FC Ural Yekaterinburg (russian: ФК Урал) is a Russian

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club based in

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

. They play in 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 ...

History

The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Zenit (1944–1946), Mashinostroitel (1958–1959), and Uralmash (1949–1952, 1960–2002). The club is currently named after the Russian region of Ural, where

is the capital. The club participated in the Soviet championships beginning in 1945. They mostly played in the higher leagues, with the exception of the 1969 season spent in the lowest league. They were the easternmost Russian SFSR club to compete in the third Soviet division (the easternmost Soviet club overall was FC Kairat from Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR). Uralmash reached the quarterfinals of the Soviet Cup in 1965/66, 1967/68, and 1990/91. After the dissolution of the USSR, Uralmash were entitled to enter the Russian Top Division and played there for five seasons, from 1992 to 1996. Their best result was eighth position in 1993 and 1995. Despite reaching the semifinal of the Intertoto Cup in 1996, Uralmash finished 16th out of 18 in the league and were relegated. In 1997 another relegation followed, now to the Second Division. From 1998 to 2002 Uralmash played in the Second Division. After winning promotion, the club was renamed Ural. In 2003, the team were relegated from the Russian First Division, but were promoted again after the 2004 season. The team's best finish in the First Division was third in 2006.

Domestic

Current squads

First team

Out on loan

Reserve team

Retired numbers

* 23 – Pyotr Khrustovsky, forward (2003) – ''posthumous honor''

Coaching staff

*Head coach –

Yuri Matveyev Yuri Aleksandrovich Matveyev (russian: Юрий Александрович Матвеев; born 8 June 1967) is a Russian association football coach and a former player. International career Matveyev made his debut for Russia in a friendly agai ...

*Assistant coach –

Vladimir Kalashnikov Vladimir Dmitriyevich Kalashnikov (russian: Владимир Дмитриевич Калашников; born 17 December 1953) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he works as an assistant coach and a directo ...

, Andrei Danilov, Ivan Jovanovski *Goalkeeping coach – Andrei Shpilyov

Notable players

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

Nikita Chernov Nikita Aleksandrovich Chernov (russian: Никита Александрович Чернов; born 14 January 1996) is a Russian professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Spartak Moscow and Russia national football team. Club ...

Yury Gazinsky Yury Aleksandrovich Gazinsky ( rus, Юрий Александрович Газинский, p=ˈjʉrʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ gɐˈzʲinskʲɪj; born 20 July 1989) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder fo ...

* Roman Pavlyuchenko *

Aleksandr Podshivalov Aleksandr Viktorovich Podshivalov (russian: Александр Викторович Подшивалов; born 6 September 1964) is a Russian association football coach and a former player. He works as a goalkeepers coach with FC Tom Tomsk. In ...

* Aleksandr Ryazantsev *

Oleg Shatov Oleg Aleksandrovich Shatov (russian: Олег Александрович Шатов; born 29 July 1990) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ural Yekaterinburg. Earlier in his career, he mostly played as ...

Igor Smolnikov Igor Aleksandrovich Smolnikov (russian: Игорь Александрович Смольников, p=ˈiɡərʲ ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈsmolʲnʲɪkəf; born 8 August 1988) is a Russian football player who plays as a right-back for Lokomo ...

Fyodor Smolov Fyodor Mikhaylovich Smolov ( rus, link=yes, Фёдор Миха́йлович Смо́лов, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ˈsmoləf; born 9 February 1990) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Dynamo Moscow an ...

Oleg Veretennikov Oleg Aleksandrovich Veretennikov (russian: Олег Александрович Веретенников; born 5 January 1970) is a professional Russian association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the runner-up goalsc ...

Artyom Yenin Artyom Valeryevich Yenin (russian: Артём Валерьевич Енин; born 6 August 1976) is a former association football player. Honours * Russian Cup runner-up (2000). International career Yenin played his only game for Russia on 2 ...

