FC Amkar Perm

Football club infobox
clubname = Amkar Perm


fullname = Football Club Amkar Perm
nickname = Red-blacks (красно-черные)
founded = 1994
ground = Zvezda Stadium, Perm
capacity = 20,000
chairman = Valery Chuprakov
manager = flagicon|MNE Miodrag Božović
league = Russian Premier League
season = 2007
position = Premier League, 8th
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FC Amkar Perm ( _ru. Футбо́льный клуб "Амка́р" Пермь) is a professional football club playing in Russian Premier League.It is based in the city of Perm and is the easternmost football club in Europe playing in top national competition (FC Tom' Tomsk and FC Luch-Energia Vladivostok are the easternmost Russian Premier League clubs, but they are in Asia). Amkar's home field is Zvezda Stadium, which was covered with artificial turf in 2005.

History

Amkar appeared in May 5, 1993 when a team assembled of workers of Perm Mineral Fertilizers factory played the first match in the Cup of Perm city. The name Amkar is created from the words "ammoniac" and "carbamide", the main products of the factory.

The next year Amkar became the champion of Perm Oblast and in 1995 Amkar became a professional club.

The following table shows the progress of the club in recent years:

In August 2006 head coach Sergei Oborin, left the team due to conflict with club administration. Goalkeeping coach Igor Uralev was briefly appointed as caretaker, and on September 5^th Rashid Rakhimov was appointed as a the new head coach.

Administration and managerial

*President—Valery Chuprakov
*Vice-president—Gennady Shilov
*General Director—Yuri Grebenyuk
*Head Coach—Miodrag Božović

Current squad

"As of 31 August 2008, according to the [http://www.rfpl.org/clubs.shtml?team=15&act=squad Russian Premier League official website] ."

The following players are listed by club's website as reserve players. They are eligible to play for the first team.

Notable past players

;Russia
*flagicon|Russia Vladimir Gabulov
*flagicon|Russia Ivan Levenets
*flagicon|Russia Yevgeny Savin
*flagicon|Russia Roman Vorobyov
*flagicon|Russia Konstantin Zyryanov;Armenia
*flagicon|Armenia Albert Sarkisyan;Azerbaijan
*flagicon|Azerbaijan Branimir Subašić;Belarus
*flagicon|Belarus Vitali Bulyga
*flagicon|Belarus Andrei Lavrik;Bulgaria
*flagicon|Bulgaria Evgeni Yordanov;Moldova
*flagicon|Moldova Ghenadie Olexic;Morocco
*flagicon|Morocco Noureddine Ziyati;Romania
*flagicon|Romania Erik Lincar;Serbia
*flagicon|Serbia Branko Radovanović;Spain
*flagicon|Spain Antonio Soldevilla

Head coaches

* 1995-2006 Sergei Oborin
* 2006-2007 Rashid Rakhimov
* 2008-present Miodrag Božović

External links

* [http://www.amkar.ru Official site] ru icon