FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk () is the oldest Russian

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club based in

Novorossiysk Novorossiysk (, ; ) is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is one of the largest ports on the Black Sea. It is one of the few cities designated by the Soviet Union as a Hero City. The population was History In antiquity, the shores of the ...

. It plays in the second-tier

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History

The club was founded as a part of the football section in the Olympia sports club (Novorossiysk) in the summer of 1907, and on September 30, 1907, the first international match between the Olympia club and the sailors of a merchant ship from England took place, the match ended in a draw 2:2. The Club changed name for Cement Novorossiysk in 1960 and was known by its name in 1960–1969 and 1978–1991. In 1970–1977, the clubs was called Trud Novorossiysk, in 1992–1993 Gekris Novorossiysk, and in 2005 FC Novorossiysk. Chernomorets is

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for "a man from

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". The club played in class B of the Soviet football in 1960–1970. After this they did not participate in Soviet championships until 1978, when they entered the Second League. They played there until the dissolution of USSR, and in 1992 were entitled to enter the

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. They spent three years there. After a third place in 1992 they won their regional group in 1993, but did not succeed in the promotion-relegation tournament. A victory in the First Division in 1994 brought them automatic promotion. Chernomorets stayed in the Top Division from 1995 to 2001. Their best result was sixth position in 1997 and 2000. The latter entitled them to a place in the

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, where they were knocked out in the first round by

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. In 2002 Chernomorets won promotion straight back, but were relegated again in 2003. After the 2004 season in the First Division, Chernomorets were denied a professional licence. The club was reorganized, renamed FC Novorossiysk and entered the Amateur Football League for the 2005 season. In the course of the season the team was renamed Chernomorets again. Chernomorets finished first in the ''South'' zone and went on to win the final tournament, becoming amateur champions of Russia. Chernomorets finished third in the ''South'' zone of

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in the 2006 season. They finally finished first and were promoted to Russian First Division for the 2007 season. It stayed 2 seasons in First Division and relegated back to Second Division in 2009. They were promoted to the First Division again after winning the Second Division zone in 2010. It was relegated back from the First Division after one year on that level. On 28 May 2023, the club secured promotion to the

. In the 2024–25 season, Chernomorets finished 3rd in the First League, making them eligible for the

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promotion play-offs. However, the club was not issued the 2025–26 RPL license as their stadium did not pass Premier League requirements (Chernomorets also could not come to an agreement with potential replacement stadiums such as Fisht Stadium) and remained in the First League.

League results

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Current squad

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official First League website

Out on loan

Reserve team

Chernomorets' reserve team played professionally in the

(in 2000 as FC Chernomorets-2 Novorossiysk) and the

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(in 1996 as FC Chernomorets-d Novorossiysk).

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Chernomorets/Tsement/Gekris. ;USSR/Russia * Boris Pozdnyakov * Aleksei Berezutski * Vladimir But * Sergei Filippenkov * Nikolay Komlichenko * Oleg Kuzmin * Denis Popov * Oleg Teryokhin * Yevgeni Varlamov ;Europe * Armen Adamyan * Manuk Kakosyan * Tigran Petrosyan * Aramais Yepiskoposyan * Lev Mayorov * Vyacheslav Geraschenko * Artem Kontsevoy *

Konstantin Kovalenko Konstantin Valeryevich Kovalenko (; ; born 2 February 1975) is a Belarusian and Russian former professional Association football, footballer. He also worked as a youth coach with FC Krasnodar in Russia. Career He made his professional debut in ...

* Vitali Lanko * Mikhail Markhel * Andrei Sosnitskiy * Aleksandr Vyazhevich * Besik Beradze * Davit Janashia * Klimenti Tsitaishvili * Vadim Egoshkin * Andrei Kurdyumov * Maksim Nizovtsev * Maksim Shevchenko * Andrey Shkurin *

Jurijs Ševļakovs Jurijs Ševļakovs (born 24 January 1959 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a former Latvian football defender, now a football manager. Club playing career His player career began in PFC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow where he played a couple of games in th ...

* Nerijus Radžius * Serghei Belous * Serghei Clescenco * Alexandr Covalenco * Adrian Sosnovschi * Oleksiy Antyukhyn *

Serhiy Bezhenar Serhiy Bezhenar (, born 9 August 1970) is a Ukrainian former professional football player. Career He played in defense, usually as a fullback. Even though he won four championships (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998) and two cups (1996, 1998) with Dynamo ...

* Yuriy Hrytsyna * Oleksandr Kyryukhin *

Maksym Levytskyi Maksym Anatoliyovych Levytskyi (; ; born 26 November 1972) is a retired Ukrainian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career In January 2001, Levytskyi was involved in a fake passport scandal in which he used a purported Greek passpor ...

* Oleksandr Pryzetko * Serhiy Snytko * Oleksandr Svystunov * Mykola Volosyanko ;Africa * David Embé *

Alphonse Tchami Alphonse Marie Tchami Djomaha (born 14 September 1971) is a Cameroonian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. At international level, he represented Cameroon national footba ...

* Jerry-Christian Tchuissé *

Baba Adamu Baba Armando Adamu (born 20 October 1979), known occasionally simply by his nickname Armando, is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He made nine appearances for scoring twice the Ghana national team. Internatio ...

;South America * Flávio ;Asia *

Jafar Irismetov Jafar Irismetov () (born 23 August 1976) is a former Uzbekistan footballer and coach. Playing career On 29 December 2012 IFFHS published list of ''The World's most successful Top Division Goal Scorer among the still active Players''. Jafar Iris ...

Eduard Momotov Eduard Momotov (born 22 January 1970) is an Uzbek professional football coach and a former player. He also holds Russian citizenship. He is the manager of FC Novokuznetsk FC Novokuznetsk (Russian: ФК Новокузнецк) is a Russian fo ...

* Gennadiy Sharipov

References

External links

*
Fans' website
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