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| Full name | Football Club Torpedo-ZIL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Avtozavodtsy (Automobile plant workers) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dissolved | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow (Capacity 13,200) |
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| League | Russian Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 14th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This article refers to the Torpedo-ZIL which existed from 1997 to 2003 and was known as Torpedo-Metallurg during its final season. For the successors in the Russian Premier League, see FC Moscow. For the successors from the viewpoint of belonging to ZIL, see FC Torpedo-RG. FC Torpedo-ZIL (Russian: Футбольный клуб Торпедо-ЗИЛ) was a Russian football club from Moscow.
History
The team was founded in 1997 after Torpedo Moscow, which played in the Russian Top Division, became a property of SC Luzhniki and was not
related to the automobile plant anymore. Soon afterwards ZIL decided to revive thier own team.
Torpedo-ZIL made a debut in the Third Division in 1997. The club won promotion to the Premier 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 a Premier League team, ZIL had to sell first 55 percent[1], and two months later all remaining stock to Norilsk Nickel[2]. Metallurgy giant renamed the team FC Torpedo-Metallurg. At the same time, ZIL created another team in the Third Division which is now known as Torpedo-RG.
