FC Tver

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FC Tver
Full nameFootball Club Tver
Founded1908
GroundKhimik Stadium
Capacity8,331
OwnerGovernment of Tver Oblast
ManagerYevgeni Kaleshin
LeagueFNL 2, Group 2
2021–222nd
FC Volga Tver old logo, until 2017

FC Tver (Russian: ФК «Тверь») is an association football club from Tver, Russia, firstly founded in 1908 as FC Volga Tver. It has played professionally in 1937, 1949, 1953 to 1956, 1958 to 1999, 2004 to 2017, and from 2020. In 1992–1995, the club was called Trion-Volga Tver.

It played on the second-highest level (Soviet First League and Russian First Division) in 1957 to 1962, 1964 to 1969 and 1992. Another Tver team, Spartak Tver, existed from 1937 to 1957 and played in the Soviet First League in 1949 and from 1953 to 1956.

The club was dissolved at the end of the 2016–17 season due to lack of financing.[1]

In April 2020, the club was reestablished as professional football club named FC Tver, with financial support from Tver Oblast, and FC Arsenal Tula.[2][3][4] It was licensed for the Russian Professional Football League for 2020–21 season.

Current squad[edit]

As of 29 June 2022, according to the FNL 2 website.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Russia RUS Nikita Balashov
GK Russia RUS Kirill Dvoretskiy
GK Russia RUS Anton Fedyushkin
DF Russia RUS Ilya Klementyev
DF Russia RUS Dmitri Rashchupkin
DF Russia RUS Nikita Vagin
DF Belarus BLR Ilya Udodov
MF Belarus BLR Alyaksandr Aleksandrovich
MF Russia RUS Danila Ananko
MF Russia RUS Aleksei Ivanov
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Russia RUS Ilya Kalendrus
MF Russia RUS Vasili Meshkovsky
MF Russia RUS Nikolai Pilipenko
MF Russia RUS Sergei Sharov
MF Russia RUS Kamil Zakirov
FW Russia RUS Maksim Klimov
FW Russia RUS Vasily Meshkovsky
FW Russia RUS Igor Varres
FW Russia RUS Ilya Viznovich
FW Russia RUS Daniil Yerofeyev

Notable players[edit]

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

Honours[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Город простился с профессиональным футболом (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. 5 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Правительство Тверской области". www.region.tver.ru. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. ^ "В Твери намерены создать детскую академию футбола при поддержке тульского "Арсенала"". ТАСС. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  4. ^ В этом году на стадион «Химик» в Твери вернется профессиональный футбол

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