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| Full name | Football Club Avangard Kursk | ||
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| Founded | 1946 | ||
| Ground | Trudovye Rezervy Stadium, Kursk | ||
| Capacity | 11,329 | ||
| Owner | RubEx Group/Kursk/Kursk Oblast | ||
| Chairman | Dmitry Izvekov[1] | ||
| Manager | Igor Belyayev | ||
| League | Russian Second League, Division A, Silver Group | ||
| 2024–25 | First stage: Gold Group, 7th Second stage: Silver Group, 7th | ||
| Website | https://fc-avangard.ru | ||
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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.[2]
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 - - 
Tolmachov – 21 Galkin1993 6 30 15 1 14 44 59 31 R512 - Sukhorukov – 14 Galkin1994 4th, zone 2 4 32 19 4 9 51 39 42 R128 - Sukhorukov – 12 Galkin1995 1 30 21 2 7 52 30 65 R256 - Gershun – 10 Galkin1996 3rd, "West" 15 38 13 4 21 50 78 43 R128 - Delov – 10 Galkin1997 15 38 11 7 20 40 58 40 R512 - Delov – 16 Galkin1998 3rd, "Center" 18 40 9 9 22 34 54 36 R256 - Buda – 10 Galkin1999 15 36 10 7 19 40 59 37 R256 - Delov – 9 Galkin2000 8 38 16 6 16 36 41 54 R128 - Gershun – 9 Galkin2001 8 38 17 7 14 47 41 58 R512 - Gershun – 12 Galkin2002 15 38 11 8 19 40 55 41 R512 - E. Kalashnikov – 10 Galkin2003 13 36 10 7 19 28 37 37 R512 - E. Kalashnikov – 5 Galkin Delov2004 2 32 21 5 6 60 23 68 R512 - Larin – 12 Delov2005 2nd 16 42 11 15 16 36 45 48 R256 - Sigachev – 6 Delov2006 10 42 16 13 13 45 38 61 R64 - Martynov – 7 Borzykin2007 18 42 15 6 21 50 55 51 R64 - Bukievsky – 11 Korovushkin – 11 Gorlukovich2008 3rd, "Center" 2 34 23 6 5 48 18 75 R32 - S. Mikhailov – 10 Esipov2009 1 32 24 1 7 68 23 73 R64 - Borozdin – 11 Esipov2010 2nd 20 38 7 6 25 31 67 27 R32 - Korovushkin – 7 Esipov
Sergeyev
Ignatenko2011–12 3rd, "Center" 2 39 21 7 11 62 36 79 R128 - Sargsyan – 17 Ignatenko Frantsev2012–13 3rd, "Center" 9 30 11 8 11 42 40 41 R64 - Akhba – 8 Frantsev Zazulin
Current squad
As of 11 September 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.
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Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Avangard.
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References
- ↑ "В "Авангарде" назначен новый руководитель" (in Russian). rusfootball.info. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ↑ "СЕЗОН 2020/2021 «АВАНГАРД» ПРОВЕДЕТ В ПФЛ" (in Russian). FC Avangard Kursk. 17 May 2020. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
External links
- Fans' website. Archived 20 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian).
- Official website