Raketa Nevirinsk

Owners: The Lazarevs

Nickname: Raketa

Arena: Nevirinsk Cosmodrome Arena,

Colors: Navy, gold, white

Manager: Artemiy Ilyich. A forward thinking young (29) manager who came to the city to study. Preferring a 3-5-2 formation where it’s wingbacks and central attacking midfielder is the most important players. Pressing high to try to surprise the opposition. It works sometimes, and it backfires completely sometimes.

Starting out as just a university team, FK Nevirinsk, took the step to the big league when Bordovia went full communist republic, Raketa Nevirinsk was born. Donning the colors of navy, gold and white, the colors taken directly from Galaktion Cosmodrome, the club became the citys sporting favorite, owned by the group behind the rocket science centre – The Lazarev family.