FC Lada Dimitrovgrad () is a Russian

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club from Dimitrovgrad, founded in 2017.

History

A different team under the same name (or variations thereof) existed in the 1990s and 2000s, eventually it moved and ended its existence under the name

FC Akademiya Tolyatti Akademiya () was a Russian association football club from Tolyatti, Russia. The club was founded in 1991 as a result of the merger between Energiya () and Lada-Simbirsk (). Before the 2010 season, two teams from Tolyatti, FC Togliatti and FC Lada ...

. The new team was founded in 2017 and entered the third-tier

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for the 2019–20 season (in 2017 club was named as FC Torpedo Dimitrovgrad and played in

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). The club failed to receive PFL license for the 2021–22 season. Formerly, in 2013–16 seasons, in

the city was represented by another football club – FC Dimitrovgrad, and in 1993–98 seasons – FC Himmash.

References

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