FC Torpedo Moscow
Football Club Torpedo Moscow (Russian: ФК "Торпедо" Москва, FK Torpedo Moskva), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow that was founded in 1930 and currently plays in the Russian Football National League, the second tier of Russian football. Their colors are white and black, with green also commonly being associated with the club. Torpedo is the only professional club located in south Moscow, based in Avtozovodskaya in south-east Moscow, with CSKA and Spartak located in north-west Moscow, Dynamo in north Moscow and Lokomotiv in north-east Moscow.
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| Full name | Torpedo Moscow Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Чёрно-белые (The Black and Whites), Автозаводцы (Car factory workers) | ||
| Founded | 1930 | ||
| Ground | Stadion Eduard Streltsov, Moscow | ||
| Capacity | 13,450 | ||
| Chairman | Yelena Yelenceva | ||
| Manager | Sergei Ignashevich | ||
| League | FNL | ||
| 2019–20 | 4th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Torpedo are historically one of the big Moscow clubs who enjoyed great success during the Soviet era, both domestically and in Europe. In recent history, however, the club has suffered from financial troubles and poor management which has seen them drop down the divisions. A top flight club since 1938, Torpedo were relegated for the first time in their history following the 2006 Russian Premier League season and have only played one campaign in the top division since, in 2014-15, spending the other seasons bouncing around between the second and third tiers.
History
Name history
- AMO (1930–1932) – owned by Avtomobilnoe Moskovskoe Obshchestvo (AMO).
- ZIS (1933–1936) – after owner's name AMO was changed to Zavod Imeni Stalina (ZIS).
- Torpedo Moscow (1936–30.07.1996) – when they became one of the founding members of the Soviet 'B' League.
- Torpedo-Luzhniki (31.07.1996–1998) – 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 1924 by the AMO automotive plant (later known as "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.[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 head coach was replaced once again when 42-year-old Vladimir Kazakov was hired, who played for Torpedo in the past. Several players with experience of playing at the highest level were acquired. However, in the first 6 matches, black-white were able to earn only two points, Kazakov took the blame and resigned.
In 2013, a team led by Aleksandr 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.
In 2017 Torpedo club got another owner – Roman Avdeev, the Russian billionaire, head of Ingrad real estate development company and Rossium concern.
The Edward Streltsov stadium, Torpedo's home stadium, is also owned by Rossium. In 2017 Roman Avdeev declared the reconstruction of the stadium. It will be reconstructed in 2019–2020, once completed, 15,000 fans would be able to watch the game in the stadium.
Torpedo is sponsored by Credit Bank of Moscow and Ingrad. At the end of the 2018–19 season, they were promoted back to the second-tier FNL.
Supporters and rivalries
The fans of Torpedo are "twinned" with the fans of Spartak.
Torpedo's rivalries are with the other Moscow clubs (excluding Spartak), Lokomotiv, CSKA, and Dynamo, with whom they contest the Moscow derbies, as well as FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Some fans have been known to show very far-right symbols and banners both during and outside of matches, such as the Celtic Cross and the Swastika, which has been reported negatively by media on several occasions.
