FC Torpedo-ZIL (Russian: Футбольный клуб Торпедо-ЗИЛ) was a Russian
football
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club from
Moscow.
History
The team was founded in 1997 after
Torpedo Moscow, which played in the
Russian Top Division
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, became a property of SC Luzhniki and was not related to the automobile plant anymore. Soon afterwards
ZiL decided to revive their own team.
Torpedo-ZIL made a debut in the Third Division in 1997. The club won promotion to the
Premier League in 2000. In both 2001 and 2002, Torpedo-ZIL finished 14th out of 16 teams. In the beginning of 2003, due to inability to finance a
Premier League team, ZIL had to sell first 55 percent, and two months later all remaining stock to
Norilsk Nickel.
Metallurgy giant renamed the team ''FC Torpedo-Metallurg'', and a year later used it to form a new club,
FC Moscow. At the same time, ZIL created another team in the Third Division which was originally known as FC Torpedo-RG and was later renamed back to
FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow. That team has also since been disbanded.
Domestic history
References
External links
Torpedo. Nostalgia and reality
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Torpedo-ZIL
1997 establishments in Russia
2004 disestablishments in Russia
Association football clubs established in 1997
Association football clubs disestablished in 2004