FC Ural Yekaterinburg (russian: ФК Урал) is a Russian

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club based in

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

. They play in the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

History

The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Zenit (1944–1946), Mashinostroitel (1958–1959), and Uralmash (1949–1952, 1960–2002). The club is currently named after the Russian region of

Ural Ural may refer to: *Ural (region), in Russia and Kazakhstan *Ural Mountains, in Russia and Kazakhstan *Ural (river), in Russia and Kazakhstan * Ual (tool), a mortar tool used by the Bodo people of India *Ural Federal District, in Russia *Ural econ ...

, where

is the capital. The club participated in the Soviet championships beginning in 1945. They mostly played in the higher leagues, with the exception of the 1969 season spent in the lowest league. They were the easternmost Russian SFSR club to compete in the third Soviet division (the easternmost Soviet club overall was FC Kairat from Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR). Uralmash reached the quarterfinals of the Soviet Cup in 1965/66, 1967/68, and 1990/91. After the dissolution of the USSR, Uralmash were entitled to enter the Russian Top Division and played there for five seasons, from 1992 to 1996. Their best result was eighth position in 1993 and 1995. Despite reaching the semifinal of the Intertoto Cup in 1996, Uralmash finished 16th out of 18 in the league and were relegated. In 1997 another relegation followed, now to the Second Division. From 1998 to 2002 Uralmash played in the Second Division. After winning promotion, the club was renamed Ural. In 2003, the team were relegated from the Russian First Division, but were promoted again after the 2004 season. The team's best finish in the First Division was third in 2006.

Domestic

Current squads

First team

Out on loan

Reserve team

Retired numbers

* 23 – Pyotr Khrustovsky,

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(2003) – ''posthumous honor''

Coaching staff

*Head coach –

Yuri Matveyev Yuri Aleksandrovich Matveyev (russian: Юрий Александрович Матвеев; born 8 June 1967) is a Russian association football coach and a former player. International career Matveyev made his debut for Russia in a friendly agai ...

*Assistant coach – Vladimir Kalashnikov, Andrei Danilov, Ivan Jovanovski *Goalkeeping coach – Andrei Shpilyov

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Ural/Uralmash. ;Russia/USSR *

Viktor Shishkin Viktor Maksimovich Shishkin (russian: Виктор Максимович Шишкин; born February 8, 1955, in Sverdlovsk) is a retired Soviet football player and a Russian football coach. Honours * Soviet Top League winner: 1982. Internati ...

Nikita Chernov Nikita Aleksandrovich Chernov (russian: Никита Александрович Чернов; born 14 January 1996) is a Russian professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Spartak Moscow and Russia national football team. Clu ...

* Yury Gazinsky *

Roman Pavlyuchenko Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko (russian: Роман Анатольевич Павлюченко; born 15 December 1981) is a Russian former footballer who played as a striker. He started his career at Dynamo Stavropol, and Rotor Volgograd, b ...

Aleksandr Podshivalov Aleksandr Viktorovich Podshivalov (russian: Александр Викторович Подшивалов; born 6 September 1964) is a Russian association football coach and a former player. He works as a goalkeepers coach with FC Tom Tomsk. In ...

Aleksandr Ryazantsev Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Ryazantsev (russian: Александр Александрович Рязанцев, born 5 September 1986) is a Russian footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for FC Torpedo Moscow. He scored the firs ...

Oleg Shatov Oleg Aleksandrovich Shatov (russian: Олег Александрович Шатов; born 29 July 1990) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ural Yekaterinburg. Earlier in his career, he mostly played as ...

Igor Smolnikov Igor Aleksandrovich Smolnikov (russian: Игорь Александрович Смольников, p=ˈiɡərʲ ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈsmolʲnʲɪkəf; born 8 August 1988) is a Russian football player who plays as a right-back for Lokomo ...

Fyodor Smolov Fyodor Mikhaylovich Smolov ( rus, link=yes, Фёдор Миха́йлович Смо́лов, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ˈsmoləf; born 9 February 1990) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Dynamo Moscow and ...

* Oleg Veretennikov * Artyom Yenin *

Aleksandr Yerokhin Aleksandr Yuryevich Yerokhin (russian: Александр Юрьевич Ерохин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ jɪˈroxʲɪn; born 13 October 1989) is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Zenit St. Petersburg and the Rus ...

Anton Zabolotny Anton Konstantinovich Zabolotny (russian: Антон Константинович Заболотный; born 13 June 1991) is a Russian professional football player who plays as a striker for CSKA Moscow. Club career On 12 December 2017, he s ...

