FC Spartak Kostroma (Russian: ФК «Спартак» Кострома) is a Russian association football club from Kostroma, founded in 1959. The highest level it achieved in its history was second-highest Soviet First League, where it played in 1981 and 1982. In the past, the club was called Tekstilshchik Kostroma (1961–1963), Tekmash Kostroma (1964–1966) and Zvolma-Spartak Kostroma (1992). It was dissolved in the summer of 2018 due to lack of financing.[1] For the 2022–23 season, the club was resurrected once again and entered the third-tier Russian Second League.[2]
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| Full name | Football Club Spartak Kostroma | ||
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| Founded | 1959 | ||
| Ground | Urozhay Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Owner | 9 Kostroma companies + Kostroma Oblast | ||
| General director | Aleksey Koryakov | ||
| Manager | Sergei Bondar | ||
| League | Russian Second League, Division A, Gold Group | ||
| 2024–25 | First stage: 2nd | ||
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Current squad
editAs of 12 September 2024, according to the Second League website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
editHad international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Spartak.
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References
edit- ^ "Кострома остается без профессионального футбола" (in Russian). GTK Kostroma. 16 May 2018. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "79 футбольных клубов получили лицензию для выступления в ФНЛ-2" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.