FC Akron Tolyatti

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FC Akron Tolyatti
Full nameFootball Club Akron Tolyatti
Founded2018; 6 years ago (2018)
GroundKristall Stadium, Zhigulyovsk
Capacity3,065
ChairmanAleksey Vlasov
ManagerZaur Tedeyev
LeagueRussian Premier League
2023–24Russian First League, 3rd of 18 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

FC Akron Tolyatti (Russian: ФК «Акрон» Тольятти) is a Russian professional football club based in Tolyatti founded in 2018 who play in the Russian Premier League.

History

In June 2019, it was confirmed that the club will enter the Russian Professional Football League in the 2019–20 season.[1]

On 15 May 2020, the 2019–20 PFL season was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. As Akron was leading in their PFL zone at the time, they were promoted to the second-tier FNL for the 2020–21 season.[2]

Akron finished their first FNL season in 17th place, which would normally mean relegation. On 15 May 2021, FNL confirmed that FC Tambov, which placed last in the Premier League and was expected to be relegated to FNL, did not apply for the FNL license for the 2021–22 season and therefore Akron would not be relegated.[3]

In June 2022, Akron became the backer of Konoplyov football academy.[4]

In the 2022–23 season, Akron had an impressive run in the Russian Cup. They consecutively eliminated four Moscow-based Russian Premier League clubs (Torpedo, Lokomotiv, Dynamo and Spartak, including two penalty-shoots) and reached the Regions Path final of the competition, where they lost, also in a shootout, to FC Krasnodar.[5] The cup competition structure was changed to double-elimination for RPL teams that season as Russia was banned from the European competitions due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, in the traditional cup structure, eliminating four RPL teams would have been sufficient for Akron to qualify for the final.

In the 2023–24 season, Akron qualified for the Russian Premier League promotion play-offs.[6] They defeated Ural Yekaterinburg 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for RPL for the first time in its history.[7]

Current squad

As of 13 July 2024, according to the FNL website.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Russia RUS Sergey Volkov
4 DF Brazil BRA Paulo Vitor
5 MF Serbia SRB Aleksa Đurasović
6 MF Russia RUS Maksim Kuzmin
7 FW Russia RUS Kirill Danilin
10 MF Russia RUS Maksim Paliyenko
15 MF Montenegro MNE Stefan Lončar
17 MF Russia RUS Soltmurad Bakayev
19 DF Russia RUS Marat Bokoyev
20 MF Russia RUS Artur Galoyan
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF North Macedonia MKD Bojan Dimoski
26 DF Portugal POR Rodrigo Escoval
50 GK Russia RUS Dmitry Nagayev
65 MF Russia RUS Vladimir Moskvichyov (on loan from Torpedo Moscow)
70 FW Russia RUS Abu-Said Eldarushev
71 FW Russia RUS Dmitry Pestryakov
77 MF Russia RUS Konstantin Savichev
78 GK Russia RUS Aleksandr Vasyutin
80 DF Russia RUS Vyacheslav Bardybakhin
91 MF Russia RUS Maksim Boldyrev

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Russia RUS Ruslan Apekov

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Russia RUS Aleksey Gusev
17 DF Russia RUS Nikita Krivoruchko
28 MF Russia RUS Aksenty Chaligava
37 DF Russia RUS Vladislav Konovalov
55 DF Russia RUS Aleksandr Popov
67 FW Russia RUS Ali Kartoyev
75 MF Russia RUS Vyacheslav Vinnikov
82 DF Russia RUS Aleksandr Alyokhin
87 FW Russia RUS Nikita Shershov
97 FW Russia RUS Sergey Gribov

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ "ФК "Акрон" официально стал вторым тольяттинским клубом второй лиги российского футбольного чемпионата" [FC Akron officially becomes the second Tolyatti club in the second division] (in Russian). TLT Pravda. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ "ИТОГИ ИСПОЛКОМА РФС" (in Russian). Russian Professional Football League. 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. ^ ""Акрон" остается в ФНЛ" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 15 May 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. ^ ""Акрон Холдинг" объединит усилия с Правительством Самарской области по развитию Академии Коноплёва в Тольятти" (in Russian). FC Akron Tolyatti. 8 June 2022. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  5. ^ ""Краснодар" выбил "Акрон" из финала Пути регионов в ФОНБЕТ Кубке России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 3 May 2023. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  6. ^ "РФС выдал 20 лицензий для выступления в РПЛ на будущий сезон" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 17 May 2024. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  7. ^ ""Акрон" уступил "Уралу", но победил по сумме двух встреч и завоевал путёвку в Мир РПЛ" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 1 June 2024. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.