Torpedo kits
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Honours
Domestic competitions
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 — 
1939 9 26 8 7 11 51 51 23 R64 — 1940 11 24 6 6 12 36 50 18 — — 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 — 1946 4 22 11 5 6 44 29 27 SF — 1947 5 24 9 6 9 36 29 24 RU — 1948 5 26 15 3 8 58 43 33 QF — 1949 4 34 16 10 8 64 42 42 W — 1950 10 36 13 10 13 57 60 36 R32 — 1951 12 28 8 8 12 37 48 24 R32 — 1952 10 13 3 6 4 11 15 12 W — 1953 3 20 11 3 6 24 24 25 QF — 1954 9 24 8 6 10 34 34 22 R16 — 1955 4 22 10 8 4 39 32 28 R16 — 1956 5 22 8 7 7 40 37 23 — — 1957 2 22 11 6 5 46 23 28 SF — 1958 7 22 7 8 7 51 42 22 RU — 1959 5 22 11 3 8 27 23 25 — — 1960 1 30 20 5 5 56 25 45 W — 1961 2 30 19 3 8 68 35 41 RU — 1962 7 32 15 8 9 64 32 48 QF — 1963 10 38 12 16 10 46 41 40 R16 — 1964 2 33 19 8 6 53 23 46 R32 — 1965 1 32 22 7 3 55 21 51 R32 — 1966 6 36 15 10 11 55 39 40 RU — 1967 12 36 12 9 15 38 47 33 QF EC R32 4 players – 6 1968 3 38 18 4 6 60 32 50 W CWC QF 1969 5 32 13 10 9 36 27 36 QF — 1970 6 32 12 10 10 36 38 34 QF CWC R32 1971 7 30 4 20 6 27 27 28 SF — 1972 9 30 11 9 10 31 33 31 W — 1973 13 30 9 1+7 13 28 37 19 R32 — 1974 4 30 13 7 10 35 28 33 R16 CWC R32 1975 4 30 13 8 9 42 33 34 R32 — 1976 12 15 5 4 6 15 20 14 R16 UC R16 Spring tourn. 1 15 9 2 4 20 9 20 Autumn tourn. 1977 3 30 12 13 5 30 23 37 RU — 1978 8 30 11 11 8 36 29 30 SF EC R32 1979 16 34 8 9 17 32 46 24 Qual. UC R32 1980 11 34 10 11 13 28 32 30 QF — 1981 5 34 14 14 6 41 29 38 Qual. — 1982 8 34 11 12 11 36 33 32 RU — 1983 6 34 14 11 9 40 34 38 R16 CWC R32 1984 6 34 15 10 9 43 36 40 QF — 1985 5 34 13 10 11 42 40 36 R16 — 1986 9 30 10 11 9 31 28 30 W — 1987 4 30 12 12 6 35 25 34 QF CWC QF 1988 3 30 17 8 5 39 23 42 RU — 1989 5 30 11 13 6 40 26 35 RU UC R64 1990 4 24 13 4 7 28 24 30 QF CWC R16 1991 3 30 13 10 7 36 20 36 RU UC QF
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 R32 UC R32 
1993 7 34 15 8 11 35 40 38 W UC R32 1994 11 30 7 12 11 28 37 26 R32 CWC R32 1995 5 30 16 7 7 40 30 55 QF — 1996 12 34 10 11 13 42 51 41 R32 — 1997 11 34 13 6 15 50 46 45 QF UC
ICR64
SF
1998 11 30 9 10 11 38 34 37 R16 — 1999 4 30 13 11 6 38 33 50 R32 — 2000 3 30 16 7 7 42 29 55 R32 — 2001 4 30 15 7 8 53 42 52 QF UC R128 2002 4 30 14 8 8 47 32 50 R32 UC R128 2003 8 30 11 10 9 42 38 43 R32 — 2004 5 30 16 6 8 53 37 54 R32 UC R32 2005 7 30 12 9 9 37 33 45 QF — 2006 15 30 3 13 14 22 40 22 QF — Relegated 2007 2nd 6 42 21 6 15 75 59 69 R16 — 
2008 18 42 14 7 21 47 69 49 R32 — Relegated to 4th level due
to financial irregul.2009 LFL (4th),
"Moscow"1 32 30 0 2 128 19 90 R64 — Promoted 2010 3rd,
"Centre"1 30 17 6 7 59 26 57 R32 — Promoted 2011–12 2nd 8 52 17 17 18 63 53 68 R32 — 2012–13 14 32 6 15 11 29 38 33 R32 — 2013–14 3 36 19 8 9 45 22 65 Fourth round — Promoted 2014–15 1st 15 30 6 11 13 28 45 29 R8 — Relegated to 3rd level 2015–16 3rd 12 26 8 6 12 21 28 30 Second round — 2016–17 3 24 11 9 4 36 19 42 Fourth round —
2017–18 6 26 11 9 6 44 22 42 Third Round — 
2018–19 1 26 20 5 1 48 17 65 Round of 32 — Promoted 2019-20 2nd 4 27 16 5 6 39 25 53 QF —
European campaigns
Current squad
As of 9 June 2020, according to the FNL 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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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).
