FC Magnitogorsk () is a Russian

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Magnitogorsk Magnitogorsk ( rus, Магнитого́рск, p=məɡnʲɪtɐˈɡorsk, ) is an industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River. Its population is curre ...

. It played professionally from 1948 to 1949, 1959 to 2003 and in 2005. It plays in the

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. It played on the second-highest level (

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and

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) in 1948–1949, 1958–1962, 1968–1969 and 1992–1993.

Team name history

* 1932–1938 Metallurg Vostoka Magnitogorsk * 1939–1996 Metallurg Magnitogorsk * 1997–1998 Magnitka Magnitogorsk * 1998–2003 Metallurg-Metiznik Magnitogorsk * 2004 FC Magnitogorsk * 2005 Metallurg-Metiznik Magnitogorsk * 2006–present FC Magnitogorsk

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