FC Spartak Vladikavkaz
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FC Alania Vladikavkaz is a Russia
n football
club based in Vladikavkaz
(formerly Ordzhonikidze), North Ossetia-Alania
. In 2010, it replaced FC Moscow (who dropped out for financial reasons) in the Russian Premier League
, but was relegated back after one season on the top level.
. This had been their second and last season in the STL; before that the only other season they competed in the top Soviet division was in 1970
.
Their most successful season was 1995 when they managed to grab the Russian Premier League
champions title, after several years of Spartak Moscow
domination having previously won a silver medal for the second place in 1992 and 1996. However in the qualification stages of the UEFA Champions League
Alania lost 10-3 on aggregate to Rangers F.C.
.
However, after departure of manager Valery Gazzaev
and several players from the club, Alania weren't able to get anywhere near the trophy again, finishing at the bottom half of the table.
Previously, the club was known as Spartak Ordzhonikidze (1937–1990), Spartak Vladikavkaz (1990–1994 and 2006), Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz (1995–1996 and 2003–2006), Alania Vladikavkaz (1997–2003 and since 2007).
In season 2005
Alania was relegated from Russian Premier League
after 15 seasons of top flight football.
On 14 February 2006 Alania and another First Division club, Lokomotiv Chita, were denied professional licences by Professional Football League and excluded from professional football for juridicial irregularities.http://news.sport-express.ru/online/ntext/12/nl122681.html On 22 February PFL decided to replace Alania and Lokomotiv with Lada Togliatti
and Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
, the runners-up in the Second Division
.http://www.pfl.ru/DESIGN.2001/0206.HTM The Russian Football Union did not endorse the exclusion and on 28 February decided to keep Alania and Lokomotiv in the First Division, giving them another chance to fulfill the league requirements.http://www.sovsport.ru/news/default.asp?id=215785 Consequently, on 6 March PFL decided to extend the First Division from 22 to 24 clubs, including Alania, Lokomotiv, Lada, and Mashuk-KMV.http://news.sport-express.ru/online/ntext/12/nl125799.html
However, on 20 March the Russian Football Union finally decided to exclude Alania and Lokomotiv from the league. This decision was announced by the Professional Football League on 21 March, five days before the start of the First Division.http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?118571
Alania underwent reorganization, were renamed Spartak Vladikavkaz and on 4 April were admitted into the Russian Second Division
, South zone.
After finishing first in the South Zone of 2nd division in the 2006 the team was promoted to Russian First Division and again renamed to Alania.
In 2009, Alania achieved 3rd place in the Russian First Division, just below the nominal promotion places. However, due to FC Moscow being expelled from the Russian Premier League, Alania were chosen to take their place. Their season back in the top flight was not successful and only Sibir Novosibirsk
finished below them, thus going back to the First Division; despite the subsequent withdrawal of Amkar Perm
and Saturn Moscow Oblast
, Alania was refused a reprieve by the RPL.
In the spring of 2011, Alania qualified for the final of the 2010–11 Russian Cup
, where it will meet PFC CSKA Moscow. CSKA already qualified for the UEFA Champions League spot, and therefore Alania secured a spot in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League
regardless of the final result. That is the second occasion in Russian soccer history when a second-level division team qualified for European competition (the first one was FC Terek Grozny
). Alania achieved a rare feat of reaching the cup final without scoring a single regular-time goal. On three occasions they won a penalty shootout after playing the game with a score of 0-0 and once they received a bye
after their opponent team went bankrupt.
Soviet Union
Russia
in 1998). In 2011 it entered the Russian Second Division
once again as FC Alania-d Vladikavkaz
.
Aleksandr Bubnov
Valery Gazzaev
Aleksandr Novikov
Sergei Gorlukovich
Ivan Hetsko
Stanislav Cherchesov
Vasili Kulkov
Oleg Sergeyev
Akhrik Tsveiba
Viktor Onopko
Omari Tetradze
Kakhaber Tskhadadze
Viktor Bulatov
Yuri Drozdov
Vladimir Gabulov
Anatoli Kanishchev
Lyubomir Kantonistov
Zaur Khapov
Yuri Kovtun Alan Kusov
Vladimir Lebed
Veniamin Mandrykin
Artur Pagayev
Ruslan Pimenov
Bakhva Tedeyev
Igor Yanovskiy
Elvin Beqiri
Francisco Zuela
Ara Hakobyan Albert Sarkisyan
Arif Asadov
Ruslan İdiqov
Dmitriy Kramarenko
Emin Quliyev Nazim Suleymanov
Yuri Afanasenko Vasili Baranov
Alyaksandr Chayka
Vladimir Korytko
Konstantin Kovalenko
Mikhail Markhel
Sergei Shtanyuk
Uladzimir Shuneyka Ihar Tarlowski
Vladan Grujić
Zajko Zeba
Ivan Ivanov
Ivan Stoyanov
Ibrahim Gnanou
Erich Brabec
Rodolfo Zelaya
Mikheil Ashvetia
Vladimir Burduli
David Chaladze
Davit Chichveishvili
Gia Chkhaidze
Vitaly Daraselia
Giorgi Demetradze Giorgi Gakhokidze
Soso Grishikashvili
Gocha Jamarauli
Jaba Kankava
Mikhail Kavelashvili
Levan Kobiashvili
Dato Kvirkvelia
Zurab Menteshashvili
Mikheil Potskhveria Zaza Revishvili
Giorgi Shashiashvili Murtaz Shelia
Levan Silagadze
Mamuka Tsereteli
Igor Avdeev
Oleg Kornienko
Peter Neustädter
Sergey Timofeev
Oļegs Blagonadeždins
Aleksandrs Isakovs
Mihails Miholaps
Nerijus Barasa
Darius Maciulevičius
Eimantas Poderis
Darius Sanajevas
Darius Žutautas
Raimondas Žutautas
Vladimir Cosse Serghei Dadu
Vladislav Lungu
Vitalie Maevici Serghei Paşcenco
Gheorghe Stratulat
Alexandru Suharev Khalid Fouhami
Justice Christopher
Sani Kaita
Isaac Okoronkwo
Alberto Blanco
Cristian Tudor
Iulian Tameş
Gheorghe Florescu
Kébé Baye
Marek Hollý
Igor Cherevchenko
Rahmatullo Fuzailov
Georgi Takhokhov
Abdoul-Gafar Mamah Ilya Blyzniuk
Yuri Moroz Vyacheslav Sviderskiy
Serhiy Symonenko
Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov
Marat Bikmaev Pavel Bugalo
Gennadi Denisov
Davranjon Faiziev
Andrei Fyodorov
Mirjalol Qosimov Igor Shkvyrin
Leopoldo Jiménez
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...
n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club based in Vladikavkaz
Vladikavkaz
-Notable structures:In Vladikavkaz, there is a guyed TV mast, tall, built in 1961, which has six crossbars with gangways in two levels running from the mast structure to the guys.-Twin towns/sister cities:...
(formerly Ordzhonikidze), North Ossetia-Alania
North Ossetia-Alania
The Republic of North Ossetia–Alania is a federal subject of Russia . Its population according to the 2010 Census was 712,877.-Name:...
