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FC Arsenal-Tula Full name Football Club Arsenal-Tula Founded 1946 Ground Arsenal Stadium
(Capacity: 20,048)League Amateur Football League, Zone Chernozemye 2009 8th FC Arsenal-Tula (Russian: «Арсенал-Тула») is a Russian football team from Tula. It played professionally in 1946, 1949 and 1959 to 2006. It played on the second-highest level (Soviet First League and Russian First Division) in 1949, 1959-1962, 1967-1969, 1998-2001 and 2004, where its best result was 5th place in 1969 and 1998. As of 2009, it plays in the Amateur Football League.
Team name history
- 1946-1958: FC Zenit Tula
- 1959-1961: FC Trud Tula
- 1962-1963: FC Shakhtyor Tula
- 1964-1974: FC Metallurg Tula
- 1975-1979: FC Mashinostroitel Tula
- 1980-1983: FC TOZ Tula
- 1984-2006: FC Arsenal Tula
- 2007: FC Oruzheynik Tula (formed based on the squad and staff of FC Arsenal Tula, but was not a legal successor to Arsenal)
- 2008-present: FC Arsenal-Tula (formed based on the squad and staff of FC Oruzheynik Tula, but was not a legal successor to Oruzheynik)
External links
- (Russian) Team history at KLISF
Categories:- Association football clubs established in 1946
- Russian football clubs
- Sport in Tula
- Russian football club stubs
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