Denis Zubko Denis Ivanovich Zubko (russian: Денис Иванович Зубко; born 7 November 1974) is an association football coach and a former player who played striker. Honours * Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997. * Top 33 players year-end ...

;Former USSR countries ;Armenia * Artak Aleksanyan *

Edgar Manucharyan Edgar Manucharyan ( hy, Էդգար Մանուչարյան, born 19 January 1987) is a former Armenian football player who played as a forward. Club career Ajax In early December 2004, Manucharyan joined Ajax Amsterdam. On 14 December, he to ...

* Artur Sarkisov *

Varazdat Haroyan Varazdat Haroyan ( hy, Վարազդատ Հարոյան, born on 24 August 1992) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta and the Armenia national team. Club career Patani an ...

;Belarus * Andrey Chukhley * Alyaksandr Hrapkowski *

Alyaksandr Martynovich Alyaksandr Uladzimiravich Martynovich ( be, Аляксандр Уладзiмiравiч Мартыновіч, russian: Александр Владимирович Мартынович; born 26 August 1987) is a Belarusian professional footballer ...

* Nikolay Zolotov *

Aleh Shkabara Aleh Shkabara ( be, Алег Шкабара; russian: Олег Шкабара; born 15 February 1983) is a Belarusian former footballer. Honours Naftan Novopolotsk *Belarusian Cup winner: 2011–12 Belarusian Cup, 2011–12 International goals ...

Yuri Zhevnov Yuri Zhevnov ( be, Юры Жаўноў; born 17 April 1981) is a professional football coach and a former player from Belarus. He is the goalkeepers' coach with Zenit St. Petersburg. Career Zhevnov started his career at third division. In 2000 ...

;Estonia * Aleksandr Dmitrijev ;Georgia *

Giorgi Chanturia Giorgi Chanturia ( ka, გიორგი ჭანტურია, ; 19 August 1959, in Tbilisi – 3 December 1994) was a Georgian politician and the National Democratic Party leader who was murdered in Tbilisi, Georgia in December 1994. He en ...

;Kazakhstan * Vitaliy Abramov * Sergei Anashkin *

Renat Dubinskiy Renat Vyacheslavovich Dubinskiy (russian: Ренат Вячеславович Дубинский; born 6 May 1979) is a retired Kazakhstani professional footballer. Club career He made his professional debut in the Russian Third League in 1995 f ...

Vitaliy Kafanov Vitaly Vitalyevich Kafanov (russian: Виталий Витальевич Кафанов; tk, Witaliý Witalýewiç Kafanow; born 24 May 1960) is a Kazakhstani-Turkmenistani football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach of FC Ros ...

* Konstantin Ledovskikh * Aleksandr Sklyarov *

Georgy Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov ( rus, Георгий Константинович Жуков, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ˈʐukəf, a=Ru-Георгий_Константинович_Жуков.ogg; 1 December 1896 – ...

;Lithuania * Arūnas Klimavičius *

Robertas Poškus Robertas Poškus (born 5 May 1979) is a Lithuanian professional football manager and a former player. Career Club In 15 years he left for Germany, played there for several years for the team of Hamburger SV. From 2002 to 2005 he appeared in ...

;Moldova * Igor Bugaiov *

Serghei Rogaciov Serghei Ivanovich Rogaciov (born 20 May 1977) is a Moldovan soccer, football coach and a former player who played as a forward. Career He previously played for Constructorul Chişinău, FC Sheriff Tiraspol, FC Olimpia Bălţi, and Cristalul Făle ...

;Tajikistan *

Vitaliy Levchenko Vitaly Grigoryevich Levchenko (russian: Виталий Григорьевич Левченко; born 28 March 1972, in Tajik SSR) is a Tajikistani retired international footballer and current manager of Neftchi Fergana. Previously Levchenko wa ...

Igor Vityutnev Igor may refer to: People * Igor (given name), an East Slavic given name and a list of people with the name * Mighty Igor (1931–2002), former American professional wrestler * Igor Volkoff, a professional wrestler from NWA All-Star Wrestling ...

Anatoli Volovodenko Anatoli Volovodenko (russian: Анатолий Воловоденко; born 21 July 1963) is a Tajikistani former professional footballer. Club career He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1984 for Pamir Dushanbe. He then ...

* Shamsiddin Shanbiev ;Ukraine * Denys Kulakov *

Oleksandr Pomazun Aleksandr Vasil'evich Pomazun (russian: Александр Васильевич Помазун; uk, Олександр Васильович Помазун; born 11 October 1971) is a Russian-Ukrainian former goalkeeper and a Russian football ...

