FC Avangard Kursk

Avangard
Full name	Football Club; Avangard Kursk
Founded	1946; 78 years ago
Ground	Trudovye Rezervy Stadium,; Kursk
Capacity	11,329
Owner	RubEx Group/Kursk/Kursk Oblast
Chairman	Dmitry Izvekov
Manager	Igor Belyayev
League	Russian Second League,; Division A,; Gold Group
2023–24	Silver Group, 4th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

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, 1946–1957
Trudovye Rezervy, 1958–1965 and 1967–1972
Trud, 1966
Avangard, 1973–

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

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe	Top scorer (league)	Head coach
1992	3rd, zone 2	10	42	22	3	17	67	67	47	-	-	Tolmachov – 21	Galkin
1993	3rd, zone 2	6	30	15	1	14	44	59	31	R512	-	Sukhorukov – 14	Galkin
1994	4th, zone 2	4	32	19	4	9	51	39	42	R128	-	Sukhorukov – 12	Galkin
1995	4th, zone 2	1	30	21	2	7	52	30	65	R256	-	Gershun – 10	Galkin
1996	3rd, "West"	15	38	13	4	21	50	78	43	R128	-	Delov – 10	Galkin
1997	3rd, "West"	15	38	11	7	20	40	58	40	R512	-	Delov – 16	Galkin
1998	3rd, "Center"	18	40	9	9	22	34	54	36	R256	-	Buda – 10	Galkin
1999		15	36	10	7	19	40	59	37	R256	-	Delov – 9	Galkin
2000		8	38	16	6	16	36	41	54	R128	-	Gershun – 9	Galkin
2001		8	38	17	7	14	47	41	58	R512	-	Gershun – 12	Galkin
2002		15	38	11	8	19	40	55	41	R512	-	E. Kalashnikov – 10	Galkin
2003		13	36	10	7	19	28	37	37	R512	-	E. Kalashnikov – 5	Galkin Delov
2004		2	32	21	5	6	60	23	68	R512	-	Larin – 12	Delov
2005	2nd	16	42	11	15	16	36	45	48	R256	-	Sigachev – 6	Delov
2006		10	42	16	13	13	45	38	61	R64	-	Martynov – 7	Borzykin
2007		18	42	15	6	21	50	55	51	R64	-	Bukievsky – 11 Korovushkin – 11	Gorlukovich
2008	3rd, "Center"	2	34	23	6	5	48	18	75	R32	-	S. Mikhailov – 10	Esipov
2009	3rd, "Center"	1	32	24	1	7	68	23	73	R64	-	Borozdin – 11	Esipov
2010	2nd	20	38	7	6	25	31	67	27	R32	-	Korovushkin – 7	Esipov Sergeyev Ignatenko
2011–12	3rd, "Center"	2	39	21	7	11	62	36	79	R128	-	Sargsyan – 17	Ignatenko Frantsev
2012–13	3rd, "Center"	9	30	11	8	11	42	40	41	R64	-	Akhba – 8	Frantsev Zazulin

Current squad

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

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	RUS	Rasul Mitsayev
3	DF	RUS	Sergei Chibisov
4	DF	RUS	German Osnov
7	MF	RUS	Vladislav Ignatenko
8	MF	RUS	Dmitry Malykhin
10	FW	RUS	Dmitry Savin
13	GK	RUS	Yegor Skorobogatko
14	DF	RUS	Radiy Yamlikhanov
16	GK	RUS	Sergei Yeshchenko
17	FW	RUS	Ivan Matyushenko
22	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Voynov
23	DF	RUS	Ilya Kuleshin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	RUS	Ilya Bobryshov
25	MF	RUS	Artyom Nekrasov
31	MF	RUS	Danila Knyazev
57	MF	RUS	Denis Konshin
63	MF	RUS	Ilya Volnov
71	DF	RUS	Andrey Ivanteyev
73	MF	ARM	David Kirakosyan (on loan from Sochi)
76	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Ageyev
77	MF	RUS	Emrakh Nabatov
79	FW	RUS	Roman Izotov
90	FW	RUS	Daniil Pavlov

Notable players

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