FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny

KAMAZ (Russian: Футбольный клуб КАМАЗ Набережные Челны) is a Russian football club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia. The club plays in the second-tier Russian First League.

KAMAZ
Club crest
Full nameFootball Club
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
Nickname(s)Грузовики Gruzoviki
(The Trucks)
Автозаводцы Avtozovodci
(The Car Workers)
Founded1981; 43 years ago (1981)
GroundKAMAZ stadium
Capacity6,248
ChairmanIvan Klipov[1]
ManagerVladimir Klontsak[2]
LeagueRussian First League
2022–2311th of 18
WebsiteClub website

Colours are (Home) all white. (Away) Light blue shirts, white shorts.

History edit

The club was founded on 11 November 1981 at the KAMAZ plant under the name Trud-PRZ. The team played in local tournaments until 1988, when they entered Soviet Second League.

KAMAZ stayed in this league until 1992, when following the collapse of the Soviet Union they were entitled to play in the Russian First League. They won the Centre Zone tournament and were promoted into the Top League.

The best result achieved by KAMAZ in the Top League was a 6th position in 1994. It allowed the club to participate in the Intertoto Cup, where KAMAZ reached the semifinals, defeating München 1860 in the group stage.

KAMAZ stayed in the top flight from 1993 to 1997, when the financial troubles of their owner, KAMAZ plant, forced them into the First Division and into the Second Division a year later. The team played in the Ural Zone of the Second Division from 1999 to 2003, where they earned promotion.

KAMAZ became one of the leaders of the First Division in the 2000s, finishing 4th in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2010 and 3rd in 2005 and 2008. They were relegated back to the third-tier at the end of the 2015–16 season.

On 15 June 2021, the club secured first place in their PFL group and promotion back to FNL.[3]

The club has been known as Trud-PRZ (1981–1987), Torpedo (1988–1989), and KAMAZ-Chally (1995–2000).

The club has won 4 Second Division titles and 1 First Division title.

KAMAZ finished the 2021–22 Russian Football National League in a relegation spot, but was not relegated due to other clubs failing to obtain the 2022–23 season license.[4]

KAMAZ in Europe edit

1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Group 8 edit

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1.   FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny 10 4 3 1 0 8 3 +5
2.   TSV 1860 München 6 4 2 0 2 8 3 +5
3.   Kaucuk Opava 6 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1
4.   PFC Spartak Varna 5 4 1 2 1 5 5 0
5.   ŁKS Łódź 1 4 0 1 3 1 12 −11
22 June 1996
FC KAMAZ 3–0 ŁKS Łódź
29 June 1996
Kaucuk Opava 1–2 FC KAMAZ
13 July 1996
FC KAMAZ 2–2 PFC Spartak Varna
20 July 1996
TSV 1860 München 0–1 FC KAMAZ

Semi-finals (27–28 & 31 July)

FC KAMAZ   2–0, 0–4 En Avant Guingamp  

League history edit

Russian Second DivisionRussian National Football LeagueRussian Second DivisionRussian National Football LeagueRussian Premier LeagueRussian National Football League

Soviet Union edit

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W. D. L. GS GA Pts. Cup Europe Top Scorer
(league)
Head Coach
1988 3rd, Group 2 14 32 8 12 12 32 36 28   Gibadullin – 7
  Dm. Smirnov – 7
  Chetverik
1989 7 42 20 8 14 59 50 48   Zakiyev – 11   Chetverik
1990 4th, Group 7 1 32 21 5 6 67 26 47   Baryshev – 17   Chetverik
1991 3rd, "Centre" 10 42 19 3 20 60 55 41   Y. Kuznetsov – 28   Chetverik
1992 R128   Chetverik

