FC Chelyabinsk

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FC Chelyabinsk
Logo of FC Chelyabinsk.gif
Full nameFootball Club Chelyabinsk
Founded1977
Ground
Capacity15,000
ChairmanKonstantin Arestov
ManagerMikhail Salnikov
LeagueRussian Professional Football League,
Group 4
Zone Ural-Privolzhye, 2nd

Football Club Chelyabinsk (Russian: ФК «Челябинск») is a Russian football club from Chelyabinsk that currently plays in the Russian Professional Football League, the third tier of the Russian football league system.

It played professionally from 1989 to 1993 and from 1997 on. The club was called Strela Chelyabinsk (1977–1989) and Zenit Chelyabinsk (1990–2008). It played on the second-highest level, Russian First Division, in 1992 and 1993.

History[]

The club was founded in 1977 as Strela Chelyabinsk. From 1977 to 1989 the club played in the regional leagues, and won the league title in 1980. The club also played the regional final 5 times, winning it in 1986 and 1987. In 1990 the club was renamed to Zenit Chelyabinsk. It was promoted to the second-highest level, Russian First Division, in 1992. The following year, the club was relegated.

In 2009 the club was renamed to its current name, FC Chelyabinsk. The club made a great run in the 2009–10 Russian Cup, reaching the round of 16. Chelyabinsk entered the competition in the second round, where they beat FC Tyumen. In the third round, they defeated Gornyak Uchaly, and in the fourth round, they eliminated Gazovik Orenburg 4–1. In the fifth round, they defeated second division club FC KAMAZ. Now in the round of 32, the club produced a massive upset when they beat Russian Premier League club PFC Krylia. Their run came to an end in the round of 16, where Mordovia Saransk defeated them 2–0.[1]

Current squad[]

As of 16 November 2021 [2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Russia RUS Sergey Glazkov
— GK Russia RUS Vladimir Kosmachev
— GK Russia RUS Oleg Novikov
— DF Russia RUS Semyon Cherepanov
— DF Russia RUS Vyacheslav Dyomin
— DF Russia RUS Artemi Gibner
— DF Russia RUS Vitaly Korkin
— DF Russia RUS Ivan Kostylev
— DF Russia RUS Viktor Kuryshev
— DF Russia RUS Ruslan Mamedov
— DF Russia RUS Vasili Palkin
— DF Russia RUS Ilya Salnikov
— DF Russia RUS Kirill Sarayev
— MF Russia RUS Andrey Davydov
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Russia RUS Vladislav Dubrovskiy
— MF Russia RUS Viktor Kiselyov
— MF Russia RUS Aleksei Pipo
— MF Russia RUS Ilya Shukshin
— MF Russia RUS Eduard Valiakhmetov
— FW Russia RUS Valeri Bannikov
— FW Russia RUS Nikita Kasatkin
— FW Russia RUS Yury Rudakov
— FW Russia RUS Maksim Rudnev
— FW Russia RUS Marat Shaymordanov
— FW Russia RUS Vladimir Ulyanovsky
— FW Russia RUS Dmitri Yudin
— FW Russia RUS Nikita Zyryanov

References[]

  1. ^ "История ФК "Челябинск"" [History of FC Chelyabinsk]. Футбольный клуб "Челябинск" - официальный сайт (FC-Chel.ru) (in Russian). 24 September 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "FC Chelyabinsk squad". FNL2.

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