FC Nizhny Novgorod
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Full name | Football Club Nizhny Novgorod | ||
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Founded | 2015 [1] | ||
Ground | Nizhny Novgorod Stadium | ||
Capacity | 44,899 | ||
Owner | City of Nizhny Novgorod | ||
Chairman | Maksim Metlin | ||
Manager | Dmitri Cheryshev | ||
League | Russian National Football League | ||
2017–18 | 12th | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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FC Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: ФК «Нижний Новгород») is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 2015. In the 2015–16 season, it began to play in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. It was founded as a farm club for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. On 15 June 2016, the parent club Volga was dissolved, with Olimpiyets becoming the top club in Nizhny Novgorod.[2] At the end of the 2016–17, Olimpiyets won their PFL zone and were promoted to the second-level Russian National Football League.
"Olimpiyets" means Olympian in Russian.
Team name history
- 2015–2016: FC Volga-Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod
- 2016–2018: FC Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod
- 2018–present: FC Nizhny Novgorod[3]
League position
Season | League | Russian Cup | Europe | Top goalscorer | Manager | ||||||||||
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Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P | Name | Goals | ||||
2015–16 | 3rd | 3rd | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 53 | 2R | — | 11 | ||
2016–17 | 3rd | 1st | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 17 | 30 | 55 | 2R | — | 10 | ||
2017–18 | 2nd | 12th | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 50 | -13 | 55 | R16 | — | 9 |
Current squad
As of 14 September 2018, according to the FNL website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References
- ↑ "ФК «Олимпиец». История клуба" (in Russian). volga-olympic.ru. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ↑ ФК «Волга» будет расформирован (in Russian). FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016.
- ↑ "«Олимпиец» переименован в «Нижний Новгород»" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 29 June 2018.
External links
- (in Russian) Team history by footballfacts
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