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FC Fakel Voronezh

October 20, 2023

FC Fakel Voronezh (Russian: Футбольный клуб "Факел" Воронеж) is a Soviet and Russian professional football club based in Voronezh. Founded in 1947, the club has played in the Soviet Top League and the Russian Premier League. The club returned to the Russian Premier League in the 2022–23 season. The club holds the record for fan attendance in Eastern Europe.

Fakel Voronezh
Full nameFootball club «Fakel» Voronezh
Nickname(s)Факелоны
(Fakelony)
Founded1947; 76 years ago (1947)
GroundCentral Stadium of Trade Unions, Voronezh
Capacity32,750
PresidentRoman Askhabadze
Head CoachSergei Tashuyev
LeagueRussian Premier League
2022–2314th
WebsiteClub website

History Edit

The club was founded in 1947 at a then classified airplane plant. For reasons of secrecy, the team was not officially given a name and was referred to as the Voronezh city team. In 1959 the team became a part of Trud sports society and was renamed Trud Voronezh. In 1977 the team was renamed Fakel, meaning "Torch".

The team played in the Soviet League since 1954:

  • 1954–1960 in Class B
  • 1961 in Class A (Soviet Top League)
  • 1962 in Class B
  • 1963–1970 in Class A, Group 2
  • 1971–1978 in Second League
  • 1979–1984 in First League
  • 1985 in Top League
  • 1986–1987 in First League
  • 1988 in Second League
  • 1989–1991 in First League

The club's best results were 15th place in the Top Division in 1961 and 17th in 1985. Fakel reached the semifinal of the Soviet Cup in 1984.

In the Russian league, Fakel played in various divisions, only on two occasions staying in the same division for more than two consecutive seasons:

The best finish achieved by Fakel in the Premier League was 13th in 2000. The club has won 3 Second Division titles.

Fakel has also experienced several short-lived name changes: to Fakel-Profsoyuz in 1992, Voronezh in 2002 and Fakel-Voronezh in 2002–2003.

Fakel and FC Yelets were excluded from the Russian Second Division for attempts to bribe and threaten the referee on 18 July 2009.[1] At the time of exclusion (21 August), Fakel were sixth with 31 points from 19 games, while Yelets were 16th with 9 points from 19 games.

A new club called FC Fakel Voronezh technically independent from the club that played in 2009 as FC Fakel-Voronezh Voronezh was founded in 2010 and played in the Russian Second Division (FSA Voronezh failed licensing for 2010 and the new Fakel was the only Voronezh professional team for 2010). It employed the manager and 6 players from the 2009 FC Fakel-Voronezh roster. The reserve team FC Fakel-d Voronezh played in the Amateur Football League in 2010 (view – FC Fakel-M Voronezh).

Before the 2011–12 season FC Saturn Moscow Oblast dropped out of Russian Premier League due to financial problems. FC Krasnodar replaced them in the Premier League, creating a vacancy in the Russian First Division. Despite only coming in 4th in their Russian Second Division zone in 2010, Fakel volunteered to take the First Division spot, and the Russian Football Union decided to promote the team. They were relegated back to the third level in the same 2011–12 season. They returned to the Russian Football National League in the 2015–16 season. Despite finishing in the relegation zone at the end of the 2017–18 season, the club was not relegated as other clubs ahead in the standings failed to obtain the league license for 2018–19.[2]

They finished in the relegation zone once again in the 2018–19 season, but due to failure of FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and FC Anzhi Makhachkala to acquire a 2019–20 license, they were not relegated.[3][4]

The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia with Fakel once again in relegation spot. However, due to the pandemic, none of the teams, including Fakel, were relegated.

Fakel finished 2nd in the 2021–22 Russian Football National League to secure promotion to the Russian Premier League for the first time since the 2001 season.[5]

The club's return to the top division was marked by high attendance levels at home matches, fiery support from the stands and loud crowd singing of the biggest hits of Sektor Gaza, a famous local punk rock band. Fakel came 3rd by average attendance in the 2022–23 Russian Premier League just behind FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and FC Krasnodar.

