Volgar FC () is an

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club based in

Astrakhan Astrakhan (, ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the Caspian Depression, from the Caspian Se ...

, Russia. They play in the

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Division A (third tier).

History

The club has been known under following names: *''Pishchevik'' (food industry worker) (1925−1958) *''Trud'' (labour) (1958–59) *''Volgar'' (1960–94) (2012–) *''Volgar-

Gazprom PJSC Gazprom ( rus, Газпром, , ɡɐsˈprom) is a Russian State-owned enterprise, majority state-owned multinational Energy industry, energy corporation headquartered in the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg. The Gazprom name is a contract ...

'' (1995–2007), (2010–2012) *''Volgar-Gazprom-2'' (2007–10) Pishchevik played in the Second Group of the Soviet League. Trud (and later Volgar) played in the Class B (1958, 1960–1967), in Class A, Group 2 (1968–1969), in Class A, Group 1 (1970),

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(1971),

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(1972–1990),

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(1991). In 1992 Volgar entered the

, played in the Third League in 1994 (finished top and were promoted), returned to the Second League in 1995 and stayed until 1998. In 1998 Volgar-Gazprom were promoted and in 1999 they started playing in the

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. With the exception of the relegation for the 2004 season, Volgar-Gazprom had been in the First Division until 2006. The club was denied the professional licence and thus relegated to amateur level in 2007. Another club was organized called FC Volgar-Gazprom-2. The new club advanced to the

for the 2009 season. After the 2017–18 season, the club experienced financial difficulties and decided to be voluntarily relegated to the third-tier

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. On 15 May 2020, the 2019–20 PFL season was abandoned due to

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. As Volgar was leading in their PFL zone at the time, they were promoted to the second-tier FNL for the 2020–21 season. On 20 May 2024, Volgar was relegated to the

Current squad

''As of 5 March 2025, according to th
Russian Second League website
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Notable past players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Volgar. ;Russia/USSR *

Rinat Dasayev Rinat Fayzrakhmanovich Dasayev (, ; born 13 June 1957) is a Russian football coach and a former goalkeeper. Throughout his club career, he played for Volgar Astrakhan, Spartak Moscow and Sevilla. At international level, he played at three Wo ...

* Dmitry Kuznetsov * Vasili Zhupikov *

Viktor Bulatov Viktor Gennadyevich Bulatov (; born 22 January 1972) is a Russian football coach and a former Russian international football player. He is the manager of Dynamo Kirov. Playing career Bulatov spent the prime years of his career at Spartak Mos ...

* Ruslan Kambolov *

Vladimir Lebed Vladimir Anatolyevich Lebed (; born 17 August 1973), known as Volodymyr Lebid in Ukrainian, is a Soviet, Ukrainian, and Russian retired football player. International career Lebed played in one game for Russia on 6 May 1995 in UEFA Euro 1996 q ...

Ramiz Mamedov Ramiz Mamedov (; ; born 21 August 1972) is a retired Soviet and Russian football player of Azerbaijani descent, best known as a defender for Spartak Moscow in the 1990s. Club career Mamedov's career as player started in 1991 and finished in 2 ...

* Yevgeny Morozov * Gennadiy Nizhegorodov *

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* Sergei Terekhov * Vladislav Ternavsky * Dmitry Vorobyov * Anton Zabolotny ;Former USSR countries * Garnik Avalyan * Stanislav Buchnev * Manuk Kakosyan * Tigran Petrosyan * David Yurchenko *

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* Vasily Khomutovsky * Vitaliy Abramov * Konstantin Ledovskikh * Almir Mukhutdinov *

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Valērijs Ivanovs Valērijs Ivanovs (; born 23 February 1970 in Riga) is a former football midfielder from Latvia. He played 69 international matches and scored 1 goal for the Latvia national team between 1992 and 2001. His clubs include FC Skonto (1995–1997) ...

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Igors Sļesarčuks Igors Sļesarčuks (, born 31 March 1976) is a Latvian-Russian football coach and former player. Career He has played for FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk in the Russian First Division, for Skonto Riga, FK Venta and FK Ventspils in Latvia and other clu ...

* Artūras Fomenka *

Tadas Gražiūnas Tadas Gražiūnas (born 18 April 1978) is a retired Lithuanian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the A Lyga in 1995 for JR Alsa Vilnius. He played 2 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2000 for FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don ...

* Nerijus Radžius *

Ilie Cebanu Ilie Cebanu (born 29 December 1986) is a Moldovan former professional association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Honours Wisła Kraków * Ekstraklasa: 2007–08 Wisła Kraków (ME) * Młoda ...

* Alexandr Covalenco * Stanislav Namașco * Farkhod Vosiyev * Oleksandr Svystunov *

Sergey Andreyev Sergey Vasilyevich Andreyev (; born 16 May 1956) is a football manager and a former Soviet and Russian player. International career Andreyev earned 26 caps and scored 8 goals for the USSR national team, and participated in the 1982 FIFA World ...

* Gennadiy Sharipov Danila Yashchuck ;Europe *

Dželaludin Muharemović Dželaludin Muharemović (born 23 March 1970) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager Chinese club Guangxi Pingguo Haliao. Club career As a child, Muharemović started playing football for his h ...

* Luboš Kalouda *

Marek Hollý Marek Hollý (born 20 August 1973) is a former Slovak professional footballer. Club career He started his career at SK Sigma Olomouc in the Czech Gambrinus liga, where he made 80 appearances over the course of 4 seasons, scoring a total of 3 g ...

Andrej Pečnik Andrej Pečnik (born 27 September 1981) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a defender. International career Pečnik played 4 times for the Slovenia national team between 2005 and 2006. Personal life He is the brother of Nejc Pe ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Volgar Astrakhan, FC Football clubs in Russia Sport in Astrakhan 1960 establishments in Russia Association football clubs established in 1960