FC Cherepovets is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club from Cherepovets,

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

. FC Sheksna last competed professionally in 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. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the Pr ...

, West Zone in the 2011–12 season, dropping to amateur levels after that. The club changed its name from SeverStal Cherepovets in 2004. In 2012 it was reorganized as FC Cherepovets.

Club names

*Metallurg (1956–1970) *Stroitel (1979–1985) *Khimik (1989–1990) *Bulat (1991–1996) *Severstal (2000–2004) *Sheksna (2005–2012) *Aist (2012–2013) *Cherepovets – Aist (2013) *Cherepovets (2014 – )

External links

Old Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cherepovets, FC Football clubs in Russia Association football clubs established in 1912 Association football clubs established in 1956 Sport in Cherepovets 1912 establishments in the Russian Empire 1956 establishments in Russia