* Aleksandr Yerokhin * Anton Zabolotny *

Denis Zubko Denis Ivanovich Zubko (russian: Денис Иванович Зубко; born 7 November 1974) is an association football coach and a former player who played striker. Honours * Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997. * Top 33 players year-end ...

;Former USSR countries ;Armenia *

Artak Aleksanyan Artak Aleksanyan ( hy, Արտակ Ալեքսանյան; born on 10 March 1991) is an Armenian football player who is currently a Free Agent, he last played for FC Ararat Yerevan and the Armenia national football team. He also holds Russian citiz ...

Edgar Manucharyan Edgar Manucharyan ( hy, Էդգար Մանուչարյան, born 19 January 1987) is a former Armenian football player who played as a forward. Club career Ajax In early December 2004, Manucharyan joined Ajax Amsterdam. On 14 December, he too ...

* Artur Sarkisov *

Varazdat Haroyan Varazdat Haroyan ( hy, Վարազդատ Հարոյան, born on 24 August 1992) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta and the Armenia national team. Club career Patani and ...

;Belarus * Andrey Chukhley * Alyaksandr Hrapkowski * Alyaksandr Martynovich *

Nikolay Zolotov Nikolay Aleksandrovich Zolotov ( be, Мікалай Аляксандравіч Золатаў; russian: Николай Александрович Золотов; born 11 November 1994) is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays as a defe ...

* Aleh Shkabara *

Yuri Zhevnov Yuri Zhevnov ( be, Юры Жаўноў; born 17 April 1981) is a professional football coach and a former player from Belarus. He is the goalkeepers' coach with Zenit St. Petersburg. Career Zhevnov started his career at third division. In 20 ...

;Estonia *

Aleksandr Dmitrijev Aleksandr Dmitrijev (born 18 February 1982) is an Estonian football coach and an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tallinna Cosmos. Internationally, Dmitrijev made 106 appearances for the Estonia national team. Club ...

;Georgia *

Giorgi Chanturia Giorgi Chanturia ( ka, გიორგი ჭანტურია, ; 19 August 1959, in Tbilisi – 3 December 1994) was a Georgian politician and the National Democratic Party leader who was murdered in Tbilisi, Georgia in December 1994. He en ...

;Kazakhstan * Vitaliy Abramov * Sergei Anashkin *

Renat Dubinskiy Renat Vyacheslavovich Dubinskiy (russian: Ренат Вячеславович Дубинский; born 6 May 1979) is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. Club career He made his professional debut in the Russian Third League in 1995 f ...

* Vitaliy Kafanov *

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 ...

* Aleksandr Sklyarov *

Georgy Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov ( rus, Георгий Константинович Жуков, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ˈʐukəf, a=Ru-Георгий_Константинович_Жуков.ogg; 1 December 1896 – ...

;Lithuania * Arūnas Klimavičius *

Robertas Poškus Robertas Poškus (born 5 May 1979) is a Lithuanian professional Association football, football manager and a former player. Career Club In 15 years he left for Germany, played there for several years for the team of Hamburger SV. From 2002 to ...

;Moldova * Igor Bugaiov *

Serghei Rogaciov Serghei Ivanovich Rogaciov (born 20 May 1977) is a Moldovan football coach and a former player who played as a forward. Career He previously played for Constructorul Chişinău, FC Sheriff Tiraspol, FC Olimpia Bălţi, and Cristalul Făleşti ...

;Tajikistan *

Vitaliy Levchenko Vitaly Grigoryevich Levchenko (russian: Виталий Григорьевич Левченко; born 28 March 1972, in Tajik SSR) is a Tajikistani retired international footballer and current manager of Neftchi Fergana. Previously Levchenko wa ...

Igor Vityutnev Igor may refer to: People * Igor (given name), an East Slavic given name and a list of people with the name * Mighty Igor (1931–2002), former American professional wrestler * Igor Volkoff, a professional wrestler from NWA All-Star Wrestlin ...

Anatoli Volovodenko Anatoli Volovodenko (russian: Анатолий Воловоденко; born 21 July 1963) is a Tajikistani former professional footballer. Club career He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1984 for Pamir Dushanbe. He then ...

