FC Tosno

FC Tosno
Full name Football Club Tosno
Founded 2013
Ground MSA Petrovsky, Saint Petersburg[1]
Ground Capacity 6,000
Chairman Viatcheslav Matyushenko
Manager Dmytro Parfenov
League Russian National Football League
2014–15 3rd
Website Club home page

FC Tosno (Russian: ФК Тосно) are a professional Russian football club based in Tosno, who currently play in the Russian National Football League.

Background

FC Tosno was officially registered in 2008 by Leonid Khomenko, the then director of 'FC Era'. In 2009, Tosno FC and another amateur club, 'Ruan', were merged. The name 'Ruan' was carried by the club till late 2013.[2]

History

Foundation

The decision to found a professional club was taken in March 2013, with the support of the main sponsor of the club at the time, a holding company 'Fort Group', and the Regional Public Organization, 'FC Tosno'.[3] Since 2013, FC Tosno represented the Leningrad Oblast in Russian competitions.[4] In Tosno's first professional season, the club was declared to perform in the West Zone of the Russian Professional Football League. The home stadium of the club (Tosno Stadium) had to be altered to Stadion Kirovets due to a mismatch in criteria of the PFL minimal requirements. During the adaptation time, FC Tosno played their home matches in Petrovskiy Stadium.

First official match for FC Tosno took place on 10 July 2013, where Tosno defeated FC Dynamo Vologda in 1/256 finals of the 2013–14 Russian Cup. The club had then had an 'unbeaten run' of 22 games (18 league games and 4 cup games), which ended on 27 October. On the next day, the contract with the FC Tosno's head coach, Viktor Demidov, had terminated.[5] The rest of the games in the season were headed by the keepers' head coach, Kirill Gashichev.

2013-14 Russian Cup

Tosno's current logo

After signing a contract with Ukrainian manager Oleh Leshchynskyi on 4 March 2014, FC Tosno have defeated FC Spartak Moscow in the 2013–14 Russian Cup Round of 16, with the only goal scored by Valentin Filatov on 114s minute. It was the fourth time in Russian Cup's history, when a team from the Second Division had participated in the Russian Cup's Quarter-finals.

On 26 March 2014, 'Tosno' were eliminated from the cup in an away game against Krasnodar, which ended 3-0 to the hosts.

2013-14 PFL

On 15 May, Leshchynskyi was fired due to a conflict with the club's players, so Vyacheslav Matyushenko, the team's chairman, had to head the team. On 27 May, after a 1-0 win against FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo in PFL, FC Tosno had secured a place in the Russian National Football League of the upcoming season.

2014-15 FNL

Prior to the season's start, Tosno had signed a contract with a Bulgarian manager Nikolay Kostov. The first four games were headed by Kirill Gashichev, however, on 30 July Kostov had been officially included in the squad. Tosno had topped the league for the time of Nikolay Kostov's leadership, however, on 5 November the contract with Kostov had terminated and Kirill Gashichev had to head Tosno again. In 2014, under the leadership of Gashichev, the club had finished third with four wins and one loss.

On 4 December 2014, the club's new manager became Aleksandr Grigoryan, the ex-manager of FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.

On 28 February, after finishing last in the FNL Cup, Alexander Grigoryan retired from professional career due to family circumstances under mutual agreement. The newly appointed manager was Yevgeni Perevertailo, who led Tosno to finish third in the league. Tosno lost 1:5 on aggregate to Rostov in the play-offs.

Home stadium

In November, 2014, it was announced that FC Tosno are planning to build a new home stadium in Tosno. Its capacity will be over 10,000 seats and it will be completed before the start of the next season.[6]

Timeline of head coaches

This is a timeline of all coaches of FC Tosno
Number represents the chronological order.

Number Period Manager Duration Reason for leaving
1 March 2013 - October 2013 Viktor Demidov 7 months Contract terminated
2 October 2013 - March 2014 Kirill Gashichev 5 months Replaced by professional manager
3 March 2014 - May 2014 Oleh Leshchynskyi 2 months Fired due to conflict with players
4 May 2014 - June 2014 Vyacheslav Matyushenko 1 month Replaced by Kirill Gashichev
5 June 2014 - August 2014 Kirill Gashichev 2 months Replaced by professional manager
6 August 2014 - November 2014 Nikolay Kostov 3 months Contract terminated
7 November 2014 - December 2014 Kirill Gashichev 1 month Replaced by professional manager
8 December 2014 - February 2015 Aleksandr Grigoryan 3 months Family circumstances
9 February 2015 - July 2015 Yevgeni Perevertailo 2 months Mutual agreement
10 August 2015 - Dmytro Parfenov

Honours

Current squad

As of 1 March 2016, according to the FNL official website.

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

No. Position Player
1 Russia GK Eduard Baychora
2 Russia DF Guram Tetrashvili
5 Russia DF Aleksei Aravin
8 Russia MF Maksim Astafyev
9 Russia MF Rustem Mukhametshin
10 Russia MF Mikhail Komkov
13 Russia MF Andrei Bochkov
15 Russia FW Vladimir Ilyin
16 Poland DF Marcin Kowalczyk
17 Russia FW Anton Zabolotny
18 Montenegro DF Mladen Kašćelan
20 Russia FW Yevgeni Markov
No. Position Player
21 Uzbekistan MF Vagiz Galiulin
22 Russia GK Artur Nigmatullin
23 Ukraine MF Stanislav Prychynenko
24 Russia MF Andrei Pazin
25 Russia DF Mikhail Smirnov
28 Russia DF Sergei Sukharev
33 Russia DF Ilya Gultyayev
48 Russia FW Aleksandr Kutyin
77 Russia MF Nika Chkhapeliya
86 Russia MF Grigori Chirkin
91 Russia GK Vasili Lukichev

Current staff

Coaching

Position Staff
Head coach Ukraine Dmytro Parfenov
Coach Russia Vladimir Kazakov
Coach Russia Kirill Gashichev
Goalkeeping coach Belarus Gennady Tumilovich

Management

Position Staff
General director Viatcheslav Matyushenko
President Svetlana Pronina
Executive director Leonid Khomenko
Administrator Denis Fedotov

References

External links

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