FC Tosno

Background

FC Tosno was officially registered in 2008 by Leonid Khomenko, the then director of 'FC Era'. In 2009, Tosno FC and another amateur club, 'Ruan', were merged. The name 'Ruan' was carried by the club till late 2013.

Foundation

The decision to found a professional club was taken in March 2013, with the support of the main sponsor of the club at the time, a holding company 'Fort Group', and the Regional Public Organization, 'FC Tosno'. Since 2013, FC Tosno represented the Leningrad Oblast in Russian competitions. In Tosno's first professional season, the club was declared to perform in the West Zone of the Russian Professional Football League. The home stadium of the club (Tosno Stadium) had to be altered to Stadion Kirovets due to a mismatch in criteria of the PFL minimal requirements. During the adaptation time, FC Tosno played their home matches at the Petrovskiy Stadium.

First official match for FC Tosno took place on 10 July 2013, where Tosno defeated FC Dynamo Vologda in 1/256 finals of the 2013–14 Russian Cup. The club had then had an 'unbeaten run' of 22 games (18 league games and 4 cup games), which ended on 27 October. On the next day, the contract with the FC Tosno's head coach, Viktor Demidov, had terminated. The rest of the games in the season were headed by the keepers' head coach, Kirill Gashichev.

2013-14 Russian Cup

After signing a contract with Ukrainian manager Oleh Leshchynskyi on 4 March 2014, FC Tosno have defeated FC Spartak Moscow in the 2013–14 Russian Cup Round of 16, with the only goal scored by Valentin Filatov on the 114th minute. It was the fourth time in Russian Cup's history, when a team from the Second Division had participated in the Russian Cup's Quarter-finals.

On 26 March 2014, 'Tosno' were eliminated from the cup in an away game against Krasnodar, which ended 3-0 to the hosts.

2013-14 PFL

On 15 May, Leshchynskyi was fired due to a conflict with the club's players, so Vyacheslav Matyushenko, the team's chairman, had to head the team. On 27 May, after a 1-0 win against FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo in PFL, FC Tosno had secured a place in the Russian National Football League of the upcoming season.

2014-15 FNL

Prior to the season's start, Tosno had signed a contract with a Bulgarian manager Nikolay Kostov. The first four games were headed by Kirill Gashichev, however, on 30 July Kostov had been officially included in the squad. Tosno had topped the league for the time of Nikolay Kostov's leadership, however, on 5 November the contract with Kostov had terminated and Kirill Gashichev had to head Tosno again. In 2014, under the leadership of Gashichev, the club had finished third with four wins and one loss.

On 4 December 2014, the club's new manager became Aleksandr Grigoryan, the ex-manager of FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.

On 28 February, after finishing last in the FNL Cup, Alexander Grigoryan retired from professional career due to family circumstances under mutual agreement. The newly appointed manager was Yevgeni Perevertailo, who led Tosno to finish third in the league. Tosno lost 1:5 on aggregate to Rostov in the play-offs.

Home stadium

In November, 2014, it was announced that FC Tosno are planning to build a new home stadium in Tosno. Its capacity will be over 10,000 seats and it will be completed before the start of the next season.

Timeline of head coaches

This is a timeline of all coaches of FC Tosno
Number represents the chronological order.

Honours

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Notable players

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