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Full name | Football Club Almaz Moscow |
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Founded | 1972 |
Dissolved | 2004 |
FC Almaz Moscow (Russian : ФК «Алмаз» Москва) was a Russian football team from Moscow. It played professionally in the Russian Second Division zone West in 2004. It was excluded from the league after playing 18 games for financial reasons.[ citation needed ]
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