FC Volga Tver

FC Volga Tver
Full name Football Club Volga Tver
Founded 1957
Dissolved 2017
Ground Khimik Stadium
Capacity 8,331
Owner Tver + Tver Oblast
2016–17 Russian Professional Football League,
Zone West, 14th

FC Volga Tver (Russian: ФК «Волга» Тверь) was an association football club from Tver, Russia, founded in 1957. It has played professionally in 1937, 1949, 1953 to 1956, 1958 to 1999, and from 2004 to 2017. In 1992–1995, the club was called Trion-Volga Tver. It played on the second-highest level (Soviet First League and Russian First Division) in 1957 to 1962, 1964 to 1969 and 1992. Another Tver team, Spartak Tver, existed from 1937 to 1957 and played in the Soviet First League in 1949 and from 1953 to 1956.

The club was dissolved at the end of the 2016–17 season due to lack of financing.[1]

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Volga.

References

  1. Город простился с профессиональным футболом (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. 5 June 2017.
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