FC Arsenal Tula (russian: ФК Арсенал Тула) is a Russian professional

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club from

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playing in the second-tier

Russian First League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

. Originally founded in 1923, FC Arsenal Tula was promoted to the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

in 2014 for the first time in its history after finishing as runners-up in the 2013–14 Russian National Football League. This achievement marked three successive promotions for the club. On its debut season in the

2014–15 Russian Premier League The 2014–15 Russian Premier League was the 23rd season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 13th under the current Russian Premier League name. The season began on August 1, 2014, when Rubin K ...

, it finished in last place and was relegated back to the FNL. The club spent one season in the FNL before returning to the Premier League for the 2016–17 season, in which they have competed since. The club was relegated at the end of the

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after taking last place. The team currently plays its home games in

Arsenal Stadium Arsenal Stadium was a football stadium in Highbury, London, which was the home of Arsenal Football Club between 6 September 1913 and 7 May 2006. It was popularly known as "Highbury" due to its location and was given the affectionate nicknam ...

, which has a capacity of 19,241.

History

Team name history

* 1946–58: ''FC Zenit Tula'' * 1959–61: ''FC Trud Tula'' * 1962–63: ''FC Shakhtyor Tula'' * 1964–74: ''FC Metallurg Tula'' * 1975–79: ''FC Mashinostroitel Tula'' * 1980–83: ''FC TOZ Tula'' * 1984–2006: ''FC Arsenal Tula'' * 2007: ''FC Oruzheynik Tula'' (formed based on the squad and staff of FC Arsenal Tula, but was not a legal successor to Arsenal) * 2008–11: ''FC Arsenal-Tula'' (formed based on the squad and staff of FC Oruzheynik Tula, but was not a legal successor to Oruzheynik) * 2011–: ''FC Arsenal Tula''

Early Years

Arsenal Tula played their first season in the USSR Championship in 1946 under the name Zenit Tula, competing in the Central Division of the

RSFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

Championship and finished 5th in their debut season. The precursors to Arsenal Tula played mainly in the

Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (вторая лига), Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League The So ...

and never played in the

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

. The club was the champions of Zone West of the

Russian Professional Football League The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the Pr ...

in 1997 and 2003 and competed in the

Russian Football National League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

from 1998 until 2001 and in 2004. In 2005, Arsenal Tula did not receive an FNL license due to financial difficulties and once again competed in Zone West in the PFL. In 2006 the team FC Arsenal Tula was liquidated and FC Oruzheynik Tula was formed in its place, playing in the Amateur Division. In 2011, it was announced that the team FC Arsenal Tula would be reformed.

Recent history

The present day team FC Arsenal Tula was formed at the end of 2011, replacing the former team FC Arsenal-Tula. The first coach of Arsenal was the famous Russian footballer

Dmitri Alenichev Dmitri Anatolyevich Alenichev (russian: Дмитрий Анатольевич Аленичев; born 20 October 1972) is a Russian football coach, former player and politician. Club career Despite being a Spartak Moscow fan, Alenichev debuted ...

and the coaching staff included

Dmitri Ananko Dmitri Vasilyevich Ananko (russian: Дмитрий Васильевич Aнaнкo; born 29 September 1973) is a Russian football coach and a former association football player. Honours * Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, ...

Oleg Samatov Oleg Anatolyevich Samatov (russian: Олег Анатольевич Саматов; born 20 June 1965) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Club career He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 ...

, and famous goalkeeper

Aleksandr Filimonov Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov (russian: Александр Владимирович Филимонов; born 15 October 1973) is a former association football goalkeeper from Russia. He won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup with the Ru ...

. The club's initial squad also had several famous players such as midfielder

Yegor Titov Yegor Ilyich Titov (; born 29 May 1976) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He was a goal scoring midfielder who usually played in "the hole" between the midfield and attack, as an attacking midfielder. A ...

and defender

Dmytro Parfenov Dmytro Parfyonov ( uk, Дмитро Володимирович Парфьонов), Dmitry Parfenov (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Парфёнов; born 11 September 1974) is a Ukrainian football manager and a former defende ...

