FC Orenburg

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

Orenburg
Full nameFootball Club Orenburg
Founded1976 (1976)
GroundGazovik Stadium
Capacity7,500
OwnerGazprom (through subsidiaries)
ChairmanVasily Stolypin
ManagerIlshat Aitkulov (caretaker)
LeagueRussian Football National League
2019–20Russian Premier League, 16th of 16 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

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.

Honours

Domestic Competitions

  • Russian National Football League: 2

2015–16, 2017–18

Current squad

As of 14 August 2020, 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
1 GK  RUS Aleksandr Rudenko
3 DF  BLR Mikhail Sivakow
5 MF  RUS Timur Ayupov
6 DF  RUS Savely Kozlov
7 FW  RUS Nikolai Prudnikov
10 MF  POR Ricardo Alves
11 FW  RUS Andrea Chukanov
12 DF  RUS Andrei Malykh
17 MF  SVN Žiga Škoflek
19 MF  RUS Aleksandr Ektov
20 FW  GHA Joel Fameyeh
21 DF  RUS Islamzhan Nasyrov (on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF  RUS Sergei Breyev
31 DF  RUS Vitali Shakhov
32 MF  RUS Artyom Kulishev
33 MF  RUS David Bidlovskiy
38 GK  BLR Andrey Klimovich
42 DF  RUS Ivan Lapshov
46 DF  RUS Artyom Mamin (on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg)
55 MF  RUS Kirill Kaplenko (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg)
57 MF  RUS Yevgeni Bolotov
83 MF  RUS Aleksei Mironov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
90 GK  RUS Aleksei Kenyaykin
92 MF  RUS Aleksei Skvortsov

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  RUS Daniil Krivoruchko (at KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  RUS Sergei Terekhov (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.

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.
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