. In 2010, it replaced FC Moscow (who dropped out for financial reasons) in the Russian Premier League
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition...
, but was relegated back after one season on the top level.
History
By the collapse of the Soviet Union, Spartak Vladikavkaz were the only non-Muscovite Russian club competing in the old Soviet Top LeagueSoviet Top League
The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...
. This had been their second and last season in the STL; before that the only other season they competed in the top Soviet division was in 1970
1970 Soviet Top League
-League standings:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points-Top scorers:17 goals* Givi Nodia 15 goals* Boris Kopeikin...
.
Their most successful season was 1995 when they managed to grab the Russian Premier League
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition...
champions title, after several years of Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
domination having previously won a silver medal for the second place in 1992 and 1996. However in the qualification stages of the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
Alania lost 10-3 on aggregate to Rangers F.C.
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
.
However, after departure of manager Valery Gazzaev
Valery Gazzaev
Valery Georgievich Gazzaev is a Russian football manager and former footballer who is currently the president of FC Alania Vladikavkaz. As a Soviet footballer he played the position of a striker enjoying successes with his team FC Dynamo Moscow as well as the USSR national football team in the...
and several players from the club, Alania weren't able to get anywhere near the trophy again, finishing at the bottom half of the table.
Previously, the club was known as Spartak Ordzhonikidze (1937–1990), Spartak Vladikavkaz (1990–1994 and 2006), Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz (1995–1996 and 2003–2006), Alania Vladikavkaz (1997–2003 and since 2007).
In season 2005
2005 in Russian football
2005 was marked by a greatest success in the Russian club football so far, as CSKA Moscow won the UEFA Cup. Later, CSKA completed the treble, winning the Russian Cup and the Russian Premier League title...
Alania was relegated from Russian Premier League
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition...
after 15 seasons of top flight football.
On 14 February 2006 Alania and another First Division club, Lokomotiv Chita, were denied professional licences by Professional Football League and excluded from professional football for juridicial irregularities.http://news.sport-express.ru/online/ntext/12/nl122681.html On 22 February PFL decided to replace Alania and Lokomotiv with Lada Togliatti
FC Lada Togliatti
FC Lada Tolyatti was a Russian football club based in Tolyatti. In March 2010, the club was excluded from the Second Division, along with another Toylatti team, FC Togliatti, with Tolyatti now represented by FC Akademiya Togliatti.-History:...
and Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk are a Russian football club based in Pyatigorsk.In 2008, the club has been relegated to the Russian Second Division.-History:The history of Mashuk-KMV dates back to the 1920s and the team named Dynamo...
, the runners-up in the 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....
.http://www.pfl.ru/DESIGN.2001/0206.HTM The Russian Football Union did not endorse the exclusion and on 28 February decided to keep Alania and Lokomotiv in the First Division, giving them another chance to fulfill the league requirements.http://www.sovsport.ru/news/default.asp?id=215785 Consequently, on 6 March PFL decided to extend the First Division from 22 to 24 clubs, including Alania, Lokomotiv, Lada, and Mashuk-KMV.http://news.sport-express.ru/online/ntext/12/nl125799.html
However, on 20 March the Russian Football Union finally decided to exclude Alania and Lokomotiv from the league. This decision was announced by the Professional Football League on 21 March, five days before the start of the First Division.http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?118571
Alania underwent reorganization, were renamed Spartak Vladikavkaz and on 4 April were admitted into 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....
, South zone.
After finishing first in the South Zone of 2nd division in the 2006 the team was promoted to Russian First Division and again renamed to Alania.
In 2009, Alania achieved 3rd place in the Russian First Division, just below the nominal promotion places. However, due to FC Moscow being expelled from the Russian Premier League, Alania were chosen to take their place. Their season back in the top flight was not successful and only Sibir Novosibirsk
FC Sibir Novosibirsk
FC Sibir Novosibirsk is a Russian association football club based in Novosibirsk. The club plays at the Spartak Stadium. As a result of their first-ever season in the Russian Premier League in 2010, FC Sibir has been relegated to play the next season in Russian First Division.-History:The club was...
finished below them, thus going back to the First Division; despite the subsequent withdrawal of Amkar Perm
FC Amkar Perm
FC Amkar Perm is a professional football club playing in Russian Premier League.They are based in the city of Perm and are the easternmost football club in Europe playing in top national competition...
and Saturn Moscow Oblast
FC Saturn Moscow Oblast
FC Saturn Ramenskoye was a Russian football club, based in the Moscow suburb of Ramenskoye. It is also known as FC Saturn Moscow Region . The club was founded in 1946...
, Alania was refused a reprieve by the RPL.
In the spring of 2011, Alania qualified for the final of the 2010–11 Russian Cup
2010–11 Russian Cup
The Russian Cup 2010–11 was the nineteenth season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The competition started on April 14, 2010 and ended with the Final on May 22, 2011 at Shinnik Stadium in Yaroslavl, won by CSKA Moscow 2–1 over Alania Vladikavkaz...
, where it will meet PFC CSKA Moscow. CSKA already qualified for the UEFA Champions League spot, and therefore Alania secured a spot in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League
2011–12 UEFA Europa League
The 2011–12 UEFA Europa League is the third season of the competition since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup. It began on 30 June 2011 with the first legs of the first qualifying round, and will end on 9 May 2012 with the final to be held at Stadionul Național in Bucharest, Romania...
regardless of the final result. That is the second occasion in Russian soccer history when a second-level division team qualified for European competition (the first one was FC Terek Grozny
FC Terek Grozny
FC Terek Grozny is a Russian football club, currently playing in the Russian Premier League....
). Alania achieved a rare feat of reaching the cup final without scoring a single regular-time goal. On three occasions they won a penalty shootout after playing the game with a score of 0-0 and once they received a bye
Bye (sports)
A bye, in sports and other competitive activities, most commonly refers to the practice of allowing a player or team to advance to the next round of a playoff tournament without playing...
after their opponent team went bankrupt.
