FC Torpedo Moscow

Torpedo

Full name	Football Club Torpedo Moscow
Nickname(s)	Чёрно-белые (The Black and Whites), Автозаводцы (Car factory workers)
Founded	1930
Ground	Spartak Stadium, Moscow
Capacity	5,100
Chairman	Aleksandr Tukmanov
Manager	Vacant
League	Russian Professional Football League, Zone Center
2014–15	Russian Football Premier League, 15th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Football Club Torpedo Moscow (Russian: ФК "Торпедо" Москва, FK Torpedo Moskva) is a Russian football club based in Moscow that was founded in 1930 and currently plays in the Russian Professional Football League.

History

Name history

• AMO (1924–1932) – 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.

Torpedo-Luzhniki logo (1996–1997).

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.^[1] 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, while in the second, they suffered a heavy defeat to eventual league champions Zenit Saint Petersburg, 1–8. 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.

Torpedo kits

FC Torpedo Moscow kits
in final 1986 in final 1972 in final 1968 in final 1960 in final 1952 in final 1949

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Soviet Top League / Russian Premier League: 3

1960, 1965, 1976 Autumn

• • Runners-up: (3) 1957, 1961, 1964
• Soviet Cup / Russian Cup: 7

1949, 1952, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1986, 1993

• • Runners-up: (9) 1947, 1958, 1961, 1966, 1977, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1991
• Soviet Super Cup / Russian Super Cup:
  • Runners-up: (1) 1987
• Progress Cup: 1

