FC Metallurg Lipetsk

Metallurg Lipetsk
Full name Футбольный клуб Металлург Липецк
(Metallurg Lipetsk Football Club)
Nickname(s) Stalevary (Metallurgy)
Krasno-Chernye (The Red-Blacks)
Founded 1957 (1957)
Ground Metallurg Stadium,
Sokol Stadium
Capacity 14,940,
500
Chairman Anton Kolyshov
Manager Sergey Mashnin
League Russian Professional Football League, Zone Center
2017–18 5th
Website Club website

FC Metallurg Lipetsk (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Металлург» Липецк) is an association football club in Lipetsk, Russia, formed in 1957.

History

Their best result came in 1997 when they came 2nd in the Russian First Division.[1]

In September 2006 the coach Stanislav Bernikov of the Russian third division rushed a goon squad after a defeat on 25 September 2006 on his players, the Rowdys targeted the team with ebonite bullets.[2] Three players suffered with injuries and went to a hospital; the coach Bernikov was then summarily dismissed.[3]

In 2008, they won the Russian Second Division in the Center Zone and were promoted for 2009 Russian First Division but relegated again to third level after finishing First Division as 19th.

Colours are red and black hooped shirts, black shorts.

Notable coaches

Current squad

As of 31 August 2018, 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
Russia GK Mikhail Alfimov
Russia GK Ivan Skripnik
Russia GK Nikita Zelenov
Russia DF Mikhail Akinichev
Russia DF Ilya Baulchev
Russia DF Danil Neplyuyev
Russia DF Vladislav Shadrin
Russia DF Maksim Skopintsev
Russia DF Konstantin Titov
Russia DF Aleksandr Viktorov
Russia MF Veniamin Bayazov
Russia MF Sergey Belousov
No. Position Player
Russia MF Yevgeni Frolov (captain)
Russia MF David Galstyan
Russia MF Andrei Gameyev
Russia MF Nikolai Ivannikov
Russia MF Aleksandr Kharin
Russia MF Andrei Mokhov
Russia MF Andrei Ovchinnikov
Russia MF Gleb Podkovyrov
Russia MF Roman Voydel
Abkhazia FW Ruslan Akhvlediani
Russia FW Sergei Chernyshov

Notable players

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

References

  1. ↑ League History of Metallurg Lipetsk
  2. ↑ Russischer Fußball-Trainer mit schlagenden Argumenten
  3. ↑ Raue Sitten in Russlands Fußball: Trainer hetzt Schlägertrupp auf eigene Spieler!
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