FC Salyut Belgorod is a Russian association football club based in Belgorod. They play in the fourth-tier Russian Second League Division B.

Salyut
Full nameFootball Club
Salyut Belgorod
Founded1960; 66 years ago (1960)
GroundSpartak Stadium, Stary Oskol
Salyut temporarily plays outside of Belgorod due to the Russo-Ukrainian war
Capacity300
ChairmanAleksandr Kokorev
ManagerViktor Navochenko
LeagueRussian Second League,
Division B,
Group 3
20252nd
Websitefcsalyut.ru

History

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Naming history

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The club was founded in 1960 and has been known as:

  • Tsementnik (Cement Worker) (1960–63)
  • Spartak (1964–69)
  • Salyut (Salute) (1970–91, 1993–95, 2010–14, 2018–)[1]
  • Energomash (Power Machine Building) (1991–92)
  • Salyut-YUKOS (1996–99)
  • Salyut-Energiya (2000–09)

Overview

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Tsementnik played in the Class B in 1960 and 1961. After the team became the part of Spartak sports society, they re-entered the competition in 1964. In 1968 Spartak finished third in the finals of Class B and were promoted to the Class A, Group 2. After the reorganization of the leagues in 1971 Salyut played in the Soviet Second League until 1989. In 1990 and 1991 the team played in the Soviet Second League B.

In 1992 Energomash entered the newly formed Russian First League and were relegated. In 1993, the team finished first in Zone 2 of the Russian Second League but were not promoted. In 1995 Salyut were relegated from the Second League, but returned immediately after topping their zone in the Third League. Salyut-YUKOS were relegated again after another three years in the Second Division (1997–1999), this time to the amateur league (KFK). In 2000, they won the promotion back to the professional football. In 2001–2005 Salyut-Energia were among the leaders of the Second Division, finishing no lower than fifth in their zone. In 2005, the team finished first and were promoted to the First Division. The team finished 17th in 2010 and relegated to Second Division.

During winter break 2013–2014, Salyut experienced huge financial difficulties. Almost all contracts with first-team players were terminated by mutual consent.[2] As a result, on 14 February 2014 club officially withdrew from competition in Russian National Football League.[3]

Belgorod was represented professionally by FC Energomash Belgorod from 2015 to 2018.

Before the 2018–19 season, Salyut was revived and entered the third-tier Russian Professional Football League.[4]

Current squad

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As of 8 April 2026, according to the Second 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
1 GK  RUS Artyom Tsygulev
5 MF  RUS Stepan Inozemtsev
6 MF  RUS Andrei Ishutin
7 MF  RUS Aleksandr Kanishchev
8 MF  RUS Nikolai Boyarkin
10 FW  RUS Aleksandr Konev
11 FW  RUS Aleksandr Kolesnikov
13 DF  RUS Vladislav Sergeyev
17 MF  RUS Stanislav Bukatov
18 MF  RUS Ilya Vinnikov
19 MF  RUS Dmitri Shilov
20 FW  RUS Yegor Tinyakov
21 MF  RUS Sergey Gayduk
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF  RUS Andrey Ivanteyev
24 DF  RUS Nikita Lebedev
27 MF  RUS Oleg Kalugin
28 FW  RUS Vladislav Faskhutdinov
31 GK  RUS Denis Gnedoy
37 MF  RUS Dmitry Malykhin
45 DF  RUS Vladislav Shchekin
67 DF  RUS Nikita Ponomaryov
69 DF  RUS Yevgeny Khrapuchenko
75 GK  RUS Semyon Abramov
77 MF  RUS Muslim Nabiyev
95 DF  RUS Aleksandr Krikunenko
96 DF  RUS Andrey Tsorn

League results

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Russian National Football LeagueRussian Second DivisionRussian First DivisionRussian Second DivisionAmateur Football LeagueRussian Second DivisionRussian Third DivisionRussian Second DivisionRussian First Division
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References

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