Full name | Football Club Saransk | |||
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Founded | 2021 | |||
Dissolved | 2022 | |||
Ground | Mordovia Arena | |||
Capacity | 43,958 | |||
2021–22 | FNL 2, Group 3, 7th | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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FC Saransk ( Russian: ФК «Саранск») was a Russian football team based in Saransk.
FC Mordovia Saransk, which represented Saransk in the Russian Premier League for several seasons, went bankrupt and lost professional status in August 2020, [1] leaving Saransk as the only 2018 FIFA World Cup host city without a professional team, and Mordovia Arena without a tenant. On 11 April 2021, the acting head of Republic of Mordovia Artyom Zdunov ordered to create a new professional club in the city, [2] and FC Saransk was created.
The new club was licensed for the third-tier Russian FNL 2 for the 2021–22 season in June 2021. [3] The club did not receive the license for the 2022–23 season due to lack of financing and was subsequently dissolved. [4] [5]