FC Avangard Kursk explained

Clubname:Avangard
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Fullname:Football Club
Avangard Kursk
Ground:Trudovye Rezervy Stadium,
Kursk
Capacity:11,329
Owner:RubEx Group/Kursk/Kursk Oblast
Chairman:Dmitry Izvekov[1]
Manager:Igor Belyayev
League:Russian Second League,
Division A,
Gold Group
Season:2023–24
Position:Silver Group, 4th
Website:https://fc-avangard.ru
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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.

History

The club has been known under the following names:

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 20 February. 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.[2]

League history

Russia

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAPCupEuropeTop scorer (league)Head coach
19923rd, zone 2104222317676747-colspan="2"- Tolmachov – 21 Galkin
199363015114445931R512colspan="2"- Sukhorukov – 14 Galkin
19944th, zone 24321949513942R128colspan="2"- Sukhorukov – 12 Galkin
19951302127523065R256colspan="2"- Gershun – 10 Galkin
19963rd, "West"153813421507843R128colspan="2"- Delov – 10 Galkin
1997153811720405840R512colspan="2"- Delov – 16 Galkin
19983rd, "Center"18409922345436R256colspan="2"- Buda – 10 Galkin
1999153610719405937R256colspan="2"- Delov – 9 Galkin
200083816616364154R128colspan="2"- Gershun – 9 Galkin
200183817714474158R512colspan="2"- Gershun – 12 Galkin
2002153811819405541R512colspan="2"- E. Kalashnikov – 10 Galkin
2003133610719283737R512colspan="2"- E. Kalashnikov – 5 Galkin
Delov
20042322156602368R512colspan="2"- Larin – 12 Delov
20052nd1642111516364548R256colspan="2"- Sigachev – 6 Delov
20061042161313453861R64colspan="2"- Martynov – 7 Borzykin
2007184215621505551R64colspan="2"- Bukievsky – 11
Korovushkin – 11
Gorlukovich
20083rd, "Center"2342365481875R32colspan="2"- S. Mikhailov – 10 Esipov
20091322417682373R64colspan="2"- Borozdin – 11 Esipov
20102nd20387625316727R32colspan="2"- Korovushkin – 7 Esipov
Sergeyev
Ignatenko
23921711623679R128colspan="2"- Sargsyan – 17 Ignatenko
Frantsev
93011811424041R64colspan="2"- Akhba – 8 Frantsev
Zazulin

Current squad

As of 6 August 2024, according to the Second League website.

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
Former USSR countries
Asia

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: В "Авангарде" назначен новый руководитель. ru. rusfootball.info. 2019-09-27. 2022-12-01.
  2. Web site: FC Avangard Kursk. СЕЗОН 2020/2021 «АВАНГАРД» ПРОВЕДЕТ В ПФЛ. 17 May 2020. Russian.