Fakel finished their first season upon return in 14th place, qualifying for relegation play-offs against FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.[6] They managed to keep their Premier League spot after defeating Yenisey 3–0 on aggregate.[7]

Current squad Edit

As of 14 September 2023[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Other players under contract Edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   RUS Denis Shepilov

Out on loan Edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   RUS Daniil Chernyakov (at Metallurg Lipetsk until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   RUS Nikita Yershov (at Irtysh Omsk until 30 June 2024)

Reserve squad Edit

Fakel's reserve squad played professionally as FC Fakel-d Voronezh in the Russian Third League in 1997. It re-entered professional football as FC Fakel-M Voronezh for the 2020–21 season.

Notable players Edit

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Fakel.

Coaching staff Edit

Position Staff
Manager Vacant
Assistant Manager   Sergei Tomarov
First-Team Coach   Valeri Klimov
Goalkeeper Coach   Vladimir Sychyov
Fitness Coach   Dmitry Sorokin
Team Leader   Stanislav Sukhina
Physiotherapist   Alexey Muzalevsky
Masseur   Alexey Melnikov
  Vladimir Yakushin
Administrator   Ruslan Taratukhin
  Vladimir Kopaev

References Edit

  1. ^ "ФАКЕЛ-ВОРОНЕЖ" И "ЕЛЕЦ" ИСКЛЮЧЕНЫ ИЗ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЙ ЛИГИ. НО ИХ "ДЕЛО" НЕ ЗАКРЫТО (in Russian). Sport-Express. 22 August 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  2. ^ Клубы ФНЛ получили лицензии (in Russian). Russian National Football League. 30 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Сахалин" выиграл первенство ПФЛ в зоне "Восток", но не сыграет в ФНЛ [Sakhalin won the PFL East zone, but will not play in the FNL] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 28 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Анжи" не будет выступать в ФНЛ в следующем сезоне [Anzhi will not play in the FNL next season] (in Russian). Sport Express. 29 May 2019.
  5. ^ ""ТОРПЕДО" – ПОБЕДИТЕЛЬ ОЛИМП-ФНЛ, "ФАКЕЛ" СТАЛ ВТОРЫМ" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 21 May 2022.
  6. ^ "«Пари НН» и «Факел» сыграют в переходных матчах за места в Мир РПЛ-2023/24" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 3 June 2023.
  7. ^ "«Пари НН» и «Факел» сохранили места в РПЛ" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 10 June 2023.
  8. ^ According to the Premier League website

External links Edit

  • Official website (in Russian)

