FC Orenburg

It played professionally as Gazovik from 1976 to 1982 and from 1989 on. Before 1976 another Orenburg team, Lokomotiv Orenburg, played professionally, including 3 seasons in the second-highest Soviet First League in 1960–62. In 1989 Gazovik was called Progress Orenburg. Gazovik began Russian League at Zone 5 of Second League and relegated from Zone 6 from one to Third League in 1993. They stayed in Zone 5 of Third League until 1997 season, when they returned to third level. They finished Ural Povolzhye (Volga Region in Russian) as runner-up in 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons and finally promoted to the Russian First League in 2010.

On 2 May 2016, the club secured top-two finish in the 2015–16 Russian National Football League and with that, the promotion to the Russian Premier League for the 2016–17 season for the first time in club's history.[1]

On 25 May 2016, the club was renamed from its historical name FC Gazovik Orenburg to FC Orenburg.[2]

The club was relegated back to the second tier at the end of the 2016–17 season after losing a penalty shootout in the relegation playoffs to FC SKA-Khabarovsk. It was promoted back to the Russian Premier League after one season in the second tier.[3] It was relegated at the end of the 2019–20 Russian Premier League season. They were forced to forfeit two games late in the season due to COVID-19 infections in the squad and play more games with a weakened line-up. On 8 May 2021, they secured a second-place finish in the FNL and return to the Russian Premier League after one season in the second tier.[4] However, Russian Football Union rejected the club's application for a RPL license on 5 May 2021 due to the stadium not passing capacity requirements and other conditions, and their appeal was rejected on 12 May 2021. The club considered filing a complaint with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[5] On 24 May 2021, the club announced they will not file a lawsuit with CAS and will accept the RFU decision. They also announced that the club will begin the stadium reconstruction in June 2020 to bring it up to Premier League standards.[6]

Domestic Competitions

• Russian National Football League: 2

2015–16, 2017–18

As of 23 March 2022, according to the official 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 2 DF  RUS Vladimir Poluyakhtov 3 DF  BLR Mikhail Sivakow 5 MF  RUS Timur Ayupov 6 DF  RUS Savely Kozlov 7 FW  RUS Nikolai Prudnikov 8 FW  ARM Arshak Koryan (on loan from Khimki) 9 MF  RUS Artyom Shabolin (on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg) 11 DF  BUL Mateo Stamatov 12 DF  RUS Andrei Malykh 13 FW  RUS Vladimir Obukhov 15 DF  BIH Renato Gojković 17 MF  BLR Yury Kavalyow 19 MF  RUS Aleksandr Ektov 20 FW  GHA Joel Fameyeh 23 MF  RUS Sergei Breyev

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  BLR Kiryl Pyachenin 38 MF  RUS Nikolai Titkov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) 51 DF  RUS Danil Khoroshkov 55 MF  RUS Kirill Kaplenko (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) 58 DF  RUS Adesoye Oyevole 77 MF  RUS Vladimir Sychevoy 82 GK  RUS Platon Zakharchuk 83 MF  RUS Aleksei Mironov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) 87 DF  RUS Dmitri Vasilyev (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) 90 GK  RUS Aleksei Kenyaykin 94 DF  RUS Danila Khotulyov (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) 95 GK  RUS Andrey Khodanovich 97 GK  RUS Yevgeni Goshev 99 GK  RUS Nikolai Sysuyev

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  RUS Ivan Lapshov (at Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) — MF  RUS Yevgeni Bolotov (at Forte Taganrog)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  RUS Ilya Vorobyov (at Veles Moscow) — FW  RUS Dmitry Vorobyov (at Sochi)

• Head coach - Marcel Lička
• Assistant coaches - Ilshat Aitkulov (senior), Konstantin Yemelyanov, Radik Yamlikhanov
• Goalkeeping coach - Platon Zakharchuk
• Conditioning coach - Yevgeni Stukalov

• Valeri Bogdanov (1997–98)
• Aleksandr Korolyov (1999–01)
• Adyam Kuzyayev (interim) (2003)
• Andrei Piatnitski (2003)
• Yevgeni Smertin (2004)
• Aleksandr Averyanov (2006–09)
• Ilshat Aitkulov (interim) (2009)
• Konstantin Galkin (2009–2011)
• Robert Yevdokimov (2011–2017)
• Temur Ketsbaia (2017)
• Vladimir Fedotov (2017–2019)
• Konstantin Yemelyanov (2019–2020)
• Konstantin Paramonov (2020)
• Ilshat Aitkulov (interim) (2020)
• Marcel Lička (2020–)

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

• Official website