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| Full name | Football Club Torpedo-ZIL | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Avtozavodtsy (Automobile plant workers) | ||
| Founded | 1997; 28 years ago (1997) | ||
| Dissolved | 2004; 21 years ago (2004) (becameFC Moscow) | ||
| Ground | Eduard Streltsov Stadium,Moscow | ||
| Capacity | 13,200 | ||
| League | Russian Premier League | ||
| 2002 | 14th | ||
FC Torpedo-ZIL (Russian: Футбольный клуб Торпедо-ЗИЛ) was a Russianfootball club fromMoscow.
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The team was founded in 1997 afterTorpedo Moscow, which played in theRussian Top Division, became a property of SC Luzhniki and was not related to the automobile plant anymore. Soon afterwardsZiL decided to revive their own team.
Torpedo-ZIL made a debut in the Third Division in 1997. The club won promotion to thePremier League 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 aPremier League team, ZIL had to sell first 55 percent,[1] and two months later all remaining stock toNorilsk Nickel.[2] Metallurgy giant renamed the teamFC 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 toFC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow. That team has also since been disbanded.
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup | Europe | Top scorer (league) | Head coach | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4th, Zone 3 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 77 | 29 | 77 |  Lavrentyev – 17 | Petrenko | |||
| 1998 | 3rd, "Center" | 1 | 40 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 90 | 30 | 90 | Round of 128 | Snigiryov – 32 | PetrenkoIgnatyev | ||
| 1999 | 2nd | 4 | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 67 | 27 | 82 | Round of 32 | A. Smirnov – 11 | Ignatyev | ||
| 2000 | 2 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 62 | 28 | 80 | Round of 64 | Lebed' – 10 | Ignatyev | |||
| 2001 | 1st | 14 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 31 | Round of 32 | Piyuk – 6 |  Kucherevsky | ||
| 2002 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 39 | 28 | Quarterfinals | D. Smirnov – 7 | Nikonov | |||
| 2003 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 29 | Round of 32 | Monaryov – 8 |  AleinikovIvanovIgnatenko | |||
