FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol
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| Full name | FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol | |
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| Founded | 1972 | |
| Ground | Elektrometalurh Stadium | |
| Capacity | 7,200 [1] | |
| League | Dnipropetrovsk Regional Championship | |
| 2011 | N/A | |
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FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol (also referred as FC Elektrometalurg-NZF Nikopol ) is an amateur
Brief history
Metalurh→Trubnik
In 1962–1970 in Nikopol existed another team of masters that was called Metalurh and later Trubnyk. Following the liquidation of the Soviet Class B competitions in 1971, Trubnyk was disbanded.[2]
Managers
Kolos→Metalurh→Elektrometalurh
The team was founded in 1950 as Kolos Nikopol Raion and in 1950–1970 competed in regional competitions of Volunteer Sport Society "Kolos" and the second group (tier) of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Championship.
Following dissolution of the Soviet Union and organization of separate football competitions in the independence of Ukraine, the club joined was placed in the Ukrainian First League. In February of 1992, it changed its name to Metalurh as the agrarian association Nikopolsky that was sponsoring Kolos was going through some financial hardship and the club was sold to the Nikopol's two main factories the Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant and the Southern Pipe-rolling factory.[2] In 1999 the Southern Pipe-rolling factory was going through bankruptcy and was restructured, so the club's sole sponsor became the Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant.
In 2001 the club changed its name to Electrometalurh and in 2002 again to Electrometalurh-NZF when it got relegated to the Ukrainian Second League. After the unsuccessful season in 2005, the club gave up its professional status.
Rostok→Kolos
In 2001 the team of Nikopol Raion was reestablished as "Rostok" by a team of local agrarian company competing at regional competitions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[2] In 2002 it changed its name to Kolos Nikopol Raion.[2]
Awards
The team achieved third place in the USSR 1st League 1982 and 1985.
The best results in the Ukraine Championship
- the Runner up (2nd place) of group "B" of the First League in 1992
The other
- 3rd in the First League of 1995
- 3rd in the Second League of 2003
- 2nd in the Second League of 2004
League and cup history
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup Europe Notes 1992 2nd 2 26 15 7 4 45 19 37 1992–93 2nd 13 42 13 14 15 43 50 40 1993–94 2nd 9 38 15 6 17 44 56 36 1994–95 2nd 3 42 24 7 11 66 42 79 1995–96 2nd 5 42 23 5 14 59 40 74 1996–97 2nd 11 46 20 4 22 60 66 64 1997–98 2nd 11 42 19 4 19 44 61 61 1998–99 2nd 15 38 16 3 19 46 63 51 1999-00 2nd 12 34 14 6 14 31 34 48 2000–01 2nd 7 34 14 8 12 30 34 50 2001–02 2nd 16 34 10 7 17 30 41 37 2002–03 3rd 3 34 16 5 13 54 50 53 2003–04 3rd 2 34 21 7 6 59 24 70 2004–05 3rd 9 26 10 2 14 26 36 32 2006 4th 2 6 3 1 2 7 6 10 4 3 0 0 3 2 8 0 2010 4th 4 8 2 1 5 16 15 7
Notable players
Notes
External links
- (in English and Ukrainian) History of Ukrainian Football (ukrsoccerhistory.com) – amateur's site
- (in English) The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation – the biggest football-trivia database
- (in Russian) V. Mylenko. "Others are not present..." – history of FC Metallurg