FC Torpedo Moscow
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| Full name | Football Club Torpedo Moscow |
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| Nickname(s) | Black-Whites |
| Founded | 1924 |
| Ground | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow (Capacity 81,029) |
| Chairman | Aleksandr Tukmanov |
| Manager | Ravil Sabitov |
| League | Russian First Division |
| 2006 | Russian Premier League, 15th |
FC Torpedo Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб "Торпедо" Москва) is a Russian football club, based in Moscow. The club was founded in 1924.
[edit] History
[edit] Name History
- Proletarskaya kuznitsa (1924-1931)
- AMO (1931-1932)
- ZIS (1933-1935)
- Torpedo (1936-1995)
- Torpedo-Luzhniki (1996-1997)
- Torpedo (since 1998)
[edit] Club history
Originally known as Proletarian Forge before changing their name to Torpedo in 1936. The club used to belong to the ZIL automobile plant until a fallout in the mid-1990s that resulted in Torpedo leaving their historic ground and moving across town to Luzhniki, as they became property of the LuzhnikiNicknamed the Black-Whites, Torpedo hasn't been a force in Russian football since the days of Eduard Streltsov, the brilliant striker of the 1950s and 1960s, known as "the Russian Pele". Past glories for Torpedo include 3 USSR titles (1960, 1965, and autumn 1976), 6 USSR Cups (1949, 1952, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1986), 1 Russian Cup (1993), and 3 appearances in the quarterfinals of European/UEFA Cup competition, and one Ciutat de Lleida Trophy in 1991.
[edit] Players
[edit] First-team squad
As of 24 October 2007, according to the Russian Professional Football League official website.
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[edit] Former players
See Category:FC Torpedo Moscow players
[edit] Player records
[edit] Most appearances for Torpedo Moscow
As of match played 20 April 2007 and according to official site. Players in bold are still currently playing for Torpedo Moscow.
| # | Name | Career | Appearances |
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| 1 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Shustikov | 1958-1972 | 427 |
| 2 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergey Prigoda | 1976-1988 | 325 |
| 3 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Polukarov | 1980-1991 | 319 |
| 4 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Yurin | 1970-1980 | 304 |
| 5 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valentin Ivanov | 1953-1966 | 286 |
| 6 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergey Petrenko | 1974-1985 | 276 |
| 7 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Leonid Pakhomov | 1967-1976 | 261 |
| 8 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vasiliy Zhupikov | 1977-1985 | 255 |
| 9 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Kruglov | 1975-1981, 1984-1986 | 231 |
| 10 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Buturlakin | 1970, 1972-1980 | 226 |
[edit] Most goals scored for Torpedo Moscow
| # | Name | Career | Goals |
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| 1 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valentin Ivanov | 1953-1966 | 124 |
| 2 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Eduard Streltsov | 1954-1958, 1965-1970 | 100 |
| 3 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Ponomaryov | 1945-1950 | 83 |
| 4 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gennadiy Gusarov | 1957-1962 | 67 |
| 5 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Georgiy Zharkov | 1939-1940, 1945-1951 | 63 |
| 6 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Pyotr Petrov | 1938-1940, 1945-1949 | 54 |
| 7 | Image:Flag of Russia.svg Igor Semshov | 1998-2005 | 54 |
| 8 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yuri Savichev | 1985-1990 | 47 |
| 9 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Vasilyev | 1976-1985 | 45 |
| 10 | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Oleg Sergeev | 1958-1966 | 43 |
[edit] Interesting Facts
Eric Cantona was famously banned for 1 month by his club Marseille during a friendly game at the Luzhniki Stadium in 1989 for throwing his shirt at Torpedo's young English trialists Mark Gladwin, Stephen Timmins and Adam Wilcox who were on an exchange programme at Torpedo from Everton FC - a link that was shortlived.
[edit] External links
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