FC Volga Ulyanovsk

Volga
Full nameANO Football Club Volga
Founded1947 (1947)
GroundTrud
Capacity15,000
ChairmanMikhail Navolokin[1]
ManagerMikhail Belov
LeagueRussian First League
2025–2614th of 18
Websitewww.fcvu.ru

FC Volga Ulyanovsk (Russian: ФК «Во́лга» Улья́новск) is a professional association football club based in Ulyanovsk, Russia. It plays in the second-tier Russian First League.

Their reserve team FC Volga-d Ulyanovsk used to play professionally as FC Energiya Ulyanovsk.

History

In 2008, they were relegated to the Russian Second Division 2009 after they finished 17th in Russian First Division. In December 2008, Volga signed a partnership agreement with Floriana FC of Malta, the most successful club in Maltese football.[2]

On 4 June 2022, the last day of the 2021–22 season, Volga secured the first place in their FNL2 group and promotion for the 2022–23 season to the second-tier FNL while under the leadership of Rinat Aitov.[3] Volga was relegated after one season in the second tier.[4]

On 8 June 2025, Volga secured promotion to the Russian First League.[5]

Club name and location history

  • 1947–1957: FC Torpedo Ulyanovsk
  • 1958: FC Dynamo Ulyanovsk
  • 1959–1961: FC Spartak Ulyanovsk
  • 1961–1985: FC Volga Ulyanovsk
  • 1986–1991: FC Start Ulyanovsk
  • 1992–1995: FC Tekstilshchik Isheyevka
  • 1996–2005: FC Volga Ulyanovsk
  • 2006: FC Volga-Energiya Ulyanovsk (the reserves team currently known as FC Volga-d Ulyanovsk played as FC Volga-Energiya Ulyanovsk in the Amateur Football League in 2007)
  • 2007–present: FC Volga Ulyanovsk

Current squad

As of 21 August 2026, according to the official First League website.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  RUS Rinat Shakerov
3 DF  RUS Oleg Krasilnichenko
4 DF  RUS Kamil Ibragimov
5 DF  RUS Danil Stepanov
7 MF  RUS Andrey Nikitin
8 MF  RUS Denis Rakhmanov (captain)
9 MF  RUS Kirill Folmer
10 MF  RUS Ruslan Shagiakhmetov
14 FW  RUS Vladislav Yakovlev
15 DF  RUS Devid Kokoyev
17 MF  RUS Igor Gershun
20 DF  RUS Konstantin Kovalyov
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  RUS Dmitry Rakhmanov
23 GK  RUS Yegor Baburin
28 MF  RUS Danil Novikov
30 DF  RUS Aydar Khabibullin
31 DF  RUS Sergey Ustimov
50 DF  RUS Artyom Bykov
55 MF  RUS Aleksandr Saplinov
60 MF  RUS Ignat Kasyanov
66 DF  RUS Yaroslav Makarenko
76 MF  RUS Vadim Livadnov
77 MF  RUS Luka Bagateliya
99 DF  RUS Andrey Kostin

Notable players

These players had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Volga.

Russia
Europe
Asia

References

  1. ↑ "В футбольной "Волге" замена: Наволокин вместо Кузьмина" (in Russian). ulpravda.ru. 2019-11-22. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  2. ↑ "Floriana in discussions to sign a Russian striker next month – the Malta Independent".
  3. ↑ ""ВОЛГА", "ДИНАМО", "РОДИНА" И "ШИННИК" ВЫШЛИ В ОЛИМП-ФНЛ-1" (in Russian). Russian Football National League 2. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  4. ↑ ""Уфа" опустилась из РПЛ во Вторую лигу за два сезона. "Велес" тоже вылетел из Первой лиги" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 3 June 2023.
  5. ↑ ""Волга" досрочно вышла в Первую лигу. Команда не играла там с сезона-2022/23" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 8 June 2025.


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