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Veles

Club · Russia · First League

«Winged Bulls»

154 Matches

57 wins

33 draws

64 losses

185–196 Goals

−11 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Form W W W D L L

The autumn of 2019 never had a spring to answer it. Veles led the West zone of the PFL Championship when the season stopped in March 2020; the table was left standing, the results ratified, and a side that had been professional for barely two years went up to the First League. That promotion, on a half-played season, remains the club's cleanest line.

It began three years earlier, in 2016, in the amateur Third Division, where the team finished second in the Moscow zone at the first attempt. Professional status followed in 2017/18. The home ground is Avangard in Domodedovo, a 5,500-seat stadium in the Moscow region rather than the city itself.

The First League years brought eighth place in 2020/21 and a run to the last 32 of the Russian Cup in 2019/20. Then came the fall back and first place in the Gold group of Division A in 2025/26, and a second promotion to the First League, this one earned over a full first stage.

Yevgeny Makeyev, once captain of Spartak, spent a season here.

That belongs to Artur Galoyan, the midfielder who played through the best of it — the eighth-placed season, then thirteen goals to finish the club's leading scorer in 2021/22.

Latest results

All matches

14 Sep	First League	PFC Sochi H	1:2	L
9 Sep	Cup	Murom A	0:1	L
5 Sep	First League	FC UFA A	1:1	D
29 Aug	First League	Tekstilshchik A	1:0	W
24 Aug	First League	Arsenal Tula H	2:0	W
19 Aug	First League	Nizhny Novgorod H	3:2	W

Standing

First League

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Nizhny Novgorod	11	9	1	1	30:14	28
2	PFC Sochi	11	7	1	3	20:13	22
3	Veles	11	7	1	3	15:13	22
4	Spartak Kostroma	10	6	3	1	14:8	21
5	Torpedo Moscow	10	6	1	3	20:8	19

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 154

154 Matches

57 wins

33 draws

64 losses

185–196 Goals

−11 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 154

57 33 64

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	154	74	80
Scored	185	99	86
Conceded	196	91	105
Scored per game	1.2	1.3	1.1
Conceded per game	1.3	1.2	1.3
Difference	−11	+8	−19

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Yuri Zavezen Midfielder 9 Matches

Karim Giraev Forward 9 Matches

Muslim Bammatgereev Midfielder 9 Matches

Kirill Korolkov Midfielder 9 Matches

K. Skvortsov Defender 9 Matches

Mikhail Rybalko Defender 9 Matches

Ilya Kuptsov Goalkeeper 9 Matches

Vladislav Volkov Defender 9 Matches

Squad of Veles

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
22	Yuri Zavezen	Midfielder	30	9
9	Karim Giraev	Forward	29	9
10	Muslim Bammatgereev	Midfielder	30	9
11	Kirill Korolkov	Midfielder	25	9
23	K. Skvortsov	Defender	19	9
80	Mikhail Rybalko	Defender	25	9
76	Ilya Kuptsov	Goalkeeper	24	9
3	Vladislav Volkov	Defender	26	9
40	Aleksandr Bezchasnyuk	Defender	24	8
41	Sergey Samok	Goalkeeper	25	8
8	Zakhar Tarasenko	Forward	28	8
5	Artur Koloskov	Defender	24	8
90	V. Galkin	Midfielder	24	7
70	Matvey Zakharjevsky	Defender	20	7
6	Islam Melikov	Midfielder	20	7
7	Artur Murza	Forward	26	7
77	Oleg Smirnov	Forward	25	7
97	A. Shubin	Midfielder	23	7
88	Dmitry Sadov	Midfielder	29	6
18	Dmitri Sergeev	Midfielder	26	5
17	Pavel Kotov	Defender	31	5
87	Ivan Nikin	Midfielder	22	4
94	Dmitri Kuchugura	Midfielder		3
97	Aleksandr Shubin	Midfielder		2
88	D. Sadov	Defender		2
21	Ionafan Sapozhnikov	Midfielder		2
99	Nuri Abdokov	Midfielder		1
77	O. Smirnov	Midfielder	25	1
90	Emmanuel Mendy	Midfielder		1