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club based in

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History

The club was founded as '' Lukoil

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'' in 2000. The

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club ''Chelyabinets'' became the base for the club. Yury Pervak, the CEO of ''Lukoil Chelyabnefteproduct'', played a major role in the establishment. In 2001 Lukoil became the champions of one of the zones in the amateur league (KFK) and were promoted to the

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. In 2002 Lukoil finished third in the ''Ural'' zone of the Second Division. In 2003 and 2004 they continued bidding for the championship, both times finishing as runners-up. Exclusion of some clubs from the

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opened the way up for Lukoil, and they accepted promotion, adopting the new name of '' Spartak''. In 2005 Spartak finished ninth in the First Division. In 2006 the club moved to Nizhny Novgorod. They finished 18th in the league and were relegated. {{DEFAULTSORT:Spartak Nizhny Novgorod Defunct football clubs in Russia Sport in Chelyabinsk Sport in Nizhny Novgorod Association football clubs established in 2000 2000 establishments in Russia 2007 disestablishments in Russia