FC Alania Vladikavkaz (2019)

FC Alania Vladikavkaz (Russian: "Алания" (Владикавказ), Ossetian: Футболон клуб "Алани" (Дзæуджыхъæу)) is a Russian football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League during the communist era, and won its first and only league title in the 1995 Russian Top League.

FC Alania Vladikavkaz

Full name	Football Club Alania Vladikavkaz
Nickname(s)	Red-Yellows
Founded	1921 (1921)
Ground	Republican Spartak Stadium
Capacity	32,464
Owner	Daniil Guriev
Chairman	Vladimir Guriev
Manager	Spartak Gogniyev
League	Russian Football National League
2019–20	PFL Zone South, 2nd (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Background

Since the Russian football league system was established in 1992, the main team representing Vladikavkaz changed ownership structure several times, also changing the team name from FC Spartak Vladikavkaz to FC Spartak-Alania and FC Alania and back to Spartak. In the 2018–19 Russian Professional Football League season, the team was financed by the provincial government and played as Spartak. Before the 2019–20 season, a new team, privately owned and called FC Alania was organized and licensed for PFL. However, FC Spartak also remained in the league for 2019–20, even though many players and coaches moved to the "new Alania".[1]

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, 2019–20 Russian Football National League season was abandoned and none of the teams were relegated. After the licensing, the league had 23 teams eligible for the 2020–21 season. Having an odd number of teams would mean one team would get a bye on each matchday and the league preferred to have an even number of teams, therefore it invited PFL teams to apply for the license. Out of the teams that applied, on 24 July 2020 Alania was selected by the Russian Football Union for promotion to FNL.[2]

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, 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	-		Gabulov, Marenich: 4
2011–12	2nd	2	52	28	13	11	66	39	97	1/32	-		Bikmaev: 11
2012–13	RFPL	16	30	4	7	19	26	53	19	1/16	-		Neco: 9
2013–14	2nd	12^[A]	36	14	4	18	29	52	46	1/16	-		Khastsayev: 13
2014–15	3rd, "South"	17	20	5	6	9	21	33	21	1/256	-		Burayev: 12
2015–16		11	24	4	7	13	15	37	19	1/256	-		Sikoyev: 7
2016–17		10	30	10	7	13	26	36	37	1/128	-		Gatikoev: 8
2017–18		13	32	8	8	16	26	41	32	1/256	-		Gurtsiev: 5
2018–19		10	28	8	6	14	36	48	30	1/64	-		Zhabkin: 8
2019–20		2	19	15	1	3	54	13	46	1/16	-		Khadartsev: 12

1. ^
   Alania withdrew from the league in February 2014 due to financial problems.[3]

Honours

Russian Premier League[4]

• Winners (1): 1995
• Runners-up (2): 1992, 1996

Russian Cup[5][6]

• Runners-up (1): 2010–11

Soviet First League

• Winners (2): 1969, 1990

Russian Football National League

• Runners-up (1): 2011–12

Soviet Second League / Russian Professional Football League

• Winners (2): 1983, 2006[7]
• Runners-up (2): 1966, 1982

FC Alania in European football

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
1993–94	UEFA Cup	R1		Borussia Dortmund	0–1	0–0
1995–96	UEFA Cup	R1		Liverpool F.C.	1–2	0–0
1996–97	Champions League	QR1		Rangers F.C.	2–7	1–3
1996–97	UEFA Cup	R1		RSC Anderlecht	2–1	0–4
1997–98	UEFA Cup	QR2		Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–1	4–1
		R1		MTK Budapest	1–1	0–3
2000–01	UEFA Cup	R1		Amica Wronki	0–3	0–2
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	QR3		FC Aktobe	1–1	1–1 (4–2 p.)
		Play-off		Besiktas JK	2–0	0–3

Coaching staff

• Head coach - Spartak Gogniyev
• Assistant coach - Georgi Dzhioyev
• Assistan coach - Andrey Shatov, Georgi Dzhioyev
• Goalkeeping coach - Kazimir Gudiev

Current squad

As of 4 August 2020, 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. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Rostislav Soldatenko 3 DF  RUS David Shavlokhov 4 DF  RUS Soslan Kachmazov 5 DF  RUS Alan Bagayev 6 MF  RUS Alan Tsarayev 7 DF  RUS Elbrus Zurayev 8 MF  RUS Alan Khugayev 9 FW  RUS Ruslan Suanov 10 FW  RUS Batraz Khadartsev 11 MF  RUS Sergei Kramarenko 13 DF  RUS Azamat Zaseyev 14 FW  RUS Islam Mashukov 15 DF  RUS Khetag Kochiyev 17 DF  RUS Taras Tsarikayev