. Over the course of the 2011/12 season, Arsenal finished in 8th place in the

Russian Amateur Football League Russian championship among amateur football clubs (III division) (russian: Первенство России среди любительских футбольных клубов (III дивизион)) is the fourth overall tier of the Russian f ...

and all of the famous footballers left the club. Trainer Dmitri Alenichev decided to replace them with young players. On June 18, 2012, Arsenal received a license to compete in Zone Center in the

2012–13 Russian Second Division The 2012–13 Russian Second Division was the third strongest division in Russian football. The Second Division is geographically divided into 5 zones. The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the First Division. The bottom finis ...

. Arsenal won promotion at their first attempt, finishing the season with 73 points and 22 wins, 7 draws, and just 1 loss. In the 2013–14 season, FC Arsenal Tula were promoted once again, finishing as runners-up and being promoted to the

for the first time in their history. Over the course of the

, Arsenal finished in last place with 25 points and were relegated back to the FNL. During this season, on April 9, 2015 Arsenal had a sensational 1–0 victory over Spartak Moscow. In this match, the fans of Spartak climbed onto the roof of

despite it being unsafe and one fan was hospitalized. This match resulted in the club being fined 500,000 rubles and being forced to play their next match against

Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southe ...

at a neutral venue. In the

2014–15 Russian Cup The 2014–15 Russian Cup, known as the 2014–15 Pirelli–Russian Football Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union. The competition started on 8 July 20 ...

, Arsenal reached the quarterfinals, beating

Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, acco ...

in their home stadium. Before the beginning of the 2015–16 season, trainer Dmitri Alenichev left for Spartak Moscow and was replaced by

Viktor Bulatov Viktor Gennadyevich Bulatov (russian: Виктор Геннадьевич Булатов; born 22 January 1972) is a Russian football coach and a former Russian international football player. He is the manager of FC Chelyabinsk. Playing caree ...

. Viktor Bulatov was sacked after 24 games, with the club having won 14, drawn 4, and lost 6 games under his tenure. Bulatov was replaced by Sergei Pavlov, who led Arsenal back to the Premier League, with the club finishing as runners-up with 82 points. In the

2016–17 Russian Premier League The 2016–17 Russian Premier League was the 25th season of the premier league football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 14th under the current Russian Premier League name. CSKA Moscow came into the season as ...

, Arsenal started poorly, and in October 2016, Pavlov was sacked and replaced with

Sergei Kiriakov Sergei Vyacheslavovich Kiriakov (russian: Серге́й Вячеславович Кирьяков; born 1 January 1970) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Leningradets Leningrad Oblast. Career Kiriakov ...

. Arsenal finished in 14th place and advanced to the relegation play-offs against Yenisey Krasnoyarsk, which Arsenal survived and stayed in the Premier League because of the away goals rule, as Arsenal had won 1–0 in Tula and lost 2–1 in Krasnoyarsk. In the 2017–18 season Arsenal hired Miodrag Božović, who led them to their highest ever position of 7th in the Premier League. Božović left Arsenal after one year.

Oleg Kononov Oleg Georgiyevich Kononov (russian: Олег Георгиевич Кононов, born 23 March 1966) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Arsenal Tula. Playing career Oleg Kononov began his playing career in ...

took over as the manager, but also left after 5 months at the helm.

Igor Cherevchenko Igor Gennadyevich Cherevchenko ( rus, И́горь Генна́дьевич Чере́вченко, p=ˈiɡərʲ ɡʲɪnˈnadʲɪvʲɪtɕ tɕɪˈrʲɛftɕɪnkə; born 21 August 1974) is a football manager and a former player who represented Tajik ...

eventually led them to 6th place in the 2018–19 season, which qualified them for the very first time for the European competition,

2019–20 UEFA Europa League The 2019–20 UEFA Europa League was the 49th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 11th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. Sevilla defeated Inter Milan in the fin ...

