FC Orenburg

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Orenburg
FC Orenburg logo.svg
Full nameFootball Club Orenburg
Founded1976; 46 years ago (1976)
GroundGazovik Stadium
Capacity7,500
OwnerGazprom (through subsidiaries)
ChairmanVasily Stolypin
ManagerMarcel Lička
LeagueRussian Football National League
2020–212nd
WebsiteClub website
Current season

FC Orenburg (Russian: ФК «Оренбург») is a Russian professional football club from Orenburg, founded in 1976. It plays in the Russian Football National League.

History[]

It played professionally as Gazovik from 1976 to 1982 and from 1989 on. Before 1976 another Orenburg team, Lokomotiv Orenburg, played professionally, including 3 seasons in the second-highest Soviet First League in 1960–62. In 1989 Gazovik was called Progress Orenburg. Gazovik began Russian League at Zone 5 of Second League and relegated from Zone 6 from one to Third League in 1993. They stayed in Zone 5 of Third League until 1997 season, when they returned to third level. They finished Ural Povolzhye (Volga Region in Russian) as runner-up in 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons and finally promoted to the Russian First League in 2010.

On 2 May 2016, the club secured top-two finish in the 2015–16 Russian National Football League and with that, the promotion to the Russian Premier League for the 2016–17 season for the first time in club's history.[1]

On 25 May 2016, the club was renamed from its historical name FC Gazovik Orenburg to FC Orenburg.[2]

The club was relegated back to the second tier at the end of the 2016–17 season after losing a penalty shootout in the relegation playoffs to FC SKA-Khabarovsk. It was promoted back to the Russian Premier League after one season in the second tier.[3] It was relegated at the end of the 2019–20 Russian Premier League season. They were forced to forfeit two games late in the season due to COVID-19 infections in the squad and play more games with a weakened line-up. On 8 May 2021, they secured a second-place finish in the FNL and return to the Russian Premier League after one season in the second tier.[4] However, Russian Football Union rejected the club's application for a RPL license on 5 May 2021 due to the stadium not passing capacity requirements and other conditions, and their appeal was rejected on 12 May 2021. The club considered filing a complaint with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[5] On 24 May 2021, the club announced they will not file a lawsuit with CAS and will accept the RFU decision. They also announced that the club will begin the stadium reconstruction in June 2020 to bring it up to Premier League standards.[6]

Honours[]

Domestic Competitions

  • Russian National Football League: 2

2015–16, 2017–18

Current squad[]

As of 11 January 2022, according to the official FNL website.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Russia RUS Vladimir Poluyakhtov
3 DF Belarus BLR Mikhail Sivakow
5 MF Russia RUS Timur Ayupov
6 DF Russia RUS Savely Kozlov
7 FW Russia RUS Nikolai Prudnikov
8 FW Armenia ARM Arshak Koryan (on loan from Khimki)
9 MF Russia RUS Artyom Shabolin (on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg)
11 DF Bulgaria BUL Mateo Stamatov
12 DF Russia RUS Andrei Malykh
15 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Renato Gojković
17 MF Belarus BLR Yury Kavalyow
19 MF Russia RUS Aleksandr Ektov
20 FW Ghana GHA Joel Fameyeh
23 MF Russia RUS Sergei Breyev
38 MF Russia RUS Nikolai Titkov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
No. Pos. Nation Player
51 DF Russia RUS Danil Khoroshkov
55 MF Russia RUS Kirill Kaplenko (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg)
58 DF Russia RUS Adesoye Oyevole
77 MF Russia RUS Vladimir Sychevoy
82 GK Russia RUS Platon Zakharchuk
83 MF Russia RUS Aleksei Mironov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
84 MF Russia RUS Ilya Vorobyov
90 GK Russia RUS Aleksei Kenyaykin
91 FW Senegal SEN Abdoulaye Diallo
95 GK Russia RUS Andrey Khodanovich
97 GK Russia RUS Yevgeni Goshev
— GK Russia RUS Nikolai Sysuyev
— DF Belarus BLR Kiryl Pyachenin
— FW Russia RUS Vladimir Obukhov

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Russia RUS Ivan Lapshov (at Yenisey Krasnoyarsk)
— MF Russia RUS Yevgeni Bolotov (at Forte Taganrog)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Russia RUS Dmitry Vorobyov (at Sochi)

Reserve squad[]

Further information: FC Orenburg-2

Coaching staff[]

Managers[]

Notable players[]

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

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ «Газовик» в Премьер-лиге! (in Russian). Russian National Football League. 2 May 2016.
  2. ^ Футбольный Клуб "Оренбург" (in Russian). FC Orenburg. 25 May 2016. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Orenburg and Krylia Sovetov promoted to Premier League" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 6 May 2018.
  4. ^ ""Оренбург" завоевал путевку в Премьер-Лигу" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 8 May 2021.
  5. ^ ""Оренбург" готов обратиться в CAS при недопуске в РПЛ в виде исключения" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 12 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Заявление ФК "Оренбург"" (in Russian). FC Orenburg. 24 May 2021.
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