FC Torpedo Moscow

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Football club infobox
clubname = Torpedo


fullname = Football Club Torpedo Moscow
nickname = "Black-Whites, Pedo"
founded = 1930
ground = Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
capacity = 81,029
chairman = Yuriy Mishin
manager = Vyacheslav Dayev (caretaker)
league = Russian First Division
season = 2007
position = 6th
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FC Torpedo Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб "Торпедо" Москва) is a Russian football club, based in Moscow. The club was founded in 1930.

History

Name History

*"Proletarskaya kuznitsa" (1924-1930)
*"AMO" (1931-1932)
*"ZIS" (1933-1935)
*"Torpedo" (1936-1995)
*"Torpedo-Luzhniki" (1996-1997)
*"Torpedo" (since 1998)

Club history

Originally known as "Proletarian Forge" before changing their name to Torpedo in 1936. The club used to belong to the ZIL automobile plant until a fallout in the mid-1990s that resulted in Torpedo leaving their historic ground and moving across town to Luzhniki, as they became property of the Luzhniki .

Nicknamed the Black-Whites, Torpedo hasn't been a force in Russian football since the days of Eduard Streltsov, the brilliant striker of the 1950s and 1960s, known as "the Russian Pele". Past glories for Torpedo include 3 USSR titles (1960, 1965, and autumn 1976), 6 USSR Cups (1949, 1952, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1986), 1 Russian Cup (1993), and 3 appearances in the quarterfinals of European/UEFA Cup competition, and one Ciutat de Lleida Trophy in 1991.

Players

Current squad

"As of 9 August 2008, according to the [http://www.torpedo.ru/english/team.phtml official Torpedo Moscow site] ."Fs player|no=3|nat=Russia|name=Inal Getigezhev|pos=DF (on loan from FC Rostov)Fs player|no=7|nat=Russia|name=Erik Korchagin|pos=FW (on loan from FC Lokomotiv Moscow)Fs player|no=14|nat=Russia|name=Aleksandr Ponomarev|pos=DF (on loan from FC Rostov)

Former players

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Player records

Most appearances for Torpedo Moscow

"As of match played 20 April 2007 and according to [http://www.torpedo.ru official site] . Players in bold are still currently playing for Torpedo Moscow."

Most goals scored for Torpedo Moscow

External links

* [http://www.torpedo.ru/ Club's web site]