FC Istra (russian: ФК "Истра") is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...

club from Istra,

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, founded in 1997. It played in the

Russian Second Division 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 P ...

from 2008 to 2012, at which point it lost the financing and dropped back to the amateur levels. The most successful moment of the club is 2011-12 Russian Cup. Istra reached Round of 32, in which they lost to

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 200 ...

giants Spartak Moscow 0–1.

External links

Official website
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