FC Akron Tolyatti

Akron Tolyatti
Full nameFootball Club Akron Tolyatti
Founded2018; 7 years ago (2018)
GroundKristall Stadium, Zhigulyovsk
Capacity3,065
ChairmanAleksey Vlasov
ManagerZaur Tedeyev
LeagueRussian Premier League
2024–259th of 16
Websitehttps://fcakron.ru/
Current season

FC Akron Tolyatti (Russian: ФК «Акрон» Тольятти) is a Russian professional football club based in Tolyatti founded in 2018 who play in the Russian Premier League.

History

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In June 2019, it was confirmed that the club will enter the Russian Professional Football League in the 2019–20 season.[1]

On 15 May 2020, the 2019–20 PFL season was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. As Akron was leading in their PFL zone at the time, they were promoted to the second-tier FNL for the 2020–21 season.[2]

Akron finished their first FNL season in 17th place, which would normally mean relegation. On 15 May 2021, FNL confirmed that FC Tambov, which placed last in the Premier League and was expected to be relegated to FNL, did not apply for the FNL license for the 2021–22 season and therefore Akron would not be relegated.[3]

In June 2022, Akron became the backer of Konoplyov football academy.[4]

In the 2022–23 season, Akron had an impressive run in the Russian Cup. They consecutively eliminated four Moscow-based Russian Premier League clubs (Torpedo, Lokomotiv, Dynamo and Spartak, including two penalty-shoots) and reached the Regions Path final of the competition, where they lost, also in a shootout, to FC Krasnodar.[5] The cup competition structure was changed to double-elimination for RPL teams that season as Russia was banned from the European competitions due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, in the traditional cup structure, eliminating four RPL teams would have been sufficient for Akron to qualify for the final.

In the 2023–24 season, Akron qualified for the Russian Premier League promotion play-offs.[6] They defeated Ural Yekaterinburg 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for RPL for the first time in its history.[7]

Current squad

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As of 11 September 2025, according to the Premier League website.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  BOL Yomar Rocha
5 MF  SRB Aleksa Đurasović
6 MF  RUS Maksim Kuzmin
7 MF  ARM Edgar Sevikyan (on loan from Ferencváros)
8 MF  RUS Konstantin Maradishvili
11 FW  CPV Benchimol
15 MF  MNE Stefan Lončar
17 MF  RUS Soltmurad Bakayev
19 DF  RUS Marat Bokoyev
21 DF  BOL Roberto Fernández
22 FW  RUS Artem Dzyuba
23 MF  CRO Kristijan Bistrović
24 DF  ROU Ionuț Nedelcearu
26 DF  POR Rodrigo Escoval
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 DF  RUS Tamerlan Kuzmenko
35 MF  BIH Ifet Đakovac
69 FW  RUS Arseni Dmitriyev
71 DF  RUS Dmitry Pestryakov
77 DF  RUS Konstantin Savichev
78 GK  RUS Aleksandr Vasyutin
80 MF  RUS Khetag Khosonov
81 MF  RUS Nikita Bazilevsky
86 DF  RUS Ilya Agapov (on loan from CSKA Moscow)
87 MF  RUS Nikita Shershov
88 GK  RUS Vitali Gudiyev
89 MF  RUS Denis Popenkov
90 FW  RUS Aleksandr Morozov
91 MF  RUS Maksim Boldyrev

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  RUS Sergey Volkov (at Rodina Moscow until 30 June 2026)
DF  BLR Nikita Baranok (at Maxline Vitebsk until 31 December 2025)
DF  RUS Vyacheslav Bardybakhin (at Rotor Volgograd until 30 June 2026)
DF  RUS Aleksey Solovyov (at Irtysh Omsk until 30 June 2026)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  BRA Paulo Vitor (at AVS until 30 June 2026)
MF  RUS Kirill Danilin (at Torpedo Moscow until 30 June 2026)
FW  RUS Sergei Gribov (at Sokol Saratov until 30 June 2026)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ФК "Акрон" официально стал вторым тольяттинским клубом второй лиги российского футбольного чемпионата" [FC Akron officially becomes the second Tolyatti club in the second division] (in Russian). TLT Pravda. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ "ИТОГИ ИСПОЛКОМА РФС" (in Russian). Russian Professional Football League. 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. ^ ""Акрон" остается в ФНЛ" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 15 May 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. ^ ""Акрон Холдинг" объединит усилия с Правительством Самарской области по развитию Академии Коноплёва в Тольятти" (in Russian). FC Akron Tolyatti. 8 June 2022. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  5. ^ ""Краснодар" выбил "Акрон" из финала Пути регионов в ФОНБЕТ Кубке России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 3 May 2023. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  6. ^ "РФС выдал 20 лицензий для выступления в РПЛ на будущий сезон" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 17 May 2024. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  7. ^ ""Акрон" уступил "Уралу", но победил по сумме двух встреч и завоевал путёвку в Мир РПЛ" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 1 June 2024. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.