FC Karelia Petrozavodsk

FC Karelia Petrozavodsk
Full nameFootball Club Karelia Petrozavodsk
Founded2011
GroundSpartak Stadium
Capacity14,545
OwnerSpartak Stadium/Vega-Opt
ChairmanVladimir Manylin
2015–16Russian Professional Football League, Zone West, 14th

FC Karelia Petrozavodsk (Russian: ФК «Карелия Петрозаводск») is an association football team from Petrozavodsk (in 2011 temporarily played in Saint Petersburg at Petrovsky Small Arena), Russia founded in 2011. It played in the Russian Second Division from 2011 to 2012–13 season, after which it dropped the professional status. It returned to the third-level Russian Professional Football League for the 2015–16 season, after which it dropped out of professional-level competitions once again.