League and Cup history

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European record

''As of 1 August 2019'' ;Notes * QR: Qualifying round

Feeder club

Arsenal's

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Arsenal-2 Tula participated in the third tier of professional Russian football,

, beginning with the 2014–15 season. The club was dissolved after the 2016–17 season. Another team was called Arsenal-2 and competed professionally from 1998 to 2002, it last competed as Dynamo Tula.

Supporters

Traditionally, the games of Arsenal have drawn great interest from the local football loving population. In the 2011–12 season, when Arsenal was still an amateur team, over 13,500 fans showed up for a match between Arsenal and Rusichi, which is an attendance record for a Russian amateur game. In the second division, FC Arsenal Tula's attendance was over 8,000 people on average. According to data collected by the

Russian Football Union The Russian Football Union (russian: Российский Футбольный Союз, ''Rossiyskiy Futbolnyy Soyuz'' or RFS) is the official governing body of association football in the Russian Federation. With headquarters in Moscow, it org ...

in 2013, Arsenal's attendance was 15th out of 106 professional clubs in Russia. In the FNL, the average attendance of Arsenal was 10,844, with over 16,500 people showing up for the key game against

Torpedo Moscow Football Club Torpedo Moscow (russian: link=no, ФК "Торпедо" Москва, ''FK Torpedo Moskva''), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow that was founded in 1924 and returned to the Russian Pre ...

. In Arsenal's first season in the Premier League, the average attendance was 12,154. There are several ultras groups among Arsenal fans including the well-known Red-Yellow Cannoneers. The shirt number 12 has been permanently retired by the club management in honor of the fans.

Current squad

''As of 31 August 2022, according to th
FNL website
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Coaching staff

* Head coach –

Sergei Podpaly Sergei Ivanovich Podpaly (russian: Серге́й Иванович Подпалый; born 13 September 1963) is a Russian association football coach and former player. He works as a director of sports for FC Arsenal Tula. Honours * Russian Prem ...

* Assistant coach –

Nikolay Kovardaev Nikolai Nikolayevich Kovardaev (russian: Николай Николаевич Ковардаев; born 24 September 1970) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Torpedo-2 Moscow. Club career He mad ...

* Goalkeeping coach – Dmitry Lukoshkin * Conditioning coach –

Mikhail Solovey Mikhail Aleksandrovich Solovey (russian: Михаил Александрович Соловей; born 16 October 1980) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He works as a conditioning coach with FC Baltika Kaliningrad F ...

Honours

Russian National Football League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

: :Runners-Up (2): 2013–14, 2015–16 *

: :Winners Zone West (2):

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:Winners Zone Center (1):

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Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Arsenal. ;Russia/USSR *

Zelimkhan Bakayev Zelimkhan Dzhabrailovich Bakayev (russian: Зелимхан Джабраилович Бакаев; born 1 July 1996) is a Russian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al Wahda on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg. Club career He made his d ...

* Maksim Belyayev * Taras Burlak *

Artyom Dzyuba Artem (or Artyom) Sergeyevich Dzyuba (russian: Артём Сергеевич Дзюба, ; born 22 August 1988) is a Russian professional football player who plays as a striker for the Russia national football team. He began his career with Sp ...

Vadim Evseev Vadim Valentinovich Evseev ( rus, Вади́м Валенти́нович Евсе́ев, p=vɐˈdʲim vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ jɪfˈsʲeɪf; born 8 January 1976) is a Russian football coach and a former player who is a former Russian inte ...

Sergei Filippenkov Sergei Aleksandrovich Filippenkov (russian: Серге́й Александрович Филиппенков; 2 August 1971 – 15 October 2015) was a Russian football manager and player. Filippenkov died of a heart attack during a friendly ma ...