FC Alania in Europe
- Q = Qualifyimg
- PO = Play-Off
Season Competition Round Country Club Score 1993-94 UEFA Cup UEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...1 Borussia Dortmund Borussia DortmundBallspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...0-0, 0-1 1995-96 UEFA Cup 1995-96The UEFA Cup 1995-96 was won by Bayern Munich on aggregate over Bordeaux. Girondins de Bordeaux went to the finals all the way from the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1995....UEFA Cup 1 Liverpool FC 1-2, 0-0 1996-97 UEFA Champions League 1996-97The 1996–97 UEFA Champions League was the 42nd edition of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the fifth since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League, and the last involving only clubs that were champions of their domestic leagues. The tournament was won by Borussia Dortmund in a...Champions League UEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...Q Rangers F.C. Rangers F.C.Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...1-3, 2-7 1996-97 UEFA Cup 1996-97The UEFA Cup 1996-97 was won by Schalke 04 in penalties over Internazionale.This was the last year in which the UEFA Cup Final was played in a two-legged, home-and-away format...UEFA Cup 1 RSC Anderlecht 2-1, 0-4 1997-98 UEFA Cup 1997-98The UEFA Cup 1997–98 was won by Internazionale comfortably in an all-Italian final against Lazio. It was their third title in eight years in the competition....UEFA Cup UEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...Q2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2-1, 4-1 1 MTK Hungária FC MTK Hungária FCMTK Budapest FC or just MTK is a football club from Budapest, Hungary. The team plays in the second division of the Hungarian League. The club's colours are blue and white. As one of the most successful Hungarian football clubs, MTK has won the Hungarian League 23 times and the Hungarian Cup 12...0-3, 1-1 2000-01 UEFA Cup 2000-01In perhaps the most bizarre European final ever, the 2000–01 UEFA Cup was won by Liverpool in a dramatic golden goal final against Deportivo Alavés for their third title in the competition. It completed a unique cup treble for the club, as they also won the FA Cup and the League Cup that season...UEFA Cup 1 Amica Wronki Amica WronkiAmica Wronki was a Polish football club based in Wronki, Poland.The history of SSA Amica Sport goes back to 1992 when the Amica company wanted to sponsor a football team in the town of Wronki where their factory was located. The company's increasing profits gave the new team tremendous financial...0-3, 0-2 2011-12 UEFA Europa League Q3 FC Aktobe FC AktobeFC Aktobe are a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Aktobe. Current members and four-time champions of the Kazakhstani Premier League, they also won the country's second level league – First Division – in 2000.-Name history:...1-1, 1-1 (4-2 p.) PO Besiktas JK 0-3, 2-0
Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup , was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union.-Finals:-Performance by club:-Performance by republic:-References:*, rsssf.com. Accessed on 16 May 2006.... |
Europe | Top Scorer (League) | |
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1960 | 2nd, RSFSR-3 Soviet First League The Soviet First League was the second highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Top League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
14 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 68 | 10 | ||||
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1961 | 2nd, RSFSR-4 Soviet First League The Soviet First League was the second highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Top League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
10 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 57 | 18 | 1/64 | - | ||
1962 | 2nd, RSFSR-3 Soviet First League The Soviet First League was the second highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Top League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
8 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 36 | 26 | 1/128 | - | ||
1963 | 3rd, RSFSR-3 Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
7 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 39 | 32 | 1/512 | - | ||
1964 | 3rd, RSFSR-4 Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
4 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 35 | 39 | 1/512 | - | ||
3rd, RSFSR-final Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | |||||
1965 | 3rd, RSFSR-4 Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
9 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 54 | 43 | 39 | ||||
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1966 | 1 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 80 | 40 | 53 | 1/32 | - | |||
3rd, RSFSR-final Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | |||||
1967 | 2nd, group 1 Soviet First League The Soviet First League was the second highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Top League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
16 | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 45 | 31 | 1/32 | - | ||
1968 | 2nd, group 3 Soviet First League The Soviet First League was the second highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Top League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
2 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 53 | 29 | 50 | 1/64 | - | Kaishauri - 18 | |
1969 | 2nd, group 1 Soviet First League The Soviet First League was the second highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Top League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
1 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 60 | 25 | 60 | 1/64 | - | Papelishvili - 16 | |
2nd, final Soviet First League The Soviet First League was the second highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Top League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||||
1970 | Top League Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons... |
17 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 22 | 1/16 | - | Kaishauri - 8 | |
1971 | 2nd Soviet First League The Soviet First League was the second highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Top League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
5 | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 57 | 45 | 1/16 | - | Zazroev - 11 | |
1972 | 9 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 49 | 50 | 38 | 1/16 | - | Kaishauri - 18 | ||
1973 | 17 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 44 | 30 | 1/16 | - | Kaishauri - 7 | ||
1974 | 17 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 45 | 67 | 34 | 1/32 | - | Kitaev - 17 | ||
1975 | 9 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 43 | 37 | 1/32 | - | V. Gazzaev Valery Gazzaev Valery Georgievich Gazzaev is a Russian football manager and former footballer who is currently the president of FC Alania Vladikavkaz. As a Soviet footballer he played the position of a striker enjoying successes with his team FC Dynamo Moscow as well as the USSR national football team in the... - 14 |
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1976 | 15 | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 40 | 50 | 36 | 1/32 | - | Kaishauri - 11 | ||
1977 | 15 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 45 | 33 | 1/32 | - | Khuadonov - 6 | ||
1978 | 18 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 28 | 1/16 | - | Khuadonov - 9 | ||
1979 | 13 | 46 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 49 | 44 | 45 | group stage | - | Suanov, Zazroev - 9 | ||
1980 | 15 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 43 | 50 | 43 | group stage | - | Khuadonov - 9 | ||
1981 | 21 | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 49 | 40 | group stage | - | Y. Gazzaev Yuri Gazzaev Yuri Farzunovich Gazzaev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently he manages FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet First League in 1978 for Spartak Ordzhonikidze.... - 10 |
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1982 | 3rd, zone 3 Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
1 | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 64 | 18 | 50 | - | - | Y. Gazzaev Yuri Gazzaev Yuri Farzunovich Gazzaev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently he manages FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet First League in 1978 for Spartak Ordzhonikidze.... - 23 |
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3rd, final-1 Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |||||
1983 | 3rd, zone 3 Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
1 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 69 | 23 | 48 | - | - | ||
3rd, final-2 Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||
1984 | 2nd Soviet First League The Soviet First League was the second highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Top League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.-Overview:... |
16 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 42 | 51 | 38 | 1/32 | - | Argudyaev - 13 | |
1985 | 16 | 38 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 49 | 52 | 38 | 1/16 | - | Ambalov - 12 | ||
1986 | 16 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 58 | 66 | 42 | 1/64 | - | Ploshnik - 16 | ||
1987 | 18 | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 46 | 36 | 1/64 | - | Gagloev - 8 | ||
1988 | 13 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 57 | 60 | 39 | 1/32 | - | Y. Gazzaev Yuri Gazzaev Yuri Farzunovich Gazzaev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently he manages FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet First League in 1978 for Spartak Ordzhonikidze.... - 10 |
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1989 | 17 | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 44 | 61 | 35 | 1/64 | - | Y. Gazzaev Yuri Gazzaev Yuri Farzunovich Gazzaev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently he manages FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet First League in 1978 for Spartak Ordzhonikidze.... - 10, Tskhovrebov Stanislav Tskhovrebov Stanislav Soslanovich Tskhovrebov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.Tskhovrebov spent one seasons in the Slovak top division with FC Nitra, appearing in eight league matches.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1992.... - 7 |
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1990 | 1 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 73 | 30 | 57 | 1/64 | - | Tedeev - 23 | ||
1991 | Top League Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons... |
11 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 41 | 26 | 1/64 | - | Suleymanov Nazim Suleymanov Nazim Suleymanov is a Soviet and Azerbaijani footballer best known as a striker for Alania Vladikavkaz in the 1990s. He is currently coach of AZAL PFC Baku.... - 13 |
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1992 1992 in Russian football 1992 was the first season Russia held its own national football competition since the breakup of the Soviet Union.-Club competitions:The teams participating came mostly from the Soviet Union leagues. New Top League had 20 teams, second-level First League had 3 zones and 52 teams in total and... |
RFPL Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition... |
