FC Leningradets
Full nameFootball Club Leningradets Leningrad Oblast
Founded2018 (2018)
GroundPetrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Capacity20 985
OwnerLSR Group
ChairmanIgor Levit
ManagerSergei Kiriakov
LeagueRussian First League
2022–23Russian Second League,
Group 2
1st (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

FC Leningradets Leningrad Oblast (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Ленинградец») is a Russian football team from Leningrad Oblast.

History

Following the bankruptcy of FC Tosno, Leningrad Oblast governor decided to organize a new professional club. It received the license for the third-tier Russian Professional Football League for the 2018–19 season.[1]

The club's office is located in Prudy, Vyborgsky District, but majority of the games are played at Saint Petersburg stadiums. The club also previously played in Roshchino.

On 28 May 2023, the club secured promotion to the Russian First League.[2]

Stadium

Leningradets hosts its home matches at Petrovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, sometimes also at Nova Arena in Saint Petersburg and at the Roshchino Arena in Roshchino.

Current squad

As of 9 January 2024, according to the First League 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 Yegor Smirnov
2 DF Russia RUS Sergey Nikolayev
3 DF Russia RUS Ilya Bulygin
4 DF Russia RUS Roman Kudryavtsev
5 DF Russia RUS Sergei Kostin
6 DF Russia RUS Maksim Belyayev
8 MF Russia RUS Vitali Gorulyov
9 MF Russia RUS Nikita Rozmanov
10 MF Russia RUS Mikhail Gorelishvili
16 GK Russia RUS Nikita Karabashev
17 DF Russia RUS Valery Kaptilov
18 MF Russia RUS Eduard Sukhanov
19 MF Russia RUS Kirill Kolesnichenko (on loan from Rodina Moscow)
21 MF Russia RUS Vladislav Shepelev
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Russia RUS Sergey Ilyin
30 MF Russia RUS Nikita Morozov
33 DF Russia RUS Andrei Yakovlev
41 DF Russia RUS Vladislav Mikushin
47 MF Russia RUS Ruslan Kazakov
70 FW Russia RUS Maksim Ortyashov
73 MF Russia RUS Daniil Sokolov
77 FW Russia RUS Maksim Bachinsky
90 MF Russia RUS Vitaly Zhironkin
91 GK Russia RUS Andrey Zaytsev
97 DF Russia RUS Andrey Khityayev
99 GK Russia RUS Murad Magomedov
— DF Russia RUS Vladislav Volkov (on loan from Akhmat Grozny)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ЛЕНИНГРАДЕЦ" ГОТОВИТСЯ К ПЕРВОМУ СЕЗОНУ В ПФЛ (in Russian). Leningrad Oblast TV. 3 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "«ЧЕРНОМОРЕЦ», «ЛЕНИНГРАДЕЦ» И «СОКОЛ» В ПЕРВОЙ ЛИГЕ!" (in Russian). Russian Second League. 29 May 2023.


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