FC Spartak Kostroma

FC Spartak Kostroma
Full nameFootball Club Spartak Kostroma
Founded1959
GroundUrozhay Stadium
Capacity3,000
Owner9 Kostroma companies + Kostroma Oblast
General directorAleksey Koryakov
ManagerRoman Berezovsky
LeagueRussian First League
2025–267th of 18
Websitefcspk.ru

FC Spartak Kostroma (Russian: ФК «Спартак» Кострома) is a Russian association football club from Kostroma, founded in 1959.

History

The highest level it achieved in its history was second-highest Soviet First League, where it played in 1981 and 1982. In the past, the club was called Tekstilshchik Kostroma (1961–1963), Tekmash Kostroma (1964–1966) and Zvolma-Spartak Kostroma (1992). It was dissolved in the summer of 2018 due to lack of financing.[1] For the 2022–23 season, the club was resurrected once again and entered the third-tier Russian Second League.[2] On 28 May 2025, Spartak secured promotion to the second-tier Russian First League.[3]

Current squad

As of 8 August 2026, according to the 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
2 DF  RUS Nikolai Tarasov
3 DF  RUS Sergei Bugriyev
5 DF  RUS Denis Zhilmostnykh
6 DF  IRN Nader Mohammadi
7 DF  RUS Kirill Malyarov
8 MF  BLR Nikita Demchenko
9 MF  RUS David Khubayev
10 FW  RUS David Karaev
11 MF  GEO Dimitri Ghurtskaia
13 FW  RUS Ilya Rubtsov
17 MF  RUS Dmitry Kaptilovich
18 MF  RUS Vladislav Kamilov
21 DF  MNE Marko Bugarin
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  RUS Anatoli Nemchenko
24 MF  RUS Yegor Krakhmalev
47 DF  RUS Aleksandr Tarasov (on loan from Rostov)
50 GK  RUS Yegor Shamov
66 MF  RUS Maksim Nikiforov
68 GK  RUS Mikhail Gaydash
69 MF  RUS Kirill Chursin
70 MF  RUS Ruslan Chervyakov
73 MF  ARM David Kirakosyan
77 MF  RUS Ilya Meshcheryakov
82 MF  BLR Oleg Nikiforenko
90 FW  RUS Amur Kalmykov
96 DF  RUS Amir Mokhammad

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Spartak.

References

  1. ↑ "Кострома остается без профессионального футбола" (in Russian). GTK Kostroma. 16 May 2018. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "79 футбольных клубов получили лицензию для выступления в ФНЛ-2" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  3. ↑ ""Спартак" из Костромы обеспечил выход в Первую лигу" (in Russian). Mail.ru. 28 May 2025.