FC Volgar Astrakhan

Volgar
	File:Logo of FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan.png
Full name	Football Club; Volgar Astrakhan
Founded	1925; 99 years ago
Ground	Central Stadium,; Astrakhan
Capacity	21,500
Chairman	Sergey Sergeyev
Manager	Yuri Gazzaev
League	Russian National Football League
2014–15	7th
Home colours	Away colours

FC Volgar Astrakhan (Russian: Футбольный Клуб "Волгарь" Астрахань) is an association football club based in Astrakhan, Russia. They play in the Russian National Football League.

History

The club has been known under following names:

Pishchevik (food industry worker) (−1958)
Trud (labour) (1958–59)
Volgar (1960–94) (2012–)^[1]
Volgar-Gazprom (1995-07), (2010–2012)
Volgar-Gazprom-2 (2007–10)

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. Another club was organized called FC Volgar-Gazprom-2. The new club advanced to the Russian First Division for the 2009 season.

Current squad

As of 19 August 2015, 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.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ștefan Sicaci
2	DF	Aslan Doguzov
3	DF	Aslan Tautiyev
4	DF	Yevgeni Steshin
5	DF	Dmitri Ivanov
6	MF	Aleksei Pavlishin
7	MF	Aleksandr Krendelev
8	MF	Oleg Aleynik
10	MF	Ruslan Gazzayev
11	MF	Sergei Verkashanskiy
13	DF	Sergei Terekhov
14	MF	Temuri Bukiya
15	MF	Aleksei Kolomiychenko
17	MF	Stanislav Murikhin

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Aleksei Sutormin
20	MF	Aleksandr Bolonin
22	GK	Stanislav Buchnev
23	DF	Sergei Zuykov
27	MF	Aleksandr Yeliseyev
28	DF	Azat Bairyyev
29	MF	Maksim Yakovlev
30	GK	Dmitri Saganovich
32	MF	Branimir Petrović
33	FW	Aleksandr Alkhazov
68	MF	Ivans Lukjanovs
77	DF	Elbrus Zurayev
88	FW	Ruslan Bolov
99	FW	Mikhail Zhabkin