Alania Vladikavkaz
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| Nickname(s) |
Ossetian: Allon Franktæ, Russian: Alanskiye Barsy (Alanian Snow Leopards) |
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| Founded | 1921 |
| Ground |
Republican Spartak Stadium, Vladikavkaz |
| Capacity | 32,464 |
| Director | Yuri Sekinayev |
| Head Coach | Marat Dzoblayev |
| League |
Russian Professional Football League Zone South |
| 2015–16 | 11th (FC Alania) |
| Website | Club home page |
FC Spartak Vladikavkaz (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Владикавказ, Ossetian: Футболон клуб "Алани") is a Russian football club based in Vladikavkaz (formerly Ordzhonikidze), North Ossetia–Alania. 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.
Before the 2016–17 season, FC Alania Vladikavkaz that participated in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League was dissolved and a formally new club called FC Spartak was organized again and registered for PFL. PFL did not allow the club to register with 'Alania' in their name due to accumulated debts for the club of that name.
At the collapse of the Soviet Union, Spartak Vladikavkaz were the only non-Muscovite Russian club competing in the old Soviet Top League. This had been their second and last season in the STL. Before that the only other season they competed in the top Soviet division was in 1970.
Their most successful season was 1995 when they managed to win the Russian Premier League champions title after several years of domination by Spartak Moscow. The team had previously won a silver medal for second place in 1992 and 1996. However, in the qualification stages of the UEFA Champions League Alania lost 10–3 on aggregate to the Scottish club Rangers.
However, after departure of manager Valery Gazzaev and several players from the club, Alania were not able to repeat its success, finishing in the bottom half of the table.
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