Mordovia Saransk

Mordovia Saransk
	Mordovia Saransk
Basic data
Surname	Futbolny Klub Mordovija Saransk
Seat	Saransk
founding	1961
president	Nikolai Lewin
Website	fc-mordovia.ru
First soccer team
Head coach	Marat Mustafin
Venue	Mordovia Arena , Saransk
Places	44,442
league	PFL
2019/20	▼ 20th place, Perwenstwo FNL
home	Away

The FK Mordowija Saransk ( Russian Футбольный Клуб Мордовия Саранск , Futbolny Klub Mordowija Saransk ) is a Russian football club from Saransk , the capital of the Republic of Mordovia . It was founded in 1961 and played in the 2012/13 season and from 2014 to 2016 in the Premjer League . The club plays its games in the Mordovia arena with 44,442 seats.

history

Name development

1961: Stroitel Saransk (May to August)
1961–1971: Spartak Saransk
1972–1979: Elektroswjet Saransk
1980–2003: Elektrotechnika Saransk (until January 2003)
2003–2004: Lisma-Mordowija Saransk
since 2005: Mordowija Saransk

Soviet Union

In the 1961 season, the team of today's Mordovia Saransk for the first time to the championships of the Soviet Union in class B in the fifth zone, then still as Stroitel . In August of the same season the name was changed to Spartak . The club played in the second zone for the next three years, then moved to the third, and played in the second again for three years after just one year. The 1969 season, the team played again in the third zone of class B and finished this in twelfth place. From 1970 to 1991 the team played in the third-rate Wtoraja League in different zones. An exception is the year 1988, in which the club only played in the amateur field.

The team took part in the Cup of the Soviet Union a total of 8 times, from 1961 / 62–1968, except 1965, and 1984/85. The best result was reaching the 1/64 finals in the last participation.

In the Cup of the Russian Soviet Republic , the club took part a total of 9 times in 1980, 81, 83-87, 90, 91. The team from Saransk was most successful in 1990 when they even made it to the semi-finals.

Russia

After the collapse of the Soviet Union , the club initially took part in the relay center of the first division (second highest division in the Russian football league system ) from 1992 and 1993 . Then the team played until 1997 in the second division (third highest division) or 2nd division also in the relay center . For the 1998 season, the team moved to the Powolschje relay and rose to the 1st division after the 2002 season. Mordowija was able to stay there for two years, but rose again in 2004 to the 2nd division center . In 2006 they were promoted again, the team finished the season in 19th place and was relegated again. It took the club 2 years to rise again. In the 2009 season, the club also won the tournament among the 5 promoted from the 2nd division. So the team played in the 1st division again since 2010.

In 2012 Mordowija Saransk was promoted to the Premjer League , the highest Russian division. In the winter of 2012, the Romanian Dorinel Munteanu took over the head coaching position at the then bottom of the table. Nevertheless, at the end of the 2012/13 season , the team had to be relegated as penultimate. The club then separated from the Munteanu. Jurij Maximow was signed as the new coach in August 2013. Four game days before the end of the 2013/14 season, Mordovia secured promotion to the Russian House of Lords. Despite this success, the Ukrainian coach Maximov was dismissed in May 2014. In the following season, the Premjer League 2014/15 , they were able to work their way up to a very strong 8th place. In the Premjer-Liga 2015/16 Mordowija occupied the last place in the table and must therefore relegate to the Perwenstwo FNL . In 2017 there was a further relegation to the third division, in 2018 the direct promotion to the second-rate Perwenstwo FNL.

Association with Biochimik-Mordowija Saransk

Former logo of the club

From 1995 to 2004 there were two football clubs in Saransk . In addition to the Lisma-Mordowija Saransk, there is also the Biochimik-Mordowija Saransk . Biochimik played in the first year in the amateur class, then two years in the third division and from 1998 to 2002 in the "Powolschje" relay of the 2nd division. The club played the last two years of its existence in the “Center” season. In March 2005, the city's two clubs merged into one, and since then the city's club has been called Mordovia .

Stadion

FK Mordowija Saransk played its home games in the 11,581-seat start stadium , which was built in 2004. In the course of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Saransk was also awarded the contract to be one of the venues. Accordingly, a new stadium was built in the city. The new Mordovia arena is designed for 45,015 spectators, which can be reduced to 30,000 after the World Cup. The stadium replaced the start stadium as the venue for the home games of Mordowija Saransk.

Record player

Alexei Bessonow completed 421 games for the club. The club's record scorer is Vitaly Nikulkin , who scored 110 goals in just two years (1989 and 90). Most goals in a season (26) scored Eduard Sazepin in 1997. In the 2001 season Ilya Borodin scored 5 goals in one game for his team.