October 20, 2023
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FC Fakel Voronezh Russian Futbolnyj klub Fakel Voronezh is a Soviet and Russian professional football club based in Voronezh Founded in 1947 the club has played in the Soviet Top League and the Russian Premier League The club returned to the Russian Premier League in the 2022 23 season The club holds the record for fan attendance in Eastern Europe Fakel VoronezhFull nameFootball club Fakel VoronezhNickname s Fakelony Fakelony Founded1947 76 years ago 1947 GroundCentral Stadium of Trade Unions VoronezhCapacity32 750PresidentRoman AskhabadzeHead CoachSergei TashuyevLeagueRussian Premier League2022 2314thWebsiteClub website Contents 1 History 2 Current squad 2 1 Other players under contract 2 2 Out on loan 3 Reserve squad 4 Notable players 5 Coaching staff 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditThe club was founded in 1947 at a then classified airplane plant For reasons of secrecy the team was not officially given a name and was referred to as the Voronezh city team In 1959 the team became a part of Trud sports society and was renamed Trud Voronezh In 1977 the team was renamed Fakel meaning Torch The team played in the Soviet League since 1954 1954 1960 in Class B 1961 in Class A Soviet Top League 1962 in Class B 1963 1970 in Class A Group 2 1971 1978 in Second League 1979 1984 in First League 1985 in Top League 1986 1987 in First League 1988 in Second League 1989 1991 in First LeagueThe club s best results were 15th place in the Top Division in 1961 and 17th in 1985 Fakel reached the semifinal of the Soviet Cup in 1984 In the Russian league Fakel played in various divisions only on two occasions staying in the same division for more than two consecutive seasons Top Division 1961 1985 1992 1997 2000 2001 2022 23 First Division 1993 1995 1996 1998 1999 2002 2003 2005 2006 2011 2012 2015 2022 Second Division 1994 2004 2010 2012 2015 Russian Amateur Football League 2007 2008The best finish achieved by Fakel in the Premier League was 13th in 2000 The club has won 3 Second Division titles Fakel has also experienced several short lived name changes to Fakel Profsoyuz in 1992 Voronezh in 2002 and Fakel Voronezh in 2002 2003 Fakel and FC Yelets were excluded from the Russian Second Division for attempts to bribe and threaten the referee on 18 July 2009 1 At the time of exclusion 21 August Fakel were sixth with 31 points from 19 games while Yelets were 16th with 9 points from 19 games A new club called FC Fakel Voronezh technically independent from the club that played in 2009 as FC Fakel Voronezh Voronezh was founded in 2010 and played in the Russian Second Division FSA Voronezh failed licensing for 2010 and the new Fakel was the only Voronezh professional team for 2010 It employed the manager and 6 players from the 2009 FC Fakel Voronezh roster The reserve team FC Fakel d Voronezh played in the Amateur Football League in 2010 view FC Fakel M Voronezh Before the 2011 12 season FC Saturn Moscow Oblast dropped out of Russian Premier League due to financial problems FC Krasnodar replaced them in the Premier League creating a vacancy in the Russian First Division Despite only coming in 4th in their Russian Second Division zone in 2010 Fakel volunteered to take the First Division spot and the Russian Football Union decided to promote the team They were relegated back to the third level in the same 2011 12 season They returned to the Russian Football National League in the 2015 16 season Despite finishing in the relegation zone at the end of the 2017 18 season the club was not relegated as other clubs ahead in the standings failed to obtain the league license for 2018 19 2 They finished in the relegation zone once again in the 2018 19 season but due to failure of FC Sakhalin Yuzhno Sakhalinsk and FC Anzhi Makhachkala to acquire a 2019 20 license they were not relegated 3 4 The 2019 20 season was abandoned due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Russia with Fakel once again in relegation spot However due to the pandemic none of the teams including Fakel were relegated Fakel finished 2nd in the 2021 22 Russian Football National League to secure promotion to the Russian Premier League for the first time since the 2001 season 5 The club s return to the top division was marked by high attendance levels at home matches fiery support from the stands and loud crowd singing of the