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FC Torpedo Moscow

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Ground Capacity
  
2,700

2015–16
  
12th

Manager
  
Viktor Bulatov

Parent organization
  
ZiL

Chairman
  
Aleksandr Tukmanov

Location
  
Moscow, Russia

Founded
  
1924

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Full name
  
Football Club Torpedo Moscow

Nickname(s)
  
Чёрно-белые (The Black and Whites), Автозаводцы (Car factory workers)

Ground
  
Stadion Akademia Spartak Cherenkova, Moscow

Arenas/Stadiums
  
Saturn Stadium, Eduard Streltsov Stadium

Leagues
  
Russian Football National League, Russian Professional Football League

Football Club Torpedo Moscow (Russian: ФК "Торпедо" Москва, FK Torpedo Moskva) is a Russian football club based in Moscow that was founded in 1924 and currently plays in the Russian Professional Football League.

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Name history

  • AMO (1925–1932) – founded and owned by Avtomobilnoe Moskovskoe Obshchestvo (AMO).
  • ZIS (1933–1935) – after owner's name AMO was changed to Zavod Imeni Stalina (ZIS).
  • Torpedo Moscow (1936–1995) – when they became one of the founding members of the Soviet 'B' League.
  • Torpedo-Luzhniki (1996–1997) – as they became property of the Luzhniki corporation.
  • Torpedo Moscow (1998–)
  • Club history

    Torpedo Moscow Football Club (based on Proletarskaya Kuznitsa teams) was formed in 1930 by the AMO automotive plant (soon to be Stalin Automotive Plant – ZIS and later Likhachev Automotive Plant – ZIL).

    They played in the Moscow League until 1936 when they became one of the founder members of the Soviet 'B' League and changed their name to Torpedo Moscow. In 1938, they were promoted to the 'A' League.

    Torpedo have won the National League Championship on three occasions, and have lifted the National Cup seven times. In 1957 Torpedo Moscow, as well as other Soviet sport clubs named "Torpedo", became a part of the republican VSS Trud of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

    Nicknamed "the Black-Whites," Torpedo has not been a major force in Russian football since the days of Eduard Streltsov, the brilliant striker of the 1950s and 1960s, known as "the Russian Pelé." Past glories for Torpedo include three USSR titles (1960, 1965, and autumn 1976), six USSR Cups (1949, 1952, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1986), one Russian Cup (1993) and three appearances in the quarterfinals of European/UEFA Cup competition, and one Ciutat de Lleida Trophy in 1991.

    The club used to belong to the ZIL automobile plant until a fallout in the mid-1990s that resulted in Torpedo leaving their historic ground and moving across town to Luzhniki, as they became property of the Luzhniki corporation and its name was changed to Torpedo-Luzhniki between (1996–1997) before it was renamed Torpedo Moscow.

    After selling Torpedo Moscow in 1996, ZIL created a new team, Torpedo-ZIL (1997), which debuted in the Third Division and reached the Russian Premier League in 2000. However, ZIL sold the team to MMC Norilsk Nickel in 2003, where it was relaunched as FC Moscow. This new team, however, was eventually dissolved after spending the 2010 season in Amateur Football League when its owner and main sponsor, MMC Norilsk Nickel, withdrew funding.

    After selling Torpedo-ZIL in 2003, ZIL created another team, Torpedo-ZIL (2003), which began play in the Third Division. This team, however, was also eventually disbanded in 2011 after its efforts to seek promotion to the First Division failed.

    Under SC Luzhniki ownership (1996–2009), Torpedo Moscow was relegated to the First Division in 2006 and after two seasons it fell further to the Second Division. In early 2009, Luzhniki sold the team back to ZiL. It was speculated that ZIL would merge Torpedo Moscow and Torpedo-ZIL (2003), but instead an independent Torpedo Moscow spent 2009 in the Amateur Football League, later earning two consecutive promotions to gain a spot in the First Division in 2011. In their first season back in the First Division, the team finished eighth during the first half of the tournament at the end of 2011, taking them through to a Top 8 Promotion playoff during the season's second half.

    In the 2012–13 season, Torpedo barely avoided relegation to the second division. At the end of the championship was again replaced head coach - instead Ignatiev came 42-year-old Vladimir Kazakov, in due time played in Torpedo. Were acquired several players with experience of playing at the highest level. However, in the first 6 matches, black-white were able earn only two points, Kazakov took the blame and resigned.

    On 5 September 2013, a team led by A. G. Borodyuk began to become more competitive, ultimately placing third in the 2013–14 season and securing a playoff spot for promotion to the Premier League. The team drew the previous year's 14th-placed Premier League team, Krylia Sovetov Samara, in a game held on 18 May 2014 at the stadium in suburban Ramenskoye, which ended 2–0 for Torpedo. On 22 May, in the tie's second leg at Metallurg Stadium in Samara, Torpedo played to a draw, thus prevailing on aggregate and returning to the Premier League after an eight-year absence.

    The 2014–15 season began poorly for Torpedo in the top division; in the first matchday, the club was defeated 1–4 by CSKA Moscow. At the end of the season, the team was relegated back to the Russian Football National League after finishing second-last, in 15th. Due to a lack of financing, however, Torpedo could only receive licensing for play in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League for 2015–16 season, thus sealing a two-level relegation.

    Supporters and rivalries

    The fans of Torpedo are "twinned" with the fans of Spartak Moscow.

    Torpedo's historical rivalries are with Lokomotiv Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Dynamo Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg.

    Domestic competitions

  • Soviet Top League / Russian Premier League: 3
  • Runners-up: (3) 1957, 1961, 1964
  • Soviet Cup / Russian Cup: 7
  • Runners-up: (9) 1947, 1958, 1961, 1966, 1977, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1991
  • Soviet Super Cup / Russian Super Cup:
  • Runners-up: (1) 1987
  • Progress Cup: 1
  • Non-official

  • Ciutat de Lleida Trophy: 1
  • Current squad

    As of 22 February 2017, according to the PFL website

    Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

    Notable players

    Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Torpedo.

    For full list, see Category:FC Torpedo Moscow players

    Most appearances for Torpedo Moscow

    As of the match played 20 April 2007 and according to official site. Players in bold are still currently playing for Torpedo Moscow.

    Reserve squad

    Torpedo's reserve squad played professionally as FC Torpedo-d Moscow (Russian Second League in 1992–93, Russian Third League in 1994–95), FC Torpedo-Luzhniki-d Moscow (Russian Third League in 1996–97) and FC Torpedo-2 Moscow (Russian Second Division in 1998–2000).

    References

    FC Torpedo Moscow Wikipedia