FK Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (ФК Енисей Красноярск) is a Russian

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based in

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Y ...

. The club plays in the

Russian First League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

History

The club was founded in 1937 as ''Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk'' and spent one season in Class D of the Soviet league. In 1957 the club was re-formed and entered the ''Far East'' zone of Class B. In 1968 Lokomotiv was renamed ''Rassvet'' and, in 1970, ''Avtomobilist''. In 1991 it became ''Metallurg'', a title it held until February 2010 when it was renamed ''Metallurg-Yenisey'' (formally, Metallurg was excluded from the league and a new independent club Metallurg-Yenisey was admitted into the league). In 2011, the club was renamed to ''Yenisey''. The club is named after the

Yenisei The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук, ...

river, on which

is located. Yenisey (or their predecessors) never played in the

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

until

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. Their best result in Soviet League was a 2nd position in Group 7 of Class B in 1959, while their best result in Russian history is the 3rd position in

Russian National Football League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

in 2016–17 and 2017–18. Since the end of the Soviet Union the club has suffered relegation to the

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on five occasions, most recently in 2006. In the 2015–16 season, Yenisey took 16th spot in the FNL and should have been relegated, but one of the third-tier

Russian Professional Football League The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the Pr ...

zone winners,

FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure (russian: ФК «Смена» Комсомольск-на-Амуре) is a Russian football club from Komsomolsk-on-Amur, founded in 1935. It played in the Russian Professional Football League. It played professiona ...

, refused to be promoted due to lack of financing, and Yenisey stayed in the FNL. At the end of the 2016–17 season, Yenisey reached the

promotion play-offs, but lost to

FC Arsenal Tula FC Arsenal Tula (russian: ФК Арсенал Тула) is a Russian professional football club from Tula playing in the second-tier Russian First League. Originally founded in 1923, FC Arsenal Tula was promoted to the Russian Premier League i ...

on away goals rule (2–1 at home, 0–1 away) and stayed in the FNL. Despite spending a portion of the next 2017–18 season in the top-two direct-promotion spot, by the end of the season Yenisey dropped into 3rd position and qualified for promotion play-offs again. They defeated

FC Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Found ...

6–4 on aggregate in the promotion play-offs and were promoted to the

for the 2018–19 season for the first time in team's history. They were relegated back to the second tier after one year in the Premier League.

Domestic history

Current squad

''As of 8 September 2022, according to th
Official First League website
''

Reserve team

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Yenisey. ;Russia/USSR *

Nikita Chernov Nikita Aleksandrovich Chernov (russian: Никита Александрович Чернов; born 14 January 1996) is a Russian professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Spartak Moscow and Russia national football team. Club ...

Lyubomir Kantonistov Lyubomir Danilovich Kantonistov (russian: Любомир Данилович Кантонистов; born 11 August 1978) is a former Russian footballer. He played with FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Kuban Krasnodar and FC Torpedo Moscow in the Russ ...

Oleg Romantsev Oleg Ivanovich Romantsev (russian: Олег Иванович Романцев; born 4 January 1954) is a Soviet/Russian former international footballer and coach. Romantsev was acclaimed for his success with Spartak Moscow, whom he led to a rec ...

Roman Sharonov Roman Sergeyevich Sharonov (; born 8 September 1976) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a right back. He is the manager of SKA-Khabarovsk. Club career He played most of his career for FC Rubin Kazan. International c ...

* Aleksandr Sobolev *

Aleksandr Tarkhanov Aleksandr Fyodorovich Tarkhanov (russian: Александр Фёдорович Тарханов; born 6 September 1954) is a Russian football coach and a former Soviet player. International career Tarkhanov made his debut for USSR on 28 Novemb ...

* Vladimir Tatarchuk * Ivan Varlamov ;Former USSR countries *

Barsegh Kirakosyan Barsegh Kirakosyan ( hy, Բարսեղ Կիրակոսյան, russian: Барсег Артёмович Киракосян; born on 23 September 1982) is a former Russian-born Armenian former football defender. He also holds Russian citizenship. I ...

* Artur Sarkisov * Aleksey Isayev * Vladimir Putrash * Gennady Tumilovich * Valeri Korobkin * Almir Mukhutdinov *

Valery Kichin Valery Sergeyevich Kichin (russian: Валерий Сергеевич Кичин; born 12 October 1992) is a Kyrgyz-Russian professional footballer who plays as a left back or centre back for Russian club Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. Career Club On 2 ...

* Edgars Gauračs *

Konstantīns Igošins Konstantīns Igošins (born 22 September 1971) is a retired Latvian professional footballer. Career He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for FK Daugava Rīga. He played for FC Lokomotiv Moscow in the USSR Federati ...

Oļegs Laizāns Oļegs Laizāns (born 28 March 1987) is a Latvian football midfielder currently playing for Super Nova and the Latvia national football team. Club career Early career, Skonto and loans As a young player Oļegs Laizāns played for JFC Skonto, ...

Valentīns Lobaņovs Valentīns Lobaņovs (russian: Валентин Анатольевич Лобанёв; born 23 October 1971 in Riga) is a former football midfielder from Latvia. He has played 58 international matches and scored 1 goal for the Latvia national t ...

Serghei Alexeev Serghei Alexeev (born 31 May 1986) is a Moldovan Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward. He also holds Russian citizenship as Sergei Viktorovich Alekseyev (russian: Сергей Викторови ...

* Victor Bulat * Valeriu Ciupercă * Wladimir Baýramow * Dmytro Tyapushkin * Ihor Zhabchenko ;Europe *

Enis Gavazaj Enis Gavazaj (born 21 March 1995) is an Albanians, Albanian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, left winger for FC Struga, Struga. Club career Early career He started his youth career at the age of 8 at ...

Petar Zanev Petar Dimitrov Zanev ( bg, Петър Димитров Занев; born 18 October 1985) is a Bulgarian retired association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left back. Club career Zanev was born in ...

;Africa *

Fegor Ogude Fegor Ogude (born 29 July 1987) is a Nigerian football player who plays as a Midfielder, central midfielder or Defender (association football), centre-back. Career Club He started his senior career in the Nigerian team Warri Wolves F.C., Warri ...

Coaching Staff

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yenisey Krasnoyarsk Association football clubs established in 1937 Football clubs in Russia Sport in Krasnoyarsk 1937 establishments in Russia