FC Uralets-TS Nizhny Tagil (russian: ФК «Уралец-ТС» Нижний Тагил) is a Russian
football
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team from
Nizhny Tagil.
It played professionally from 1946 to 1949, from 1958 to 2006 and from 2023 on. The highest level it ever achieved was the second-highest (
Soviet First League and
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 ...
), where it played in 1947–1949, 1958–1962 and 1992–1993. The team was called Dzerzhinets Nizhny Tagil (1946–1957) and Metallurg Nizhny Tagil (1958–1961). "TS" in "Uralets-TS" stands for the club's sponsor, Tagil Steel holding company (russian: Тагильская Сталь) and was added to the club's name in 2021.
The club re-entered professional football in the 2023–24 season and was admitted to the newly organized fourth-tier
Russian Second 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 P ...
Division B.
On 12 October 2023, a car with four Uralets-TS players was involved in an accident, midfielder Yevgeny Sitnikov died, Kirill Kochetov was hospitalized in a coma, and Denis Fedorochev and Kirill Mylnikov were seriously injured. Kirill Kochetov died without regaining consciousness on 1 November 2023.
Current squad
As of 1 April 2024, according to th
Second League website
References
External links
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Team history at Footballfacts
Association football clubs established in 1946
Association football clubs disestablished in 2006
Defunct football clubs in Russia
Sport in Sverdlovsk Oblast
1946 establishments in Russia
2006 disestablishments in Russia
Nizhny Tagil
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