* Shamsiddin Shanbiev ;Ukraine * Denys Kulakov *

Oleksandr Pomazun Aleksandr Vasil'evich Pomazun (russian: Александр Васильевич Помазун; uk, Олександр Васильович Помазун; born 11 October 1971) is a Russian-Ukrainian former goalkeeper and a Russian football c ...

* Dmytro Topchiev ;Uzbekistan * Vladimir Radkevich * Yevgeni Safonov *

Vladimir Shishelov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shishelov (russian: Владимир Александрович Шишелов; born 8 November 1979) is an Uzbekistani-Russian retired football forward. Career His first professional club was Qizilqum Zarafshon he bega ...

* Oston Urunov ;Europe ;Hungary *

Vladimir Koman Vladimir Koman Jr. (born 16 March 1989) is a Ukrainian-born Hungarian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Hungarian second-tier NB II team Diósgyőr. Club career Koman was born in Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia Oblast, Uk ...

;Iceland *

Sölvi Ottesen Sölvi Geir Ottesen Jónsson (born 18 February 1984) is an Icelandic former footballer, who played as a centre back for Sölvi; he earned 28 caps for the Iceland national football team. Sölvi is among the most decorated Icelandic professional ...

;Israel *

Toto Tamuz Toto Adaruns Tamuz Temile ( he, טוטו אדיוראנס תמוז טמילה; born 1 April 1988) is a Nigerian-born Israeli professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward. Born in Nigeria ...

;Norway *

Stefan Strandberg Ken Remi Stefan Strandberg (born 25 July 1990) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Eliteserien club Vålerenga and the Norway national team. Hailing from Lyngdal, Strandberg started his senior career for Mandal ...

;Poland * Rafał Augustyniak * Michał Kucharczyk * Maciej Wilusz ;Romania * Eric Bicfalvi ;South America ;Chile * Gerson Acevedo ;Africa ;Cameroon * Petrus Boumal ;Congo * Emmerson ;Zambia * Chisamba Lungu

Managers

* Pavel Gusev (2003–04) * Aleksandr Pobegalov (2005–09) * Vladimir Fedotov (2009–10) *

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 ...

(2010) *

Dmitriy Ogai Dmitry Alekseyevich Ogay (russian: Дмитрий Алексеевич Огай; born 14 May 1960) is a Kazakhstani professional football manager of Korean descent. He is one of the most successful coaches in Kazakhstan. Ogay played seven seas ...

(2011) *

(2011) * Aleksandr Pobegalov (2012) *

Sergei Bulatov Sergei Aleksandrovich Bulatov (russian: Сергей Александрович Булатов; born 21 March 1972) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara. Club career ...

(2012) * Pavel Gusev (2012–13) * Oleg Vasilenko (2013) *

Aleksandr Tarkhanov Aleksandr Fyodorovich Tarkhanov (russian: Александр Фёдорович Тарханов; born 6 September 1954) is a Russian football coach and a former Soviet player. International career Tarkhanov made his debut for USSR on 28 Novemb ...

(2013–15) *

Viktor Goncharenko Viktar Mihailavich Hancharenka ( be, Віктар Міхайлавіч Ганчарэнка, tr. Viktar Michajłavič Hančarenka; russian: Виктор Михайлович Гончаренко, ''Viktor Mikhailovich Goncharenko''; born 10 Ju ...

(2015) *

Vadim Skripchenko Vadim Viktorovich Skripchenko (russian: Вадим Викторович Скрипченко; be, Вадзім Віктаравіч Скрыпчанка; born 26 November 1975) is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He is ...

(2015–2016)

Honours

Domestic

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 ...

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� ...

**Champions (2):

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, 2012–13 *

Russian Second Division 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 ...

**Champions (2): 2002, 2004 * Russian Cup **Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2018–19

Invitational

* ANFA Cup **Champions (1): 1989

References

External links

Official website
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