FC Mordovia Saransk () was a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merger of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordovia.
History The club was founded in 1961. In 2010, the club won promotion to the Russian First Division. On 8 May 2012, Mordovia beat Shinnik Yaroslavl 2–0 at home. This result meant that with a round to spare the team won promotion to the Russian Premier League for the 2012–13 season for the first time in its history. It was relegated back to the second tier after one season, and then returned to the Premier League for the 2014–15 season, taking 8th spot. After the next 2015–16 season, it was once again relegated. At the end of the 2016–17 season they were relegated for the second year in a row, to the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. They returned to the second tier after one season down for 2018–19 season.
On 18 June 2020, club director Nikolay Levin confirmed that the club had failed FNL licensing for the 2020–21 season, and it had not been determined which league the club would play in. The club was not admitted to the 2020–21 Russian Professional Football League either, thus losing professional status.
Name changes 1961: Stroitel Saransk 1962–71: Spartak Saransk 1972–79: Elektrosvet Saransk 1980–02: Svetotekhnika Saransk 2003–04: Lisma-Mordovia Saransk 2005–: Mordovia Saransk (merged with Biokhimik-Mordovia).
Domestic history Season League Russian Cup Top goalscorer Manager Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League20093rd1st302451681377Quarterfinal Dmitri Sysuyev14 F.Shcherbachenko20102nd6th38161012534058Round of 32 Ruslan Mukhametshin13 F.Shcherbachenko2011–121st522913109156100Round of 32 Ruslan Mukhametshin31 F.Shcherbachenko2012–131st15th305520305720Round of 16 Ruslan Mukhametshin11 F.Shcherbachenko / V.Bibikov / D.Munteanu2013–142nd1st362277593073Round of 16 Aleksei Ivanov11 S.Podpaly / M.Mustafin / Y.Maksymov2014–151st8th3011514224338Quarterfinal Marko Lomić3 Y.Semin2015–1616th3041214305024Round of 32 Yevgeni Lutsenko10 A.Gordeyev / M.Mustafin2016–172nd17th3811720395040Round of 16 Artur Sarkisov Pavel Deobald5
Honours
Domestic PFL Cup Winners (1): 2009 Russian National Football League Champions (2): 2011–12, 2013–14
Notable players Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Mordovia.
Russia Evgeni Aldonin Anton Bobyor Dmitri Kirichenko Kirill Panchenko Viktor Vasin Oleg Veretennikov
Former USSR countries Armenia Artur Sarkisov David Yurchenko Belarus Igor Shitov Georgia Akaki Khubutia Mamuka Kobakhidze Nukri Revishvili Kazakhstan Vitaliy Abramov Aleksei Muldarov Yevgeni Tarasov Sergey Zhunenko Lithuania Darius Maciulevičius
Moldova Ilie Cebanu Iulian Erhan Alexandru Suvorov Turkmenistan Artem Nazarow Uzbekistan Aleksandr Sayun
Africa Ivory Coast Elysée Senegal Ibrahima Niasse
Europe Belgium Danilo Croatia Tomislav Dujmović Montenegro Vladimir Božović
Netherlands Lorenzo Ebecilio Portugal Yannick Djaló Romania Daniel Oprița Serbia Marko Lomić Aleksandar Simčević Milan Perendija Slovenia Borut Semler Dalibor Stevanović Dalibor Volaš
South America Chile Gerson Acevedo
Suriname Mitchell Donald
Managerial history Yuri Utkin (March 2005 – 8 December) Fyodor Shcherbachenko (1 January 2009 – 19 November 2012) Vladimir Bibikov (caretaker) (20 November 2012 – 28 December 2012) Dorinel Munteanu (29 December 2012 – 30 July 2013) Sergei Podpaly (1 July 2013 – 9 August 2013) Marat Mustafin (9 August 2013 – 21 August 2013) Yuriy Maksymov (21 August 2013 – 18 May 2014) Yuri Semin (27 May 2014 - 30 May 2015)
References
External links Official website