The club played in the Far East regional tournament of "B-class" teams and eventually won it in 1965, earning promotion to "A-class".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.[3] 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.[4] Situated in the Far East of the country, their location poses a significant problem for away teams, for example being 9 hours by flight from Moscow.These fans thus took the Trans-Siberian Railway back to Saint Petersburg, upon which the club rewarded them with a new car on 1 October 2006.