FC Elista

History

FC Elista was founded in 2005 following the dissolution of its predecessor, FC Uralan Elista. The club entered South zone of the Amateur Football League and finished second. That result was not enough to warrant automatic promotion, but the extension of the South zone of the Russian Second Division allowed Elista to move one level up. In 2006 FC Elista withdrew from the competition after 18 rounds. The club was restarted in 2014, as FC Uralan Elista in the Russian Amateur Football League.

Colours are (Home) all blue. (Away) Either yellow shirts with blue arms, yellow shorts or all black.

FC Uralan Elista

Football Club Uralan Elista was founded in 1958 as a construction trust team. Uralan means "forward" in Kalmyk. The team have won Kalmyk championship and cup every year until 1965. In 1966, they were admitted to the B class of the Soviet league. The team played at the same level (call Soviet Second League since 1971) until 1991. Their best result was a second position in 1991.

Uralan played in the Russian First Division since 1992. They won the tournament in 1997 and were promoted to the Top Division. Their best result was seventh position in 1998. Uralan were relegated after finishing last in 2000, but won promotion back at the first time of asking. They spent another two seasons at top level before being relegated in 2003.

In the 2004 season, the club experienced financial problems. The players' wages were not paid for at least six months, this led to many of them leaving Uralan. The club was able to field only ten players for the league match on 7 July (including two goalkeepers, one of whom played as a striker) and only nine players on 24 July. However, Uralan managed to fulfill all fixtures.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was the honorary president of FC Uralan.

New club

Uralan was to be relegated to the Second Division, but refused to enter the competition on 22 March 2005. A new club, FC Elista, was formed in its place. 80 percent of Elista players were from reserve and youth teams of Uralan.

The club was restarted in 2014, as FC Uralan Elista in the Russian Amateur Football League, but folded in late 2015.

The club was reformed, again, in 2021, competing in the Russian third tier. https://riakalm.ru/index.php/news/interview/28959-futbolist-fk-uralan-aleksandr-bogdanov-futbol-kak-traditsiya-nashej-semi.

Reserve squad

Uralan's reserve squad played professionally as FC Uralan-d Elista in the Russian Third League in 1994–1996.

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose names are listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Uralan/FC Elista. ;Kalmykia

• Kalmykia Russia Mingiyan Beveyev ;Russia
• USSR CIS Ukraine Russia Akhrik Tsveiba
• Russia Daur Akhvlediani
• Russia Maksim Bokov
• Russia Igor Chugainov
• Russia Aleksandr Filimonov
• Russia Denis Kolodin
• Russia Andrei Kondrashov
• Russia Oleg Kuzmin
• Russia Alexey Smertin
• Russia Oleg Veretennikov

;Former USSR countries

• Azerbaijan Samir Aliyev
• Armenia Garnik Avalyan
• Armenia Tigran Petrosyan
• Armenia Arthur Voskanyan
• Belarus Vital Bulyga
• Belarus Vyacheslav Geraschenko
• Belarus Vital Lanko
• Belarus Alyaksandar Lukhvich
• Belarus Aliaksandr Oreshnikov
• Belarus Vadim Skripchenko
• Belarus Yuri Shukanov
• Estonia Mark Švets
• Georgia Valeri Abramidze
• Georgia Giorgi Davitnidze
• Georgia Vasil Gigiadze
• Georgia Sevasti Todua
• Kazakhstan Vitaliy Abramov
• Kazakhstan Yuri Aksenov
• Kazakhstan Dmitriy Lyapkin
• Latvia Valērijs Ivanovs
• Latvia Aleksandrs Jelisejevs
• Lithuania Vidas Dancenka
• Lithuania Saulius Mikalajūnas
• Moldova Vasile Coşelev
• Moldova Vitalie Maevici
• Moldova Radu Rebeja
• Tajikistan Arsen Avakov
• Ukraine Andriy Annenkov
• Ukraine Oleksiy Antyukhyn
• Ukraine Yuriy Hrytsyna
• Ukraine Oleksandr Kyryukhin
• Ukraine Pavlo Shkapenko
• Ukraine Artem Yashkin
• Ukraine Russia Sergei Kormiltsev
• Uzbekistan Sergey Lushan
• Uzbekistan Aleksandr Sayun

;South America

• Uruguay Víctor López
• Venezuela Fernando Martínez

References

References

1. [http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?89728 Nine Elista players fielded in Bryansk] {{webarchive. link. (2 March 2005 , Pavel Orlov, ''[[Sport-Express]]'', 26 July 2004 {{in lang). ru
2. [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rus05.html Russia 2005], [[RSSSF]]