FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia

Football club

Torpedo Zaporizhzhia

Full name| FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia
Nickname(s)| Automobilists, Automakers
Founded| 1982
Dissolved| 2003
Ground| AutoZAZ Arena
Capacity| 15,000
Chairman|
Head Coach|
League| Ukrainian Premier League

FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia is a former professional football team based in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

## History

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Founded in 1982, the club played in the Ukrainian Premier League from 1992 through 1998, after being initially chosen to participate for being one of the top 9 (of 11) Ukrainian teams from the West Division of the Soviet Second League in 1991. Prior to 1982 there were number of the Torpedo predecessors among which "Komunarivets", "Traktor", "Mashynobudivnyk", and others.

Torpedo Zaporizhzhia's best achievement in the Ukrainian Premier League was 7th place (thrice, in 1992 (prorated), 1994–95, and 1995–96). The club has successfully competing in the domestic cup competition in early years being eliminated only in semi-finals twice in a row and reaching the best of eight the next year. In April 1996 the club's creator (Stepan Kravchun)[1] and the factory general director was removed from governing of the club[2] which had reflected in further club's performance.

Following relegation during the 1997–98 season, Torpedo Zaporizhzhia competed successfully in the Ukrainian First League, taking third place and achieving promotion back to the Ukrainian Premier League. However, despite this finish, the club applied for bankruptcy following the conclusion of the 1998–99 season and were suspended by the Ukrainian Football Association. In early March 2000 in press media appeared information that the club may cease its operations because the Professional Football League of Ukraine received a letter from the club's president Serhiy Kharhenko which informed that the team is withdrawing from the 1999–2000 season due to lack of financing.[3] The club returned to the Ukrainian Second League in 2002 and 2003, but was relegated to the amateur league thereafter.

FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia played its games at the AutoZAZ Stadium with maximum capacity of 15,000.

In 2002–03 under Torpedo Zaporizhzhia brand played a football team of the Zaporizhzhia Institute of State and Municipal Administration (ZIGMU), formerly FC Viktor Zaporizhzhia. After relegation the team was renamed into ZIGMU-Spartak Zaporizhzhia and continued to play in regional competitions.

Colours are white shirts, blue shorts.

### Honours

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* Cup of the Ukrainian SSR (1, amateur): 1984
* Champion of the Ukrainian SSR (1): 1990

## League and cup history

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Soviet Union

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1985 | 3rd  | 24 | 40  | 10  | 14  | 16  | 39  | 44  | 34 |  |  |  | VI Zone
Group 2 (12 place)
1986 | 3rd  | 9 | 40  | 17  | 7  | 16  | 49  | 47  | 41 |  |  |  | VI Zone
Group 2 (6 place)
1987 | 3rd  | 20 | 52  | 12  | 16  | 24  | 54  | 81  | 40 |  |  |  | VI Zone
1988 | 3rd  | 24 | 50  | 13  | 12  | 25  | 55  | 71  | 38 |  |  |  | VI Zone
1989 | 3rd  | 13 | 52  | 19  | 12  | 21  | 51  | 62  | 50 |  |  |  | Relegated[4]
VI Zone
1990 | 4th  | 1 | 36  | 23  | 8  | 5  | 53  | 25  | 54 |  |  |  | Promoted
I Zone
1991 | 3rd  | 7 | 42  | 18  | 10  | 14  | 63  | 50  | 46 |  |  |  | West Zone

Ukraine

Season  | Div.  | Pos.  | Pl.  | W  | D  | L  | GS  | GA  | P  | Domestic Cup | Europe  | Notes

