FC Tver

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FC Tver
Full nameFootball Club Tver
Founded1908
Ground
Capacity8,331
OwnerGovernment of Tver Oblast
ManagerVadim Garanin
LeagueRussian Professional Football League, Group 2
FC Volga Tver old logo, until 2017

FC Tver (Russian: ФК «Тверь») is an association football club from Tver, Russia, firstly founded in 1908 as FC Volga Tver. It has played professionally in 1937, 1949, 1953 to 1956, 1958 to 1999, 2004 to 2017, and from 2020. In 1992–1995, the club was called Trion-Volga Tver.

It played on the second-highest level (Soviet First League and Russian First Division) in 1957 to 1962, 1964 to 1969 and 1992. Another Tver team, Spartak Tver, existed from 1937 to 1957 and played in the Soviet First League in 1949 and from 1953 to 1956.

The club was dissolved at the end of the 2016–17 season due to lack of financing.[1]

In April 2020, the club was reestablished as professional football club named FC Tver, with financial support from Tver Oblast, and FC Arsenal Tula.[2][3][4] It was licensed for the Russian Professional Football League for 2020–21 season.

Current squad[]

As of 27 January 2022, according to the FNL 2 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
— GK Russia RUS Nikita Balashov
— GK Russia RUS Kirill Dvoretskiy
— GK Russia RUS Anton Fedyushkin
— GK Russia RUS Dmitri Gerasimov
— DF Russia RUS Ilya Klementyev
— DF Russia RUS Nikita Melnikov
— DF Russia RUS Dmitri Rashchupkin
— DF Russia RUS Mikhail Sentyurin
— DF Russia RUS Ilya Serikov
— DF Russia RUS Dmitri Starodub
— DF Russia RUS Nikita Vagin
— MF Belarus BLR Alyaksandr Aleksandrovich
— MF Russia RUS Danila Ananko
— MF Russia RUS Arutyun Grigoryan
— MF Russia RUS Aleksei Ivanov
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Russia RUS Ilya Kalendrus
— MF Russia RUS Ivan Kozlov
— MF Russia RUS Vasili Meshkovsky
— MF Russia RUS Aleksei Orlov
— MF Russia RUS Nikolai Pilipenko
— MF Russia RUS Sergei Sharov
— MF Russia RUS Timofey Shipunov
— MF Russia RUS Kirill Ushatov
— FW Russia RUS Maksim Klimov
— FW Russia RUS Aleksei Kurzenyov
— FW Russia RUS Daniil Martovoy
— FW Russia RUS Vasily Meshkovsky
— FW Russia RUS Igor Tursunov
— FW Russia RUS Igor Varres
— FW Russia RUS Daniil Yerofeyev

Notable players[]

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

Honours[]

References[]

  1. ^ Город простился с профессиональным футболом (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. 5 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Правительство Тверской области". www.region.tver.ru. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. ^ "В Твери намерены создать детскую академию футбола при поддержке тульского "Арсенала"". ТАСС. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  4. ^ В этом году на стадион «Химик» в Твери вернется профессиональный футбол

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