FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure () is a Russian

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club from

Komsomolsk-on-Amur Komsomolsk-on-Amur ( rus, Комсомольск-на-Амуре, r=Komsomolsk-na-Amure, p=kəmsɐˈmolʲsk nɐ‿ɐˈmurʲə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the west bank of the Amur R ...

, founded in 1935. It played in the

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. It played professionally in 1946, 1957–1970, 1978–1994 and from 2002 to 2018. It reached the second-highest level (

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and

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) in 1957–1962 and 1992. They won their

zone East in the 2015–16 season, but did not participate in the second-tier 2016–17

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as they don't have necessary financing. Their main source of income is

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which already finances another FNL team FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk and doesn't have necessary expenses budgeted for a second FNL team. Before the 2018–19 season, the league proposed splitting the East zone of the PFL into two new zones - Siberia and Far East, as it was difficult for teams based in Siberia to afford travel to Far East. However, the largest number of teams that would be potentially ready to compete in the new proposed Far East zone was 4, which was not sustainable for the full season. Smena was forced to drop out of the professional competition to the amateur levels.

Team name history

* 1935–1945 Stroitel * 1946–1956 Dynamo * 1957–1959 Lokomotiv * 1960–1977 Avangard * 1978–1999 Amur * 1999–2001 KnAAPO-Smena * 2002–present Smena

External links

Official website

References

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