* Dmytro Topchiev ;Uzbekistan * Vladimir Radkevich * Yevgeni Safonov *

Vladimir Shishelov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shishelov (russian: Владимир Александрович Шишелов; born 8 November 1979) is an Uzbekistani-Russian retired football forward. Career His first professional club was Qizilqum Zarafshon he bega ...

Oston Urunov Oston Rustam oʻgʻli Urunov (born 19 December 2000) is an Uzbekistani footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Uzbekistan national football team. Career Club Oston Urunov played in Uzbekistan for Navbahor and PFC Lokomotiv Tas ...

;Europe ;Hungary *

Vladimir Koman Vladimir Koman Jr. (born 16 March 1989) is a Ukrainian-born Hungarian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Hungarian second-tier NB II team Diósgyőr. Club career Koman was born in Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia Oblast, Uk ...

;Iceland *

Sölvi Ottesen Sölvi Geir Ottesen Jónsson (born 18 February 1984) is an Icelandic former footballer, who played as a centre back for Sölvi; he earned 28 caps for the Iceland national football team. Sölvi is among the most decorated Icelandic professional ...

;Israel *

Toto Tamuz Toto Adaruns Tamuz Temile ( he, טוטו אדיוראנס תמוז טמילה; born 1 April 1988) is a Nigerian-born Israeli professional footballer who plays as a forward. Born in Nigeria, he grew up in Israel from infancy after his father ...

;Norway * Stefan Strandberg ;Poland * Rafał Augustyniak *

Michał Kucharczyk Michał Kucharczyk (born 20 March 1991) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a winger or a striker for Pogoń Szczecin in the Polish Ekstraklasa. Club career Kucharczyk was born in Warsaw. He began his career at Świt Nowy Dwór ...

* Maciej Wilusz ;Romania *

Eric Bicfalvi Eric Cosmin Bicfalvi (; born 5 February 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Russian Premier League club Ural Yekaterinburg. Bicfalvi began his senior career with Fink Fenster Petre ...

;South America ;Chile * Gerson Acevedo ;Africa ;Cameroon * Petrus Boumal ;Congo * Emmerson ;Zambia * Chisamba Lungu

Managers

* Pavel Gusev (2003–04) * Aleksandr Pobegalov (2005–09) *

Vladimir Fedotov Vladimir Grigoryevich Fedotov (russian: Владимир Григорьевич Федотов; 18 January 1943 – 29 March 2009) was a Soviet football striker and manager who holds the all-time record of caps for CSKA Moscow. He was the son of ...

(2009–10) *

Boris Stukalov Boris Alekseyevich Stukalov (russian: Борис Алексеевич Стукалов; born 24 January 1953) is a Russian professional football manager and a former player. Personal His son Aleksei Stukalov is a professional football manager ...

(2010) *

Dmitriy Ogai Dmitry Alekseyevich Ogay (russian: Дмитрий Алексеевич Огай; born 14 May 1960) is a Kazakhstani professional football manager of Korean descent. He is one of the most successful coaches in Kazakhstan. Ogay played seven season ...

(2011) *

(2011) * Aleksandr Pobegalov (2012) *

Sergei Bulatov Sergei Aleksandrovich Bulatov (russian: Сергей Александрович Булатов; born 21 March 1972) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara. Club caree ...

(2012) * Pavel Gusev (2012–13) * Oleg Vasilenko (2013) * Aleksandr Tarkhanov (2013–15) *

Viktor Goncharenko Viktar Mihailavich Hancharenka ( be, Віктар Міхайлавіч Ганчарэнка, tr. Viktar Michajłavič Hančarenka; russian: Виктор Михайлович Гончаренко, ''Viktor Mikhailovich Goncharenko''; born 10 Ju ...

(2015) *

Vadim Skripchenko Vadim Viktorovich Skripchenko (russian: Вадим Викторович Скрипченко; be, Вадзім Віктаравіч Скрыпчанка; born 26 November 1975) is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He is ...

(2015–2016)

Honours

Domestic

Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (вторая лига), Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The leagu ...

Russian Football National League 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� ...

**Champions (2):

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, 2012–13 *

Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football (soccer), football. History In 1998–2010, it ...

**Champions (2): 2002, 2004 * Russian Cup **Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2018–19

Invitational

ANFA Cup The ANFA Cup refers to a series of invitational association football knockout tournaments organised by the All Nepal Football Association. Both National football teams as well as football clubs participated in the past. History Although Nepal ha ...

**Champions (1): 1989

References

External links

Official website
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