FC Akron Tolyatti explained

Clubname:FC Akron Tolyatti
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Fullname:Football Club Akron Tolyatti
Ground:Kristall Stadium, Zhigulyovsk
Capacity:3,065
Website:https://fcakron.ru/
Chairman:Aleksey Vlasov
Manager:Zaur Tedeyev
League:Russian Premier League
Season:2023–24
Position:Russian First League, 3rd of 18 (promoted)
Current:2024–25 FC Akron Tolyatti season
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FC Akron Tolyatti (Russian: ФК «Акрон» Тольятти) is a Russian professional football club based in Tolyatti founded in 2018 who play in the Russian Premier League.

History

In June 2019, it was confirmed that the club will enter the Russian Professional Football League in the 2019–20 season.[1]

On 15 May 2020, the 2019–20 PFL season was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. As Akron was leading in their PFL zone at the time, they were promoted to the second-tier FNL for the 2020–21 season.[2]

Akron finished their first FNL season in 17th place, which would normally mean relegation. On 15 May 2021, FNL confirmed that FC Tambov, which placed last in the Premier League and was expected to be relegated to FNL, did not apply for the FNL license for the 2021–22 season and therefore Akron would not be relegated.[3]

In June 2022, Akron became the backer of Konoplyov football academy.[4]

In the 2022–23 season, Akron had an impressive run in the Russian Cup. They consecutively eliminated four Moscow-based Russian Premier League clubs (Torpedo, Lokomotiv, Dynamo and Spartak, including two penalty-shoots) and reached the Regions Path final of the competition, where they lost, also in a shootout, to FC Krasnodar.[5] The cup competition structure was changed to double-elimination for RPL teams that season as Russia was banned from the European competitions due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, in the traditional cup structure, eliminating four RPL teams would have been sufficient for Akron to qualify for the final.

In the 2023–24 season, Akron qualified for the Russian Premier League promotion play-offs.[6] They defeated Ural Yekaterinburg 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for RPL for the first time in its history.[7]

Current squad

, according to the FNL website.

Reserve team

See also

References

  1. Web site: TLT Pravda. ФК "Акрон" официально стал вторым тольяттинским клубом второй лиги российского футбольного чемпионата. FC Akron officially becomes the second Tolyatti club in the second division. 1 July 2019. Russian. 26 July 2019. 5 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190705082127/https://tltpravda.ru/fk-akron-oficialno-stal-vtorym-toljattinskim-klubom-vtoroj-ligi-rossijskogo-futbolnogo-chempionata/. live.
  2. Web site: Russian Professional Football League. ИТОГИ ИСПОЛКОМА РФС. 15 May 2020. Russian. 15 May 2020. 15 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200615041807/https://www.pfl-russia.com/press-center/news/11438/. live.
  3. Web site: Russian Football National League. "Акрон" остается в ФНЛ. 15 May 2021. ru. 24 May 2021. 15 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210515190526/http://1fnl.ru/news/10985/. live.
  4. Web site: FC Akron Tolyatti. "Акрон Холдинг" объединит усилия с Правительством Самарской области по развитию Академии Коноплёва в Тольятти. 8 June 2022. 8 June 2022. ru. 8 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220608180609/https://fcakron.ru/blog/2022/06/08/akron-holding-obedinit-usiliya-s-pravitelstvom-samarskoj-oblasti-po-razvitiyu-akademii-konopleva-v-tolyatti/. live.
  5. Web site: Russian Premier League. "Краснодар" выбил "Акрон" из финала Пути регионов в ФОНБЕТ Кубке России. 3 May 2023. ru. 3 May 2023. 3 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230503195733/https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_29364.html. live.
  6. Web site: Russian Football Union. РФС выдал 20 лицензий для выступления в РПЛ на будущий сезон. 17 May 2024. ru. 23 May 2024. 18 May 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240518054432/https://rfs.ru/news/220405. live.
  7. Web site: Russian Premier League. "Акрон" уступил "Уралу", но победил по сумме двух встреч и завоевал путёвку в Мир РПЛ. 1 June 2024. ru. 1 June 2024. 1 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240601155234/https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_30817.html. live.