biggest hits of Sektor Gaza a famous local punk rock band Fakel came 3rd by average attendance in the 2022 23 Russian Premier League just behind FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and FC Krasnodar Fakel finished their first season upon return in 14th place qualifying for relegation play offs against FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 6 They managed to keep their Premier League spot after defeating Yenisey 3 0 on aggregate 7 Current squad EditAs of 14 September 2023 8 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK nbsp RUS Vitali Gudiyev2 DF nbsp RUS Vasili Cherov5 MF nbsp RSA Thabo Cele7 FW nbsp RUS Aleksandr Dolgov8 MF nbsp RUS Abdula Bagamayev9 FW nbsp RUS Maksim Maksimov10 MF nbsp RUS Ilnur Alshin11 MF nbsp MDA Nichita Moțpan13 DF nbsp RUS Igor Kalinin on loan from Rostov 14 FW nbsp RUS Khyzyr Appayev15 DF nbsp RUS Kirill Suslov17 MF nbsp CRO Antonio Jakolis18 MF nbsp RUS Andrei Mendel No Pos Nation Player20 FW nbsp RUS Yevgeni Markov23 MF nbsp RUS Vyacheslav Yakimov28 DF nbsp RUS Ruslan Magal captain 30 DF nbsp RUS Fyodor Kudryashov31 GK nbsp RUS Aleksandr Belenov33 MF nbsp RUS Irakli Kvekveskiri47 DF nbsp RUS Sergei Bozhin56 FW nbsp RUS Matvey Ivakhnov64 MF nbsp RUS Andrey Ivlev71 DF nbsp RUS Nikolai Poyarkov on loan from Rostov 88 DF nbsp RUS Vladislav Masternoy92 DF nbsp RUS Sergei Bryzgalov96 MF nbsp RUS Kirill SimonovOther players under contract Edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player MF nbsp RUS Denis ShepilovOut on loan Edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player MF nbsp RUS Daniil Chernyakov at Metallurg Lipetsk until 30 June 2024 No Pos Nation Player MF nbsp RUS Nikita Yershov at Irtysh Omsk until 30 June 2024 Reserve squad EditFakel s reserve squad played professionally as FC Fakel d Voronezh in the Russian Third League in 1997 It re entered professional football as FC Fakel M Voronezh for the 2020 21 season Notable players EditHad international caps for their respective countries Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Fakel Russia USSR nbsp Viktor Losev nbsp Valeri Shmarov nbsp nbsp Valery Karpin nbsp Aleksandr Filimonov nbsp Lyubomir Kantonistov nbsp Fyodor Kudryashov nbsp Ilya Lantratov nbsp Arseniy Logashov nbsp Artyom Makarchuk nbsp Andrei Novosadov nbsp Maksim Osipenko nbsp Ivan Saenko nbsp Roman Vorobyov nbsp Valery Yesipov nbsp Anton Zabolotny Former USSR countries nbsp Stanislav Buchnev nbsp Tarlan Ahmadov nbsp Shahin Diniyev nbsp Gurban Gurbanov nbsp Anton Amelchenko nbsp Radaslaw Arlowski nbsp Eduard Boltrushevich nbsp Andrei Kovalenko nbsp Vitali Lanko nbsp Yuri Shukanov nbsp Ihar Tarlowski nbsp Valeriy Gorbach nbsp Andriy Yudin nbsp Andrey Akopyants nbsp Igor Kichigin nbsp Vladimir Shishelov nbsp Olegs Aleksejenko nbsp Olegs Karavajevs nbsp Juris Laizans nbsp Raimonds Laizans nbsp Ivans Lukjanovs nbsp Aivaras Laurisas nbsp Edgaras Jankauskas nbsp Andrius Joksas nbsp Pavelas Leusas nbsp Andrius SriubasEurope nbsp Emilian Dolha nbsp Nemanja PejcinovicCoaching staff EditPosition StaffManager VacantAssistant Manager nbsp Sergei TomarovFirst Team Coach nbsp Valeri KlimovGoalkeeper Coach nbsp Vladimir SychyovFitness Coach nbsp Dmitry SorokinTeam Leader nbsp Stanislav SukhinaPhysiotherapist nbsp Alexey MuzalevskyMasseur nbsp Alexey Melnikov nbsp Vladimir YakushinAdministrator nbsp Ruslan Taratukhin nbsp Vladimir KopaevReferences Edit FAKEL VORONEZh I ELEC ISKLYuChENY IZ PROFESSIONALNOJ LIGI NO IH DELO NE ZAKRYTO in Russian Sport Express 22 August 2009 Retrieved 26 August 2009 Kluby FNL poluchili licenzii in Russian Russian National Football League 30 May 2018 Sahalin vyigral pervenstvo PFL v zone Vostok no ne sygraet v FNL Sakhalin won the PFL East zone but will not play in the FNL in Russian RIA Novosti 28 May 2019 Anzhi ne budet vystupat v FNL v sleduyushem sezone Anzhi will not play in the FNL next season in Russian Sport Express 29 May 2019 TORPEDO POBEDITEL OLIMP FNL FAKEL STAL VTORYM in Russian Russian Football National League 21 May 2022 Pari NN i Fakel sygrayut v perehodnyh matchah za mesta v Mir RPL 2023 24 in Russian Russian Premier League 3 June 2023 Pari NN i Fakel sohranili mesta v RPL in Russian Russian Premier League 10 June 2023 According to the Premier League websiteExternal links EditOfficial website in Russian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title FC Fakel 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