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1992 | 1st  | 4 | 18  | 6  | 7  | 5  | 21  | 26  | 19 | 1/2 finals  |  |  | Group A
1992–93 | 1st  | 13 | 30  | 9  | 7  | 14  | 32  | 40  | 25 | 1/2 finals  |  |  |
1993–94 | 1st  | 13 | 34  | 9  | 10  | 15  | 27  | 39  | 28 | 1/4  |  |  |
1994–95 | 1st  | 7 | 34  | 15  | 3  | 16  | 49  | 49  | 48 | 1/8  |  |  |
1995–96 | 1st  | 7 | 34  | 15  | 3  | 16  | 40  | 45  | 48 | 1/8  |  |  |
1996–97 | 1st  | 14 | 30  | 8  | 5  | 17  | 25  | 56  | 29 | 1/8  |  |  |
1997–98 | 1st  | 16 | 30  | 2  | 7  | 21  | 20  | 69  | 13 | 1/8  |  |  | Relegated
1998–99 | 2nd  | 3 | 38  | 24  | 5  | 9  | 55  | 29  | 77 | 1/32  |  |  | Filed a bankruptcy
1999-00 | 2nd  | 18 | 34  | 5  | 1  | 28  | 21  | 32  | 16 | 1/16[5] |  |  | Reinstated after the bankruptcy
Relegated and Folded
2001–02 | 3rd  | 15 | 34  | 7  | 10  | 17  | 22  | 57  | 31 | 1/16*[6] |  |  | Reinstated second time
2002–03 | 3rd  | 16 | 30  | 4  | 7  | 19  | 19  | 52  | 19 | 1/32  |  |  | Relegated

## See also

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* FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
* FC Silmash Zaporizhzhia
* FC Viktor Zaporizhzhia

## References

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1. ^ Pavlenko, Ihor. The father of football-type "Torpedo" (Отец футбольного "Торпедо"). Footboom. 5 March 2018
2. ^ Mylenko, Vladimir. Why Torpedo died. An attempt for exhumation (Почему умерло Торпедо. Попытка эксгумации). Football.ua. 20 July 2009
3. ^ Sport-quiz: Football (СПОРТ-БЛІЦ: ФУТБОЛ). Newspaper "Postup". 5 March 2000
4. ^ New tier added for the next season.
5. ^ The team forfeited its game to Dynamo Kyiv.
6. ^ Second League Cup

## External links

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* Pavlenko, Ihor. The father of football-type "Torpedo" (Отец футбольного "Торпедо"). Footboom. 5 March 2018

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Football champions of the Ukrainian SSR

Sports societies
and factory teams|

* 1936: Ordzhonikidze Factory
* 1937: Spartak Dnipropetrovsk
* 1938: Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad
* 1939: Lokomotyv Zaporizhia
* 1940: Lokomotyv Zaporizhia
* 1941-1945: World War II
* 1946: Spartak Uzhhorod
* 1947: Bilshovyk Mukacheve
* 1948: Torpedo Odesa
* 1949: BO Kyiv
* 1950: Spartak Uzhhorod
* 1951: BO Kyiv
* 1952: Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
* 1953: Spartak Uzhhorod
* 1954: Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv
* 1955: Spartak Stanislav
* 1956: Shakhtar Stakhanov
* 1957: SKVO Odesa
* 1958: Arsenal Kyiv
* 1959: Avanhard Zhovti Vody

Class B|

* 1960: Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
* 1961: Chornomorets Odesa
* 1962: Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk
* 1963: SKA Odesa
* 1964: Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
* 1965: SKA Lviv
* 1966: Avanhard Zhovti Vody
* 1967: Avtomobilist Zhytomyr
* 1968: Avanhard Ternopil
* 1969: Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
* 1970: Khimik Sieverodonetsk

Second League|

* 1970: Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
* 1971: Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
* 1972: Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
* 1973: Tavriya Simferopol
* 1974: Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
* 1975: Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
* 1976: Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
* 1977: SKA Odesa
* 1978: Metalist Kharkiv
* 1979: Kolos Nikopol
* 1980: SKA Kyiv
* 1981: Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
* 1982: Bukovyna Chernivtsi
* 1983: SKA Kyiv
* 1984: Nyva Vinnytsia
* 1985: Tavriya Simferopol
* 1986: Zorya Luhansk
* 1987: Tavriya Simferopol
* 1988: Bukovyna Chernivtsi
* 1989: Volyn Lutsk
* 1990: Torpedo Zaporizhzhia
* 1991: Naftovyk Okhtyrka