* Vladimir Gabulov *

Dmitri Khlestov Dmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov (russian: Дмитрий Алексеевич Хлестов; born 21 January 1971) is a former Russian football player. Club career He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. (Turkey), FC Torpedo-Metallurg ...

* Daniil Khlusevich *

Valeri Kleymyonov Valery Semyonovich Kleymyonov (russian: Валерий Семёнович Клеймёнов; born 10 September 1965) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He works as a goalkeeping coach for Pari NN. International career Kleymyonov ...

* Dmitri Kuznetsov * Yuri Lodygin * Ilya Maksimov *

Ramiz Mamedov Ramiz Mamedov ( az, Ramiz Məmmədov; russian: Рамиз Мамедов; born 21 August 1972) is a retired Soviet and Russian football player of Azerbaijani descent, best known as a defender for Spartak Moscow in the 1990s. Club career Mamed ...

Mukhsin Mukhamadiev Mukhsin Mukhamadiev (born 21 October 1966) is a football manager and former player. Career Club Born in Dushanbe, Mukhamadiev played club football for Pomir Dushanbe, Pakhtakor, Lokomotiv Moscow, Ankaragücü, Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Niz ...

Ivan Novoseltsev Ivan Petrovich Novoseltsev (born January 23, 1979) is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger. He is the uncle of Vladislav Namestnikov. Playing career As a youth, Novoseltsev played in the 1993 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tourna ...

Kirill Panchenko Kirill Viktorovich Panchenko (russian: Кирилл Викторович Панченко; born 16 October 1989) is a Russian footballer who plays as a second striker for FC Arsenal Tula. Career On 25 June 2013, Panchenko signed with Tom Tom ...

Aleksandr Sheshukov Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sheshukov (russian: Александр Сергеевич Шешуков; born 15 April 1983) is a Russian former footballer who played as a midfielder or defender. International career Sheshukov made his debut for the R ...

* Valeri Shmarov *

Egor Titov Yegor Ilyich Titov (; born 29 May 1976) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He was a goal scoring midfielder who usually played in "the hole" between the midfield and attack, as an attacking midfielder. A ...

;Europe *

Tigran Petrosyants Tigran Petrosyants ( hy, Տիգրան Պետրոսյանց, born 23 December 1973) is an Armenian football coach and a former midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusive ...

Vladislav Kadyrov Vladislav Azizovich Kadyrov (russian: Владислав Азизович Кадыров; az, Vladislav Əziz oğlu Qədirov; born 16 November 1970 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani professional football coach and a former player. He also holds Russi ...

Dzmitry Balashow Dzmitry Balashow ( be, Дзмiтрый Балашоў; russian: Дмитрий Анатольевич Балашов; born 8 January 1974) is a retired Belarusian professional Association football, footballer. After retiring, he worked as a car m ...

Valeriy Gromyko Valery Igorevich Gromyko or Valeriy Iharavich Hramyka ( be, Валерый Ігаравіч Грамыка; russian: Валерий Игоревич Громыко; born 23 January 1997) is a Belarusian footballer. He plays for BATE Borisov. C ...

Uladzimir Karytska Uladzimir Mihailavich Karytska ( be, Уладзімір Міхайлавіч Карыцька, russian: Владимир Михайлович Корытько, Vladimir Mikhailovich Korytko; born 6 July 1979) is a Belarusian football coach and a ...

Yury Kavalyow Yury Kavalyow ( be, Юрый Кавалёў; russian: Юрий Ковалёв; born 27 January 1993) is a Belarusian professional football player who plays as a right midfielder or left midfielder for Russian club Orenburg. Club career On 15 ...

Andrei Kovalenko Andrei Nikolaevich Kovalenko (russian: Андрей Николаевич Коваленко; born June 7, 1970) is a Russian former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Aval ...

Maksim Valadzko Maksim Valadzko ( be, Максім Валадзько; russian: Максим Володько; born 10 November 1992) is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays for Maltese side Floriana. Club career On 12 January 2019, he signed with th ...

