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 | 11,329 | ||
| Owner | RubEx Group/Kursk/Kursk Oblast | ||
| Chairman | Nikolai Volokitin | ||
| Manager | Igor Belyayev | ||
| League | Russian Football National League | ||
| 2016–17 | PFL, Zone Center, 1st (promoted) | ||
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FC Avangard Kursk is an association football club based in Kursk, Russia, currently playing in the second tier of Russian football. The teams colors are: home all blue, and away all white.
History
The club has been known under the following names:
- Spartak from 1946–57
- Trudovye Rezervy from 1958–65 and 1967–72
- Trud in 1966
- Avangard 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 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. The club won its PFL zone and was promoted back to the second-tier Russian Football National League at the end of the 2016–17 season.
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 Galkin1993 6 30 15 1 14 44 59 31 R512 - Sukhorukov – 14 Galkin1994 4th, zone 2 4 32 19 4 9 51 39 42 R128 - Sukhorukov – 12 Galkin1995 1 30 21 2 7 52 30 65 R256 - Gershun – 10 Galkin1996 3rd, "West" 15 38 13 4 21 50 78 43 R128 - Delov – 10 Galkin1997 15 38 11 7 20 40 58 40 R512 - Delov – 16 Galkin1998 3rd, "Center" 18 40 9 9 22 34 54 36 R256 - Buda – 10 Galkin1999 15 36 10 7 19 40 59 37 R256 - Delov – 9 Galkin2000 8 38 16 6 16 36 41 54 R128 - Gershun – 9 Galkin2001 8 38 17 7 14 47 41 58 R512 - Gershun – 12 Galkin2002 15 38 11 8 19 40 55 41 R512 - E. Kalashnikov – 10 Galkin2003 13 36 10 7 19 28 37 37 R512 - E. Kalashnikov – 5 Galkin Delov2004 2 32 21 5 6 60 23 68 R512 - Larin – 12 Delov2005 2nd 16 42 11 15 16 36 45 48 R256 - Sigachev – 6 Delov2006 10 42 16 13 13 45 38 61 R64 - Martynov – 7 Borzykin2007 18 42 15 6 21 50 55 51 R64 - Bukievsky – 11 Korovushkin – 11 Gorlukovich2008 3rd, "Center" 2 34 23 6 5 48 18 75 R32 - S. Mikhailov – 10 Esipov2009 1 32 24 1 7 68 23 73 R64 - Borozdin – 11 Esipov2010 2nd 20 38 7 6 25 31 67 27 R32 - Korovushkin – 7 Esipov
Sergeyev
Ignatenko2011–12 3rd, "Center" 2 39 21 7 11 62 36 79 R128 - Sargsyan – 17 Ignatenko Frantsev2012–13 3rd, "Center" 9 30 11 8 11 42 40 41 R64 - Akhba – 8 Frantsev Zazulin
Current squad
As of 25 July 2017, according to the FNL website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Avangard.
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External links
- Fans' website (in Russian)
- Official site