1976

Non-official

• Ciutat de Lleida Trophy: 1

1991

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 expansion
1938	1st	9	25	9	11	5	51	38	29	R16	—		Sinyakov – 15 P. Petrov – 15	Bukhteev
1939		9	26	8	7	11	51	51	23	R64	—		Zharkov – 13	Bukhteev Kvashnin
1940		11	24	6	6	12	36	50	18	—	—		Zharkov – 9	Kvashnin
1941	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 – 14
1946		4	22	11	5	6	44	29	27	SF	—		A. Ponomaryov – 18	V. Maslov
1947		5	24	9	6	9	36	29	24	RU	—		Zharkov – 9	V. Maslov
1948		5	26	15	3	8	58	43	33	QF	—		A. Ponomaryov – 19	V. Maslov Nikitin
1949		4	34	16	10	8	64	42	42	W	—		A. Ponomaryov – 19	Nikitin Kvashnin
1950		10	36	13	10	13	57	60	36	R32	—		V. Ponomaryov – 12	Kvashnin
1951		12	28	8	8	12	37	48	24	R32	—		Nechaev – 8	Moshkarkin Rzhevtsev
1952		10	13	3	6	4	11	15	12	W	—		Nechaev – 3 Gabichvadze – 3	V. Maslov
1953		3	20	11	3	6	24	24	25	QF	—		Vatskevich – 9	V. Maslov N. Morozov
1954		9	24	8	6	10	34	34	22	R16	—		Vatskevich – 9	N. Morozov
1955		4	22	10	8	4	39	32	28	R16	—		Streltsov – 15	N. Morozov
1956		5	22	8	7	7	40	37	23	—	—		V. K. Ivanov – 13	Beskov
1957		2	22	11	6	5	46	23	28	SF	—		V. K. Ivanov – 14	V. Maslov
1958		7	22	7	8	7	51	42	22	RU	—		V. K. Ivanov – 14	V. Maslov
1959		5	22	11	3	8	27	23	25	—	—		Falin – 7	V. Maslov
1960		1	30	20	5	5	56	25	45	W	—		Gusarov – 12	V. Maslov
1961		2	30	19	3	8	68	35	41	RU	—		Gusarov – 22	V. Maslov
1962		7	32	15	8	9	64	32	48	QF	—		Gusarov – 15	Zharkov
1963		10	38	12	16	10	46	41	40	R16	—		V. K. Ivanov – 17	Zolotov N. Morozov
1964		2	33	19	8	6	53	23	46	R32	—		V. K. Ivanov – 14	Zolotov
1965		1	32	22	7	3	55	21	51	R32	—		Streltsov – 12	Maryenko
1966		6	36	15	10	11	55	39	40	RU	—		Streltsov – 12	Maryenko
1967		12	36	12	9	15	38	47	33	QF	EC	R32	4 players – 6	N. Morozov V. K. Ivanov
1968		3	38	18	4	6	60	32	50	W	CWC	QF	Streltsov – 21	V. K. Ivanov
1969		5	32	13	10	9	36	27	36	QF	—		Pais – 8	V. K. Ivanov
1970		6	32	12	10	10	36	38	34	QF	CWC	R32	G. Shalimov – 6	V. K. Ivanov
1971		7	30	4	20	6	27	27	28	SF	—		Pais – 6	V. Maslov
1972		9	30	11	9	10	31	33	31	W	—		Y. Smirnov – 12	V. Maslov
1973		13	30	9	1+7	13	28	37	19	R32	—		Y. Smirnov – 8	V. Maslov V. K. Ivanov
1974		4	30	13	7	10	35	28	33	R16	CWC	R32	Nikonov – 12	V. K. Ivanov
1975		4	30	13	8	9	42	33	34	R32	—		Khrabrostin – 7	V. K. Ivanov
1976		12	15	5	4	6	15	20	14	R16	UC	R16	Degterev – 5 Sergey V. Grishin – 5	V. K. Ivanov	Spring tourn.
		1	15	9	2	4	20	9	20				Khrabrostin – 5 V. Sakharov – 5	V. K. Ivanov	Autumn tourn.
1977		3	30	12	13	5	30	23	37	RU	—		4 players – 4	V. K. Ivanov
1978		8	30	11	11	8	36	29	30	SF	EC	R32	Khrabrostin – 7	V. K. Ivanov
1979		16	34	8	9	17	32	46	24	Qual.	UC	R32	N. Vasilyev – 14	Salkov
1980		11	34	10	11	13	28	32	30	QF	—		Redkous – 7	Salkov
1981		5	34	14	14	6	41	29	38	Qual.	—		Petrakov – 10	V. K. Ivanov
1982		8	34	11	12	11	36	33	32	RU	—		Redkous – 12	V. K. Ivanov
1983		6	34	14	11	9	40	34	38	R16	CWC	R32	Petrakov – 11	V. K. Ivanov
1984		6	34	15	10	9	43	36	40	QF	—		Redkous – 14	V. K. Ivanov
1985		5	34	13	10	11	42	40	36	R16	—		Kobzev – 9	V. K. Ivanov
1986		9	30	10	11	9	31	28	30	W	—		Y. Savichev – 12	V. K. Ivanov
1987		4	30	12	12	6	35	25	34	QF	CWC	QF	Y. Savichev – 10	V. K. Ivanov
1988		3	30	17	8	5	39	23	42	RU	—		Grechnev – 9 A. Rudakov – 9	V. K. Ivanov
1989		5	30	11	13	6	40	26	35	RU	UC	R64	Grechnev – 11 Y. Savichev – 11	V. K. Ivanov
1990		4	24	13	4	7	28	24	30	QF	CWC	R16	Y. Savichev – 8	V. K. Ivanov
1991		3	30	13	10	7	36	20	36	RU	UC	QF	Tishkov – 8	V. K. Ivanov Skomorokhov
1992	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. Mironov
1993		7	34	15	8	11	35	40	38	W	UC	R32	Borisov – 7	Y. Mironov
1994		11	30	7	12	11	28	37	26	R32	CWC	R32	Afanasyev – 8	Y. Mironov Petrenko V. K. Ivanov
1995		5	30	16	7	7	40	30	55	QF	—		D. Prokopenko – 6 Agashkov – 6	V. K. Ivanov
1996		12	34	10	11	13	42	51	41	R32	—		Kamoltsev – 9	V. K. Ivanov
1997		11	34	13	6	15	50	46	45	QF	UC IC	R64 SF	Jankauskas – 10	Tarkhanov
1998		11	30	9	10	11	38	34	37	R16	—		V. Bulatov – 9	Tarkhanov V. K. Ivanov
1999		4	30	13	11	6	38	33	50	R32	—		Kamoltsev – 12	V. Shevchenko
2000		3	30	16	7	7	42	29	55	R32	—		Vyazmikin – 8	V. Shevchenko
2001		4	30	15	7	8	53	42	52	QF	UC	R128	Vyazmikin – 17	V. Shevchenko
2002		4	30	14	8	8	47	32	50	R32	UC	R128	Semshov – 11	V. Shevchenko Petrenko
2003		8	30	11	10	9	42	38	43	R32	—		Shirko – 7	Petrenko
2004		5	30	16	6	8	53	37	54	R32	UC	R32	Panov – 15	Petrenko
2005		7	30	12	9	9	37	33	45	QF	—		Semshov – 12	Petrenko
2006		15	30	3	13	14	22	40	22	QF	—		Budylin – 4	Petrenko Gostenin	Relegated
2007	2nd	6	42	21	6	15	75	59	69	R16	—		Romashchenko – 15	R. Sabitov
2008		18	42	14	7	21	47	69	49	R32	—		Popov – 9	Dayev	Relegated to 4th level due to financial irregul.
2009	LFL (4th), "Moscow"	1	32	30	0	2	128	19	90	R64	—		Chereshnev – 23	Pavlov	Promoted
2010	3rd, "Centre"	1	30	17	6	7	59	26	57	R32	—		Burmistrov – 10	Chugainov	Promoted
2011–12	2nd	8	52	17	17	18	63	53	68	R32	—		Khozin – 9 Dorozhkin – 9	Chugainov Belov
2012–13		14	32	6	15	11	29	38	33	R32	—		Bezlikhotnov – 7	Belov Ignatyev
2013–14		3	36	19	8	9	45	22	65	Fourth Round	—		I. Shevchenko — 8	Borodyuk	Promoted
2014–15	1st	15	30	6	11	13	28	45	29	R8	—		Putsila — 4	Savichev Petrakov	Relegated

