FC Baikal Irkutsk () was a Russian

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team from

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, founded in 2009. It was relegated from the second-tier FNL back to

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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

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marked the return to the second level of Russian football by a club from

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 {{Russia-footyclub-stub