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1993 1993 in Russian football 1993 was the second season Russia held its own national football competition since the breakup of the Soviet Union.-Club competitions:FC Spartak Moscow won the league for the second time in a row.For more details, see:*Russian Top League 1993... |
6 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 49 | 45 | 38 | 1/16 | - | Suleymanov Nazim Suleymanov Nazim Suleymanov is a Soviet and Azerbaijani footballer best known as a striker for Alania Vladikavkaz in the 1990s. He is currently coach of AZAL PFC Baku.... , Markhel Mikhail Markhel Mikhail Mikhailovich Markhel is a Belarusian professional football coach and former player.As player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for FC Dnepr Mogilyov. He played 2 games in the UEFA Cup 1993–94 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz... - 14 |
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1994 1994 in Russian football 1994 was the third season Russia held its own national football competition since the breakup of the Soviet Union.-Club competitions:FC Spartak Moscow won the league for the third time in a row.... |
5 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 34 | 33 | 1/2 | UC | R1 | Suleymanov Nazim Suleymanov Nazim Suleymanov is a Soviet and Azerbaijani footballer best known as a striker for Alania Vladikavkaz in the 1990s. He is currently coach of AZAL PFC Baku.... - 6 |
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1995 1995 in Russian football 1995 was the fourth season Russia held its own national football competition since the breakup of the Soviet Union.-Club competitions:FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz won the league for the first time ever.... |
1 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 21 | 71 | 1/2 | - | Kavelashvili Mikhail Kavelashvili Mikhail Kavelashvili is a Georgian former footballer.As with many leading Georgian players, Kavelahvili began his career with FC Dinamo Tbilisi, emerging from their youth system in 1989. A skillful striker, he soon established himself in the Dinamo side before earning a move to Russian club FC... - 12 |
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1996 1996 in Russian football 1996 in Russian football returned the fifth national title to Spartak Moscow, while the Russian Cup was taken by Lokomotiv Moscow.-Club competitions:FC Spartak Moscow won the title for the fourth time.For more details, see:*Russian Top League 1996... |
2 | 35 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 65 | 37 | 72 | 1/16 | UC UEFA Cup 1995-96 The UEFA Cup 1995-96 was won by Bayern Munich on aggregate over Bordeaux. Girondins de Bordeaux went to the finals all the way from the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1995.... |
R1 | Suleymanov Nazim Suleymanov Nazim Suleymanov is a Soviet and Azerbaijani footballer best known as a striker for Alania Vladikavkaz in the 1990s. He is currently coach of AZAL PFC Baku.... , Tedeev, Kasymov - 11 |
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1997 1997 in Russian football 1997 was the sixth season Russia held its own national football competition since the breakup of the Soviet Union.-Club competitions:FC Spartak Moscow won the title for the fifth time... |
10 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 52 | 42 | 46 | 1/8 | UC UEFA Cup 1996-97 The UEFA Cup 1996-97 was won by Schalke 04 in penalties over Internazionale.This was the last year in which the UEFA Cup Final was played in a two-legged, home-and-away format... |
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1998 1998 in Russian football -National team:Russia national football team began their qualification for the Euro 2000.-Leagues:The Russian league system underwent reorganization for the 1998 season. The "leagues" were renamed "divisions". The Second Division was extended to six zones with 16-22 teams , while the Third League... |
8 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 39 | 40 | 1/2 | UC UEFA Cup 1997-98 The UEFA Cup 1997–98 was won by Internazionale comfortably in an all-Italian final against Lazio. It was their third title in eight years in the competition.... |
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1999 1999 in Russian football 1999 in Russian football was marked by the national team's failure to qualify for the Euro 2000. Spartak Moscow won the league title, while Zenit were the victors of the Russian Cup.-National team:... |
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2000 2000 in Russian football 2000 in Russian football saw the eighth title for FC Spartak Moscow and the third Cup for FC Lokomotiv Moscow. The national team began qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.- National team :... |
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2001 2001 in Russian football 2001 in Russian football saw the ninth title for FC Spartak Moscow and the fourth Cup for FC Lokomotiv Moscow. The national team qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-National team:... |
11 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 47 | 32 | 1/16 | UC UEFA Cup 2000-01 In perhaps the most bizarre European final ever, the 2000–01 UEFA Cup was won by Liverpool in a dramatic golden goal final against Deportivo Alavés for their third title in the competition. It completed a unique cup treble for the club, as they also won the FA Cup and the League Cup that season... |
R1 | Paolo Emilio Paulo Emilio Borges Rocha Paulo Emilio Borges Rocha or simply Paulo Emilio is a retired Brazilian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1998 for FC Alania Vladikavkaz. He played 2 games in the UEFA Cup 2000–01 for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-References:... - 6 |
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2002 2002 in Russian football 2002 in Russian football was the first season of the Premier League, which was won by FC Lokomotiv Moscow... |
12 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 42 | 30 | 1/16 | - | Demetradze, D. Bazaev Jambulad Bazayev Jambulad Vasilyevich Bazayev is a Russian Ossetian football midfielder currently playing for FC Alania Vladikavkaz. He is the brother of Georgi Bazayev.-External links:* *... - 6 |
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2003 2003 in Russian football 2003 in Russian football saw the first title for PFC CSKA Moscow. Spartak Moscow, the Cup winners, had the worst league finish since 1976. The national team qualified for Euro 2004.-National team:Russia national football team qualified for the Euro 2004... |
13 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 43 | 31 | 1/16 | - | Mikholap Mihails Miholaps Mihails Miholaps is a former football striker from Latvia. His last club was Olimps/RFS in the Latvian Virsliga. Currently he is the manager of the team.... - 4 |
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2004 2004 in Russian football 2004 in Russian football was marked with Lokomotiv's second championship, Terek's cup victory, and national team playing at Euro 2004.-National team:... |
14 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 52 | 28 | 1/8 | - | G. Bazaev Georgi Bazayev Georgi Vasilyevich Bazayev |Georgia]]) is a Russian professional footballer. He plays for FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2001 for FC Alania Vladikavkaz. He is the brother of Jambulad Bazayev.-External links:... , C. Tudor Cristian Tudor Cristian Dorin Tudor is a former Romanian football striker.-External links:... - 5 |
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2005 2005 in Russian football 2005 was marked by a greatest success in the Russian club football so far, as CSKA Moscow won the UEFA Cup. Later, CSKA completed the treble, winning the Russian Cup and the Russian Premier League title... |
15 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 53 | 23 | 1/8 | - | D. Bazaev Jambulad Bazayev Jambulad Vasilyevich Bazayev is a Russian Ossetian football midfielder currently playing for FC Alania Vladikavkaz. He is the brother of Georgi Bazayev.-External links:* *... - 9 |
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2006 2006 in Russian football -National team:Russia played two friendly matches under the caretaker coach Aleksandr Borodyuk. On 1 March, they lost 0–1 to Brazil in Moscow, and on 27 May drew 0–0 with Spain in Albacete.... |
3rd, "South" 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.... |
1 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 81 | 20 | 84 | 1/16 | - | Dubrovin Stanislav Dubrovin Stanislav Vladimirovich Dubrovin is a Russian football player. Currently, he plays striker for FC Ufa.Dubrovin has played in the Russian First Division for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi, FC Alania Vladikavkaz and FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast.-Honours:... - 28 |
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2007 2007 in Russian football -National team:-Russian Cup 2007-08:... |
2nd | 12 | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 1/64 | - | Dubrovin Stanislav Dubrovin Stanislav Vladimirovich Dubrovin is a Russian football player. Currently, he plays striker for FC Ufa.Dubrovin has played in the Russian First Division for FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi, FC Alania Vladikavkaz and FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast.-Honours:... - 19 |
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2008 2008 in Russian football -Overview:*Russian Super Cup 2008 was held on 9 March at the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow. Zenit St. Petersburg won the trophy for the first time, beating Lokomotiv Moscow 2–1.*Russian Premier League 2008 started on 14 March.... |
10 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 50 | 41 | 59 | 1/32 | - | Dadu Serghei Dadu Serghei Dadu is a Moldovan footballer, who last played as a striker for Russian side Alania Vladikavkaz. He is also a member of Moldova national football team.... - 18 |
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2009 2009 in Russian football -Club competitions:FC Rubin Kazan won the league for the second time in a row.For more details, see:*2009 Russian Premier League*2009 Russian First Division*Russian Second Division 2009-Russian Cup 2008–09:-2009 Russian Super Cup:... |
3 | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 30 | 70 | 1/16 | - | Dadu Serghei Dadu Serghei Dadu is a Moldovan footballer, who last played as a striker for Russian side Alania Vladikavkaz. He is also a member of Moldova national football team.... - 12 |
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2010 2010 in Russian football -Club competitions:For more details, see:*2010 Russian Premier League*2010 Russian First Division*2010 Russian Second Division-2009–10 UEFA Champions League:CSKA Moscow took second place in the group stage and enters the knockout stage.... |
RFPL Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition... |
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Current squad
As of August 25, 2011, according to the official NFL website.Out on loan
Reserve squad
Alania's reserve squad played professionally as FC Spartak-d Vladikavkaz (Russian Third League in 1995), FC Alania-d Vladikavkaz (Russian Third League in 1997) and FC Alania-2 Vladikavkaz (Russian Second DivisionRussian 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....
