FC Akademiya Tolyatti

Akademiya
Full name Football Club Akademiya Tolyatti
Founded 1991 (1991)
Ground Torpedo Stadium,
Tolyatti
Capacity 18 000
Chairman Dmitri Gerasimov
Manager Yuri Elchev
League Russian Amateur Football League

Akademiya (Russian: "Академия") was a Russian association football club from Tolyatti, Russia. The club was founded in 1991 as a result of the merger between Energiya (Энергия) and Lada-Simbirsk (Лада-Симбирск). Before the 2010 season, two teams from Tolyatti, FC Togliatti and FC Lada Togliatti, were excluded from the professional leagues, with FC Akademiya representing Tolyatti at the time.

Former names

  • Lada Dimitrovgrad (Russian: Лада) (1991 – June 1997)
  • Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad (Russian: Лада-Град) (June 1997 – 1998)
  • Lada-Simbirsk Dimitrovgrad (Russian: Лада-Симбирск) (1999)
  • Lada-Energiya Dimitrovgrad (Russian: Лада-Энергия) (2000 – 2002)
  • Lada-SOK Dimitrovgrad (Russian: Лада-СОК) (2003 – 2005)
  • Krylia Sovetov-SOK Dimitrovgrad (Russian: Крылья Советов-СОК) (2006–2007)
  • Akademiya Dimitrovgrad (Russian: Академия) (2008–2009)
  • Akademiya Tolyatti (Russian: Академия) (2009–2013)
  • Akademiya-Lada-M (Russian: Академия-Лада-М) (2015–2018)
  • Akademiya (Russian: Академия) (2018–)

In early 2008, most of the players and coaches from the 2007 Krylya Sovetov-SOK roster moved to a new club, FC Togliatti. That club formally was from Tolyatti, but played in Dimitrovgrad on the same field as FC Akademiya.

See also

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