FC Arsenal Tula
Full name | АНО «Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Арсенал», Тула» |
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Nickname(s) | Red-yellows Canoneers "Pryaniki" (Gingercakes) "Pushkari" (The Gunners) "Oruzheyniki" (Gunsmiths) Samovars |
Founded | 1946 |
Ground | Arsenal Stadium |
Capacity | 19,241[1] |
Owner | Rosneft |
Chairman | Alexander Zotov |
Manager | Aleksandr Storozhuk[2] |
League | Russian First League |
2022–23 | 13th of 18 |
Website | Club website |
FC Arsenal Tula (Russian: ФК Арсенал Тула) is a Russian professional football club from Tula playing in the second-tier Russian First League.
Originally founded in 1923, FC Arsenal Tula was promoted to the
The team currently plays its home games in Arsenal Stadium, which has a capacity of 19,241.
History
Team name history
- 1946–58: FC Zenit Tula
- 1959–61: FC Trud Tula
- 1962–63: FC Shakhtyor Tula
- 1964–74: FC Metallurg Tula
- 1975–79: FC Mashinostroitel Tula
- 1980–83: FC TOZ Tula
- 1984–2006: FC Arsenal Tula
- 2007: FC Oruzheynik Tula (formed based on the squad and staff of FC Arsenal Tula, but was not a legal successor to Arsenal)
- 2008–11: FC Arsenal-Tula (formed based on the squad and staff of FC Oruzheynik Tula, but was not a legal successor to Oruzheynik)
- 2011–: FC Arsenal Tula
Early years
Arsenal Tula played their first season in the USSR Championship in 1946 under the name Zenit Tula, competing in the Central Division of the
Recent history
The present day team FC Arsenal Tula was formed at the end of 2011, replacing the former team FC Arsenal-Tula. The first coach of Arsenal was the famous Russian footballer
On June 18, 2012, Arsenal received a license to compete in Zone Center in the
Before the beginning of the
League and Cup history
Soviet Union
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup 1946 3rd, "Center" 5 16 8 0 8 38 49 16 1947–1948 1949 2nd, RSFSR-4 13 26 6 5 15 36 66 17 1950–1958 1959 2nd, Zone 2 13 28 5 8 15 26 44 18 1960 2nd, RSFSR-Zone 1 8 30 11 6 13 39 43 28 R64 1961 6 24 11 6 7 36 22 28 R128 1962 10 32 11 8 13 32 45 30 R256 1963 11 30 9 8 13 30 35 26 R512 1964 3rd, RSFSR-Zone 2 12 32 8 12 12 31 38 28 R64 1965 3rd, RSFSR-Zone 1 9 34 11 13 10 38 24 35 R1024 1966 2 32 15 13 4 33 15 43 R512 3rd, Semi-final 1 4 2 1 1 3 2 5 3rd, Final 3 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 1967 2nd (Group 2) 13 38 9 18 11 26 35 36 R512 1968 14 40 9 16 15 31 40 34 R256 1969 5 38 12 19 7 36 25 43 R128 1970 4 42 21 11 10 80 38 53 R16 1971 3rd, Zone 2 2 38 23 8 7 58 28 77 1972 12 38 12 10 16 47 51 46 1973 3rd, Zone 3 16 34 7 8 19 37 61 19 1974 3rd, Zone 2 10 40 15 11 14 42 51 41 1975 3rd, Zone 3 19 38 9 10 19 29 51 28 1976 18 40 6 12 22 26 57 24 1977 3rd, Zone 1 10 40 16 9 15 51 34 41 1978 3rd, Zone 3 24 46 8 11 27 39 70 27 1979 3rd, Zone 1 19 46 8 18 20 41 72 34 1980 8 36 19 5 12 66 43 43 1981 17 32 4 5 23 25 67 13 1982 15 30 6 6 18 24 56 18 1983 11 30 9 9 12 27 31 27 1984 3 32 19 5 8 56 29 43 1985 4 32 15 12 5 50 34 42 R32 1986 2 30 17 7 6 39 19 41 R64 1987 12 32 8 9 15 29 40 25 1988 16 38 12 7 19 56 61 31 1989 15 42 15 6 21 41 46 36 1990 4th, Zone 5 15 32 8 8 16 31 48 24 1991 12 42 19 7 16 54 41 45
Russia
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup 1992 3rd, Zone 27 42 22 7 13 56 45 51 R16 1993 3rd, Zone 32 34 21 7 6 58 15 49 1994 3rd, Zone Center9 32 14 7 11 47 33 35 1995 6 40 19 10 11 61 43 67 R256 1996 4 42 29 5 8 79 36 92 1997 3rd, Zone West1 38 28 7 3 91 26 91 R16 1998 2nd5 42 18 11 13 65 53 65 QF 1999 9 42 19 7 16 61 51 64 R32 2000 11 38 13 13 12 45 39 52 QF 2001 16 34 10 10 14 27 35 40 R32 2002 3rd, Zone West2 38 23 8 7 66 29 77 R256 2003 1 36 26 5 5 83 18 83 R32 2004 2nd13 42 15 13 14 39 32 58 2005 3rd, Zone West13 32 8 8 16 26 31 32 R256 2006 18 34 7 4 23 26 58 25 R512 2007 4th, Zone Central -
Black Earth Region2 32 18 9 5 71 21 63 2008 5 34 21 8 5 75 27 71 2009 7 24 12 3 9 40 24 39 2010 5 22 11 2 9 27 25 35 2011–12 8 42 18 10 14 58 43 64 2012–13 3rd, Zone Center1 30 22 7 1 74 20 73 R256 2013–142nd2 36 21 6 9 62 39 69 R64 2014–15 1st 16 30 7 4 19 20 46 25 QF 2015–162nd2 38 25 7 6 64 36 82 R64 2016–17 1st 14 30 7 7 16 18 40 28 R32 2017–18 7 30 12 6 12 35 41 42 2018–19 6 30 12 10 8 40 33 46 SF 2019–20 8 30 11 5 14 37 41 38 R16
