FC Avangard Kursk

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other 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.

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

Current squad

As of 20 February 2025, according to the Second League website.

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Template:Fba/core	Nikita Artyomov
3	DF	Template:Fba/core	Sergei Chibisov
5	DF	Template:Fba/core	Daniil Kamenev
7	FW	Template:Fba/core	Roman Izotov
10	FW	Template:Fba/core	Dmitri Pereverzev
11	FW	Template:Fba/core	Kirill Khvastukhin
13	GK	Template:Fba/core	Yegor Skorobogatko
14	DF	Template:Fba/core	Radiy Yamlikhanov
16	GK	Template:Fba/core	Sergei Yeshchenko
18	MF	Template:Fba/core	Yegor Balitsky
19	MF	Template:Fba/core	Ilya Mamkin

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	Template:Fba/core	Ilya Kuleshin
25	MF	Template:Fba/core	Artyom Nekrasov
31	MF	Template:Fba/core	Danila Knyazev
36	MF	Template:Fba/core	Denis Skrypnikov
57	MF	Template:Fba/core	Denis Konshin
69	DF	Template:Fba/core	Dmitry Bykov
71	DF	Template:Fba/core	Andrey Ivanteyev
76	FW	Template:Fba/core	Aleksandr Ageyev
88	MF	Template:Fba/core	Nikita Khvat (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg)
90	FW	Template:Fba/core	Daniil Pavlov
96	MF	Template:Fba/core	Denis Senik

Notable players

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

Russia/USSR

• Template:Flagicon Albert Borzenkov
• Template:Flagicon Valeri Chizhov
• Template:Flagicon Artyom Rebrov
• Template:Flagicon Valery Yesipov

Former USSR countries

• Template:Flagicon Nair Tiknizyan
• Template:Flagicon Andrey Paryvayew
• Template:Flagicon Vitaliy Abramov
• Template:Flagicon Gheorghe Boghiu
• Template:Flagicon Vladimir Cosse

• Template:Flagicon Oleg Șișchin
• Template:Flagicon Andriy Annenkov

Asia

• Template:Flagicon Anzour Nafash

External links

• Fans' website. Template:Webarchive Template:In lang.