FC Smolensk

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FC Smolensk
Full nameFootball Club Smolensk
Founded2018; 6 years ago (2018)
GroundSpartak Stadium, Smolensk
Capacity12,500
OwnerSmolensk Oblast
LeagueRussian Professional Football League, Group 2

FC Smolensk (Russian: ФК «Смоленск») is a Russian association football club based in Smolensk, playing at the Spartak Stadium. The club was established by the initiative of the Government of Smolensk Oblast.

History[edit]

The club was founded in 2019 to replace FC Dnepr Smolensk, after Dnepr was relegated from the fourth-tier Russian Amateur Football League, at the end of 2018–19 season.

For the 2020–21 season, it was licensed for the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. On 2 August 2021, it dropped out of the league after the owner Vladimir Savchenkov issued an open letter stating that he cannot continue to finance the club.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Обращение собственника ФК "Смоленск" Владимира Савченкова" (in Russian). FC Smolensk. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

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