FC Metallurg Lipetsk

Metallurg Lipetsk
Full name Футбольный клуб Металлург Липецк
(Metallurg Lipetsk Football Club)
Nickname(s) Stalevary (Metallurgy)
Krasno-Chernye (The Red-Blacks)
Founded 1957 (1957)
Ground Metallurg Stadium
Ground Capacity 14,940
Chairman Aleksandr Konanykhin
Manager Sergey Mashnin
League Russian Professional Football League, Zone Center
2015–16 4th
Website Club home page

FC Metallurg Lipetsk (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Металлург» Липецк) is an association football club in Lipetsk, Russia, formed in 1957.

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 a goon squad after a defeat on 25 September 2006 on his players, the Rowdys targeted the team with ebonite bullets.[2] Three players suffered with injuries and went to 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

Current squad

As of 31 August 2016, according to the PFL website.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Russia GK Ivan Skripnik
2 Russia MF Konstantin Titov
3 Russia FW Aleksandr Kuzmin
4 Russia DF Andrei Shiryayev
5 Russia DF Aleksandr Viktorov
6 Russia MF Nikolai Ivannikov
6 Russia GK Ivan Korovin
7 Russia FW Andrei Titov
8 Russia MF Sergey Belousov
9 Russia FW Ruslan Akhvlediani
9 Russia MF Aleksandr Ulyanchev
10 Russia MF Andrei Ovchinnikov
11 Russia MF Oleg Kozhemyakin
No. Position Player
13 Russia MF Aleksandr Kharin
14 Russia MF Yevgeni Frolov (captain)
15 Russia DF Dmitri Kuzmichyov
16 Russia GK Mikhail Alfimov
17 Russia MF Yevgeni Kostin
18 Russia FW Yevgeni Barbashin
19 Russia MF Gleb Podkovyrov
Russia DF Andrei Karasyov
Russia DF Nikolai Lukichev
Russia MF Veniamin Bayazov
Russia MF Daniil Melikhov
Russia FW Grigori Gerasimov
Russia FW Anton Kryuchkov

Notable players

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

References

External links

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