FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan

Football club infobox
clubname = Volgar-Gazprom


fullname = Football Club
Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan
nickname =
founded = 1960 ground = Central Stadium,
Astrakhan
capacity = 30,500
chairman = Yury Makhoshvili
manager = Khazret Dyshekov
league = Amateur Football League, "South" zone
season = 2006
position = Russian First Division, 11th
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FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan are a Russian football club based in Astrakhan. Currently the club plays in the Amateur Football League.

History

The club has been known under following names:
*"Pishchevik" (food industry worker) before 1958
*"Trud" (labour) in 1958–1959
*"Volgar" in 1960–1994
*"Volgar-Gazprom" since 1995

Pishchevik played in the Second Group of the Soviet League. Trud (and later Volgar) played in the Class B (1958, 1960–1967), in Class A, Group 2 (1968–1969), in Class A, Group 1 (1970), Soviet First League (1971), Soviet Second League (1972–1990), Soviet Second League B (1991). In 1992 Volgar entered the Russian Second League, played in the Third League in 1994 (finished top and were promoted), returned to the Second League in 1995 and stayed until 1998. In 1998 Volgar-Gazprom were promoted and in 1999 they started playing in the Russian First Division. With the exception of the relegation for the 2004 season, Volgar-Gazprom had been in the First Division until 2006. The club was denied the professional licence and thus relegated to amateur level in 2007.

Famous players

*Rinat Dasayev

External links

* [http://volgar-gazprom.ru/ Official website] ru icon
* [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=355897111728883242810467695341 Club history] at "KLISF"