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  RUS David Kobesov 19 DF  RUS Allon Butayev 21 DF  RUS Batradz Kokoyev 23 GK  RUS Ruslan Murtazov 31 GK  RUS Georgi Natabashvili 33 GK  RUS Mukharbek Burayev 38 FW  RUS Artur Maloyan 70 FW  RUS Batraz Gurtsiyev 71 MF  RUS David Dzakhov 77 MF  RUS Alan Khabalov 80 MF  RUS Khetag Khosonov 88 DF  RUS Dmitri Kobesov 97 MF  RUS Butta Magomedov

Notable players

Valeriy Gazzaev Stanislav Cherchesov Zaur Khapov Viktor Bulatov Vasili Baranov Victor Onopko Yuri Kovtun Artur Pagayev Bakhva Tedeev Omari Tetradze Soslan Dzhanayev

Igor Yanovsky Spartak Gogniyev Alan Kasaev Mikhail Kavelashvili Giorgi Demetradze Murtaz Shelia Mikheil Ashvetia Levan Kobiashvili Giorgi Chanturia Mirjalol Qosimov Tamás Priskin Renan Bressan

Dacosta Goore Isaac Okoronkwo Sani Kaita Ognjen Vranješ Deividas Semberas Ibrahim Gnanou George Florescu Cristian Tudor Rodolfo Zelaya Royston Drenthe Nazim Suleymanov Sergiu Dadu Kosta Barbarouses

Former coaches

Grigoriy Gornostaev (1966–1967) Mussa Tsalikov (1967) Andrei Zazroyev (1968–1970) Kazbek Tuaev (1970) Sergei Korshunov (1971) Dmitri Chikhradze (1971) Andrei Zazroyev (1972) Ivan Larin (1973) Kazbek Tuaev (1974–1977) Viktor Belov (1977–1978) Mussa Tsalikov (1978–1980) Andrei Zazroyev (1980–1981) Aleksandr Kochetkov (1982) Valeri Maslov (1983) Ivan Varlamov (1984) Valeri Ovchinnikov (1985–1986) Igor Zazroyev (1986–1987) Oleg Romantsev (1988) Valeriy Gazzaev (1989–1991)

Nikolay Khudiyev (1991) Aleksandr Novikov (1992–1993) Valeriy Gazzaev (1994–1999) Vladimir Gutsaev (2000) Aleksandr Averyanov (2000–2001) Aleksandr Yanovskiy (2001–2002) Volodymyr Muntyan (2002) Bakhva Tedeyev (2002) Revaz Dzodzuashvili (2003) Nikolay Khudiyev (2003) Bakhva Tedeyev (2003–2004) Rolland Courbis (2004–2005) Yuri Sekinaev (2004) Bakhva Tedeyev (2005) Edgar Gess (2005) Itzhak Shum (2005) Aleksandr Yanovskiy (2005–2006) Boris Stukalov (2006–2007)

Stanislav Tskhovrebov (2007-2008) Valery Petrakov (2009) Mircea Rednic (2009) Vladimir Shevchuk (2010–2011) Vladimir Gazzayev (2011–2012, 2013-2014) Valeriy Gazzaev (2012–2013) Artur Pagayev (2014–2015) Zaur Tedeyev (2015–2016) Fyodor Gagloyev (2016) Marat Dzoblayev (2016-2017) Yuri Gazzaev (2018) Spartak Gogniyev (2019–Current)

References

1. ""Алания Владикавказ" и "Спартак-Владикавказ". Новые вехи в истории осетинского футбола" [Alania Vladikavkaz and Spartak-Vladikavkaz: new milestones in the history of Ossetian football] (in Russian). Region 15. 9 July 2019.
2. "«Алания» будет выступать в ФНЛ!" (in Russian). Russian National Football League. 24 July 2020.
3. "Алания" и "Салют" официально исключены из ФНЛ
4. "USSR (Soviet Union) – List of Champions". rsssf.com.
5. "USSR (Soviet Union) – List of Cup Finals". rsssf.com.
6. "Russia – Cup Finals". rsssf.com.
7. ru:Второй дивизион ПФЛ 2006#.D0.AE.D0.B3

External links

• Official website (in Russian)