European record
As of 1 August 2019
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Agg. |
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2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | 2QR | Neftçi | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
- Notes
- QR: Qualifying round
Feeder club
Arsenal's
Supporters
Traditionally, the games of Arsenal have drawn great interest from the local football loving population. In the 2011–12 season, when Arsenal was still an amateur team, over 13,500 fans showed up for a match between Arsenal and Rusichi, which is an attendance record for a Russian amateur game.[8] In the second division, FC Arsenal Tula's attendance was over 8,000 people on average. According to data collected by the Russian Football Union in 2013, Arsenal's attendance was 15th out of 106 professional clubs in Russia.[9] In the FNL, the average attendance of Arsenal was 10,844, with over 16,500 people showing up for the key game against Torpedo Moscow. In Arsenal's first season in the Premier League, the average attendance was 12,154.
There are several ultras groups among Arsenal fans including the well-known Red-Yellow Cannoneers.[10] The shirt number 12 has been permanently retired by the club management in honor of the fans.
Current squad
As of 27 February 2024, according to the FNL website. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Coaching staff
- Head coach – Aleksandr Storozhuk
- Assistant coach – Georgy Sakhvadze
- Goalkeeping coach – Denis Pchelintsev
- Conditioning coach – Anton Antonov
Honours
- Russian National Football League:
- Runners-Up (2): 2015–16
- Runners-Up (2):
- Russian Professional Football League:
- Winners Zone West (2): 2003
- Winners Zone Center (1): 2012–13
- Winners Zone West (2):
Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Arsenal.
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Managers
- Viktor Papayev (1989)
- Aleksei Petrushin (1993–94)
- Anatoli Polosin (1995)
- Gennadi Kostylev (1996)
- Yevhen Kucherevskyi (1997–99)
- Leonid Buryak (1999)
- Vladimir Yurin (1999–00)
- Vladimir Fedotov (2001)
- Boris Stukalov (2004)
- Yury Cheryevsky (2005–06)
- Aleksandr Chimbiryov (2008–11)
- Dmitri Alenichev (2011–15)
- Viktor Bulatov (2015–16)
- Sergei Pavlov(2016)
- Andrei Kozlov (caretaker) (2016)
- Sergei Kiriakov (2016–17)
- Miodrag Božović (2017–2018)
- Oleg Kononov (2018)
- Igor Cherevchenko (2018–2020)
- Sergei Podpaly (2020)
- Dmytro Parfenov(2020–2021)
- Miodrag Božović (2021–2022)
- Oleg Kononov (2022–2023)
- Aleksandr Storozhuk (2023–)
References
- ^ "стадион Центральный стадион "Арсенал"". premierliga.ru. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ "Экс-тренер «Краснодара» Сторожук возглавил тульский «Арсенал»" (in Russian). sports.ru. 2023-01-14.
- Russian Football National League. 10 May 2016.
- ^ "«Уфа» вырвала победу у «Арсенала», туляки досрочно заняли 16-е место" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 14 May 2022.
- ^ Возрождение тульского «Арсенала» (in Russian). Tula Oblast Committee on Sport and Youth Politics. 27 October 2011. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ "Arsenal qualified for Europa League for the first time in history" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 22 May 2019.
- ^ Тульский «Арсенал-2» расформирован, фарм-клубом «Арсенала» стал новомосковский «Химик». Tula Football. 7 June 2017.
- ^ На матче «Арсенал» — «Госуниверситет-Русичи» установлен рекорд первенств Черноземья по посещаемости (in Russian). tula-football.ru. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ^ "30 самых посещаемых футбольных клубов России" (in Russian). sports.ru. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013.
- ^ "Интервью представителя фанатского движения Red-Yellow Cannoneers". russian-ultras.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
External links
- Official website
- (in Russian) Official fan-club site