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.
Der Verein wurde 1998 gegründet und spielt seit der Saison 2020/21 in der zweitklassigen 1. Fußballliga Russlands. Die Heimspiele werden im Saliut-Stadion ausgetragen, das eine Kapazität von 3.000 Zuschauern hat.
FK Dolgoprudny hat in den letzten Jahren stetige Fortschritte gemacht und konnte sich in der 1. Fußballliga Russlands etablieren. Im Jahr 2021 erreichte der Verein das Finale des Russischen Pokals, musste sich jedoch Lokomotive Moskau im Elfmeterschießen geschlagen geben.
Zu den bekanntesten Spielern, die für FK Dolgoprudny gespielt haben, gehören Vladislav Ignatiev, Roman Zobnin und Artem Dzyuba.