in 1998). In 2011 it entered 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....
once again as FC Alania-d Vladikavkaz
FC Alania-d Vladikavkaz
FC Alania-d Vladikavkaz is a Russian football team from Vladikavkaz, founded in 2011. It is playing, as of 2011, in the Russian Second Division....
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2011 transfers
For recent transfers, see List of Russian football transfers winter 2010–11.Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Alania/Spartak.Aleksandr Bubnov
Aleksandr Bubnov
Aleksandr Viktorovich Bubnov is a former Russian footballer and a coach.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1976 , 1987, 1989.* Soviet Cup winner: 1977.* UEFA Under-23 champion: 1976.-International career:...
Valery Gazzaev
Valery Gazzaev
Valery Georgievich Gazzaev is a Russian football manager and former footballer who is currently the president of FC Alania Vladikavkaz. As a Soviet footballer he played the position of a striker enjoying successes with his team FC Dynamo Moscow as well as the USSR national football team in the...
Aleksandr Novikov
Aleksandr Novikov (footballer)
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Novikov is a retired Soviet and Russian football player and a current coach. Currently, he manages the reserves team of FC Dynamo Moscow.His son Kirill Novikov played football professionally as well....
Sergei Gorlukovich
Sergei Gorlukovich
Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich is an association footballer who played manager and former international player.-International career:In international football, Gorlukovich played at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, and also in Euro 1996. He made his debut for USSR on 19 October 1988 in a 1990...
Ivan Hetsko
Ivan Hetsko
Ivan Hetsko was a Ukrainian international football player who played 4 matches for the Ukraine national football team. His only goal happened to be the first goal of Ukraine. In 2002, he played for Ukrainian futsal club Signal Odessa....
Stanislav Cherchesov
Stanislav Cherchesov
Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov is a Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper for USSR and Russia. He currently manages FC Terek Grozny....
Vasili Kulkov
Vasili Kulkov
Vassily Sergeyevich Kulkov is a retired Russian footballer, and a current coach.Either a central defender or defensive midfielder, he was best known for his spells at Spartak Moscow and Benfica.-Club career:...
Oleg Sergeyev
Oleg Sergeyev
Oleg Vyacheslavovich Sergeyev is a retired Russian football player. Currently, he works as an assistant coach with FC Salyut Belgorod.-Honours:* Soviet Premier League winner: 1991.* Soviet Premier League runner-up: 1990....
Akhrik Tsveiba
Akhrik Tsveiba
Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba is a retired Soviet association footballer.-Career:...
Viktor Onopko
Viktor Onopko
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team...
Omari Tetradze
Omari Tetradze
Omari Mikhailovich Tetradze is a former football player of Georgian Greek descent who, during his playing career, represented Russia at international level.-Early life:...
Kakhaber Tskhadadze
Kakhaber Tskhadadze
Kakhaber Tskhadadze is a Georgian football coach and former player.-Career:His club career started in 1986 in Dinamo Tbilisi. He became known in Western Europe with German team Eintracht Frankfurt, who he joined in 1992. After a couple of successful seasons he gradually found himself struggling...
Viktor Bulatov
Viktor Bulatov
Viktor Gennadyevich Bulatov is a Russian football coach and a former Russian international footballer.Bulatov spent the prime years of his career at Spartak Moscow. Apart from Spartak, Bulatov played for various Russian clubs, including Torpedo Moscow, Terek Grozny, Alania Vladikavkaz and had two...
Yuri Drozdov
Yuri Drozdov
Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov is an association football coach and a former midfielder, who spent the majority of his playing career at Lokomotiv Moscow. Currently, he is an assistant manager with FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow. Before Lokomotiv, Drozdov used to play for their city rivals FC Dynamo Moscow...
Vladimir Gabulov
Vladimir Gabulov
Vladimir Borisovich Gabulov is an association footballer who played goalkeeper of Ossetian ethnicity currently playing for Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow on loan from Anzhi Makhachkala...
Anatoli Kanishchev
Anatoli Kanishchev
Anatoli Anatolyevich Kanishchev is a retired professional association footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1995 for FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1995, 1998, 1999....
Lyubomir Kantonistov
Lyubomir Kantonistov
Lyubomir Danilovich Kantonistov is an association football player. He plays midfield for FC Fakel Voronezh.He played with FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Kuban Krasnodar and FC Torpedo Moscow in the Russian Premier League, and with Olimpija Ljubljana in the Slovenian First League.-International...
Zaur Khapov
Zaur Khapov
Zaur Zalimbiyevich Khapov is a retired football goalkeeper who won two international caps for Russia in 1994.He was Alania Vladikavkaz's goalkeeper during their Russian league title-winning season of 1995...
Yuri Kovtun Alan Kusov
Alan Kusov
Alan Taimurazovich Kusov is an association football player. He plays for FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok. He missed 2006 and 2007 seasons due to undisclosed injury...
Vladimir Lebed
Vladimir Lebed
Vladimir Anatolyevich Lebed is a retired Russian football player.-International career:Lebed played in one game for Russia on 6 May 1995 in UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier against the Faroe Islands.-External links:*...
