FC Torpedo-ZIL (Russian: Футбольный клуб Торпедо-ЗИЛ) was a Russian football club from Moscow.
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| Full name | Football Club Torpedo-ZIL | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Avtozavodtsy (Automobile plant workers) | ||
| Founded | 1997 | ||
| Dissolved | 2004 (became FC Moscow) | ||
| Ground | Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow | ||
| Capacity | 13,200 | ||
| League | Russian Premier League | ||
| 2002 | 14th | ||
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History edit
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The team was founded in 1997 after Torpedo Moscow, which played in the Russian Top Division, became a property of SC Luzhniki and was not related to the automobile plant anymore. Soon afterwards ZiL decided to revive their own team.
Torpedo-ZIL made a debut in the Third Division in 1997. The club won promotion to the Premier League in 2000. In both 2001 and 2002, Torpedo-ZIL finished 14th out of 16 teams. In the beginning of 2003, due to inability to finance a Premier League team, ZIL had to sell first 55 percent,[1] and two months later all remaining stock to Norilsk Nickel.[2] Metallurgy giant renamed the team FC Torpedo-Metallurg, and a year later used it to form a new club, FC Moscow. At the same time, ZIL created another team in the Third Division which was originally known as FC Torpedo-RG and was later renamed back to FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow. That team has also since been disbanded.
Domestic history edit
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup | Europe | Top scorer (league) | Head coach | |
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| 1997 | 4th, Zone 3 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 77 | 29 | 77 |  Lavrentyev – 17
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Petrenko
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| 1998 | 3rd, "Center" | 1 | 40 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 90 | 30 | 90 | Round of 128 | Snigiryov – 32
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Petrenko Ignatyev
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| 1999 | 2nd | 4 | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 67 | 27 | 82 | Round of 32 | A. Smirnov – 11
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Ignatyev
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| 2000 | 2 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 62 | 28 | 80 | Round of 64 | Lebed' – 10
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Ignatyev
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| 2001 | 1st | 14 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 31 | Round of 32 | Piyuk – 6
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 Kucherevsky
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| 2002 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 39 | 28 | Quarterfinals | D. Smirnov – 7
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Nikonov
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| 2003 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 29 | Round of 32 | Monaryov – 8
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 Aleinikov Ivanov Ignatenko
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References edit
- ^ "СПОРТ-ЭКСПРЕСС ФУТБОЛ. В ГОСТЯХ У "СЭ"". Retrieved 2003-02-07.
- ^ "У "ЗИЛа" БОЛЬШЕ НЕТ АКЦИЙ "ТОРПЕДО-МЕТАЛЛУРГА"". Retrieved 2003-04-08.