Zorky (russian: Зоркий) is a
bandy
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club based in
Krasnogorsk,
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...
,
Russia
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. Its team currently plays in the
Russian Bandy Super League
The Russian Bandy Super League (russian: Чемпионат России по хоккею с мячом — Суперлига), is a men's professional bandy league in Russia, the top division of Russian bandy.
There is no definite rule which ...
, the top tier of the Russian bandy championship. The club was founded in 1954. Zorky have had some recent successes and reached the finals of the
Bandy World Cup
The Bandy World Cup is an international bandy competition played in Sweden at the beginning of the bandy season every year, in autumn. The participating teams qualify based on their results in the previous bandy season.
The World Cup is not playe ...
, Russian Cup and
Champions Cup in the 2006–07 season only to lose to
Dynamo Moscow
MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...
in all three matches. In 2009 they reached the World Cup final again, this time losing to
Hammarby. In 2012, they won the World Cup. The team was the best team of the regular season of the
Russian Bandy Super League 2012–13 but lost the final against Dynamo Moscow for the national championship.
For the 2016–17 season, the team almost got bankrupt and was relegated to the
Russian Bandy Supreme League
Russian Bandy Supreme League (russian: Первенство России среди команд Высшей лиги) is the second tier of Russian bandy, below Russian Bandy Super League. In the 2016–17 season, 23 teams competed in three gro ...
. For the 2017–18 season, it returned to the Super League.
The club also has a women's team. This won the
national championship for women in 2012 and in 2015.
Zorky's home shirts are yellow.
Honours
Domestic
*
Russian Champions (men):
** Winners (3): 1979, 1992, 1993
Cup
*
Russian Bandy Cup
Russian Cup (Кубок России) is a cup competition for Russian bandy teams, held almost every year since 1937. Originally, it was called the Soviet Cup. The cup is now administered by the Russian Bandy Federation. To be eligible to play i ...
:
** Winners (6): 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993
International
*
World Cup
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:
** Winners (2): 1990, 2012
** Runners-up (2): 2006, 2009
*
European Cup
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
:
** Winners (1): 1992
*
Champions Cup:
** Winners (3): 2010, 2011, 2012
** Runners-up (3): 2006, 2007, 2009
Zorky-2
Zorky's second team Zorky-2 plays in the
Russian Bandy Supreme League
Russian Bandy Supreme League (russian: Первенство России среди команд Высшей лиги) is the second tier of Russian bandy, below Russian Bandy Super League. In the 2016–17 season, 23 teams competed in three gro ...
, the second tier of Russian bandy.
References
External links
Official Website
{{Russian Bandy Super League
Bandy clubs in Russia
Bandy clubs in the Soviet Union
Sport in Moscow Oblast
1961 establishments in Russia
Bandy clubs established in 1961
Krasnogorsky District, Moscow Oblast