FC Spartak Kostroma

FC Spartak Kostroma
Full nameFootball Club Spartak Kostroma
Founded1959
GroundUrozhay Stadium
Capacity3,000
Owner9 Kostroma companies + Kostroma Oblast
General directorAleksey Koryakov
ManagerYevgeny Taranukhin
LeagueRussian First League
2024–25Russian Second League,
Division A,
Gold Group
First stage: 2nd
Second stage: 1st (promoted)
Websitefcspk.ru

FC Spartak Kostroma (Russian: ФК «Спартак» Кострома) is a Russian association football club from Kostroma, founded in 1959.

History

The highest level it achieved in its history was second-highest Soviet First League, where it played in 1981 and 1982. In the past, the club was called Tekstilshchik Kostroma (1961–1963), Tekmash Kostroma (1964–1966) and Zvolma-Spartak Kostroma (1992). It was dissolved in the summer of 2018 due to lack of financing.[1] For the 2022–23 season, the club was resurrected once again and entered the third-tier Russian Second League.[2] On 28 May 2025, Spartak secured promotion to the second-tier Russian First League.[3]

Current squad

As of 2 July 2025, according to the Second League website.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  RUS Gleb Kosteley
3 DF  RUS Sergei Bugriyev
4 DF  BLR Nikita Supranovich
5 DF  RUS Denis Zhilmostnykh
7 MF  RUS Vitaly Zhironkin
8 MF  RUS Dmitri Sadov
10 MF  RUS Kirill Korolkov
14 MF  RUS Dmitry Kaptilovich
15 MF  RUS Kirill Brisev
18 DF  RUS Maksim Ignatyev
22 MF  RUS Anatoli Nemchenko
23 FW  RUS Maksim Chikanchi
24 MF  RUS Ivan Kudryashov
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 FW  RUS Dmitry Smirnov
40 DF  RUS Nikolay Genchu
50 MF  RUS Denis Fayzullin
55 MF  RUS Aleksandr Saplinov
56 MF  RUS Viktor Demyanov
68 GK  RUS Mikhail Gaydash
69 MF  RUS Kirill Chursin
77 MF  RUS Ilya Meshcheryakov
78 DF  RUS Gennadi Kiselyov
GK  RUS Nikita Korets (on loan from Rubin Kazan)
DF  RUS Nikolai Tarasov
MF  RUS Aleksey Larin
FW  RUS Ilya Rubtsov

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  RUS Denis Terekhov (at Znamya Truda until 31 December 2025)

Notable players

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

References

  1. ^ "Кострома остается без профессионального футбола" (in Russian). GTK Kostroma. 16 May 2018. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. ^ "79 футбольных клубов получили лицензию для выступления в ФНЛ-2" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  3. ^ ""Спартак" из Костромы обеспечил выход в Первую лигу" (in Russian). Mail.ru. 28 May 2025.