Veles Moscow

Full name	Football Club Veles Moscow
Founded	2016
Ground	Avangard Stadium, Domodedovo
Capacity	5503
Chairman	Anton Chernyshev
Manager	Aleksandr Grishchenko
League	Russian Second League, Division A, Group Gold
2022–23	Russian First League, 15th (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

FC Veles Moscow (Russian: ФК «Велес» Москва) is a Russian football team based in Moscow. "Veles" was founded in 2016 based on the Savelovskaya football school and entered amateur competitions. The club is private, funded by the founders. The title sponsor is Veles Capital.

History

For 2017–18 season, it received the license for the third-tier Russian Professional Football League.^[1] On 15 May 2020, the 2019–20 PFL season was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. As Veles was leading in their PFL zone at the time, they were promoted to the second-tier FNL for the 2020–21 season.^[2] Veles was relegated back to the third tier at the end of the 2022–23 season.^[3]

Current squad

As of 18 January 2024, according to the Second League website.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Aleksey Kuznetsov 2 DF  RUS Ilya Kutepov 3 DF  RUS Daniil Petrunin 8 MF  RUS Vladimir Kabakhidze 10 MF  RUS Yaroslav Frolov 13 GK  RUS Anton Shitov 14 MF  RUS Ivan Kotelnikov 17 FW  RUS Yevgeni Pesikov 20 MF  RUS Yaroslav Ivakin 21 DF  RUS Artur Kuskov (on loan from Sochi) 22 DF  RUS Mursalin Denilkhanov 25 MF  RUS Pavel Karasyov

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 DF  RUS Maksim Matveyev 55 FW  RUS Denis Rubanov (on loan from Sochi) 77 FW  RUS Oleg Smirnov 97 MF  RUS Aleksandr Shubin 99 FW  RUS Gevork Sarkisyan — GK  RUS Nikita Zheymo — DF  RUS Artur Koloskov — DF  RUS Chingiz Magomadov — DF  RUS Mikhail Rybalko — MF  RUS Alan Gioyev — MF  RUS Ibragim Umarov