Luch has been playing in the
Soviet Union championship since 1958. The name
Luch means
Ray. The club played in the Far East regional tournament of "B-class" teams and eventually won it in 1965, earning promotion to "A-class". Luch played in this regional tournament until league reorganization in 1972. From 1972 to 1991, Luch played in the Eastern zone of Soviet Second League. The club's best result was a runner-up position in 1984. In 1992, after the dissolution of Soviet Union, Luch was entitled to play in the Eastern zone of
Russian First League and won that tournament. Luch played in
Russian Top League in 1993 and was relegated, having finished 15th. Luch played in
Russian First Division from 1994 until relegation in 1997, and in
Russian Second Division from 1998 to 2003. In 2003, Luch-Energia finished 1st in the Eastern zone and earned promotion. The club spent another 2 years in
First Division, earning promotion to
Premier League in 2005. In 2008 Luch finished in the last position and was relegated to the
Russian First Division. The club had some financial problems and were forced to sell some of their key players making the club vulnerable at home, formerly considered a fortress on the remote Pacific coast. In November 2017, Luch's home game against
Khimki was delayed by 15 minutes due to a protest by the club's players over delays in wages and the running of the club. Due to four months without pay some of the players had been evicted from their accommodation and a Luch supporters group supplying food to the players. Despite finishing in the relegation zone at the end of the 2017–18 season, the club was not relegated as other clubs ahead in the standings failed to obtain the league license for 2018–19. On 16 July 2018, the club was renamed back to FC Luch. On 1 April 2020, the government of
Primorsky Krai announced that all professional contracts with sports clubs in their region had been cancelled to provide funds to combat the spread the
COVID-19 pandemic, with Luch Vladivostok dropping to the
Russian Amateur Football League once football returns.
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