FC Baikal Irkutsk () was a Russian
football
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team from
Irkutsk
Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and , ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 587,891 Irkutsk is the List of cities and towns in Russ ...
, founded in 2009. It was relegated from the second-tier
FNL back to
PFL at the end of the 2015–16 season, but it did not receive a professional license for the 2016–17 season and thus folded, with its spot taken by
FC Zenit Irkutsk. It was called FC Radian-Baikal Irkutsk before June 2012.
In 2015, Baikal's promotion to the
Russian National Football League
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marked the return to the second level of Russian football by a club from
Irkutsk
Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and , ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 587,891 Irkutsk is the List of cities and towns in Russ ...
for the first time in seven years.
History
League and cup history
The management and staff of the club
* President:
Lydryk Oleg
* CEO:
Vadim Vdovichenko
* Chief coach:
Dmitry Petrenko
* Coach: Vyacheslav Rudakov Yurevych
* Goalkeeper Coach: Sergey Barkalov
* Press Officer: Michael Alekseevych Klimov
References
Football clubs in Russia
Association football clubs established in 2009
Sport in Irkutsk
2009 establishments in Russia
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