FC Mordovia Saransk

FC Mordovia Saransk was a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merge of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordovia.
History
The club was founded in 1961. In 2010, the club won promotion to the Russian First Division. On 8 May 2012, Mordovia beat Shinnik Yaroslavl 2–0 at home. This result meant that with a round to spare the team won promotion to the Russian Premier League for the 2012–13 season for the first time in its history. It was relegated back to the second tier after one season, and then returned to the Premier League for the 2014–15 season, taking 8th spot. After the next 2015–16 season, it was once again relegated. At the end of the 2016–17 season they were relegated for the second year in a row, to the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. They returned to the second tier after one season down for 2018–19 season.
On 18 June 2020, club director Nikolay Levin confirmed that the club had failed FNL licensing for the 2020–21 season, and it was not been determined which league the club will play in. The club was not admitted to the 2020–21 Russian Professional Football League either, thus losing professional status.
Name changes
1961: Stroitel Saransk
1962–71: Spartak Saransk
1972–79: Elektrosvet Saransk
1980–02: Svetotekhnika Saransk
2003–04: Lisma-Mordovia Saransk
2005–: Mordovia Saransk (merged with Biokhimik-Mordovia).
Domestic history
Honours
Domestic
PFL Cup: 2009
Russian National Football League (2): 2011–12, 2013–14
Oprita Daniel
Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Mordovia.
Russia
Evgeni Aldonin
Anton Bobyor
Dmitri Kirichenko
Kirill Panchenko
Viktor Vasin
Oleg Veretennikov
Former USSR countries
Armenia
Artur Sarkisov
David Yurchenko
Belarus
Igor Shitov
Georgia
Akaki Khubutia
Mamuka Kobakhidze
Nukri Revishvili
Kazakhstan
Vitaliy Abramov
Aleksei Muldarov
Yevgeni Tarasov
Sergey Zhunenko
Lithuania
Darius Maciulevičius
Moldova
Ilie Cebanu
Iulian Erhan
Alexandru Suvorov
Turkmenistan
Artem Nazarow
Uzbekistan
Aleksandr Sayun
Africa
Ivory Coast
Elysée
Senegal
Ibrahima Niasse
Europe
Belgium
Danilo
Croatia
Tomislav Dujmović
Montenegro
Vladimir Božović
Netherlands
Lorenzo Ebecilio
Portugal
Yannick Djaló
Romania
Daniel Oprița
Serbia
Marko Lomić
Aleksandar Simčević
Milan Perendija
Slovenia
Borut Semler
Dalibor Stevanović
Dalibor Volaš
South America
Chile
Gerson Acevedo
Suriname
Mitchell Donald
Managerial history
Yuri Utkin (March 2005 – 8 December)
Fyodor Shcherbachenko (1 January 2009 – 19 November 2012)
Vladimir Bibikov (caretaker) (20 November 2012 – 28 December 2012)
Dorinel Munteanu (29 December 2012 – 30 July 2013)
Sergei Podpaly (1 July 2013 – 9 August 2013)
Marat Mustafin (9 August 2013 – 21 August 2013)
Yuriy Maksymov (21 August 2013 – 18 May 2014)
Yuri Semin (27 May 2014 - 30 May 2015)
References
External links
Official website
Association football clubs established in 1961
Association football clubs disestablished in 2020
Defunct football clubs in Russia
Sport in Saransk
1961 establishments in Russia
2020 disestablishments in Russia