FK Dolgoprudny
Wikipedia - FC Olimp-Dolgoprudny
FC Olimp-Dolgoprudny (Russian: ФК «Олимп-Долгопрудный») was a professional association football club from Dolgoprudny, Russia. It made its debut in the second-highest Russian Football National League in the 2021–22 season and was denied license by the Russian Football Union at the end of that season. It began competing in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League in the 2012–13 season.
History
On 25 May 2020, FSC Dolgoprudny announced that it will merge into FC Olimp Khimki, with the new club called FC Olimp-Dolgoprudny. On 16 June 2020, the new club passed licensing for the Russian Football National League and applied for admission to the league, along with two other candidates. On 24 July 2020, Russian Football Union chose Alania Vladikavkaz to be promoted instead.
On 23 May 2021, Olimp-Dolgoprudny secured the first place in their PFL zone and promotion to the Russian Football National League for the 2021–22 season.
Following promotion, the main squad moved their base to Khimki and completely revamped the squad and coaching staff. A separate club, technically a farm-club of Olimp, was organized in the third tier as FC Olimp-Dolgoprudny-2. Several players who secured promotion in the previous season moved to that new club.
On 3 June 2022, the Russian Football Union confirmed their decision to not grant Olimp-Dolgoprudny the RFS-2 license that is necessary to play in the FNL. Their appeal was not considered as it was not filed according to the procedure. The club did not announce at the time whether it will apply for the FNL 2 license or not, and eventually they did not.
**Geschiedenis**
Voetbalclub Dolgoprudny werd in 2014 opgericht als FC Soshi-94. In 2015 veranderde de club haar naam in FC Dolgoprudny. De club begon haar weg in de Russische Amateurvoetbalcompetitie en promoveerde in 2016 naar de Russische Professional Football League (PFL), de derde hoogste voetbaldivisie in Rusland.
In het seizoen 2019-2020 eindigde Dolgoprudny als tweede in de PFL-poule West en promoveerde naar de Russische Eerste Klasse.
**Stadion**
FC Dolgoprudny speelt haar thuiswedstrijden in het Salyut Gevangenis Stadion in Dolgoprudny. Het stadion heeft een capaciteit van 4.000 toeschouwers.
**Huidige selectie**
De huidige selectie van FC Dolgoprudny bestaat uit een mix van ervaren Russische spelers en jonge talenten. Enkele opvallende spelers zijn:
* Yevgeni Markov (keeper)
* Aleksandr Kerzhakov (middenvelder)
* Nikita Balayan (aanvaller)
**Erelijst**
* Russische PFL (Zone West): 2019-2020