 FC Iskra-Stal (Rybnitsa) was founded in 2005 by merging an amateur team "Stal" that was owned by the metallurgical plant in Rîbnița, with the local team "Iskra", that was competing in the Moldovan "A" Division.In the 2005–2006 season Iskra-Stal took the second place in the "A" championship of Moldova and won a ticket for the national premier division.Head coach of this achievement was Vasily Raiko.