FC Torpedo NN Nizhny Novgorod (russian: «Торпедо НН» (Нижний Новгород)) was a Russian

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team from

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that played in the

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championship (6th level).

History

It played professionally from 1936 to 1940, 1945 to 1984 and from 1997 to 2001.

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is another club that can claim the legacy of the team when it was called FC Volga Gorky. In 1948, 1951, 1954 and 1964 it played in the

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

, where their best result was 13th place in 1954. Their best result during the late 1990s was the 19th place in the

Russian First Division The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

in 1999 (the only season it played on that level, the second highest in Russian football).

Team name history

* 1932–1935: FC GAZ Gorky * 1936: Avtozavod im. Molotova Gorky * 1937–1961: FC Torpedo Gorky * 1962: FC Chayka Gorky * 1963–1984: FC Volga Gorky * 1997–2002: FC Torpedo-Viktoriya Nizhny Novgorod * 2003: FC Torpedo NN Nizhny Novgorod

External links

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Team history at KLISF
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