FC Mordovia Saransk (russian: ФК Мордовия Саранск) is a Russian
association football
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club from
Saransk
Saransk (russian: Саранск, p=sɐˈransk; mdf, Саранск ошсь, Saransk oš; myv, Саран ош, Saran oš) is the capital city of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, as well as its financial and economic centre. It is located ...
The club was founded in 1961. In 2010, the club won promotion to the
Russian First Division
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 ...
. On 8 May 2012, Mordovia beat Shinnik Yaroslavl 2–0 at home. This result meant that with a round to spare the team won promotion to the Russian Premier League for the 2012–13 season for the first time in its history. It was relegated back to the second tier after one season, and then returned to the Premier League for the 2014–15 season, taking 8th spot. After the next 2015–16 season, it was once again relegated. At the end of the 2016–17 season they were relegated for the second year in a row, to 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 ...
. They returned to the second tier after one season down for 2018–19 season.
On 18 June 2020, club director Nikolay Levin confirmed that the club had failed FNL licensing for the 2020–21 season, and it was not been determined which league the club will play in. The club was not admitted to the 2020–21
Russian Professional Football League
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History
In 1998–2010, it was run by the Pr ...
2009
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Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Mordovia.
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Evgeni Aldonin
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Dmitri Kirichenko
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On 26 April 2019, Vasin signed a new contract ...
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* Artur Sarkisov
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Igor Shitov
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Iulian Erhan
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Dalibor Stevanović
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Vladimir Bibikov
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''(caretaker)'' (20 November 2012 – 28 December 2012)
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Dorinel Munteanu
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(29 December 2012 – 30 July 2013)
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Sergei Podpaly
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(1 July 2013 – 9 August 2013)
* Marat Mustafin (9 August 2013 – 21 August 2013)
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Yuriy Maksymov
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(21 August 2013 – 18 May 2014)
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Yuri Semin
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