Russia edit

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W. D. L. GS GA Pts. Cup Europe Top Scorer
(league)
Head Coach
1992 2nd, "Centre" 1 34 26 3 5 78 19 55 R32   Panchenko – 26   Chetverik
1993 PL (1st) 10 34 12 6 16 45 53 30 QF   Panchenko – 21   Chetverik
1994 6 30 11 9 10 38 38 31 R16   Tropanets – 7
  Panchenko – 7
  Chetverik
1995 9 30 10 8 12 34 30 38 QF   Durnev – 9   Chetverik
1996 14 34 10 6 18 43 57 36 R32 UIC SF   Babenko – 9   Chetverik
  Butaliy
1997 18 34 8 3 23 38 75 21(−6) R16   Shukanov – 7   Zelkevičius
1998 2nd 22 42 7 5 30 32 82 26 R256   Vekovishchev – 9   Butaliy
1999 3rd, "Ural" 10 30 11 7 12 41 46 40 R1024   Tsarayev – 11   Chetverik
2000 3 30 20 4 6 80 23 64 R512   Strizhov – 20   Shubin
2001 3 30 21 1 8 81 26 64 R64   Yermilov – 26   Shubin
  Butaliy
2002 6 28 15 6 7 41 24 51 R128   Yermilov – 15   Butaliy
  Gazzaev
2003 3rd, "Ural-P." 1 38 30 4 4 85 20 94 R32   Yermilov – 23   Gazzaev
2004 2nd 4 42 19 12 11 52 49 69 R32   Kalimullin – 9   Gazzaev
2005 3 42 26 6 10 80 32 84 R64   Monaryov – 18   Gazzaev
2006 4 42 22 11 9 54 26 77 R64   Belozyorov – 8   Gazzaev
2007 4 42 23 8 11 67 34 77 R16   Zeba – 12   Gazzaev
2008 3 42 23 10 9 68 41 79 R32   Gogniyev – 17   Gazzaev
2009 5 38 18 10 10 50 31 64 R64   Gogniyev – 17   Gazzaev
  Panov
2010 4 38 19 9 10 55 43 66 R32   Gogniyev – 13
  Serdyukov – 13
  Yevdokimov
2011–12 9 48 19 10 19 53 46 67 R64   Koronov – 12   Yevdokimov
  Klontsak
2012–13 3rd, "Ural-P." 10 28 8 6 14 23 29 30 R256   Lukyanov – 4   Klontsak
2013–14 3 27 15 4 8 43 36 39 R512   Akbashev – 6   Klontsak
2014–15 1 25 16 7 2 39 10 55 R128   Safronov – 8   Klontsak
2015–16 FNL (2nd) 20 38 6 6 26 20 60 24 R64   Davydov – 4   Klontsak
2016–17 PFL (3rd), "Ural-P."/4 7 24 8 5 11 23 25 29 R128   Ayukin – 4   Klontsak
  Shinkarenko
  Klontsak
2017–18 4 24 13 6 5 37 19 45 R256   Khubayev – 6   Klontsak
  Yefremov
2018–19 2 25 13 6 6 44 25 45 R256   Karayev – 7
  Galiakberov – 7
  Yefremov
2019–20 4 17 10 2 5 37 23 32 R32   Karayev – 11   Belov
2020–21 1 28 21 1 6 75 25 64 R128   Galiakberov – 15   Belov
  Akhmetzyanov
2021–22 First League (2nd) 17 38 8 13 17 29 45 37 R16   Gagloyev – 7   Akhmetzyanov[a]
2022–23 11 34 11 11 12 35 36 44 6th   Gagloyev – 5
  Shamkin – 5
  Akhmetzyanov[a]

Current squad edit

As of 2 April 2024, according to the First League website.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF   ARM Artyom Gyurdzhan (on loan from Pari NN)
4 DF   RUS Artyom Abramov
6 MF   RUS Daniil Rodin (on loan from Rubin Kazan)
7 DF   RUS Ruslan Ayukin
8 DF   RUS Dmitri Starodub
9 FW   RUS Artemi Ukomsky (on loan from Spartak Kostroma)
10 MF   RUS Roman Zashchepkin
11 MF   RUS Aleksandr Gagloyev
13 DF   RUS Valeri Pochivalin
14 MF   RUS Surkhaykhan Abdullayev
15 DF   RUS Savely Ratnikov
20 DF   RUS Anton Polyutkin
22 MF   ARM Pavel Gorelov
27 DF   RUS Roman Manuylov
29 DF   RUS Ilnur Badrtdinov
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 GK   RUS Artur Anisimov
33 MF   RUS Boris Fartuna
37 FW   RUS Nikolay Yermolayev
41 GK   RUS Sergey Samok
42 MF   RUS Yuri Kirillov
43 DF   RUS Dmitri Ivanov
55 FW   RUS Maksim Lauk
69 DF   RUS Ilyas Asylov
70 MF   RUS Ruslan Mamishov
74 MF   RUS Ruslan Kul (on loan from Rodina Moscow)
75 GK   RUS Roman Grashchenkov
77 DF   RUS Valentin Paltsev
97 MF   RUS Damir Talikin
99 GK   RUS Dmitry Gerasimov

Out on loan edit

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   RUS Vladislav Vasilyev (at Ryazan until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   RUS Kirill Vorobyov (at Znamya Truda until 30 June 2024)

Reserve squad edit

KAMAZ's reserve squad played professionally as FC KAMAZ-d Naberezhnye Chelny (Russian Second League in 1993, Russian Third League in 1994) and as FC KAMAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny (Russian Third League in 1995–1997).

Notable players edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Иван Клипов назначен генеральным директором "КАМАЗа"" (in Russian). 1fnl.ru. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Владимир Клонцак стал главным тренером "КАМАЗа"" (in Russian). championat.com. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  3. ^ ""КАМАЗ" вернулся в Олимп-ФНЛ!" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 15 June 2021.
  4. ^ "ФК "КАМАЗ" подтвердил своё участие в сезоне 2022/2023гг. ФНЛ" (in Russian). FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

External links edit