FC Zarya Luhansk

This article is about the football club from Luhansk that plays in the Russian Second League Division B. For the Ukrainian club from Luhansk, see FC Zorya Luhansk.
FC Zarya Luhansk
Full nameФутбольный клуб «Заря» Луганск - Football Club Zarya Luhansk
Founded2023
ChairmanAraik Asatryan
ManagerAleksey Muldarov
LeagueRussian Second League B Group 1
2026just promoted

FC Zarya Luhansk is a football team from the city of Luhansk which will play in the Russian Second League B Group 1 in the 2026 season. Formed in December 2023, it played two seasons in the Commonwealth League (a tournament for teams from the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine) and the Rostov Region championship. Its head coach during the two Commonwealth League seasons was Maksim Tishchenko. He was then replaced by current head coach Aleksey Muldarov.

The formation of a club with a name almost identical to that of FC Zorya Luhansk, which had been based in Luhansk until relocating to Zaporizhzhia due to the Russian invasion and occupation, has led to it being described as a "fake team" and a "rip-off of Ukraine’s Zorya Luhansk".

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