FC Elista was a football

Football (soccer)

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 club based in Elista

Elista

-Twin towns/sister cities:Elista is twinned with the following sister cities. Howell, New Jersey, United States Lhasa, Tibet, China. Ulan-Ude, Buryat Republic, Russia-See also:*Geden Sheddup Choikorling Monastery*Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume-External links:...

, Kalmykia

Kalmykia

The Republic of Kalmykia is a federal subject of Russia . Population: It is the only Buddhist region in Europe. It has also become well-known as an international chess mecca because its former President, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, is the head of the International Chess Federation .-Geography:*Area:...

, Russia

Russia

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. The club played in the South zone of the Russian Second Division

Russian Second Division

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 and withdrew from the league after Round 19.

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

Russian Second Division

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 allowed Elista to move one level up. In 2006 FC Elista withdrew from the competition after 19 rounds.

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

Kalmyk language

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. 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 have won the tournament in 1997 and were promoted to the Top Division

Russian Premier League

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. Their best result was a seventh position in 1998. Uralan were relegated after finishing last in 2000, but won promotion back at the first time of asking. They have spent another two seasons at the top level before being relegated in 2003.

In 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 has been 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

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov

Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov is a Kalmyk multi-millionaire businessman and politician. He was the President of the Republic of Kalmykia in the Russian Federation from 1993 to 2010, and he has been the President of FIDE , the world's pre-eminent international chess organization, since 1995...

 was the 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.

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 name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Uralan/FC Elista.
USSR/Russia       Akhrik Tsveiba

Akhrik Tsveiba

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 Maksim Bokov

Maksim Bokov

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 Igor Chugainov

Igor Chugainov

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Aleksandr Filimonov

Aleksandr Filimonov

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Denis Kolodin

Denis Kolodin

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 Andrei Kondrashov

Andrei Kondrashov

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 Alexey Smertin

Alexey Smertin

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Oleg Veretennikov

Oleg Veretennikov

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Armenia Garnik Avalyan

Garnik Avalyan

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 Tigran Petrosyan

Tigran Petrosyan (footballer)

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 Arthur Voskanyan

Arthur Voskanyan

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Former USSR countries Samir Aliyev Vital Bulyha Vyacheslav Geraschenko

Vyacheslav Geraschenko

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Vitali Lanko

Vitali Lanko

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 Alyaksandar Lukhvich

Alyaksandar Lukhvich

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 Aliaksandr Oreshnikov

Aliaksandr Oreshnikov

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 Vadim Skripchenko

Vadim Skripchenko

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 Yuri Shukanov

Yuri Shukanov

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 Mark Švets

Mark Švets

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 Valeri Abramidze

Valeri Abramidze

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Giorgi Davitnidze

Giorgi Davitnidze

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 Vasil Gigiadze

Vasil Gigiadze

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 Sevasti Todua

Sevasti Todua

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 Vitali Abramov

Vitali Abramov

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Yuri Aksenov

Yuri Aksenov

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 Dmitriy Lyapkin

Dmitriy Lyapkin

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 Valērijs Ivanovs

Valerijs Ivanovs

Valērijs Ivanovs is a former football midfielder from Latvia. He played 69 international matches and scored 1 goal for the Latvia national team between 1992 and 2001. His clubs include FC Skonto , Helsingborgs IF, Uralan Elista, Shinnik Yaroslavl and Volgar GazProm Astrakhan.-Honours:* Baltic...

Aleksandrs Jelisejevs

Aleksandrs Jelisejevs

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Vidas Dancenka

Vidas Dančenka

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Saulius Mikalajūnas

Saulius Mikalajūnas

Saulius Mikalajūnas is a retired Lithuanian international football midfielder. He obtained a total number of 42 caps for the Lithuania national football team, scoring one goal. His last club was FK Atlantas. He also played in Russia during his professional career.-Honours:* Baltic Cup** 1994* A...

Vasile Coselev Vitalie Maevici Radu Rebeja

Radu Rebeja

Radu Rebeja is a retired Moldovan football defensive midfielder or centre-back. He has been capped many times for Moldova and was the captain of FC Moscow. He joined FC Moscow in 2004. Before that he played for Saturn Ramenskoye , Uralan Elista and Zimbru Chisinau . He finished his football...

Arsen Avakov

Arsen Avakov

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 Andriy Annenkov

Andriy Annenkov

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 Oleksiy Antyukhyn Yuriy Hrytsyna

Yuriy Hrytsyna

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 Oleksandr Kyryukhin

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 Pavlo Shkapenko

Pavlo Shkapenko

Pavlo Leonidovych Shkapenko is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1990 for FC Metalurh Zaporizhya.-Honours:* Ukrainian Premier League champion: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997....

 Artem Yashkin

Artem Yashkin

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   Sergei Kormiltsev

Sergei Kormiltsev

Sergei Gennadyevich Kormiltsev is a Russian and Ukrainian football coach and a former player. He last worked as an assistant manager with FC Dynamo Barnaul.-Honours:* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 1999, 2000....

Sergey Lushan

Sergey Lushan

Sergey Ivanovich Lushan is a Russian-Uzbekistani professional football defender who currently plays for FC Bunyodkor in the Uzbek League....

 Aleksandr Sayun

Aleksandr Sayun

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West Europe Alessandro Dal Canto

Alessandro Dal Canto

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 Dario Passoni

Dario Passoni

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South America Víctor López

Víctor López

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 Fernando Martínez

Fernando Martínez (footballer)

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External links

• Hoe FC Uralan schaakmat werd gezet (in Dutch).