FC Torpedo Moscow
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| Full name | Football Club Torpedo Moscow | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Чёрно-белые (The Black and Whites), Автозаводцы (Car factory workers) | ||
| Founded | 1924 [1] | ||
| Ground | Spartak Stadium, Moscow | ||
| Capacity | 5,100 | ||
| Chairman | Aleksandr Tukmanov | ||
| Manager | Viktor Bulatov | ||
| League | Russian Professional Football League, Zone Center | ||
| 2015–16 | 12th | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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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.
History
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.[2] 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.
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Honours
Domestic competitions
- Soviet Cup / Russian Cup: 7
- Soviet Super Cup / Russian Super Cup:
- Runners-up: (1) 1987
- Progress Cup: 1
- 1976
Non-official
League history
Soviet Union
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Top scorer
(league)Head coach Notes 1936 2nd 2 6 3 1 2 10 7 13 — — Spring tourn. 4 7 4 0 3 11 7 15 — — Autumn tourn. 1937 6 12 4 4 4 16 18 24 R16 — Promoted due to
league expansion1938 1st 9 25 9 11 5 51 38 29 R16 — Sinyakov – 15 P. Petrov – 15 Bukhteev1939 9 26 8 7 11 51 51 23 R64 — Zharkov – 13 Bukhteev Kvashnin1940 11 24 6 6 12 36 50 18 — — Zharkov – 9 Kvashnin1941 Did not participate No league and cup competitions in 1942–1943 1944 No competition SF — 1945 1st 3 22 12 3 7 41 21 27 R16 — Panfilov – 141946 4 22 11 5 6 44 29 27 SF — A. Ponomaryov – 18 V. Maslov1947 5 24 9 6 9 36 29 24 RU — Zharkov – 9 V. Maslov1948 5 26 15 3 8 58 43 33 QF — A. Ponomaryov – 19 V. Maslov Nikitin1949 4 34 16 10 8 64 42 42 W — A. Ponomaryov – 19 Nikitin Kvashnin1950 10 36 13 10 13 57 60 36 R32 — V. Ponomaryov – 12 Kvashnin1951 12 28 8 8 12 37 48 24 R32 — Nechaev – 8 Moshkarkin Rzhevtsev1952 10 13 3 6 4 11 15 12 W — Nechaev – 3 Gabichvadze – 3 V. Maslov1953 3 20 11 3 6 24 24 25 QF — Vatskevich – 9 V. Maslov N. Morozov1954 9 24 8 6 10 34 34 22 R16 — Vatskevich – 9 N. Morozov1955 4 22 10 8 4 39 32 28 R16 — Streltsov – 15 N. Morozov1956 5 22 8 7 7 40 37 23 — — V. K. Ivanov – 13 Beskov1957 2 22 11 6 5 46 23 28 SF — V. K. Ivanov – 14 V. Maslov1958 7 22 7 8 7 51 42 22 RU — V. K. Ivanov – 14 V. Maslov1959 5 22 11 3 8 27 23 25 — — Falin – 7 V. Maslov1960 1 30 20 5 5 56 25 45 W — Gusarov – 12 V. Maslov1961 2 30 19 3 8 68 35 41 RU — Gusarov – 22 V. Maslov1962 7 32 15 8 9 64 32 48 QF — Gusarov – 15 Zharkov1963 10 38 12 16 10 46 41 40 R16 — V. K. Ivanov – 17 Zolotov N. Morozov1964 2 33 19 8 6 53 23 46 R32 — V. K. Ivanov – 14 Zolotov1965 1 32 22 7 3 55 21 51 R32 — Streltsov – 12 Maryenko1966 6 36 15 10 11 55 39 40 RU — Streltsov – 12 Maryenko1967 12 36 12 9 15 38 47 33 QF EC R32 4 players – 6 N. Morozov V. K. Ivanov1968 3 38 18 4 