FC Alania Vladikavkaz (2019)

Alania Vladikavkaz
Full name	Football Club Alania Vladikavkaz
Nickname(s)	Red-Yellows
Founded	1921; 103 years ago
Ground	Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium, Grozny; (while Republican Spartak Stadium is under reconstruction)
Capacity	10,250
Owner	Daniil Guriyev
General director	Ruslan Siukayev
Manager	Spartak Gogniyev
League	Russian First League
2023–24	8th of 18
Website	Club website
	Current season

FC Alania Vladikavkaz (‹See Tfd›Russian: Футбольный клуб «Алания» (Владикавказ), Ossetian: Футболон клуб «Алани» (Дзæуджыхъæу)) is a Russian football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League during the communist era, and won its first and only league title in the 1995 Russian Top League.

Background

Since the Russian football league system was established in 1992, the main team representing Vladikavkaz changed ownership structure several times, also changing the team name from FC Spartak Vladikavkaz to FC Spartak-Alania and FC Alania and back to Spartak. In the 2018–19 Russian Professional Football League season, the team was financed by the provincial government and played as Spartak. Before the 2019–20 season, a new team, privately owned and called FC Alania was organized and licensed for PFL. However, FC Spartak also remained in the league for 2019–20, even though many players and coaches moved to the "new Alania".^[1]

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, 2019–20 Russian Football National League season was abandoned and none of the teams were relegated. After the licensing, the league had 23 teams eligible for the 2020–21 season. Having an odd number of teams would mean one team would get a bye on each matchday and the league preferred to have an even number of teams, therefore it invited PFL teams to apply for the license. Out of the teams that applied, on 24 July 2020 Alania was selected by the Russian Football Union for promotion to FNL.^[2] On 15 May 2021, they secured a 4th place in the FNL which would normally qualify the club for Russian Premier League promotion playoffs. Alania failed to receive a Premier League license due to unacceptable condition of their stadium and therefore the playoffs were cancelled.^[3]^[4] In the 2022–23 Russian First League season, Alania secured 3rd position, again qualifying for the promotion play-offs, only to fail RPL licensing once again due to still-not-reconstructed stadium.^[5]

Domestic

Soviet Union

Russia

^
Alania withdrew from the league in February 2014 due to financial problems.^[6]

European

As of match played 25 August 2011

Honours

Russian Premier League^[7]
- Winners (1): 1995
- Runners-up (2): 1992, 1996
Russian Cup^[8]^[9]
- Runners-up (1): 2010–11
Soviet First League
- Winners (2): 1969, 1990
Russian Football National League
- Runners-up (1): 2011–12
Soviet Second League/Russian Professional Football League
- Winners (2): 1983, 2006^[10]
- Runners-up (2): 1966, 1982

Coaching staff

Current squad

As of 4 September 2024, according to the FNL website.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Reserve team

Notable players

Former coaches

Grigoriy Gornostaev (1966–1967)
Mussa Tsalikov (1967)
Andrei Zazroyev (1968–1970)
Kazbek Tuaev (1970)
Sergei Korshunov (1971)
Dmitri Chikhradze (1971)
Andrei Zazroyev (1972)
Ivan Larin (1973)
Kazbek Tuaev (1974–1977)
Viktor Belov (1977–1978)
Mussa Tsalikov (1978–1980)
Andrei Zazroyev (1980–1981)
Aleksandr Kochetkov (1982)
Valeri Maslov (1983)
Ivan Varlamov (1984)
Valeri Ovchinnikov (1985–1986)
Igor Zazroyev (1986–1987)
Oleg Romantsev (1988)
Valeriy Gazzaev (1989–1991)
Nikolay Khudiyev (1991)
Aleksandr Novikov (1992–1993)
Valeriy Gazzaev (1994–1999)
Vladimir Gutsaev (2000)
Aleksandr Averyanov (2000–2001)
Aleksandr Yanovskiy (2001–2002)
Volodymyr Muntyan (2002)
Bakhva Tedeyev (2002)
Revaz Dzodzuashvili (2003)
Nikolay Khudiyev (2003)
Bakhva Tedeyev (2003–2004)
Rolland Courbis (2004–2005)
Yuri Sekinaev (2004)
Bakhva Tedeyev (2005)
Edgar Gess (2005)
Itzhak Shum (2005)
Aleksandr Yanovskiy (2005–2006)
Boris Stukalov (2006–2007)
Stanislav Tskhovrebov (2007–2008)
Valery Petrakov (2009)
Mircea Rednic (2009)
Vladimir Shevchuk (2010–2011)
Vladimir Gazzayev (2011–2012, 2013–2014)
Valeriy Gazzaev (2012–2013)
Artur Pagayev (2014–2015)
Zaur Tedeyev (2015–2016)
Fyodor Gagloyev (2016)
Marat Dzoblayev (2016–2017)
Yuri Gazzaev (2018)
Spartak Gogniyev (2019–2022)
Zaur Tedeyev (2022–2023)
Oleg Vasilenko (2023-current)

References

^ ""Алания Владикавказ" и "Спартак-Владикавказ". Новые вехи в истории осетинского футбола" [Alania Vladikavkaz and Spartak-Vladikavkaz: new milestones in the history of Ossetian football] (in Russian). Region 15. 9 July 2019.
^ ""Алания" будет выступать в ФНЛ!" (in Russian). Russian National Football League. 24 July 2020.
^ ""Оренбург" готов обратиться в CAS при недопуске в РПЛ в виде исключения" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 12 May 2021.
^ "Стыковых матчей РПЛ-ФНЛ не будет. "Оренбург" и "Алания" не получили лицензии, РФС не сделал для них исключения" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 15 May 2021.
^ "Апелляционный комитет выдал лицензии "Волгарю" и "Арсеналу"" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 29 May 2023.
^ "Алания" и "Салют" официально исключены из ФНЛ
^ "USSR (Soviet Union) – List of Champions". RSSSF.
^ "USSR (Soviet Union) – List of Cup Finals". RSSSF.
^ "Russia – Cup Finals". RSSSF.
^ ru:Второй дивизион ПФЛ 2006#.D0.AE.D0.B3^{[circular reference]}

External links

Official website (in Russian)

[cnote_A] 
Alania withdrew from the league in February 2014 due to financial problems.^[6]

[1] ""Алания Владикавказ" и "Спартак-Владикавказ". Новые вехи в истории осетинского футбола" [Alania Vladikavkaz and Spartak-Vladikavkaz: new milestones in the history of Ossetian football] (in Russian). Region 15. 9 July 2019.

[2] ""Алания" будет выступать в ФНЛ!" (in Russian). Russian National Football League. 24 July 2020.

[3] ""Оренбург" готов обратиться в CAS при недопуске в РПЛ в виде исключения" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 12 May 2021.

[4] "Стыковых матчей РПЛ-ФНЛ не будет. "Оренбург" и "Алания" не получили лицензии, РФС не сделал для них исключения" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 15 May 2021.

[AlaniaAppeal-5] "Апелляционный комитет выдал лицензии "Волгарю" и "Арсеналу"" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 29 May 2023.

[6] "Алания" и "Салют" официально исключены из ФНЛ

[7] "USSR (Soviet Union) – List of Champions". RSSSF.

[8] "USSR (Soviet Union) – List of Cup Finals". RSSSF.

[9] "Russia – Cup Finals". RSSSF.

[10] ru:Второй дивизион ПФЛ 2006#.D0.AE.D0.B3^{[circular reference]}