FC Alania Vladikavkaz

Football club infobox
clubname = Alania


fullname = Football Club
Alania Vladikavkaz
nickname = "Alanian Barses"
founded = 1937
ground = Republican Spartak Stadium,
Vladikavkaz
capacity = 32,464
chairman = Khasan Dzhioyev
manager = Stanislav Tskhovrebov
mgrtitle = Manager
league = Russian First Division
season = 2007
position = 12th
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FC Alania Vladikavkaz ( _ru. Футбольный клуб Алания Владикавказ) is a Russian football club based in Vladikavkaz (formerly Ordzhonikidze).

Their most successful season was 1995 when they managed to grab the Russian Premier League champions title, after several years of Spartak Moscow domination having previously won a silver medal for the second place in 1992 and 1996.

However, after departure of manager Valery Gazzaev and several players from the club, Alania weren't able to get anywhere near the trophy again, finishing at the bottom half of the table.

Previously, the club was known as "Spartak Ordzhonikidze" (1937-1990), "Spartak Vladikavkaz" (1990–1994 and 2006), "Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz" (1995-1996 and 2003-2006), "Alania Vladikavkaz" (1997-2003 and 2007).

In season 2005 Alania was relegated from Russian Premier League.

2006 exclusion

On 14 February 2006 Alania and another First Division club, Lokomotiv Chita, were denied professional licences by Professional Football League and excluded from professional football for juridicial irregularities. [http://news.sport-express.ru/online/ntext/12/nl122681.html] On 22 February PFL decided to replace Alania and Lokomotiv with Lada Togliatti and Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk, the runners-up in the Second Division. [http://www.pfl.ru/DESIGN.2001/0206.HTM] The Russian Football Union did not endorse the exclusion and on 28 February decided to keep Alania and Lokomotiv in the First Division, giving them another chance to fulfill the league requirements. [http://www.sovsport.ru/news/default.asp?id=215785] Consequently, on 6 March PFL decided to extend the First Division from 22 to 24 clubs, including Alania, Lokomotiv, Lada, and Mashuk-KMV. [http://news.sport-express.ru/online/ntext/12/nl125799.html]

However, on 20 March the Russian Football Union finally decided to exclude Alania and Lokomotiv from the league. This decision was announced by the Professional Football League on 21 March, five days before the start of the First Division. [http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?118571]

Alania underwent reorganization, were renamed Spartak Vladikavkaz and on 4 April were admitted into the Russian Second Division, South zone.

After finishing first in the South Zone of 2nd division in the 2006 the team was promoted to Russian First Division and again renamed to Alania.

League results

oviet Union

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from:01/07/1966 till:01/07/1969 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "D1" from:01/07/1969 till:01/07/1970 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "PL" from:01/07/1970 till:01/07/1981 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "D1" from:01/07/1981 till:01/07/1983 color:rs shift:(0,13) text: "D2" from:01/07/1983 till:01/07/1990 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "D1" from:01/07/1990 till:01/07/1991 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "PL"

Russia

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Current squad

Notable past players

;Russia/USSR
*flagicon|Russia Viktor Bulatov
*flagicon|Russia Yuri Drozdov
*flagicon|Russia Vladimir Gabulov
*flagicon|USSR Valery Gazzaev
*flagicon|Russia Sergei Gorlukovich
*flagicon|Russia Lyubomir Kantonistov
*flagicon|Russia Zaur Khapov
*flagicon|Russia Dmitri Khomich
*flagicon|Russia Valeri Klimov
*flagicon|Russia Yuri Kovtun
*flagicon|Russia Alan Kusov
*flagicon|Russia Veniamin Mandrykin
*flagicon|Russia Viktor Onopko
*flagicon|Russia Artur Pagayev
*flagicon|Russia Ruslan Pimenov
*flagicon|Russia Oleg Sergeyev
*flagicon|Russia Omari Tetradze
*flagicon|Russia Igor Yanovskiy;Albania
*flagicon|Albania Elvin Beqiri;Armenia
*flagicon|Armenia Albert Sarkisyan;Azerbaijan
*flagicon|Azerbaijan Dmitriy Kramarenko;Belarus
*flagicon|Belarus Vladimir Korytko;Bosnia and Herzegovina
*flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina Vladan Grujić;Czech Republic
*flagicon|Czech Republic Erich Brabec;France
*flagicon|France Mounir El Haimour;Georgia
*flagicon|Georgia Mikheil Ashvetia
*flagicon|Georgia David Chaladze
*flagicon|Georgia Giorgi Demetradze
*flagicon|Georgia Giorgi Gakhokidze
*flagicon|Georgia Gocha Jamarauli
*flagicon|Georgia Jaba Kankava
*flagicon|Georgia Mikhail Kavelashvili
*flagicon|Georgia Levan Kobiashvili
*flagicon|Georgia Dato Kvirkvelia
*flagicon|Georgia Zurab Menteshashvili;Kazakhstan
*flagicon|Kazakhstan flagicon|Germany Peter Neustädter;Latvia
*flagicon|Latvia Oļegs Blagonadeždins
*flagicon|Latvia Aleksandrs Isakovs;Lithuania
*flagicon|Lithuania Nerijus Barasa
*flagicon|Lithuania Darius Žutautas
*flagicon|Lithuania Raimondas Žutautas;Morocco
*flagicon|Morocco Khalid Fouhami;Nigeria
*flagicon|Nigeria Justice Christopher
*flagicon|Nigeria Isaac Okoronkwo;Panamá
*flagicon|Panama Alberto Blanco;Romania
*flagicon|Romania Nicolae Grigore;Senegal
*flagicon|Senegal Kébé;Serbia
*flagicon|Serbia Slavoljub Đorđević
*flagicon|Serbia Ivan Jević
*flagicon|Serbia Ivan Vukomanović;Tajikistan
*flagicon|Tajikistan Rahmatullo Fuzailov;Ukraine
*flagicon|Ukraine Vyacheslav Sviderskiy;Uzbekistan
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Andrei Fyodorov
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Mirjalol Qosimov

External links

* [http://www.fcalania.ru/ Official website] ru icon