# FC Avangard Kursk

FC Avangard Kursk is an association football club based in Kursk, Russia, currently playing in the third tier of Russian football. The team's colors are: home all blue, and away all white.

## History

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 20 February. 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.

## League history
### Russia

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Top scorer (league) Head coach 19923rd, zone 2104222317676747-- Tolmachov – 21 Galkin 199363015114445931R512- Sukhorukov – 14 Galkin 19944th, zone 24321949513942R128- Sukhorukov – 12 Galkin 19951302127523065R256- Gershun – 10 Galkin 19963rd, "West"153813421507843R128- Delov – 10 Galkin 1997153811720405840R512- Delov – 16 Galkin 19983rd, "Center"18409922345436R256- Buda – 10 Galkin 1999153610719405937R256- Delov – 9 Galkin 200083816616364154R128- Gershun – 9 Galkin 200183817714474158R512- Gershun – 12 Galkin 2002153811819405541R512- E. Kalashnikov – 10 Galkin 2003133610719283737R512- E. Kalashnikov – 5 Galkin Delov 20042322156602368R512- Larin – 12 Delov 20052nd1642111516364548R256- Sigachev – 6 Delov 20061042161313453861R64- Martynov – 7 Borzykin 2007184215621505551R64- Bukievsky – 11 Korovushkin – 11 Gorlukovich 20083rd, "Center"2342365481875R32- S. Mikhailov – 10 Esipov 20091322417682373R64- Borozdin – 11 Esipov 20102nd20387625316727R32- Korovushkin – 7 Esipov Sergeyev Ignatenko 2011–123rd, "Center"23921711623679R128- Sargsyan – 17 Ignatenko Frantsev 2012–133rd, "Center"93011811424041R64- Akhba – 8 Frantsev Zazulin

## Current squad

As of 20 February 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 | Nikita Artyomov |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Sergei Chibisov |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Daniil Kamenev |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Roman Izotov |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Pereverzev |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Kirill Khvastukhin |
| 13 | GK | RUS | Yegor Skorobogatko |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Radiy Yamlikhanov |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Sergei Yeshchenko |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Yegor Balitsky |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Ilya Mamkin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | RUS | Ilya Kuleshin |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Artyom Nekrasov |
| 31 | MF | RUS | Danila Knyazev |
| 36 | MF | RUS | Denis Skrypnikov |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Denis Konshin |
| 69 | DF | RUS | Dmitry Bykov |
| 71 | DF | RUS | Andrey Ivanteyev |
| 76 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Ageyev |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Nikita Khvat (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| 90 | FW | RUS | Daniil Pavlov |
| 96 | MF | RUS | Denis Senik |

## Notable players

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