Personnel
Club Staff
| Position | Name | Nationality |
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| Head coach: | Sergei Ignashevich | |
| Assistant coach: | Evgeni Aldonin | |
| Goalkeeper coach: | Aleksey Polyakov |  |
| Team Analyst: | Dmitri Michkov | |
| Team Supervisor: | Nikolay Igmunov | |
| Doctor: | Igor Kalyuzhny | |
| Administrator: | Alexander Petrov | |
| Administrator: | Valeri Skorodumov | |
| Masseur: | Alexey Zavgorodny | |
| Masseur: | Vladimir Plikin | |
| Team Operator: | Andrey Sherstobitov | |
Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Torpedo.
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For full list, see Category:FC Torpedo Moscow players
Player records
Most appearances
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 | |
1958–72 | 427 |
| 2 | |
1976–88 | 325 |
| 3 | |
1980–91 | 319 |
| 4 | |
1970–80 | 304 |
| 5 | |
1953–66 | 286 |
| 6 | |
1974–85 | 276 |
| 7 | |
1967–76 | 261 |
| 8 | |
1977–85 | 255 |
| 9 | |
1975–81, 1984–86 | 231 |
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1970, 1972–80 | 226 |
Most goals scored
| # | Name | Career | Goals |
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1953–66 | 124 |
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1954–58, 1965–70 | 100 |
| 3 | |
1945–50 | 83 |
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1957–62 | 67 |
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1939–40, 1945–51 | 63 |
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1938–40, 1945–49 | 54 |
| 7 | |
1998–2005 | 54 |
| 8 | |
1985–90 | 47 |
| 9 | |
1976–85 | 45 |
| 10 | |
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 Nikitin (1895–1960) | organized Moscow youth football school replaced in July | |
| 1937–39 | Sergei Bukhteyev (1896–1948) | replaced in May | |
| 1939–40 | Konstantin Kvashnin (1898–1982) | ||
| 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 | Fyodor 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 Kvashnin (1898–1982) | 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 | Georgi Zharkov (1918–81) | 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 (1934–2011) | 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 (1934–2011) | 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 (1934–2011) | Sixth Soviet Cup (Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0), bronze (Soviet Top League), Soviet Cup finalist four other times |
replaced in September |
| 1991–92 | Yevgeni 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 (1934–2011) | ||
| 1997–98 | Aleksandr Tarkhanov (1954–) | replaced in May | |
| 1998 | Valentin Ivanov (1934–2011) | ||
| 1999–2002 | Vitaly 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 | Georgi Yartsev (1948–) | replaced in June | |
| 2007 | Vyacheslav Dayev (1972–) | Torpedo (1999–2001) 87 games, 8 goals replaced in July | |
| 2007–08 | Ravil Sabitov (1968–) | replaced in May | |
| 2008–09 | Vyacheslav Dayev (1972–) | ||
| 2010 | Sergei Pavlov (1955–) | ||
| 2010–12 | Igor Chugainov (1970–) | ||
| 2012 | Mikhail Belov (1966–) | ||
| 2012–13 | Boris Ignatyev (1940–) | ||
| 2013 | Nikolai Savichev (1965–) | ||
| 2013–14 | Aleksandr Borodyuk (1962–) | ||
| 2014 | Nikolai Savichev (1965–) | ||
| 2014–16 | Valery Petrakov (1958–) | ||
| 2016–17 | Viktor Bulatov (1972–) | ||
| 2017–19 | Igor Kolyvanov (1968–) | ||
| 2019– | Sergei Ignashevich (1979–) | ||
References
- "Акции переданы. Благодарности объявлены". Archived from the original on 6 April 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- "Тренерский штаб" (in Russian). FC Torpedo Moscow. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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