MORDOVIA SARANSK

The FK Mordovia, on the other hand, does not shy away from its results, and perhaps this lack of recognition will prevent the city from following the same path as Kazan. It must be said that the club is particularly young: it was founded in 1961 as Stroitel ' ("Builder"). Since then, he has changed five times and merged in 2005 with the Biokhimik Mordovia, adopting his current name. The Saransk team really does not get to see the time of Soviet football, but of course things are improving somewhat in the 1990 s: it goes into the Russian National League (D 2), still alternating with the Professional League (D 3). In 2012, National League Champion, Saransk is promoted to First League, where only one season remains but returns in 2014. In 2016, the Mordovia was demoted in second division and then, having completed the 17 th season on 20 clubs, the third the following year, where they are currently the first in the Ural-Volga area. To watch, therefore! For the regional and state will to make Saransk a sports pole may well motivate investors and drive hype around the FK Mordovia, as is so often the case in Russian football.