FC Nizhny Novgorod
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FC Nizhny Novgorod is an association football club based in Nizhny Novgorod
, Russia
. Currently the club plays in the Russian First Division.
In December 2007 a new team formed from an amateur team playing in the regional championship.
The team entered the Amateur Football League and got promoted to the Russian Second Division
. The team entered Russian First Division for 2009 despite not qualifying in 2008 after several clubs ahead of them were unable to participate for financial reasons despite finishing 3rd in Zone Volga Region.
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Currently the club plays in the Russian First Division.
In December 2007 a new team formed from an amateur team playing in the regional championship.
The team entered the Amateur Football League and got promoted to the Russian Second Division
Russian Second Division
The Russian Second Division is the third level of Russian professional football.In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football League....
. The team entered Russian First Division for 2009 despite not qualifying in 2008 after several clubs ahead of them were unable to participate for financial reasons despite finishing 3rd in Zone Volga Region.