FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk

Football club infobox
clubname = Metallurg


fullname = Football Club
Metallurg Krasnoyarsk
nickname =
founded = 1937
ground = Central Stadium,
Krasnoyarsk
capacity = 16,000
chairman = Denis Rubtsov
manager = Aleksandr Kishinyovsky
league = Russian Second Division,
"East" zone
season = 2006
position = Russian First Division, 21st
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FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk (ФК Металлург Красноярск) is a Russian football club based in Krasnoyarsk. The club is currently in the Russian Second Division.

History

The club was founded as "Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk" in 1937 and spent one season in the Class D of Soviet league. In 1957 the club was reinstated under the same name and entered the "Far East" zone of Class B. In 1968 Lokomotiv was renamed "Rassvet", in 1970 "Avtomobilist". In 1991 the club received its present name, "Metallurg".

Metallurg (or their predecessors) never played in the Soviet Top League or Russian Premier League. Their best result in Soviet League was a 2nd position in Group 7 of Class B in 1959, while their best result in Russian history was the 9th position in Russian First Division in 2001. Since the inception of Russian football, Metallurg suffered four relegations to the Second Division, latest in 2006.

External links

* [http://www.redyarsk.ru/foot/ Official website] ru icon
* [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=571045030149699247450421295805 History] at "KLISF"