Zoran Amidžić Zoran Amidžić (; born 31 March 1972) is a former Serbian football defender. Career He played with FK Rudar Ugljevik in the Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina before moving to Serbia where he played with FK Hajduk Kula and FK Proleter ...

Mihail Aleksandrov Mihail Ivanov Aleksandrov ( bg, Михаил Иванов Александров; born 11 June 1989) is a Bulgarian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He primarily played as a right winger or a right-sided midfielder. Career CSKA ...

* Ivan Ivanov *

Georgi Kostadinov Georgi Kostadinov (born 16 January 1950) is a former boxer from Bulgaria. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. Amateur career Georgi Kostadinov won the Olympic flyweight gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympi ...

Gia Grigalava Gia Aleksandrovich Grigalava ( ka, გია გრიგალავა, tr, ; russian: Гиа Александрович Григалава; born 5 August 1989) is a Georgia (country), Georgian professional association football, footballer. He a ...

* Edik Sajaia *

Konstantin Ledovskikh Konstantin Vyacheslavovich Ledovskikh (russian: Константин Вячеславович Ледовских; born 12 July 1972) is a Kazakhstani professional football coach and a former player. Club career He made his professional debut i ...

* Viktor Zubarev *

Aleksandrs Jeļisejevs Aleksandrs Jelisejevs (born 11 August 1971) is a Latvian football coach and a former international striker. He is the manager of the Latvia national under-16 team. He obtained a total number of 37 caps for the Latvia national football team, sc ...

Darius Gvildys Darius Gvildys (born 26 December 1970) is a Lithuanian football coach and a former defender. He is the manager of Nevėžis. Club career He started career in Banga Kaunas. After that he was a member of FBK Kaunas. Later he removed to Russia ...

* Valeriu Catînsus *

Luka Đorđević Luka Đorđević ( sr-Cyrl, Лукa Ђорђевић, ; born 9 July 1994) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a forward for Russian club Sochi. Club career Zenit On 11 August 2012, Đorđević made his first appearance for Zen ...

Mladen Kašćelan Mladen Kašćelan (Cyrillic: Mлaдeн Kaшћeлaн, born 13 February 1983) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as midfielder in Russia for FC Baltika Kaliningrad. Playing career Club In August 2011, he was loaned to ŁKS Łódź on a one-yea ...

Goran Vujović Goran Vujović (Cyrillic: Горан Bуjoвић; born 3 May 1987) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as forward for FK Kom. Club career Early career He played with FK Teleoptik until 2006 when he signed with FK Banat Zrenjanin playing in ...

Alexandru Bourceanu Alexandru Bourceanu (born 24 April 1985) is a Romanian minifootball player and former footballer. He played as a defensive midfielder and was known for his combative playing style, being physically strong in spite of his short stature. He play ...

* Florin Costea * Ognjen Ožegović * Ján Mucha *

Lukáš Tesák Lukáš Tesák (born 8 March 1985) is a Slovak former professional international footballer who played as a left back or left midfielder. Throughout his career, he has also played for Dubnica, Žilina, Rimavská Sobota, Senica and Tatran Pre ...

Yuriy Hrytsyna Yuriy Vasylyovych Hritsyna ( uk, Юрій Васильович Гріцина; born 15 June 1971) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. Club career He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1988 for ...

Dmytro Parfyonov Dmytro Parfyonov ( uk, Дмитро Володимирович Парфьонов), Dmitry Parfenov (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Парфёнов; born 11 September 1974) is a Ukrainian football manager and a former defende ...

Oleksandr Pryzetko Oleksandr Serhiyovych Pryzetko ( uk, Олександр Сергійович Призетко; born 31 January 1971) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and a former player. Career Pryzetko made his professional debut in the Soviet Se ...

Oleksandr Svystunov Oleksandr Viktorovych Svystunov ( uk, Олександр Вікторович Свистунов; russian: Александр Викторович Свистунов; born 30 August 1973) is a former Ukraine, Ukrainian professional Association f ...