Veniamin Mandrykin
Veniamin Mandrykin
Veniamin Anatolyevich Mandrykin is a retired Russian professional football goalkeeper.- Career :Mandrykin trained at the youth academy at FC Alania Vladikavkaz and in 1997 turned professional aged seventeen....
Artur Pagayev
Artur Pagayev
Artur Sardionovich Pagayev is a retired association football player who played the bulk of his career for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....
Ruslan Pimenov
Ruslan Pimenov
Ruslan Valeryevich Pimenov is a Russian football player. He is a skilful winger who is fast, tricky and possesses good finishing....
Bakhva Tedeyev
Bakhva Tedeyev
Bakhva Otarovich Tedeyev is a retired Russian football player. He was the head coach of FC Alania Vladikavkaz in 2002, 2003 and 2005.-Honours:* Russian Premier League winner: 1995....
Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy
Igor Yanovskiy is a retired association football player.He played for a few clubs, including Alania Vladikavkaz, Paris Saint-Germain , CSKA Moscow, and LB Châteauroux ....
Elvin Beqiri
Elvin Beqiri
Elvin Beqiri is an Albanian footballer, currently playing for Khazar Lankaran and the Albanian national team. His former teams included Metalurh Donetsk, Alania Vladikavkaz, and...
Francisco Zuela
Francisco Zuela
Francisco Zuela is an Angolan/Portuguese footballer. He currently plays for Atromitos F.C. in the Greek Superleague.-Career:...
Ara Hakobyan Albert Sarkisyan
Albert Sarkisyan
Albert Sarkisyan is a retired Armenian football midfielder. Albert was a member of the Armenia national team, participated in 33 international matches and scored 3 goals since his debut in away 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Ukraine, on 5 May 1997.-National team...
Arif Asadov
Arif Asadov
Arif Gyulaga-ogly Asadov is a retired Azerbaijani professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for Neftchi Baku PFC.-Honours:* Azerbaijan Premier League champion: 1992, 1996....
Ruslan İdiqov
Ruslan İdiqov
Ruslan İdiqov is an Azerbaijani professional football coach and a former player of Chechen descent. He also holds Russian citizenship. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1984 for FC Terek Grozny.-Honours:...
Dmitriy Kramarenko
Dmitriy Kramarenko
Dmitriy Sergeyevich Kramarenko is an Azerbaijani football goalkeeper playing currently for FK Khazar Lenkoran. His father is the former long-time goalkeeper for PFC Neftchi Baku, Sergey Kramarenko. He also holds Russian citizenship.-National team...
Emin Quliyev Nazim Suleymanov
Nazim Suleymanov
Nazim Suleymanov is a Soviet and Azerbaijani footballer best known as a striker for Alania Vladikavkaz in the 1990s. He is currently coach of AZAL PFC Baku....
Yuri Afanasenko Vasili Baranov
Vasili Baranov
Vasili Vasilyevich Baranov is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Baltika Kaliningrad.-Honours:* Russian Premier League champion: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001....
Alyaksandr Chayka
Alyaksandr Chayka
Alyaksandr Leonidovich Chayka is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Belarusian Premier League in 1992 for FC Dnepr Mogilyov.-References:...
Vladimir Korytko
Vladimir Korytko
Uladzimir Mihailavich Karytska is a Belarusian footballer. In 2009 he signed a contract with Metalurh Donetsk. Vova has become a member of the Belarussian national side in 2002.-International goals:-External links:*...
Konstantin Kovalenko
Konstantin Kovalenko
Konstantin Valeryevich Kovalenko is a Belarusian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for FC Kuban Barannikovsky...
Mikhail Markhel
Mikhail Markhel
Mikhail Mikhailovich Markhel is a Belarusian professional football coach and former player.As player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1987 for FC Dnepr Mogilyov. He played 2 games in the UEFA Cup 1993–94 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz...
Sergei Shtanyuk
Sergei Shtanyuk
Syarhey Pyatrovich Shtanyuk also known as Sergei Shtanuk is a retired Belarusian footballer. He played in defence and was the captain for the Belarus national side....
Uladzimir Shuneyka Ihar Tarlowski
Ihar Tarlowski
Ihar Tarlowski is a Belarusian professional football coach and former player. He made his professional debut in the Belarusian Premier League in 1995 for FC Dinamo-93 Minsk.-References:...
Vladan Grujić
Vladan Grujic
Vladan Grujić is a Bosnian football midfielder who played for AEP Paphos.Vladan Grujić played for FK Borac Banja Luka and Serbian clubs FK Obilić and Red Star Belgrade. Since, Grujić has played for the German club 1. FC Köln before moving to Alania Vladikavkaz...
Zajko Zeba
Zajko Zeba
Zajko Zeba is a Bosnia and Herzegovina football player who currently plays for FK Željezničar.-Football career:...
Ivan Ivanov
Ivan Ivanov (footballer)
Ivan Ivanov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Serbian club FK Partizan Belgrade. He is a centre-back who started his career playing as a left-back.-Early career:...
Ivan Stoyanov
Ivan Stoyanov
Ivan Stoyanov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Ludogorets Razgrad. Stoyanov is a left/right winger. He is also the nephew of the famous Bulgarian football player Yordan Letchkov.-Sliven & Stuttgart:...
Ibrahim Gnanou
Ibrahim Gnanou
Ibrahim Gnanou is a Burkinabé football defender, he plays for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.- Career :Gnanou began his career with ASFA Yennega and was scouted from Sheriff Tiraspol in January 2005. He is a very good header and he scored 18 goals in 86 matches for Sheriff...
Erich Brabec
Erich Brabec
Erich Brabec is a Czech football player, currently playing for Sparta Prague.He has played in one international match for the Czech Republic in the 2000 Olympic Games....
Rodolfo Zelaya
Rodolfo Zelaya
Rodolfo Antonio Zelaya García is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Russian club Alania Vladikavkaz, and internationally for the El Salvador national team.-Club career:...
Mikheil Ashvetia
Mikheil Ashvetia
Mikheil Ashvetia is a Georgian footballer. He has played mostly in Georgia and Russia, except for a short spell at FC København in 2001-2002 and a recent spell in Germany with FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In Russia he has played for Alania Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rubin Kazan and FC Rostov...
Vladimir Burduli
Vladimir Burduli
Vladimir Burduli is a Georgian footballer who currently plays as a defender for FC Zorya Luhansk. He has been capped 21 times for the national team, scoring 2 goals.He left for Russian side FC Alania Vladikavkaz in 2005....
David Chaladze
David Chaladze
David Chaladze is a football striker from Georgia.-Honours:* Virsliga Top Scorer :* 1997* Russian First Division top scorer: 2002 .-References:...
Davit Chichveishvili
Davit Chichveishvili
Davit Chichveishvili is a Georgian professional football player. He currently plays for FK Standard Sumgayit.-External links:*...
Gia Chkhaidze
Gia Chkhaidze
Gia Chkhaidze is a Georgian footballer.Chkhaidze played twice for Georgia in 1999, once against Ukraine in a friendly and once against Slovenia in UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying.-References:...
