Ground Vanguard Stadium Chairman Sergei Ogarkov Founded 1935 | Ground Capacity 16,000 2015–16 1st Manager Maksim Shvetsov | |
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Full name Football Club Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure League Russian Professional Football League Profiles | ||
FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure (Russian: ФК «Смена» Комсомольск-на-Амуре) is a Russian football club from Komsomolsk-on-Amur, founded in 1935. It plays in the Russian Professional Football League. It played professionally in 1946, 1957–1970, 1978–1994 and from 2002 on. It reached the second-highest level (Soviet First League and Russian First Division) in 1957–1962 and 1992.
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They won their Russian Professional Football League zone East in the 2015–16 season, but will not participate in the second-tier 2016–17 Russian Football National League as they don't have necessary financing. Their main source of income is Khabarovsk Krai which already finances another FNL team FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk and doesn't have necessary expenses budgeted for a second FNL team.
Team name history
Current squad
As of 21 February 2017, according to the official PFL website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.