FC Spartak Ryazan

FC Spartak Ryazan () was a Russian football team from Ryazan. It played professionally in 1949 and from 1959 to 1999. It played on the second-highest level (Soviet First League and Russian First Division) in 1949, 1959–1962, 1968 and 1992–1993. The best position they achieved was 2nd place in 1992.

The team was dissolved after the 1999 season, and their spot in the Russian Second Division was taken over by FC Ryazan, that club renamed itself to FC Spartak Ryazan for a part of the 2000 season only.

Team name history

1937 – FC Spartak Ryazan

1938 – Ryazan City Team

1939–1958 – FC Spartak Ryazan

1959–1960 – FC Trud Ryazan

1961–1967 – FC Spartak Ryazan

1968 – FC Zvezda Ryazan

1969–1986 – FC Spartak Ryazan

1987 – FC Sapphire Ryazan

1988–1994 – FC Torpedo Ryazan

1995–1999 – FC Spartak Ryazan

External links

Team history at KLISF

Association football clubs established in 1937

Association football clubs disestablished in 2000

Defunct football clubs in Russia

Sport in Ryazan

1937 establishments in Russia

2000 disestablishments in Russia