The club was founded in 1991 as a result of the merger between Energiya (Энергия) and Lada-Simbirsk (Лада-Симбирск).

After the 2007 season, the players and coaching staff moved to the newly formed FC Tolyatti, and in early 2010 there was a merger with FC Tolyatti, and the team finally moved to the Samara region.

[2] In 2015, the club was merged with the youth team of FC Lada-Tolyatti, and given a new name "Academy-Lada-M".

[3] In early 2008, most of the players and coaches from the 2007 Krylya Sovetov-SOK roster moved to a new club, FC Togliatti.

That club formally was from Tolyatti, but played in Dimitrovgrad on the same field as FC Akademiya.