Akademiya (Russian: "Академия") was a Russian association football club from Tolyatti, Russia. The club was founded in 1991 as a result of the merger between Energiya (Энергия) and Lada-Simbirsk (Лада-Симбирск). Before the 2010 season, two teams from Tolyatti, FC Togliatti and FC Lada Togliatti, were excluded from the professional leagues, with FC Akademiya representing Tolyatti at the time.
| Full name | Football Club Akademiya Tolyatti | ||
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| Founded | 1991 | ||
| Ground | Torpedo Stadium, Tolyatti | ||
| Capacity | 18 000 | ||
| Chairman | Dmitri Gerasimov | ||
| Manager | Yuri Elchev | ||
| League | Russian Amateur Football League | ||
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History
editIt was founded in 1991 under the name "Lada". In 1997-1998 it was renamed "Lada-Grad", in 1999 — "Lada-Simbirsk". In 2000, the club was merged with the Energia Ulyanovsk team under the name Lada-Energia. In 2003-2007, it was called "Lada-SOK" and "Krylia Sovetov-SOK". After the 2007 season, the players and coaching staff moved to the newly formed FC Tolyatti, and in early 2010 there was a merger with FC Tolyatti, and the team finally moved to the Samara region. All football players of FC Akademiya were trained at the football center Konoplyov football academy.[1]
Until 2010, the team represented Dimitrovgrad. In 2013, the club and the Konoplev Academy became part of the Samara "Krylia Sovetov Samara".[2] In 2015, the club was merged with the youth team of FC Lada-Tolyatti, and given a new name "Academy-Lada-M". Since the 2015 season, the club has been playing in the third division of the MFS Privolzhye.[3]
Former names
edit- Lada Dimitrovgrad (Russian: Лада) (1991 – June 1997)
- Lada-Grad Dimitrovgrad (Russian: Лада-Град) (June 1997 – 1998)
- Lada-Simbirsk Dimitrovgrad (Russian: Лада-Симбирск) (1999)
- Lada-Energiya Dimitrovgrad (Russian: Лада-Энергия) (2000 – 2002)
- Lada-SOK Dimitrovgrad (Russian: Лада-СОК) (2003 – 2005)
- Krylia Sovetov-SOK Dimitrovgrad (Russian: Крылья Советов-СОК) (2006–2007)
- Akademiya Dimitrovgrad (Russian: Академия) (2008–2009)
- Akademiya Tolyatti (Russian: Академия) (2009–2013)
- Akademiya-Lada-M (Russian: Академия-Лада-М) (2015–2018)
- Akademiya (Russian: Академия) (2018–)
In early 2008, most of the players and coaches from the 2007 Krylya Sovetov-SOK roster moved to a new club, FC Togliatti. That club formally was from Tolyatti, but played in Dimitrovgrad on the same field as FC Akademiya.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Как в провинциальной академии вырастили звезд сборной России".
- ^ Бабешкин, Андрей (2013-06-04). "Академия имени Коноплева войдет в структуру "Крыльев Советов"". Волга Ньюс. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
- ^ "Академия Коноплева - Туры и экскурсии по Самарской области" (in Russian). 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
External links
edit- Official website (in Russian)
- Statistics at klisf.info (in English)