FC Saransk () was a Russian

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team based in

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Club history

FC Mordovia Saransk FC Mordovia Saransk () was a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merge of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordovia. History The club was founded in 1961. In ...

, which represented Saransk in the

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for several seasons, went bankrupt and lost professional status in August 2020, leaving Saransk as the only

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host city without a professional team, and

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without a tenant. On 11 April 2021, the acting head of

Republic of Mordovia Mordovia ( ),; Moksha and officially the Republic of Mordovia,; ; is a republic of Russia, situated in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Saransk. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the republic was 834,755. Ethnic Russians ( ...

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ordered to create a new professional club in the city, and FC Saransk was created. The new club was licensed for the third-tier Russian FNL 2 for the 2021–22 season in June 2021. The club did not receive the license for the 2022–23 season due to lack of financing and was subsequently dissolved.

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