6 60 32 50 W CWC QF Streltsov – 21 V. K. Ivanov1969 5 32 13 10 9 36 27 36 QF — Pais – 8 V. K. Ivanov1970 6 32 12 10 10 36 38 34 QF CWC R32 G. Shalimov – 6 V. K. Ivanov1971 7 30 4 20 6 27 27 28 SF — Pais – 6 V. Maslov1972 9 30 11 9 10 31 33 31 W — Y. Smirnov – 12 V. Maslov1973 13 30 9 1+7 13 28 37 19 R32 — Y. Smirnov – 8 V. Maslov V. K. Ivanov1974 4 30 13 7 10 35 28 33 R16 CWC R32 Nikonov – 12 V. K. Ivanov1975 4 30 13 8 9 42 33 34 R32 — Khrabrostin – 7 V. K. Ivanov1976 12 15 5 4 6 15 20 14 R16 UC R16 Degterev – 5 Sergey V. Grishin – 5 V. K. IvanovSpring tourn. 1 15 9 2 4 20 9 20 Khrabrostin – 5 V. Sakharov – 5 V. K. IvanovAutumn tourn. 1977 3 30 12 13 5 30 23 37 RU — 4 players – 4 V. K. Ivanov1978 8 30 11 11 8 36 29 30 SF EC R32 Khrabrostin – 7 V. K. Ivanov1979 16 34 8 9 17 32 46 24 Qual. UC R32 N. Vasilyev – 14 Salkov1980 11 34 10 11 13 28 32 30 QF — Redkous – 7 Salkov1981 5 34 14 14 6 41 29 38 Qual. — Petrakov – 10 V. K. Ivanov1982 8 34 11 12 11 36 33 32 RU — Redkous – 12 V. K. Ivanov1983 6 34 14 11 9 40 34 38 R16 CWC R32 Petrakov – 11 V. K. Ivanov1984 6 34 15 10 9 43 36 40 QF — Redkous – 14 V. K. Ivanov1985 5 34 13 10 11 42 40 36 R16 — Kobzev – 9 V. K. Ivanov1986 9 30 10 11 9 31 28 30 W — Y. Savichev – 12 V. K. Ivanov1987 4 30 12 12 6 35 25 34 QF CWC QF Y. Savichev – 10 V. K. Ivanov1988 3 30 17 8 5 39 23 42 RU — Grechnev – 9 A. Rudakov – 9 V. K. Ivanov1989 5 30 11 13 6 40 26 35 RU UC R64 Grechnev – 11 Y. Savichev – 11 V. K. Ivanov1990 4 24 13 4 7 28 24 30 QF CWC R16 Y. Savichev – 8 V. K. Ivanov1991 3 30 13 10 7 36 20 36 RU UC QF Tishkov – 8 V. K. Ivanov Skomorokhov1992 No competition R32 UC R32
Russia
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Top scorer
(league)Head coach Notes 1992 1st 11 30 12 6 12 32 30 30 — — G. Grishin – 10 Skomorokhov Y. Mironov1993 7 34 15 8 11 35 40 38 W UC R32 Borisov – 7 Y. Mironov1994 11 30 7 12 11 28 37 26 R32 CWC R32 Afanasyev – 8 Y. Mironov Petrenko V. K. Ivanov1995 5 30 16 7 7 40 30 55 QF — D. Prokopenko – 6 Agashkov – 6 V. K. Ivanov1996 12 34 10 11 13 42 51 41 R32 — Kamoltsev – 9 V. K. Ivanov1997 11 34 13 6 15 50 46 45 QF UC
ICR64
SF
Jankauskas – 10 Tarkhanov1998 11 30 9 10 11 38 34 37 R16 — V. Bulatov – 9 Tarkhanov V. K. Ivanov1999 4 30 13 11 6 38 33 50 R32 — Kamoltsev – 12 V. Shevchenko2000 3 30 16 7 7 42 29 55 R32 — Vyazmikin – 8 V. Shevchenko2001 4 30 15 7 8 53 42 52 QF UC R128 Vyazmikin – 17 V. Shevchenko2002 4 30 14 8 8 47 32 50 R32 UC R128 Semshov – 11 V. Shevchenko Petrenko2003 8 30 11 10 9 42 38 43 R32 — Shirko – 7 Petrenko2004 5 30 16 6 8 53 37 54 R32 UC R32 Panov – 15 Petrenko2005 7 30 12 9 9 37 33 45 QF — Semshov – 12 Petrenko2006 15 30 3 13 14 22 40 22 QF — Budylin – 4 Petrenko GosteninRelegated 2007 2nd 6 42 21 6 15 75 59 69 R16 — 
Romashchenko – 15 R. Sabitov2008 18 42 14 7 21 47 69 49 R32 — Popov – 9 DayevRelegated to 4th level due
to financial irregul.2009 LFL (4th),