Vitaly Daraselia
Vitaly Daraselia (footballer born 1978)
Vitaly Vitalijević Daraselia, or Vitali Daraselia Jr. is a Georgia footballer who plays for Lokomotivi Tbilisi.Daraselia Jr. is the son of Vitaly Daraselia, also a footballer....
Giorgi Demetradze Giorgi Gakhokidze
Giorgi Gakhokidze
Giorgi Gakhokidze is a former Georgian footballer. He played for clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Maccabi Haifa, FC Twente and Metalurh Donetsk...
Soso Grishikashvili
Soso Grishikashvili
Soso Grishikashvili is a Georgian goalkeeper, born in 1973. He has played for Russian club FC Alania Vladikavkaz and won Russian champion title in 1996. He also played for FK Ventspils, FK Baku, FC Dinamo Tbilisi. He has played for Georgia national football team and has won 10 caps, all in...
Gocha Jamarauli
Gocha Jamarauli
Gocha Jamarauli is a former Georgian football midfielder.He collected 62 caps and as of 2008 is the fourth most capped player in Georgia.-Career:...
Jaba Kankava
Jaba Kankava
Jaba Kankava is a Georgian footballer. He currently plays in midfield for FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in the Ukrainian Premier League, having previously played for Dinamo Tbilisi, Alania Vladikavkaz, and Arsenal Kyiv.-International career:...
Mikhail Kavelashvili
Mikhail Kavelashvili
Mikhail Kavelashvili is a Georgian former footballer.As with many leading Georgian players, Kavelahvili began his career with FC Dinamo Tbilisi, emerging from their youth system in 1989. A skillful striker, he soon established himself in the Dinamo side before earning a move to Russian club FC...
Levan Kobiashvili
Levan Kobiashvili
Levan Kobiashvili is a Georgian footballer who plays in midfield for Hertha BSC.-Career:His career began in his hometown with Awasa Tbilisi. Moving to play for Metalurg Rustavi, Dinamo Tbilisi and Alania Vladikavkaz he was transferred to SC Freiburg in 1998, where he was one of several Georgians...
Dato Kvirkvelia
Dato Kvirkvelia
Davit Kvirkvelia is a Georgian footballer. He plays currently for Panionios G.S.S. in the Super League Greece.Kvirkvelia left for FC Alania Vladikavkaz in February 2005and moved to FC Metalurh Zaporizhya in March 2006....
Zurab Menteshashvili
Zurab Menteshashvili
Zurab Menteshashvili is a football midfielder from Georgia. His current club is FC Barcelona.Menteshashvili previously played for FC Spartak Alania, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl in the Russian Premier League and FK Ventspils in Virsliga.-Playing career:...
Mikheil Potskhveria Zaza Revishvili
Zaza Revishvili
Zaza Revishvili is a retired Georgian professional football player.-Honours:* Umaglesi Liga champion: 1990, 1994, 1995.* Russian Premier League champion: 1995.* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1996....
Giorgi Shashiashvili Murtaz Shelia
Murtaz Shelia
Murtaz Shelia is a former football defender who was capped 29 times for Georgia between 1994 and 1998.His clubs included Dinamo Tbilisi, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz, Manchester City and Lokomotivi Tbilisi. With Dinamo Tbilisi, Shelia formed part of a Georgian league championship...
Levan Silagadze
Levan Silagadze
Levan Silagadze is a football defender from Georgia.From 1992 to 1997 he played for the Rustavi clubs Imedi, Azoti and Gorda. In 1997 he was bought by Latvian champion team Skonto FC, who had a Georgian coach Revaz Dzodzuashvili. As Dzodzuashvili left the club in 1999 the future of Silagadze...
Mamuka Tsereteli
Mamuka Tsereteli
Mamuka Tsereteli is a Georgian footballer.Tsereteli started his career at Georgian football giant Dinamo Tbilisi.He was National team under 21 captain many years. He played for Latvia, then in Russia. He also played two game in Belgium at the start of season...
Igor Avdeev
Igor Avdeev
Igor Gennadyevich Avdeev is a former Kazakhstani professional footballer. He last played for FC Lokomotiv Astana.-International career:Avdeev made 27 appearances and scored seven goals for the Kazakhstan national football team.-External links:...
Oleg Kornienko
Oleg Kornienko
Oleg Valeryevich Korniyenko is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1994 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz...
Peter Neustädter
Peter Neustädter
Peter Neustädter is a former football defender from Soviet Union and Kazakhstan .-Career:Neustädter has played for Zenit Leningrad, PFC CSKA Moscow, Iskra Smolensk, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Tavriya Simferopol, Kairat Almaty, Spartak Vladikavkaz, and Karlsruher SC in the German Bundesliga...
Sergey Timofeev
Sergey Timofeev
Sergey Anatolyevich Timofeev is a former Kazakh professional football player. Currently, he manages FC Mostovik-Primorye Ussuriysk.He played for Kairat Almaty in the Soviet Top League as well as FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Alania Vladikavkaz in the Russian Premier League.Timofeev made five appearances...
Oļegs Blagonadeždins
Olegs Blagonadeždins
Oļegs Blagonadeždins is a former football defender from Latvia. As of October 2005 he has played 70 international matches and scored 2 goals for the Latvia national team. He debuted in 1992 when the national team was founded, and played at the Euro 2004. He started his career in Pārdaugava, then...
Aleksandrs Isakovs
Aleksandrs Isakovs
Aleksandrs Isakovs is a former football defender from Latvia. He has played 58 international matches for the Latvia national team. He debuted in 1997, and played at the Euro 2004. He started his career in Dinaburg FC, and played for Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod, before joining Latvian champion team...
Mihails Miholaps
Mihails Miholaps
Mihails Miholaps is a former football striker from Latvia. His last club was Olimps/RFS in the Latvian Virsliga. Currently he is the manager of the team....
Nerijus Barasa
Nerijus Barasa
Nerijus Barasa is a former Lithuanian professional footballer. He played as a right-back or defensive midfielder.Barasa started his career with FBK Kaunas in 1994 before joining Atlantas Klaipėda the following season...
Darius Maciulevičius
Darius Maciulevičius
Darius Maciulevičius is a former Lithuanian footballer, who last played for Atlantis FC in the Finnish second tier Ykkönen.- Career :He has also represented clubs such as Alania Vladikavkaz, Hakoah Ramat Gan and FK Sūduva Marijampolė....
Eimantas Poderis
Eimantas Poderis
Eimantas Poderis is a Lithuanian football forward, who currently plays for FK Tauras Tauragė. He obtained a total number of 21 caps for the Lithuania national football team, scoring five goals. Poderis also played as a professional in Russia and Israel during his career.-Honours:National Team*...
Darius Sanajevas
Darius Sanajevas
Darius Sanajevas is a Lithuanian footballer, currently playing for FK Šilutė, he came 2008 from FBK Kaunas. Formerly played for Zalgiris Vilnius, Alania Vladikavkaz and Inkaras-Grifas Kaunas....
Darius Žutautas
Darius Žutautas
Darius Žutautas is a Lithuanian professional footballer who currently plays for Bergsøy IL. A Defender, he stands 1.91 m tall and weighs 87 kg.-Career:Žutautas is an active member of the Lithuanian national team...
