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| Full name | Football Club Torpedo Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Black-Whites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow (Capacity 81,029) |
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| Chairman | Aleksandr Tukmanov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Vyacheslav Dayev (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Russian First Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FC Torpedo Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб "Торпедо" Москва) is a Russian football club, based in Moscow. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions This is a of lists of the use of Nicknames in football (soccer. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex ( Большая спортивная арена Олимпийского комплекса Лужники) in Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the Vyacheslav Yevgenyevich Dayev (Вячеслав Евгеньевич Даев (born 6 September, 1972 in Tula) is a Russian retired football The Russian First Division is the second level of Russian professional football. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of The club was founded in 1930.
History
Name History
- Proletarskaya kuznitsa (1924-1930)
- AMO (1931-1932)
- ZIS (1933-1935)
- Torpedo (1936-1995)
- Torpedo-Luzhniki (1996-1997)
- Torpedo (since 1998)
Club history
Originally 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. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Torpedo finished Russian Premier League as 15th and relegated once in its history to second level in 2006. The Russian Premier League (also known as Rosgosstrakh Championship of Russia) is the top division of Russian football. It plays in Russian First League. The Russian First Division is the second level of Russian professional football.
Nicknamed the Black-Whites, Torpedo hasn't been a force in Russian football since the days of Eduard Streltsov, the brilliant striker of the 1950s and 1960s, known as "the Russian Pele". Eduard Anatoliyevich Streltsov (Эдуард Анатольевич Стрельцов ( July 21, 1937 - July 20, 1990) was a 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. The Rambler — Russian Cup (Рамблер — Кубок России is a football competition held annually by the Football Union of Russia for Ciutat de Lleida Trophy is a "friendly" Football (soccer tournament played annually in Lleida ( province of Lleida, Spain)
Players
First-team squad
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Former players
See Category:FC Torpedo Moscow players
Player records
Most appearances for Torpedo Moscow
As of match played 20 April 2007 and according to official site. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Abdou Jammeh (born February 13, 1986) is a Gambian professional footballer, who plays for FC Torpedo Moscow in the Russian In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports Players in bold are still currently playing for Torpedo Moscow.
| # | Name | Career | Appearances |
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| 1 |  Viktor Shustikov |
1958-1972 | 427 |
| 2 | Sergey Prigoda |
1976-1988 | 325 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Polukarov |
1980-1991 | 319 |
| 4 | Vladimir Yurin |
1970-1980 | 304 |
| 5 | Valentin Ivanov |
1953-1966 | 286 |
| 6 | Sergey Petrenko |
1974-1985 | 276 |
| 7 | Leonid Pakhomov |
1967-1976 | 261 |
| 8 | Vasiliy Zhupikov |
1977-1985 | 255 |
| 9 | Viktor Kruglov |
1975-1981, 1984-1986 | 231 |
| 10 | Vladimir Buturlakin |
1970, 1972-1980 | 226 |
Most goals scored for Torpedo Moscow
| # | Name | Career | Goals |
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| 1 | Valentin Ivanov |
1953-1966 | 124 |
| 2 | Eduard Streltsov |
1954-1958, 1965-1970 | 100 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Ponomaryov |
1945-1950 | 83 |
| 4 | Gennadiy Gusarov |
1957-1962 | 67 |
| 5 | Georgiy Zharkov |
1939-1940, 1945-1951 | 63 |
| 6 | Pyotr Petrov |
1938-1940, 1945-1949 | 54 |
| 7 |  Igor Semshov |
1998-2005 | 54 |
| 8 | Yuri Savichev |
1985-1990 | 47 |
| 9 | Nikolay Vasilyev |
1976-1985 | 45 |
| 10 | Oleg Sergeev |
1958-1966 | 43 |
External links
Viktor Mikhailovich Shustikov (Виктор Михайлович Шустиков born January 28, 1939 in Moscow) is a former Soviet Valentin Kozmich Ivanov (Валентин Козьмич Иванов (born November 19, 1934 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a football Valentin Kozmich Ivanov (Валентин Козьмич Иванов (born November 19, 1934 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a football Eduard Anatoliyevich Streltsov (Эдуард Анатольевич Стрельцов ( July 21, 1937 - July 20, 1990) was a Gennadi Aleksandrovich Gusarov (Геннадий Александрович Гусаров (born 11 March 1937 in Moscow) is a former Soviet Igor Petrovich Semshov (Игорь Петрович Семшов (born April 6, Yuri Nikolayevich Savichev (Юрий Николаевич Савичев born February 13, 1965 in Moscow) is a former football StrikerDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic