FC Volgar Astrakhan


Volgar FC is an association football club based in Astrakhan, Russia. They play in the Russian Second League Division A.

History

The club has been known under following names:
  • Pishchevik
  • Trud
  • Volgar
  • Volgar-Gazprom,
  • Volgar-Gazprom-2
Pishchevik played in the Second Group of the Soviet League. Trud played in the Class B, in Class A, Group 2, in Class A, Group 1, Soviet First League, Soviet Second League, Soviet Second League B. In 1992 Volgar entered the Russian Second League, played in the Third League in 1994, returned to the Second League in 1995 and stayed until 1998. In 1998 Volgar-Gazprom were promoted and in 1999 they started playing in the Russian First Division. With the exception of the relegation for the 2004 season, Volgar-Gazprom had been in the First Division until 2006. The club was denied the professional licence and thus relegated to amateur level in 2007. Another club was organized called FC Volgar-Gazprom-2. The new club advanced to the Russian First Division for the 2009 season.
After the 2017–18 season, the club experienced financial difficulties and decided to be voluntarily relegated to the third-tier PFL.
On 15 May 2020, the 2019–20 PFL season was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. As Volgar was leading in their PFL zone at the time, they were promoted to the second-tier FNL for the 2020–21 season.
On 20 May 2024, Volgar was relegated to the Russian Second League. In the 2024–25 season, Volgar qualified to the promotion play-offs which they lost in a penalty shoot-out to FC Chelyabinsk.

Current squad

''As of 11 September 2025, according to the .''

Out on loan

Notable past players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Volgar.
;Russia/USSR
;Former USSR countries
Danila Yashchuck
;Europe