FC Avangard Kursk

FC Avangard Kursk is an association football club based in Kursk, Russia, currently playing in the third tier of Russian football. The team's colors are: home all blue, and away all white.

Avangard

Full name	Football Club Avangard Kursk
Founded	1946 (1946)
Ground	Trudovye Rezervy Stadium, Kursk
Capacity	11,329
Owner	RubEx Group/Kursk/Kursk Oblast
Chairman	Nikolai Volokitin
Manager	Igor Belyayev
League	PFL, Group 3
2019–20	FNL, 13th (voluntarily relegated)
Home colours Away colours

History

The club has been known under the following names:

• Spartak, 1946–57
• Trudovye Rezervy, 1958–65 and 1967–72
• Trud, 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.

In the 2017–18 season, the team has reached the final of the Russian Cup, defeating two Premier League clubs (CSKA and Amkar) during the competition. They lost the final 1–2 to FC Tosno on a late goal by Reziuan Mirzov.

In February 2019, Avangard competed in the FNL Cup. They got into finals, where they had to play against FC Rotor Volgograd. The match took place on February 20. After the full-time, the score was 1:1, with Mikhail Zemskov scoring the opening goal for Avangard on 80' minute and a quick response by Anzor Sanaya on 86' minute of the match. The match has ultimately ended in a penalty shoot-out, where Avangard was able to grab a 3-4 victory.

On 17 May 2020, the club announced that they will be voluntarily relegated to the third-tier PFL for the 2020–21 season due to lack of necessary financing.[1]

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	Galkin
1993		6	30	15	1	14	44	59	31	R512	-		Sukhorukov – 14	Galkin
1994	4th, zone 2	4	32	19	4	9	51	39	42	R128	-		Sukhorukov – 12	Galkin
1995		1	30	21	2	7	52	30	65	R256	-		Gershun – 10	Galkin
1996	3rd, "West"	15	38	13	4	21	50	78	43	R128	-		Delov – 10	Galkin
1997		15	38	11	7	20	40	58	40	R512	-		Delov – 16	Galkin
1998	3rd, "Center"	18	40	9	9	22	34	54	36	R256	-		Buda – 10	Galkin
1999		15	36	10	7	19	40	59	37	R256	-		Delov – 9	Galkin
2000		8	38	16	6	16	36	41	54	R128	-		Gershun – 9	Galkin
2001		8	38	17	7	14	47	41	58	R512	-		Gershun – 12	Galkin
2002		15	38	11	8	19	40	55	41	R512	-		E. Kalashnikov – 10	Galkin
2003		13	36	10	7	19	28	37	37	R512	-		E. Kalashnikov – 5	Galkin Delov
2004		2	32	21	5	6	60	23	68	R512	-		Larin – 12	Delov
2005	2nd	16	42	11	15	16	36	45	48	R256	-		Sigachev – 6	Delov
2006		10	42	16	13	13	45	38	61	R64	-		Martynov – 7	Borzykin
2007		18	42	15	6	21	50	55	51	R64	-		Bukievsky – 11 Korovushkin – 11	Gorlukovich
2008	3rd, "Center"	2	34	23	6	5	48	18	75	R32	-		S. Mikhailov – 10	Esipov
2009		1	32	24	1	7	68	23	73	R64	-		Borozdin – 11	Esipov
2010	2nd	20	38	7	6	25	31	67	27	R32	-		Korovushkin – 7	Esipov Sergeyev Ignatenko
2011–12	3rd, "Center"	2	39	21	7	11	62	36	79	R128	-		Sargsyan – 17	Ignatenko Frantsev
2012–13	3rd, "Center"	9	30	11	8	11	42	40	41	R64	-		Akhba – 8	Frantsev Zazulin

Current squad

As of 6 August 2020, according to the PFL 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  RUS Maksim Bogatyryov — GK  RUS Yegor Skorobogatko — GK  RUS Vladislav Teryoshkin — DF  RUS Aleksandr Belyayev — DF  RUS Ilya Bobryshov — DF  RUS Artyom Gorbulin — DF  RUS Aleksei Medvedev — DF  RUS Danil Neplyuyev — DF  RUS Aleksei Sukharev — DF  RUS Aleksandr Voynov — DF  RUS Aleksandr Zakharov — DF  RUS Dmitri Zavarukhin — MF  RUS Nikita Kholyavsky

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  RUS Yuri Kozlov — MF  RUS Khachim Mashukov — MF  RUS Andrei Matveyev — MF  RUS Artyom Mitasov — MF  RUS Ilya Shvedyuk — MF  RUS Denis Sinyayev — MF  RUS Dmitri Stepanov — MF  RUS Denis Syomin — MF  RUS Maksim Tarasov — MF  RUS Sergei Yarygin — FW  RUS Ivan Podolyak — FW  RUS Nikita Saprunov

Notable players

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

Russia/USSR Albert Borzenkov Valeri Chizhov Artyom Rebrov Valery Yesipov

Former USSR countries Andrey Paryvayew Vitaliy Abramov Gheorghe Boghiu Vladimir Cosse

Oleg Șișchin Andriy Annenkov Asia Anzour Nafash

References

1. "СЕЗОН 2020/2021 «АВАНГАРД» ПРОВЕДЕТ В ПФЛ" (in Russian). FC Avangard Kursk. 17 May 2020.

External links

• Fans' website (in Russian)
• Official site