FC Novokuznetsk (Russian: ФК Новокузнецк) is a Russian
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club from
Novokuznetsk.
Recent history
MKN were relegated to the
Russian Second Division
The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football (soccer), football.
History
In 1998–2010, it ...
after an 18th-place finish in 2005, and only finished 2nd in the "East" region, thus keeping them down another season. However,
Lada Togliatti and
Dinamo Makhachkala were denied licences for the First Division and thus also relegated. This, alongside the bankruptcy of
Angusht Nazran, pushed Metallurg up alongside other second-place finishers
SKA Rostov-na-Donu
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (russian: ФК СКА Ростов-на-Дону) is a Russian association football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club's history includes becoming runners-up of the Soviet Top League in 1966 and winning the Soviet Cup in ...
and
Mordovia Saransk.
In 2012/13 season, playing as FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk in the second level (
Russian National Football League), it dropped out of the competition due to financial difficulties. It won its zone in the
Amateur Football League
Russian championship among amateur football clubs (III division) (russian: Первенство России среди любительских футбольных клубов (III дивизион)) is the fourth overall tier of the Russian fo ...
in the 2013/14 season and advanced to the third-tier
Russian Professional Football League
The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football.
History
In 1998–2010, it was run by the Pr ...
for the 2014/15 season. It also was renamed back to FC Metallurg for that season. Before the 2015/16 season it was renamed once more, to FC Novokuznetsk. During the winter break of the 2015/16 season, it dropped out of the PFL and moved to the amateur competitions due to lack of financing.
League results
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from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1993 shift:(0,-4) text:11
from:01/07/1993 till:01/07/1994 shift:(0,-4) text:7
from:01/07/1994 till:01/07/1995 shift:(0,-4) text:4
from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1996 shift:(0,-4) text:4
from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1997 shift:(0,-4) text:13
from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/1998 shift:(0,-4) text:1
from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/1999 shift:(0,-4) text:1
from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 shift:(0,-4) text:1
from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2001 shift:(0,-4) text:2
from:01/07/2001 till:01/07/2002 shift:(0,-4) text:1
from:01/07/2002 till:01/07/2003 shift:(0,-4) text:13
from:01/07/2003 till:01/07/2004 shift:(0,-4) text:16
from:01/07/2004 till:01/07/2005 shift:(0,-4) text:18
from:01/07/2005 till:01/07/2006 shift:(0,-4) text:2
from:01/07/2006 till:01/07/2007 shift:(0,-4) text:16
from:01/07/2007 till:01/07/2008 shift:(0,-4) text:16
from:01/07/2008 till:01/07/2009 shift:(0,-4) text:4
from:01/07/2009 till:01/07/2010 shift:(0,-4) text:6
from:01/07/2010 till:01/07/2012 shift:(0,-4) text:1
from:01/07/2012 till:01/07/2013 shift:(0,-4) text:15
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from:01/07/2008 till:01/07/2012 color:rs shift:(0,13) text: " D2"
from:01/07/2012 till:01/07/2013 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: " D1"
Team colours
MKN's home kit features green shirts, white shorts and green socks.
External links
Official site
References
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Novokuznetsk
Sport in Novokuznetsk
Association football clubs established in 1946
1946 establishments in Russia