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FC Uralan Elista () is a
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
club based in
Elista Elista (, ;"Большой энциклопедический словарь", под ред. А. М. Прохорова. Москва и Санкт-Петербург, 1997, стр. 1402 , ''Elst'', )The approximate pronunciation of the Cyr ...
,
Kalmykia Kalmykia, officially the Republic of Kalmykia,; , ''Khalmg Tanghch'' is a republic of Russia, located in the Volga region of European Russia. The republic is part of the Southern Federal District, and borders Dagestan to the south and Stavr ...
, Russia.


History

FC Elista was founded in 2005 following the dissolution of its predecessor, FC Uralan Elista. The club entered ''South'' zone of the Amateur Football League and finished second. That result was not enough to warrant automatic promotion, but the extension of the ''South'' zone of the
Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional Association football, football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the :ru: ...
allowed Elista to move one level up. In 2006 FC Elista withdrew from the competition after 18 rounds. The club was restarted in 2014, as FC Uralan Elista in the
Russian Amateur Football League Russian championship among amateur football clubs (III division) () is the fifth overall tier of the Russian football league system. Sometimes it is called Amateur Football League, after the organization that holds the competition (). The league ...
. Colours are (Home) all blue. (Away) Either yellow shirts with blue arms, yellow shorts or all black.


FC Uralan Elista

Football Club Uralan Elista was founded in 1958 as a construction trust team. ''Uralan'' means "forward" in Kalmyk. The team have won Kalmyk championship and cup every year until 1965. In 1966, they were admitted to the B class of the Soviet league. The team played at the same level (call Soviet Second League since 1971) until 1991. Their best result was a second position in 1991. Uralan played in the
Russian First Division The Russian First League (, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division () and Russian Football National League (FNL) () is the second level of the Russian football league system. The Russian Professional Football League (PFL) used to ...
since 1992. They won the tournament in 1997 and were promoted to the Top Division. Their best result was seventh position in 1998. Uralan were relegated after finishing last in 2000, but won promotion back at the first time of asking. They spent another two seasons at top level before being relegated in 2003. In the 2004 season, the club experienced financial problems. The players' wages were not paid for at least six months, this led to many of them leaving Uralan. The club was able to field only ten players for the league match on 7 July (including two goalkeepers, one of whom played as a striker) and only nine players on 24 July. However, Uralan managed to fulfill all fixtures.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov (born 5 April 1962) is a Russian oligarch, administrator and politician. He was President of the Republic of Kalmykia in the Russian Federation from 1993 to 2010, and was president of FIDE, the chess internat ...
was the honorary president of FC Uralan.


New club

Uralan was to be relegated to the Second Division, but refused to enter the competition on 22 March 2005.Russia 2005
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A new club, FC Elista, was formed in its place. 80 percent of Elista players were from reserve and youth teams of Uralan. The club was restarted in 2014, as FC Uralan Elista in the
Russian Amateur Football League Russian championship among amateur football clubs (III division) () is the fifth overall tier of the Russian football league system. Sometimes it is called Amateur Football League, after the organization that holds the competition (). The league ...
, but folded in late 2015. The club was reformed, again, in 2021, competing in the Russian third tier


Reserve squad

Uralan's reserve squad played professionally as FC Uralan-d Elista in the
Russian Third League Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...
in 1994–1996.


Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose names are listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Uralan/FC Elista. ;Russia * Akhrik Tsveiba * Daur Akhvlediani * Maksim Bokov * Igor Chugainov *
Aleksandr Filimonov Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov (; born 15 October 1973) is a former association football goalkeeper from Russia. He won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup with the Russia national beach soccer team. During his professional career, he wa ...
* Denis Kolodin * Andrei Kondrashov * Oleg Kuzmin *
Alexey Smertin Aleksey Gennadyevich Smertin ( rus, Алексе́й Генна́дьевич Сме́ртин, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ɡʲɪˈnadʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈsʲmʲertʲɪn; born 1 May 1975) is a Russian association football, football official and a former play ...
* Oleg Veretennikov ;Former USSR countries * Samir Aliyev * Garnik Avalyan * Tigran Petrosyan *
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* Vital Bulyga * Vyacheslav Geraschenko * Vital Lanko * Alyaksandar Lukhvich * Aliaksandr Oreshnikov *
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* Yuri Shukanov *
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Valeri Abramidze Valeri Abramidze ( ka, ვალერი აბრამიძე; born 17 January 1980) is a former Georgian footballer. He also holds Russian citizenship. Spartak Moscow Abramidze joined FC Spartak Moscow during summer 2002, signed 5-year ...
* Giorgi Davitnidze *
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* Sevasti Todua * Vitaliy Abramov *
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Valērijs Ivanovs Valērijs Ivanovs (; born 23 February 1970 in Riga) is a former football midfielder from Latvia. He played 69 international matches and scored 1 goal for the Latvia national team between 1992 and 2001. His clubs include FC Skonto (1995–1997) ...
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Aleksandrs Jelisejevs Aleksandrs is a Latvian language, Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the name Alexander and may refer to: *Aleksandrs Ābrams (1904-????), Latvian football forward *Aleksandrs Beļavskis (born 1964) Latvian ice hockey player and tea ...
* Vidas Dancenka *
Saulius Mikalajūnas Saulius Mikalajūnas (born 6 September 1972) is a retired Lithuanian international football midfielder. He obtained a total number of 42 caps for the Lithuania national football team, scoring one goal. He also played in Russia during his profes ...
* Vasile Coşelev * Vitalie Maevici * Radu Rebeja *
Arsen Avakov Arsen Borysovych Avakov (, ; born 2 January 1964) is a Ukrainian politician of Armenian descent who served as the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine from 2014 to 2021. He was the Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration from ...
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Andriy Annenkov Andriy Mykhaylovych Annenkov (; ; born 21 January 1969) is a Ukrainian retired professional football international player and current manager. In 2019 he was a member of the Petrakov's coaching staff for the Ukraine U-20 that became the world c ...
* Oleksiy Antyukhyn *
Yuriy Hrytsyna Yuriy Vasylyovych Hritsyna (; born 15 June 1971) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. Club career He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1988 for FC Zarya Voroshilovgrad. Honours * Ukrainian P ...
* Oleksandr Kyryukhin * Pavlo Shkapenko *
Artem Yashkin Artem Oleksandrovych Yashkin (; born 29 April 1975) is a retired Ukrainian footballer. Career He was born in Vologda, now in Russia. After coming to play for FC Dynamo Kyiv, he was offered to accept the Ukrainian citizenship and play for the U ...
* Sergei Kormiltsev *
Sergey Lushan Sergey Ivanovich Lushan (; born 14 June 1973) is an Uzbekistani football manager and former professional association football, footballer who played as a defender. Career Club His youth football career began in Pakhtakor football academy at ...
* Aleksandr Sayun ;South America * Víctor López * Fernando Martínez


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