Raimondas Žutautas
Raimondas Žutautas
Raimondas Žutautas is a former Lithuanian footballer and former Lithuanian national football team head coach.He is the only Lithuanian player to score two goals in the UEFA Champions League. In 2002 while playing for Maccabi Haifa, he scored a goal against Manchester United...
Vladimir Cosse Serghei Dadu
Serghei Dadu
Serghei Dadu is a Moldovan footballer, who last played as a striker for Russian side Alania Vladikavkaz. He is also a member of Moldova national football team....
Vladislav Lungu
Vladislav Lungu
Vladislav Lungu is a Moldovan professional footballer who last played for FC Nosta Novotroitsk in the Russian First Division.-Club career:...
Vitalie Maevici Serghei Paşcenco
Serghei Pascenco
Serghei Paşcenco is a Moldovan footballer. He last played for FC Gazovik Orenburg.He signed a three-year contract with North Ossetia-Alania side at the start of 2008 season....
Gheorghe Stratulat
Gheorghe Stratulat
Gheorghe Stratulat, born 13 March 1976 in Moldova) is a Moldovan retired football player. He is also a former member of the Moldova national football team, making 26 appearances from 1998 to 2001.At the moment he is FIFA Licensed Players Agent.-Early life:...
Alexandru Suharev Khalid Fouhami
Khalid Fouhami
Khalid Fouhami is a Moroccan footballer who plays for FUS de Rabat as a goalkeeper.During his extensive career, Fouhami played for WAC Casablanca, IR Tanger, Maghreb Fez and FUS de Rabat in Morocco, FC Dinamo Bucureşti in Romania, K.S.K. Beveren, Standard Liège and R.C.S. Visétois in Belgium,...
Justice Christopher
Justice Christopher
Justice Longs Christopher is a former Nigerian football player, who most recently played for the Danish club Herfølge Boldklub.- Career :...
Sani Kaita
Sani Kaita
Sani Haruna Kaita is a Nigerian footballer playing currently for Ukrainian Premier League team SC Tavriya Simferopol.-Club career:...
Isaac Okoronkwo
Isaac Okoronkwo
Isaac Okoronkwo is a professional football player who currently plays as a defender for FC Rostov in Russia.Okoronkwo started his career at FC Lagos before moving to the Nigerian topclub Julius Berger FC...
Alberto Blanco
Alberto Blanco
Luis Alberto Blanco is a Panamanian football midfielder who currentlys plays for Chorrillo F.C..He was a member of the Panama 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup team, who finished second in the tournament...
Cristian Tudor
Cristian Tudor
Cristian Dorin Tudor is a former Romanian football striker.-External links:...
Iulian Tameş
Iulian Tames
Iulian Tameş is a Romanian footballer who currently is under contract with Politehnica Timişoara. Tameş is a central offensive midfield.-Early career:...
Gheorghe Florescu
Gheorghe Florescu
George Florescu is a Romanian footballer who now plays for FC Arsenal Kyiv. He is one of the Romanian public's least favourite players, often being offered as an example for criticizing Răzvan Lucescu's uninspired selection policy...
Kébé Baye
Kébé Baye
Ali Ibrahim Kébé Baye , commonly known as Ibra Kébé, is a Senegalese footballer, currently playing for FC Anzhi Makhachkala.- Career :...
Marek Hollý
Marek Hollý
Marek Hollý is a retired Slovak professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1999 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-Honours:* Russian Premier League bronze: 1999....
Igor Cherevchenko
Igor Cherevchenko
Igor Cherevchenko is a retired football player who represented Tajikistan. He also holds Russian Citizenship.He is currently one of the coaching staff at Lokomotiv Moscow.-External links:****...
Rahmatullo Fuzailov
Rahmatullo Fuzailov
Rahmatullo Fuzailov is a Tajikistan footballer currently playing for Vakhsh Qurghonteppa as a defender.Started his professional career as player of Tajik and Uzbek clubs, in 2000 moved to FC Shinnik Yaroslavl from Russian First Division. After playing for 7 years in different Russian clubs, in...
Georgi Takhokhov
Georgi Takhokhov
Georgi Borisovich Takhokhov is a retired Tajikistani professional footballer.In 1992 he moved from Pamir Dushanbe to FC Spartak Vladikavkaz.-References:*...
Abdoul-Gafar Mamah Ilya Blyzniuk
Ilya Blyzniuk
Ilya Vladyslavovych Blyznyuk |football]] coach and a former goalkeeper.-External links:* at www.ukrainiansoccer.net...
Yuri Moroz Vyacheslav Sviderskiy
Vyacheslav Sviderskiy
Vyacheslav Mykhaylovych Sviderskyi is a professional Ukrainian football defender playing for Tavriya Simferopol. He was a part of Ukraine's 2006 World Cup Squad. He played 3 games in the World Cup, where he was booked for all three games...
Serhiy Symonenko
Serhiy Symonenko
Serhiy Symonenko is a Ukrainian footballer who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Arsenal Kyiv.Symonenko started his career in Russia with Torpedo Moscow and then Alania Vladikavkaz before joining Chornomorets Odessa in 2002...
Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov
Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov
Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov is an Uzbekistani football defender. He now plays for Xorazm FK Urganch.-International career:...
Marat Bikmaev Pavel Bugalo
Pavel Bugalo
-Club career:He was awarded the Uzbekistani Player of the Year title in 1996 and 1997, while playing for Pakhtakor . He later played in Russia with Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz and in Kazakhstan, where he became cup champion in 2002 with Zhenis Astana....
Gennadi Denisov
Gennadi Denisov
Gennadi Anatolyevich Denisov is a retired Uzbekistani professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1979 for FC Pakhtakor Tashkent. He played 2 games in the UEFA Cup 1993–94 for FC Spartak Vladikavkaz....
Davranjon Faiziev
Davranjon Faiziev
Davranjon Faiziev is an Uzbekistani football defender and midfielder.He got 23 caps and 2 goals for the national team between 1997 and 2001.-Clubs: Samarqand-Dinamo CSKA Moscow FC Alania Vladikavkaz Navbahor Namangan Nasaf Qarshi...
Andrei Fyodorov
Andrei Fyodorov
Andrei Vitalyevich Fyodorov or Fedorov is a retired football defender. Fyodorov is a former Uzbekistani international. He is a naturalized Russian citizen. As of 2009, he works as a head scout for FC Rubin Kazan.-Club career stats:Last update: 29 November 2008-External links:* at National...
Mirjalol Qosimov Igor Shkvyrin
Igor Shkvyrin
Igor Shkvyrin is a retired Uzbek professional footballer who played for several clubs in Europe and Asia and the Uzbekistan national football team.- Career :...
Leopoldo Jiménez
Leopoldo Jiménez
Leopoldo Rafael Jiménez is a Venezuelan football midfielder.-Career:Jiménez played club football for a number of professional clubs in both Venezuela and abroad, including Once Caldas in Colombia, Córdoba CF in Spain, FC Alania Vladikavkaz in Russia, Aris Limassol in Cyprus and lately in Carabobo...
Former coaches
- Oleg Romantsev
- Valeriy Gazzaev
- Valery Petrakov
- Rolland Courbis