 They played in the Top Division in 1994 and 1996, in the First Division in 1992–1993, 1995, 1997–1998, 2000–2003 and 2006, and in the Second Division in 1999 and 2004–2005.Both spells in the Top Division were unsuccessful, as Lada finished last.Lada reached the semifinal of the Russian Cup in 2002/03.