FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk

Chernomorets

Full name	Football Club Chernomorets Novorossiysk
Nickname(s)	Moryaki (моряки, lit. sailors)
Founded	1960
Ground	Trud, Novorossiysk (Capacity: 12,500)
Chairman	Vitali But
Manager	Igor Cherniy
League	Russian First Division
2010	Russian Second Division, Zone South, 1st (Promoted)
Home colours Away colours

FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk (Russian: ФК "Черноморец" Новороссийск) is a Russian association football club based in Novorossiysk. In 2011, the club will play in the Russian First Division after winning their zone of the Russian Second Division.

The club was founded in 1960 as Cement Novorossiysk and was known by its name in 1960-1969 and 1978-1991. In 1970-1977 the clubs was called Trud Novorossiysk, in 1992-1993 Gekris Novorossiysk, and in 2005 FC Novorossiysk. Chernomorets is Russian for "a man from Black Sea".

The club played in class B of the Soviet football in 1960-1970. After this they did not participate in Soviet championships until 1978, when they entered the Second League. They played there until the dissolution of USSR, and in 1992 were entitled to enter the Russian First Division. They spent three years there. After a third place in 1992 they won their regional group in 1993, but did not succeed in the promotion-relegation tournament. A victory in the First Division in 1994 brought them automatic promotion.

Chernomorets stayed in the Top Division from 1995 to 2001. Their best result was sixth position in 1997 and 2000. The latter entitled them to a place in the UEFA Cup, where they were knocked out in the first round by Valencia.

In 2002 Chernomorets won promotion straight back, but were relegated again in 2003. After the 2004 season in the First Division, Chernomorets were denied a professional licence. The club was reorganized, renamed FC Novorossiysk and entered the Amateur Football League for the 2005 season. In the course of the season the team was renamed Chernomorets again. Chernomorets finished first in the South zone and went on to win the final tournament, becoming amateur champions of Russia. Chernomorets finished third in the South zone of Russian Second Division in the 2006 season. They finally finished first and were promoted to Russian First Division for the 2007 season. It stayed 2 seasons in First Division and relegated back to Second Division in 2009. They were promoted to the First Division again after winning the Second Division zone in 2010.

League results

Current squad

As of August 31, 2011, according to the official FNL website.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Aleksandr Chikhradze 2 DF Ivan Yershov 4 DF Andrei Otyutsky 5 MF Valentin Okorochkov 6 MF Aslan Dzeytov 7 MF Artur Minosyan 8 DF Konstantin Belkov 9 MF Dmitriy Gorbushin 10 MF Zhumaldin Karatlyashev 15 DF Yevgeni Kaleshin 17 DF Andrei Ushenin 18 DF Gleb Odinokikh 20 MF Ruslan Surodin

No. Position Player 21 FW Vladislav Aksyutenko 23 DF Igor Kaleshin 27 FW Aleksandr Oleinik 29 MF Alexey Abramov 30 DF Andrei Sidyayev 33 DF Andrei Kolesnikov 55 FW Vladimir Gogberashvili 56 FW Viktor Zemchenkov 79 GK Aleksandr Plotnikov 88 MF Marat Ksanayev 89 GK Sergei Sukasyan 99 MF Rustam Balov

Reserve team

Chernomorets' reserve team played professionally in the Russian Second Division (in 2000 as FC Chernomorets-2 Novorossiysk) and the Russian Third League (in 1996 as FC Chernomorets-d Novorossiysk).

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Chernomorets/Tsement/Gekris.

USSR/Russia Boris Pozdnyakov Aleksei Berezutski Vladimir But Sergei Filippenkov Denis Popov Oleg Teryokhin Yevgeni Varlamov Armenia Armen Adamyan Manuk Kakosyan Tigran Petrosyan Aramais Yepiskoposyan Former USSR countries Lev Mayorov Vyacheslav Geraschenko Artem Kontsevoy Konstantin Kovalenko Vitali Lanko

Mikhail Markhel Andrei Sosnitskiy Aleksandr Vyazhevich Besik Beradze Davit Janashia Vadim Egoshkin Andrei Kurdyumov Maksim Nizovtsev Maksim Shevchenko Andrey Shkurin Jurijs Ševļakovs Nerijus Radžius Serghei Belous Serghei Clescenco Alexandr Covalenco Adrian Sosnovschi Oleksiy Antyukhyn Serhiy Bezhenar Yuriy Hrytsyna

Oleksandr Kyryukhin Maxym Levitsky Oleksandr Pryzetko Serhiy Snytko Oleksandr Svystunov Mykola Volosyanko Jafar Irismetov Eduard Momotov Gennadiy Sharipov Africa David Embé Alphonse Tchami Jerry-Christian Tchuissé Baba Adamu South America Flávio Ricardo Bóvio

See also

• FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk in Europe

External links

• Official website (Russian)
• Fans' website (Russian)