - 12
1986		16	46	15	12	19	58	66	42	1/64	-		Ploshnik - 16
1987		18	42	12	12	18	37	46	36	1/64	-		Gagloev - 8
1988		13	42	15	9	8	57	60	39	1/32	-		Y. Gazzaev - 10
1989		17	42	12	11	19	44	61	35	1/64	-		Y. Gazzaev - 10, Tskhovrebov - 7
1990		1	38	24	9	5	73	30	57	1/64	-		Tedeev - 23
1991	Top League	11	30	9	8	13	33	41	26	1/64	-		Suleymanov - 13
1992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1/16	-

Russia

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (League)
1992	RFPL	2	26	13	6	7	47	33	32	-	-		Suleymanov - 12
1993		6	34	16	6	12	49	45	38	1/16	-		Suleymanov, Markhel - 14
1994		5	30	11	11	8	32	34	33	1/2	UC	R1	Suleymanov - 6
1995		1	30	22	5	3	63	21	71	1/2	-		Kavelashvili - 12
1996		2	35	22	6	7	65	37	72	1/16	UC	R1	Suleymanov, Tedeev, Kasymov - 11
1997		10	34	14	4	16	52	42	46	1/8	UC	R1	Yanovsky - 13
1998		8	30	11	7	12	46	39	40	1/2	UC	R1	Demetradze - 14
1999		6	30	12	7	11	54	45	43	1/8	-		Demetradze - 21
2000		10	30	10	8	12	34	36	38	1/16	-		Tedeev - 10
2001		11	30	8	8	14	31	47	32	1/16	UC	R1	Paolo Emilio - 6
2002		12	30	8	6	16	31	42	30	1/16	-		Demetradze, D. Bazaev - 6
2003		13	30	9	4	17	23	43	31	1/16	-		Mikholap - 4
2004		14	30	7	7	16	28	52	28	1/8	-		G. Bazaev, C. Tudor - 5
2005		15	30	5	8	17	27	53	23	1/8	-		D. Bazaev - 9
2006	3rd, "South"	1	32	27	3	2	81	20	84	1/16	-		Dubrovin - 28
2007	2nd	12	42	15	11	16	56	56	56	1/64	-		Dubrovin - 19
2008		10	42	17	8	17	50	41	59	1/32	-		Dadu - 18
2009		3	38	21	7	10	57	30	70	1/16	-		Dadu - 12
2010	RFPL	15	30	4	8	18	34	58	20	F	-

Current squad

As of August 25, 2011, according to the official NFL website.

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

Out on loan

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

Reserve squad

Alania's reserve squad played professionally as FC Spartak-d Vladikavkaz (Russian Third League in 1995), FC Alania-d Vladikavkaz (Russian Third League in 1997) and FC Alania-2 Vladikavkaz (Russian Second Division in 1998). In 2011 it entered the Russian Second Division once again as FC Alania-d Vladikavkaz.

2011 transfers

For recent transfers, see List of Russian football transfers winter 2010–11.

Notable players

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

Former coaches

• Oleg Romantsev
• Valeriy Gazzaev
• Valery Petrakov
• Rolland Courbis

External links

• Official website (Russian)

References