FC Torpedo-ZIL (Russian: Футбольный клуб Торпедо-ЗИЛ) was a Russian football club from Moscow.

Torpedo-ZIL

Full name	Football Club Torpedo-ZIL
Nickname(s)	Avtozavodtsy (Automobile plant workers)
Founded	1997; 25 years ago (1997)
Dissolved	2004; 18 years ago (2004) (became FC Moscow)
Ground	Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow
Capacity	13,200
League	Russian Premier League
2002	14th
Home colours Away colours

History

The team was founded in 1997 after Torpedo Moscow, which played in the Russian Top Division, became a property of SC Luzhniki and was not related to the automobile plant anymore. Soon afterwards ZiL decided to revive their own team.

Torpedo-ZIL made a debut in the Third Division in 1997. The club won promotion to the Premier League in 2000. In both 2001 and 2002, Torpedo-ZIL finished 14th out of 16 teams. In the beginning of 2003, due to inability to finance a Premier League team, ZIL had to sell first 55 percent,[1] and two months later all remaining stock to Norilsk Nickel.[2] Metallurgy giant renamed the team FC Torpedo-Metallurg, and a year later used it to form a new club, FC Moscow. At the same time, ZIL created another team in the Third Division which was originally known as FC Torpedo-RG and was later renamed back to FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow. That team has also since been disbanded.

Domestic history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Top scorer (league)	Head coach
1997	4th, Zone 3	3	40	23	8	9	77	29	77				Lavrentyev – 17	Petrenko
1998	3rd, "Center"	1	40	28	6	6	90	30	90	Round of 128			Snigiryov – 32	Petrenko Ignatyev
1999	2nd	4	42	23	13	6	67	27	82	Round of 32			A. Smirnov – 11	Ignatyev
2000		2	38	24	8	6	62	28	80	Round of 64			Lebed' – 10	Ignatyev
2001	1st	14	30	7	10	13	22	35	31	Round of 32			Piyuk – 6	Kucherevsky
2002		14	30	6	10	14	20	39	28	Quarterfinals			D. Smirnov – 7	Nikonov
2003		14	30	8	5	17	25	39	29	Round of 32			Monaryov – 8	Aleinikov Ivanov Ignatenko

References

External links

• Torpedo. Nostalgia and reality