FC Smolensk explained

Clubname:FC Smolensk
Fullname:Football Club Smolensk
Ground:Spartak Stadium, Smolensk
Capacity:12,500
Owner:Smolensk Oblast
League:Russian Professional Football League, Group 2
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FC Smolensk (Russian: ФК «Смоленск») is a Russian association football club based in Smolensk, playing at the Spartak Stadium. The club was established by the initiative of the Government of Smolensk Oblast.

History

The club was founded in 2019 to replace FC Dnepr Smolensk, after Dnepr was relegated from the fourth-tier Russian Amateur Football League, at the end of 2018–19 season.

For the 2020–21 season, it was licensed for the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. On 2 August 2021, it dropped out of the league after the owner Vladimir Savchenkov issued an open letter stating that he cannot continue to finance the club.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FC Smolensk. Обращение собственника ФК "Смоленск" Владимира Савченкова. ru. 2 August 2021. 8 September 2021.