;Asia *

Khakim Fuzailov Khakim Kayumovich Fuzaylov (russian: Хаким Каюмович Фузайлов; born 12 August 1964), is a former Tajikistani professional footballer and current manager. Career Club Fuzaylov made his professional debut in the Soviet First L ...

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Felicio Brown Forbes Felicio Anando Brown Forbes (born 28 August 1991) is a German-born Costa Rican professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Chinese Super League club Wuhan Yangtze River. Having represented Germany at youth level, he made his d ...

;Africa *

Bakary Koné Bakary Koné (, born 27 April 1988) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Club career Early career Koné played on youth side for CFTPK Abidjan and joined in 2004 to Etoile Filante where he began his pro ...

Emmanuel Frimpong Emmanuel Yaw Frimpong ( ak, ) (born 10 January 1992) is a Ghanaian former Professional sports#Association football, professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He began his career at Arsenal F.C., Arsenal, where ...

Habib Maïga Habib Digbo G'nampa Maïga (born 1 January 1996) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club FC Metz and Ivory Coast national team. Club career Saint-Étienne Having come through the second team ranks, Maï ...

* Moussa Doumbia *

Kings Kangwa Kings Kangwa (born 6 April 1999) is a Zambian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serbian club Red Star Belgrade and the Zambia national football team, Zambia national team. Club career Kangwa bega ...

* Evans Kangwa *

Stoppila Sunzu Stoppila Sunzu (born 22 June 1989), also known as Stophira Sunzu, is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Shijiazhuang Ever Bright. He scored the winning penalty kick for Zambia in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Fin ...

Managers

Viktor Papayev Viktor Yevgenyevich Papayev (russian: Виктор Евгеньевич Папаев; born 2 March 1947 in Bazarny Karabulak, Saratov Oblast) is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach. Honours * Soviet Top League winner: 1 ...

(1989) * Aleksei Petrushin (1993–94) * Anatoli Polosin (1995) *

Gennadi Kostylev Gennadi Ivanovich Kostylev (russian: Геннадий Иванович Костылев; born 27 September 1940) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Honours * Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (russia ...

(1996) *

Yevhen Kucherevskyi Yevhen Mefodiyovych Kucherevskyi ( uk, Євген Мефодiйoвич Кучеревський, russian: Евгений Мефодьевич Кучеревский) (6 August 1941 – 26 August 2006) was a Ukrainian football coach. He is most f ...

(1997–99) * Leonid Buryak (1999) *

Vladimir Yurin Vladimir Ivanovich Yurin (russian: Владимир Иванович Юрин; 18 May 1947 – 15 March 2016) was a Russian professional football coach and player. Honours * Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Hig ...

(1999–00) *

Vladimir Fedotov Vladimir Grigoryevich Fedotov (russian: Владимир Григорьевич Федотов; 18 January 1943 – 29 March 2009) was a Soviet football striker and manager who holds the all-time record of caps for CSKA Moscow. He was the son of ...

(2001) *

Boris Stukalov Boris Alekseyevich Stukalov (russian: Борис Алексеевич Стукалов; born 24 January 1953) is a Russian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score ...

(2004) * Yury Cheryevsky (2005–06) *

Aleksandr Chimbiryov Aleksandr Petrovich Chimbiryov (russian: Александр Петрович Чимбирёв; born 17 November 1961) is a Russian association football, football manager and a former player. References

1961 births People from Novomoskovsky ...

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(2011–15) *

(2015–16) * Sergei Pavlov (2016) *

Andrei Kozlov Andrei, Andrey or Andrej (in Cyrillic script: Андрэй , Андрей or Андреј) is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: *Andrei of Polotsk (–1399), Lithuanian nobleman *An ...

(caretaker) (2016) *

(2016–17) * Miodrag Božović (2017–2018) *

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References

External links

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Official fan-club site
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