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FC Torpedo Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб "Торпедо" Москва) is a Russian football club, based in Moscow. The club was founded in 1924. On March 19, 2009 it was denied membership of the Professional Football League (the organization that conducts competition in the Russian First Division and Russian Second Division) and did not play in the professional competitions in 2009.[1] On April 3, 2009 representatives of the new owner of FC Torpedo Moscow, ZiL, appealed that decision.[2] As deadline for 2009 registration passed, FC Torpedo Moscow was not reinstated in the Second Division and Torpedo-ZIL remained the only professional Torpedo for 2009. Torpedo Moscow won the Moscow Region of Amateur Football League in 2009. On December 22, 2009 Torpedo passed licensing and will play in the Russian Second Division in 2010 (Zone to be determined based on other teams' licensing process).[3]
[edit] History[edit] Name History
[edit] Club historyOriginally known as Proletarian Forge before changing their name to Torpedo in 1936. 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.  In 1957 Torpedo Moscow, as well as other Soviet sport clubs named "Torpedo", became a part of the republican VSS Trud of the Russian SFSR. Torpedo finished Russian Premier League in 15th place was and has been relegated to the second level in 2006. It played in the Russian First League for 2 seasons. It finished 6th in 2007 and finished 18th in 2008 season and relegated to the Russian Second Division. In early 2009, it was sold by Luzhniki back to ZiL.[4] Nicknamed the Black-Whites, Torpedo hasn't 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 Pele". Past glories for Torpedo include 3 USSR titles (1960, 1965, and autumn 1976), 6 USSR Cups (1949, 1952, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1986), 1 Russian Cup (1993), and 3 appearances in the quarterfinals of European/UEFA Cup competition, and one Ciutat de Lleida Trophy in 1991. [edit] Notable playersHad international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Torpedo. For full list, see Category:FC Torpedo Moscow players [edit] Player records[edit] Most appearances for Torpedo MoscowAs of match played 20 April 2007 and according to official site. Players in bold are still currently playing for Torpedo Moscow.
[edit] Most goals scored for Torpedo Moscow
[edit] Coaches
[edit] Reserve squadTorpedo's reserve squad played professionally as FC Torpedo-d Moscow (Russian Second League in 1992-1993, Russian Third League in 1994-1995), FC Torpedo-Luzhniki-d Moscow (Russian Third League in 1996-1997) and FC Torpedo-2 Moscow (Russian Second Division in 1998-2000). [edit] External links[edit] References | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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