FC Tambov

To solve the problem of entering the FNL Championship, Sergey Perednya was invited from the coaching staff of Tom. The team was replenished with new players: Alexey Mikhalev, Sergey Kulikov, Sergey Vasiliev and a number of others. Tambov played its first home match on July 22, 2013 with the Spartak-2 club, the result of the match was 2: 1 in favor of the home team, Ilya Spitsyn scored two goals.

S. Perednya - head coach in 2013-2015

The club ended 2014 in 3rd place with 12 wins, 7 draws and only one loss. In the spring, the struggle continued, the team continued to score points regularly, but still could not jump higher. However, the final third place at the end of the 2014/15 season was still victorious. The bronze medals of the "Center" zone were then the highest achievement of Tambov football in its entire history. In addition, Tambov became the most productive team in the Center zone of the 2014/15 season: the players scored 71 goals .

Before the start of the season, the club was headed by Valery Esipov. Tambov won ahead of schedule in the tournament of the PFL Center zone and won the right to participate in the 2016/17 season in the FNL championship for the first time in its history: 4 rounds before the end of the championship, Tambov was 12 points ahead of Energomash (Belgorod), which was second. , the Tambov club had an advantage over the opponent in additional indicators.

On June 2, 2016, a decision was made on the participation of the club in the FNL Championship and the appointment of Georgy Yartsev as the general director of the club in the near future. In September, Andrei Talalaev became the head coach. FC Tambov finished the 2016/17 season in 5th place with 15 wins, 12 draws and 57 points. In the last round, the team fought with the SKA-Khabarovsk club for play-offs, but, having drawn, lost the opportunity to play in them.

FC Tambov took 4th place and got into the play-offs for entering the Premier League, but lost both matches to Perm Amkar.

In the pre-season, Talalaev left the post of head coach. Murat Iskakov was appointed as the new coach. On April 22, 2019, the club appointed Alexander Grigoryan as the new head coach. At the end of the season, Tambov entered the RPL for the first time in history.

The club made its debut in the RPL. During the season, Alexander Grigoryan left the post of head coach, his place was taken by Sergey Pervushin (acting), who was then replaced by Timur Shipshev. As a result, the team took 14th place. Due to the cancellation of play-offs with FNL clubs, which was caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the team was able to gain a foothold in the top division.

Due to the inconsistency of the stadium in Tambov with the requirements of the RPL, the club continued to play matches at the Mordovia Arena in Saransk, and the team lived in Tarasovka, Moscow Region. In September, information appeared about the club's debt to the players for the summer months. In November 2020, the club's sports director Pavel Khudyakov stated that the club had not received regional funding since June, and the RFU had banned Tambov from registering new players. In December, an administrative case was again initiated against Tambov for non-payment of wages. At the end of January, CEO Olga Konovalova announced that 99% of the club would cease to exist, and according to head coach Sergei Pervushin, there were nine players left in the team. Before the spring part of the championship, the team was in last place with 13 points after 19 matches and was one point behind the play-off zone and eight behind the 12th place. In the remaining 11 matches of the RPL, Tambov did not score a single point, losing all matches. In February, the management of Tambov filed a lawsuit with the arbitration court to declare the organization bankrupt. The size of the club's accounts payable at that time was more than 535 million rubles . On February 19, it became known that the RPL transferred additional money to the club in the amount of 44 million rubles, which allowed the team to avoid bankruptcy and play the remaining matches of the season in the championship and the Cup. On February 16, the withdrawal of the Tambov team from the youth championship was announced, however, on February 20, the club notified that the youth team would continue to play . During 2020, there were reports in the media, including those confirmed by the General Director of Tambov, Pavel Khudyakov, about the possible likelihood of the club moving to another city (Nizhny Novgorod, Krasnodar, Saransk). On May 2, 2021, FC Tambov lost to Rostov with a score of 0:2 and lost the chance of maintaining a residence permit in the RPL. On the same day, the club's management announced that Tambov would lose its professional status at the end of the season. From May 17, all club employees were fired, with the exception of the general director, who continued to work until the approval of the bankruptcy trustee as part of the observation procedure appointed in mid-April 2021 by the decision of the arbitration court of the Tambov region. As a subject of football, the existence of Tambov ended on May 16, 2021. On October 6, 2021, it became known that the arbitration manager of FC Tambov, during the analysis of his financial condition, did not find signs of fictitious and deliberate bankruptcy. On October 20, 2021, the Arbitration Court of the Tambov Region declared bankrupt the legal entity of the Tambov football club.