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

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

History

Torpedo-Metallurg logo (2003–2004)
The first Torpedo-ZIL logo.

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 Russia Lavrentyev – 17 Russia Petrenko
1998 3rd, "Center" 1 40 28 6 6 90 30 90 Round of 128 Russia Snigiryov – 32 Russia Petrenko
Russia Ignatyev
1999 2nd 4 42 23 13 6 67 27 82 Round of 32 Russia A. Smirnov – 11 Russia Ignatyev
2000 2 38 24 8 6 62 28 80 Round of 64 Russia Lebed' – 10 Russia Ignatyev
2001 1st 14 30 7 10 13 22 35 31 Round of 32 Russia Piyuk – 6 Ukraine Kucherevsky
2002 14 30 6 10 14 20 39 28 Quarterfinals Russia D. Smirnov – 7 Russia Nikonov
2003 14 30 8 5 17 25 39 29 Round of 32 Ukraine Monaryov – 8 Belarus Aleinikov
Russia Ivanov
Russia 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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