FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod
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FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: Футбольный Клуб "Волга" Нижний Новгород) was a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 1998. In 2008, FC Volga won the Ural-Povolzhye (Volga Region in Russian) zone of the Russian Second Division and advanced to the Russian First Division. In 2010 they promoted to the Russian Premier League. After the 2013–14 season, they were relegated to the second level once more. On 15 June 2016, the club was dissolved due to inability to service the accumulated debts.[1]
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Full name | Некоммерческое партнерство Футбольный Клуб Волга Нижний Новгород (Non-Commercial Partnership Football Club Volga Nizhny Novgorod) | ||
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Nickname(s) | Volgari (The Volga Natives) | ||
Founded | 1963; 60 years ago (1963) | ||
Dissolved | 2016; 7 years ago (2016) | ||
Ground | Lokomotiv Stadium | ||
Capacity | 17,856 | ||
Owner | Igor Zheleznyakov/Vladimir Zinovyev/Aleksandr Kuznetsov | ||
Chairman | Oleg Alyoshin | ||
League | FNL | ||
2015–16 | 10th | ||
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