FC Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod
Full name | Football Club Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod |
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Founded | 2015 [1] |
Ground capacity | 4,500 |
Chairman | Maksim Metlin |
Manager | Konstantin Galkin |
League | Russian Professional Football League, Zone Ural-Privolzhye |
2015–16 | 3rd |
FC Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: ФК «Олимпиец» Нижний Новгород) is a Russian football team from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 2015. Beginning with the 2015-16 season, it plays in the Russian Professional Football League (third level). It was founded a farm club for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. On 15 June 2016, the parent club Volga was dissolved, with Olimpiyets becoming the top club in Nizhny Novgorod.[2]
"Olimpiyets" means Olympian in Russian.
Team name history
- 2015–2016: FC Volga-Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod
- 2016–: FC Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod
Current squad
As of 2 November 2016, according to the PFL website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
References
- ↑ http://volga-olympic.ru/index.php/istoriya.html
- ↑ ФК «Волга» будет расформирован (in Russian). FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. 15 June 2016.
External links
- (Russian) Team history by footballfacts
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