FC Leningradets Leningrad Oblast

FC Leningradets
Full name	Football Club Leningradets Leningrad Oblast
Founded	2018; 6 years ago
Ground	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Capacity	20 985
Owner	LSR Group
Chairman	Igor Levit
Manager	Maksim Astafyev
League	Russian Second League; Division A
2023–24	Russian First League,; 16th of 18 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

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] Leningradets was relegated back to third tier after one season on second level.^[3]

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 17 June 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	RUS	Yegor Smirnov
2	DF	RUS	Sergey Nikolayev
4	DF	RUS	Roman Kudryavtsev
6	DF	RUS	Maksim Belyayev
8	MF	RUS	Vitali Gorulyov
9	MF	RUS	Nikita Rozmanov
10	MF	RUS	Mikhail Gorelishvili
17	DF	RUS	Valery Kaptilov
18	MF	RUS	Eduard Sukhanov
21	MF	RUS	Vladislav Shepelev
23	MF	RUS	Sergey Ilyin
30	MF	RUS	Nikita Morozov
33	DF	RUS	Andrei Yakovlev


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
34	MF	RUS	Ilya Vorontsov
47	MF	RUS	Ruslan Kazakov
59	MF	RUS	Kirill Davidenko
70	FW	RUS	Maksim Ortyashov
73	MF	RUS	Daniil Sokolov
77	FW	RUS	Maksim Bachinsky
91	GK	RUS	Andrey Zaytsev
97	DF	RUS	Andrey Khityayev
99	GK	RUS	Murad Magomedov
—	MF	RUS	Ivan Markelov
—	MF	RUS	Yevgeni Pesegov
—	FW	RUS	Dmitry Barkov

References

^ "ЛЕНИНГРАДЕЦ" ГОТОВИТСЯ К ПЕРВОМУ СЕЗОНУ В ПФЛ (in Russian). Leningrad Oblast TV. 3 July 2018.
^ ""ЧЕРНОМОРЕЦ", "ЛЕНИНГРАДЕЦ" И "СОКОЛ" В ПЕРВОЙ ЛИГЕ!" (in Russian). Russian Second League. 29 May 2023. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
^ ""ХИМКИ" - ЧЕМПИОН МЕЛБЕТ-ПЕРВОЙ ЛИГИ СЕЗОНА 2023/2024" (in Russian). Russian First League. 25 May 2024.

External links

(in Russian) Official website

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[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. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

[3] ""ХИМКИ" - ЧЕМПИОН МЕЛБЕТ-ПЕРВОЙ ЛИГИ СЕЗОНА 2023/2024" (in Russian). Russian First League. 25 May 2024.

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