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Amateur football champions of the Ukrainian SSR

* 1964: Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka
* 1965: Metalist Sevastopol
* 1966: Metalist Sevastopol
* 1967: Avanhard Rovenky
* 1968: Druzhba Buchach
* 1969: Shakhtar Kirovsk
* 1970: Sokil Lviv
* 1971: Shakhtar Makiivka
* 1972: Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka
* 1973: Hranyt Cherkasy
* 1974: Lokomotyv Zhdanov
* 1975: Kolos Nikopol
* 1976: Khimik Chernihiv
* 1977: Pryladyst Mukacheve
* 1978: Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynk
* 1979: Shakhtar Stakhanov
* 1980: Kolos Pavlohrad
* 1981: Mayak Kharkiv
* 1982: Nyva Berezhany
* 1983: Dynamo Irpin
* 1984: Torpedo Zaporizhya
* 1985: Naftovyk Okhtyrka
* 1986: Vorskla Poltava
* 1987: Dnipro Heronymivka
* 1988: Kremin Kremenchuk
* 1989: SKA Kiev
* 1990: Avtomobilist Sumy
* 1991: Novator Mariupol

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Ukrainian Premier League

* List of Ukrainian football champions

Seasons|

| Vyshcha Liha|

* 1992
* 1992–93
* 1993–94
* 1994–95
* 1995–96
* 1996–97
* 1997–98
* 1998–99
* 1999–2000
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08

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Premier League|

* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25

2024–25 teams|

* Chornomorets Odesa
* Dynamo Kyiv
* Inhulets Petrove
* Karpaty Lviv
* Kolos Kovalivka
* Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
* 1959
* Livyi Bereh Kyiv
* LNZ Cherkasy
* Obolon Kyiv
* Oleksandriya
* Polissia Zhytomyr
* Rukh Lviv
* Shakhtar Donetsk
* Veres Rivne
* Vorskla Poltava
* Zorya Luhansk

Former teams|

| Active
(lower leagues)|

* Bukovyna Chernivtsi
* Kremin Kremenchuk
* Metalist Kharkiv
* Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
* Mynai
* Nyva Ternopil
* Nyva Vinnytsia

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Defunct
(or amateur)|

* Arsenal Kyiv
* Borysfen Boryspil
* Desna Chernihiv
* Dnipro
* Dnipro-1
* Hoverla Uzhhorod
* Karpaty Lviv (1992-2020)
* Kharkiv
* Lviv
* Mariupol
* Metalurh Donetsk
* Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
* Mykolaiv
* Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
* Obolon Kyiv (1992-2013)
* Odesa
* Olimpik Donetsk
* Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk
* Sevastopol
* Stal Alchevsk
* Stal Kamianske
* Tavriya Simferopol
* Temp Shepetivka
* Torpedo Zaporizhzhia
* Volyn Lutsk
* Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

Winners|

* Dynamo Kyiv (16)
* Shakhtar Donetsk (15)
* Tavriya Simferopol (1)

Golden matches|

* 1992 Tavriya vs Dynamo
* 2006 Shakhtar vs Dynamo

Statistics|

* Records and statistics
* Top scorers
* Players with 300+ appearances
* Most expensive transfers

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FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia – managers

* Vul (1984–87)
* Gurzheyev (1987–88)
* Betsa (1989)
* Lemeshko (1989–93)
* Matviyenko (1993)
* Maslov (1994)
* Nadein (1994–97)
* Cherednykc (1997)
* Matviyenko (1997–98)
* Pershync (1998)
* Koltun (1998–99)
* Yarovenko (1999)
* Bondarenkoc (1999)
* Pohodin (1999)
* Nadein (2000–02)
* Rozenko (2002–03)

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