FC Veles Moscow

FC Veles Moscow (Russian: ФК «Велес» Москва) is a Russian football team based in Moscow. It was founded in 2016 and entered amateur competitions. For 2017–18 season, it received the license for the third-tier Russian Professional Football League.[2]

Veles Moscow
Full nameFootball Club Veles Moscow
Founded2016
GroundSpartakovets Stadium
Capacity5100
ChairmanYevgeni Shilenkov
ManagerAleksei Stukalov
LeagueFNL
(pending licensing for 2020–21 season)[1]
2019–20PFL, Zone West, 1st (promoted)[1]

On 15 May 2020, the 2019–20 PFL season was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. As Veles was leading in their PFL zone at the time, they will be promoted to the second-tier FNL for the 2020–21 season, if they pass licensing requirements.[1]

Current squad

As of 17 June 2020, according to the PFL website.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Aleksei Gorodovoy (on loan from Rubin Kazan)
GK Pyotr Kosarevsky
GK Pavel Kovalyov
DF Abdurakhman Akhilgov
DF Erving Joe Botaka-Ioboma
DF Pavel Kotov
DF Diyego Malaniya
DF Dmitri Sadov
DF Ivan Zakharov
MF Ruslan Fishchenko
MF Seyt-Daut Garakoyev
MF Nikita Kirsanov
No. Position Player
MF Vladislav Labzin
MF Aleksandr Osipov
MF Danila Polyakov
MF Kirill Rodionov
MF Dmitri Starodub
MF Dmitri Veber
MF Artur Galoyan
FW Aleksei Bayev
FW Nikita Chunikhin
FW Dmitri Solovyov
FW Ilya Stefanovich
FW Dmitri Sukonkin

References
  1. "ИТОГИ ИСПОЛКОМА РФС" (in Russian). Russian Professional Football League. 15 May 2020.
  2. Экс-вратарь «Спартака» Кабанов на просмотре в ФК «Велес» (in Russian). Sports.ru. 16 February 2017.
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