"Moscow"1 32 30 0 2 128 19 90 R64 — Chereshnev – 23 PavlovPromoted 2010 3rd,
"Centre"1 30 17 6 7 59 26 57 R32 — Burmistrov – 10 ChugainovPromoted 2011–12 2nd 8 52 17 17 18 63 53 68 R32 — Khozin – 9 Dorozhkin – 9 Chugainov Belov2012–13 14 32 6 15 11 29 38 33 R32 — Bezlikhotnov – 7 Belov Ignatyev2013–14 3 36 19 8 9 45 22 65 Fourth Round — I. Shevchenko — 8 BorodyukPromoted 2014–15 1st 15 30 6 11 13 28 45 29 R8 — Putsila — 4 Savichev PetrakovRelegated
European campaigns
Current squad
As of 30 August 2016, 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.
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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
Player records
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.
| # | Name | Career | Appearances |
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| 1 | Viktor Shustikov |
1958–72 | 427 |
| 2 | Sergei Prigoda |
1976–88 | 325 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Polukarov |
1980–91 | 319 |
| 4 | Vladimir Yurin |
1970–80 | 304 |
| 5 | Valentin Ivanov |
1953–66 | 286 |
| 6 | Sergei Petrenko |
1974–85 | 276 |
| 7 | Leonid Pakhomov |
1967–76 | 261 |
| 8 | Vasiliy Zhupikov |
1977–85 | 255 |
| 9 | Viktor Kruglov |
1975–81, 1984–86 | 231 |
| 10 | Vladimir Buturlakin |
1970, 1972–80 | 226 |
Most goals scored for Torpedo Moscow
| # | Name | Career | Goals |
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| 1 | Valentin Ivanov |
1953–66 | 124 |
| 2 | Eduard Streltsov |
1954–58, 1965–70 | 100 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Ponomaryov |
1945–50 | 83 |
| 4 | Gennadiy Gusarov |
1957–62 | 67 |
| 5 | Georgiy Zharkov |
1939–40, 1945–51 | 63 |
| 6 | Pyotr Petrov |
1938–40, 1945–49 | 54 |
| 7 | Igor Semshov |
1998–2005 | 54 |
| 8 | Yuri Savichev |
1985–90 | 47 |
| 9 | Nikolai Vasilyev |
1976–85 | 45 |
| 10 | Oleg Sergeev |
1958–66 | 43 |
Coaches
| Year | Name | Achievement | Remarks |
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| 1932–34 | Sergei Bukhteyev (1896–1948) | Russian champion 1922 (SKZ, player) died in GULAG | |
| 1936–37 | Nikolai Niktin (1895–1960) | organized Moscow youth football school replaced in July | |
| 1937–39 | Sergei Bukhteev (1896–1948) | replaced in May | |
| 1939–40 | Konstantin Kvashin (1899–1986) | ||
| 1945 | Viktor Maslov (1910–77) | player of RDPK (1930), AMO, ZiS (1931–35), Torpedo (1936–40) for Torpedo 66 games, 1 goal replaced in August | |
| 1945–46 | Fedor Selin (1899–1960) | Bronze (Soviet Top League) | |
| 1946–48 | Viktor Maslov (1910–77) | Lost in finals to Spartak 1–2 | replaced in July |
| 1948–49 | Nikolai Nikitin (1895–1960) | replaced in May | |
| 1949–50 | Konstantin Kvashin (1899–1986) | First Soviet Cup (FC Dynamo Moscow 2–1) | replaced at the end 1950 |
| 1951 | Vladimir Moshkarin (1914–94) | Torpedo (1945–50) 89 games, 2 goals replaced in July | |
| 1951 | Andrei Rzhevtsev (1910–98) | replaced at the end of 1951 | |
