FC Metallurg Lipetsk

FC Metallurg Lipetsk

Full name	Football Club Metallurg Lipetsk
Founded	1966
Ground	Metallurg Stadium (Capacity: 14,940)
Chairman	Igor Lysenko
Manager	Sergey Mashnin
League	Russian Second Division, Zone Center
2010	7th
Home colours Away colours

FC Metallurg Lipetsk (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Металлург» Липецк) is an association football club in Lipetsk, Russia, formed in 1966.

History

Their best result came in 1997 when they came 2nd in the Russian First Division.^[1]

In September 2006 the coach Stanislav Bernikov of the Russian third division rushed an goon squad after an defeat on 25 September 2006 on his players, the Rowdys targeted the team with ebonite bullet.^[2] Three players suffered with injuries and cames in a hospital, the coach Bernikov was then summarily dismissed.^[3]

In 2008 they won the Russian Second Division in the Center Zone and were promoted for 2009 Russian First Division but relegated again to third level after finishing First Division as 19th.

Colours are red and black hooped shirts, black shorts.

Notable coaches

• Gennadi Styopushkin (2009)
• Soferbi Yeshugov (2007–2008)
• Aleksei Petrushin (2007)
• Stanislav Bernikov (2006)
• Anatoli Davydov (2002–2005)
• Vladimir Yevsyukov (2001)
• Vladimir Dergach (2000)
• Sergei Savchenkov (1999–2000)
• Vladimir Fedotov (1998)
• Yuri Shishlov (1998)
• Vladimir Alekseyevich Mikhaylov (1987–1989)
• Nikolai Ivanovich Kiselev (1984–1985)

Current squad

As of August 31, 2011, according to the RFS 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 GK Mikhail Alfimov GK Andrei Chichkin GK David Ikanovich GK Aleksandr Kobzev DF Sergei Kabanov DF Dmitry Kosenko DF Leonid Rybalkin DF Andrei Shiryayev DF Mikhail Yudin DF Anton Zhukov DF Ilya Ziyangirov MF Arkadi Akopyan MF Yaroslav Davydyuk MF Yevgeni Frolov

No. Position Player MF Sergei Khripunkov MF Lev Korolyov MF Sergei Mikhailov MF Denis Poyarkov MF Aleksei Rybin MF Vladimir Rykhovskiy MF Aleksandr Viktorov MF Sergei Zakharov FW Ruslan Akhvlediani FW Andrei Ovchinnikov FW Sergei Chernyshov FW Aleksandr Kutyin FW Andrei Ovchinnikov FW Damir Sadikov

2011 transfers

In

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 MF Arkadi Akopyan (in from FC Fakel Voronezh) GK Mikhail Alfimov (in from FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg) FW Sergei Chernyshov (in from FC Yelets) GK Andrei Chichkin MF Yevgeni Frolov (in from FC Lokomotiv Liski) GK David Ikanovich (in from FC Sportakademklub Moscow) DF Sergei Kabanov (in from FC Torpedo Moscow) MF Lev Korolyov

No. Position Player DF Dmitry Kosenko (in from FC Rotor Volgograd) FW Vladimir Levshin (in from FC Salyut Belgorod) MF Sergei Mikhailov (in from FC Rotor Volgograd) DF Leonid Rybalkin MF Vladimir Rykhovskiy (in from FC Dynamo Moscow) FW Damir Sadikov (in from FC Amkar Perm) MF Aleksandr Viktorov (in from FC Metallurg-2 Lipetsk)

Out

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 FW Maksim Aristarkhov (to FC Gubkin) FW Sergei Dolmatov DF Dmitry Kosenko (to FC Rotor Volgograd) MF Mikhail Lazarev FW Vladimir Levshin (to FC Salyut Belgorod) FW Vladislav Makarkin

No. Position Player GK Vladimir Peshkin (to FC Volga Ulyanovsk) MF Aleksandr Podymov (to FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) MF Leonid Rybalkin MF Andrei Zakharenko DF Aleksei Zhuravlyov (to FC Volga Ulyanovsk)

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Metallurg.

USSR/Russia German Apukhtin Artur Belotserkovets Yevgeni Dolgov Ilshat Faizulin Vadim Firsov Albert Gadzhibekov Aleksandr Gryazin Yevgeni Kachan Kirill Kurochkin Aleksei Lazarev Aleksandr Ovsyannikov Denis Pervushin Boris Razinsky Oleg Sergeyev Anton Sereda Igor Sklyarov Andrei Utitskikh

Former USSR countries Dzmitry Aharodnik Aleksandrs Jelisejevs Konstantin Kovalenko Vyacheslav Krendelyov Valentīns Lobaņovs Sergey Lushan Andrei Manannikov Saulius Mikalajūnas Oleg Musin Sergei Ryzhikh Sergei Zhunenko Tomas Žiukas Mihails Ziziļevs Other countries Kenmoe Anuk Aime Takam Avua-Siav Leo Nelson Miodrag Stefanović

References

1. ^ League History of Metallurg Lipetsk
2. ^ Russischer Fußball-Trainer mit schlagenden Argumenten
3. ^ Raue Sitten in Russlands Fußball: Trainer hetzt Schlägertrupp auf eigene Spieler!

External links

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