FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow

FC Torpedo-ZIL (Russian: Футбольный клуб Торпедо-ЗИЛ) was a Russian football club from Moscow.

For the successor team belonging to ZiL, see FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow (2003). For the unrelated club, see FC Torpedo Moscow.
Torpedo-ZIL
Full nameFootball Club Torpedo-ZIL
Nickname(s)Avtozavodtsy (Automobile plant workers)
Founded1997 (1997)
Dissolved2004 (2004) (became FC Moscow)
GroundEduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow
Capacity13,200
LeagueRussian Premier League
200214th

History

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
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Top scorer (league) Head coach
1997 4th, Zone 3 3 40 23 8 9 77 29 77 Lavrentyev – 17 Petrenko
1998 3rd, "Center" 1 40 28 6 6 90 30 90 Round of 128 Snigiryov – 32 Petrenko
Ignatyev
1999 2nd 4 42 23 13 6 67 27 82 Round of 32 A. Smirnov – 11 Ignatyev
2000 2 38 24 8 6 62 28 80 Round of 64 Lebed' – 10 Ignatyev
2001 1st 14 30 7 10 13 22 35 31 Round of 32 Piyuk – 6 Kucherevsky
2002 14 30 6 10 14 20 39 28 Quarterfinals D. Smirnov – 7 Nikonov
2003 14 30 8 5 17 25 39 29 Round of 32 Monaryov – 8 Aleinikov
Ivanov
Ignatenko

References
  1. "СПОРТ-ЭКСПРЕСС ФУТБОЛ. В ГОСТЯХ У "СЭ"". Retrieved 2003-02-07.
  2. "У "ЗИЛа" БОЛЬШЕ НЕТ АКЦИЙ "ТОРПЕДО-МЕТАЛЛУРГА"". Retrieved 2003-04-08.
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