FC Mordovia Saransk

Russian football club

Football club
FC Mordovia
Full nameФутбольный клуб Мордовия Саранск
(Football Club Mordovia Saransk)
Nickname(s)Krasno-Belo-Siniye (The Red-White-Blue)
Mordva (Mordovians)
Founded1961
Dissolved2020
GroundMordovia Arena
Capacity44,442
ChairmanNikolai Levin
ManagerMarat Mustafin
League
2019–20FNL, 20th (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

FC Mordovia Saransk (Russian: ФК Мордовия Саранск) was a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merge of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordovia.

History

The club was founded in 1961. In 2010, the club won promotion to the Russian First Division. On 8 May 2012, Mordovia beat Shinnik Yaroslavl 2–0 at home. This result meant that with a round to spare the team won promotion to the Russian Premier League for the 2012–13 season for the first time in its history. It was relegated back to the second tier after one season, and then returned to the Premier League for the 2014–15 season, taking 8th spot. After the next 2015–16 season, it was once again relegated. At the end of the 2016–17 season they were relegated for the second year in a row, to the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. They returned to the second tier after one season down for 2018–19 season.

On 18 June 2020, club director Nikolay Levin confirmed that the club had failed FNL licensing for the 2020–21 season, and it had not been determined which league the club would play in.[1] The club was not admitted to the 2020–21 Russian Professional Football League either, thus losing professional status.

Name changes

  • 1961: Stroitel Saransk
  • 1962–71: Spartak Saransk
  • 1972–79: Elektrosvet Saransk
  • 1980–02: Svetotekhnika Saransk
  • 2003–04: Lisma-Mordovia Saransk
  • 2005–: Mordovia Saransk (merged with Biokhimik-Mordovia).

Domestic history

Season League Russian Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2009 3rd 1st 30 24 5 1 68 13 77 Quarterfinal Russia Dmitri Sysuyev 14 Russia F.Shcherbachenko
2010 2nd 6th 38 16 10 12 53 40 58 Round of 32 Russia Ruslan Mukhametshin 13 Russia F.Shcherbachenko
2011–12 1st 52 29 13 10 91 56 100 Round of 32 Russia Ruslan Mukhametshin 31 Russia F.Shcherbachenko
2012–13 1st 15th 30 5 5 20 30 57 20 Round of 16 Russia Ruslan Mukhametshin 11 Russia F.Shcherbachenko / Russia V.Bibikov / Romania D.Munteanu
2013–14 2nd 1st 36 22 7 7 59 30 73 Round of 16 Russia Aleksei Ivanov 11 Russia S.Podpaly / Russia M.Mustafin / Ukraine Y.Maksymov
2014–15 1st 8th 30 11 5 14 22 43 38 Quarterfinal Serbia Marko Lomić 3 Russia Y.Semin
2015–16 16th 30 4 12 14 30 50 24 Round of 32 Russia Yevgeni Lutsenko 10 Russia A.Gordeyev / Russia M.Mustafin
2016–17 2nd 17th 38 11 7 20 39 50 40 Round of 16 Armenia Artur Sarkisov
Russia Pavel Deobald
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Honours

Domestic

Notable players

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

Russia
Former USSR countries
Armenia
Belarus
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Lithuania
Moldova
Turkmenistan
  • Turkmenistan Artem Nazarow
Uzbekistan
Africa
Ivory Coast
  • Ivory Coast Elysée
Senegal
Europe
Belgium
Croatia
Montenegro
Netherlands
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Slovenia
South America
Chile
Suriname

Managerial history

References

  1. ^ "Николай Левин: "Мордовия" не выступит в ФНЛ»" (in Russian). Sportbox. 18 June 2020.

External links

  • Official website (in Russian)
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