FC Torpedo-ZIL (Russian: Футбольный клуб Торпедо-ЗИЛ) was a Russian

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club from

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History

The team was founded in 1997 after

Torpedo Moscow Football Club Torpedo Moscow (, ''FK Torpedo Moskva''), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. The club will return to the Russian Premier League in the 2025–26 season. Their c ...

, which played in the Russian Top Division, became a property of SC Luzhniki and was not related to the automobile plant anymore. Soon afterwards

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decided to revive their own team. Torpedo-ZIL made a debut in the Third Division in 1997. The club won promotion to the

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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

team, ZIL had to sell first 55 percent, and two months later all remaining stock to

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. 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

References

External links

Torpedo. Nostalgia and reality
(archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Torpedo-ZIL Torpedo-ZIL 1997 establishments in Russia 2004 disestablishments in Russia Association football clubs established in 1997 Association football clubs disestablished in 2004