European campaigns

Current squad

As of 21 March 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.

No. Position Player GK Timur Bagautdinov GK Nikita Ignatov DF Nikolai Pogrebnyak DF Sergei Shumeyko DF Sergey Shustikov DF Aleksandr Tsybikov DF Yevgeni Yezhov MF Filipp Dvoretskov MF Konstantin Kertanov MF Ivan Melnikov

No. Position Player MF Konstantin Pavlov MF Yuri Petrakov MF Konstantin Podkorytov MF Daniil Savichev MF Valeri Skorodumov MF Dmitri Sokolov FW Viktor Afanasyev FW Aleksandr Stepanov FW Sergei Tyupikov

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Torpedo.

USSR/Russia Leonid Buryak Vyacheslav Chanov Viktor Grachyov Valentin Ivanov Viktor Losev Aleksandr Maksimenkov Nikolai Manoshin Slava Metreveli Nikolai Parshin Valeriy Petrakov Boris Pozdnyakov Sergei Prigoda Vladimir Sakharov Nikolai Savichev Yuri Savichev Sergey Shavlo Eduard Streltsov Yuri Susloparov Valery Voronin Vasili Zhupikov Dmitri Kharine Andrei Chernyshov Oleg Shirinbekov Sergey Shustikov Igor Chugainov Andrei Afanasyev Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Denis Boyarintsev Aleksei Bugayev Viktor Bulatov Yevgeni Bushmanov Vyacheslav Dayev Vadim Evseev Lyubomir Kantonistov Dmitri Khokhlov Oleg Kornaukhov Pavel Mamayev Yuri Matveyev

Ivan Novoseltsev Aleksandr Panov Nikolai Pisarev Aleksandr Podshivalov Denis Popov Igor Semshov Igor Smolnikov Andrei Solomatin Aleksandr Shirko Konstantin Zyryanov Former USSR countries Roman Berezovsky Vardan Khachatryan Arthur Mkrtchyan Tigran Petrosyan Albert Sarkisyan Daniel Akhtyamov Dmitriy Kramarenko Radaslaw Arlowski Andrei Lavrik Dmitry Lentsevich Alyaksandar Lukhvich Anton Putsila Maksim Romaschenko Dzmitry Rawneyka Valer Shantalosau Yuri Zhevnov Enar Jääger Dmitri Kruglov Andres Oper Andrei Stepanov Vladimir Voskoboinikov Sergei Zenjov Giorgi Ghudushauri Georgi Kipiani Lasha Monaselidze Edik Sadzhaya Aleksandr Familtsev Juris Laizāns

Edgaras Jankauskas Saulius Klevinskas Tomas Mikuckis Aidas Preikšaitis Tomas Ražanauskas Mantas Samusiovas Valdas Trakys Rimantas Žvingilas Alexandru Namaşco Serghei Namaşco Adrian Sosnovschi Arsen Avakov Igor Cherevchenko Mukhsin Mukhamadiev Valeri Sarychev Oleksandr Pryzetko Pavlo Shkapenko Serhiy Skachenko Serhiy Symonenko Valeriy Vorobyov Sergei Kormiltsev Alexander Geynrikh Aleksandr Sayun Europe Emir Spahić Arnór Smárason Artim Položani Adam Kokoszka Marcin Kuś Grzegorz Piechna Cristian Dancia Đorđe Jokić Dalibor Stevanović Africa Abdou Jammeh Augustine Eguavoen Asia & Oceania Ivan Franjic

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
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
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
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
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)
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).

External links

• Club's official web site
• A Farewell to Arms: Goodbye Torpedo Moscow

References

1. Акции переданы. Благодарности объявлены