FC Avangard Kursk

The club has been known under the following names:

• Spartak, 1946–1957
• Trudovye Rezervy, 1958–1965 and 1967–1972
• Trud, 1966
• Avangard, 1973–

Spartak made an appearance in the Soviet league in 1946. Since 1957 Kursk was continuously represented in the league by Trudovye Rezervy, Trud, and Avangard. The club played in Class B and in the Second League. The best achievement was the second position in the zone in 1962 and 1964.

Avangard entered the Russian Second League in 1992 and was moved to the Third League in 1994, after the number of clubs in the Second League was significantly reduced. In 1995, they won promotion to the Second League, and in 2004 Avangard finished second in their Second Division zone, obtaining promotion to the First Division. Avangard played 3 seasons in First Division and relegated to Second Division in 2007 as 18th. Avangard returned to second level in 2009 as Center Group champion. But, Avangard finished in the last place and was relegated to third level in 2010. The club won its PFL zone and was promoted back to the second-tier Russian Football National League at the end of the 2016–17 season.

In the 2017–18 season, the team has reached the final of the Russian Cup, defeating two Premier League clubs (CSKA and Amkar) during the competition. They lost the final 1–2 to FC Tosno on a late goal by Reziuan Mirzov.

In February 2019, Avangard competed in the FNL Cup. They got into finals, where they had to play against FC Rotor Volgograd. The match took place on February 20. After the full-time, the score was 1:1, with Mikhail Zemskov scoring the opening goal for Avangard on 80' minute and a quick response by Anzor Sanaya on 86' minute of the match. The match has ultimately ended in a penalty shoot-out, where Avangard was able to grab a 3-4 victory.

On 17 May 2020, the club announced that they will be voluntarily relegated to the third-tier PFL for the 2020–21 season due to lack of necessary financing.[1]

As of 28 January 2021, according to the PFL 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  RUS Maksim Bogatyryov 3 DF  RUS Aleksei Medvedev 4 DF  RUS Aleksandr Belyayev 8 MF  RUS Ilya Shvedyuk 9 MF  RUS Artyom Mitasov 10 MF  RUS Maksim Tarasov 11 FW  RUS Andrei Myazin 13 GK  RUS Yegor Skorobogatko 14 DF  RUS Dmitri Zavarukhin 17 MF  RUS Denis Sinyayev 18 FW  RUS Nikita Saprunov

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  RUS Aleksandr Voynov 23 FW  RUS Ivan Podolyak 24 DF  RUS Ilya Bobryshov 27 DF  RUS Artyom Gorbulin 40 DF  RUS Aleksandr Zakharov 66 MF  RUS Andrei Matveyev 71 MF  RUS Dmitri Stepanov 77 MF  RUS Nikita Kholyavsky 87 MF  RUS Sergei Yarygin 95 GK  RUS Vladislav Teryoshkin 98 FW  RUS Dmitri Pereverzev

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

• Fans' website (in Russian)
• Official site