FC Volgograd () is a former

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

club from

Volgograd Volgograd,. formerly Tsaritsyn. (1589–1925) and Stalingrad. (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of , with a population ...

, founded in late 2008, later reformed as

FC Rotor Volgograd SC Rotor Volgograd () is a Russian professional football club from the large city of Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (formerly Stalingrad). The club plays in the second-tier Russian First League, and are the largest and best supported Volgograd club. ...

History

Before it was founded, it was originally supposed to be called FC Rotor-Volgograd Volgograd (to keep Rotor's name around at the time

was close to bankruptcy). However, FC Rotor's financial situation has improved by early 2009 and the club was registered as FC Volgograd. It played in the

Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional Association football, football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the :ru: ...

in 2009. It took over the license of

FC Olimpia Volgograd FC Olimpia Volgograd () is a Russian football team from the large city of Volgograd. They are the second- or third-largest club in the city after the famous Rotor Volgograd. History From their founding in 1989 until 1997, the club participated i ...

, who were having financial difficulties at the time. In 2010,

FC Vityaz Podolsk FC Vityaz Podolsk is a Russian football club based in Podolsk that played in the Russian First Division in 2009. The club was founded in 1996 as a non-professional team. The current team was formed in 2000 and in 2001 it turned professional. The ...

gave up their place in the

Russian First Division The Russian First League (, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division () and Russian Football National League (FNL) () is the second level of the Russian football league system. The Russian Professional Football League (PFL) used to ...

. Professional Football League offered the First Division spots to clubs who came in 2nd in their

zones in 2009, but none of them agreed to play in the First Division. FC Volgograd was then offered a spot and agreed to take it. They played in the second-highest

in 2010. On February 8, 2010, it was announced that the club was to be renamed to

(the previous club under that name went bankrupt during the 2009 season). ФК «Волгоград» будет переименован в «Ротор»
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External links

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Fans' website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Volgograd Football clubs in Russia Sport in Volgograd 2008 establishments in Russia Association football clubs established in 2008 2010 disestablishments in Russia Association football clubs disestablished in 2010