| 1952–53 | Viktor Maslov (1910–77) | Second Soviet Cup (Spartak Moscow 1–0) | replaced in August |
| 1953–55 | Nikolai Morozov (1916–81) | Bronze (Soviet Top League) | Torpedo (1938–49) 153 games, 5 goals replaced in October |
| 1956 | Konstantin Beskov (1920–2006) | coached six Moscow teams at the Top level | |
| 1957–61 | Viktor Maslov (1910–77) | First title (1960), third Soviet Cup (Dinamo Tbilisi 4–3 aet), silver twice (Soviet Top League), Soviet Cup finalist twice |
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| 1962 | Georgiy Zharkov (1915–81) | Torpedo (1939–51) 191 games, 63 goals | |
| 1963 | Yuriy Zolotov (1929–98) | Torpedo (1950–56) 60 games, 13 goals part of club's staff (1959–94 with breaks) replaced in April | |
| 1963 | Nikolai Morozov (1916–81) | ||
| 1964–66 | Viktor Maryenko (1929–2007) | Second title (1965), Silver (Soviet Top League), Soviet Cup finalist (Dynamo Kyiv 0–2) |
Torpedo (1954–59) 88 games, 1 goal coach of youth school 1981, 1988–92 |
| 1967 | Nikolai Morozov (1916–81) | replaced in July | |
| 1967–70 | Valentin Ivanov (1934–) | Fourth Soviet Cup (Paxtakor Toshkent 1–0), silver (Soviet Top League) |
Torpedo (1952–66) 287 games, 124 goals |
| 1971–73 | Viktor Maslov (1910–77) | Fifth Soviet Cup (Spartak Moscow 0–0, 1–1, pk 5–1) | replaced in August |
| 1973–78 | Valentin Ivanov (1934–) | Third and last title (fall'76), bronze (Soviet Top League), Soviet Cup finalist (FC Dynamo Moscow 0–1) |
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| 1979–80 | Vladimir Salkov (1937–) | replaced in July | |
| 1980–91 | Valentin Ivanov (1934–) | Sixth Soviet Cup (Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0), bronze (Soviet Top League), Soviet Cup finalist four other times |
replaced in September |
| 1991–92 | Yevgeniy Skomorokhov (1945–2002) | Bronze (Soviet Top League) | replaced in August |
| 1992–94 | Yury Mironov (1948–) | First Russian Cup (CSKA Moscow 1–1, pk 5–3) | Torpedo (1970–71, 1975–78) 85 games replaced in July |
| 1994 | Sergei Petrenko (1955–) | Torpedo (1972–85) 276 games, 23 goals coached Torpedo-ZiL (later) replaced in August | |
| 1994–96 | Valentin Ivanov (1934–) | ||
| 1997–98 | Aleksandr Tarkhanov (1954–) | replaced in May | |
| 1998 | Valentin Ivanov (1934–) | ||
| 1999–2002 | Vitaliy Shevchenko (1951–) | Bronze (Russian Premier League) | replaced in July |
| 2002–06 | Sergei Petrenko (1955–) | replaced in September | |
| 2006 | Aleksandr Gostenin (1955–) | Torpedo (1981–86) 145 games replaced in November | |
| 2007 | Georgiy Yartsev (1948–) | replaced in June | |
| 2007 | Viacheslav Dayev (1972–) | Torpedo (1999–2001) 87 games, 8 goals replaced in July | |
| 2007–08 | Ravil Sabitov (1968–) | replaced in May | |
| 2008 | Viacheslav Dayev (1972–) |
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).
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