FC Amkar Perm
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| Full name | Football Club Amkar Perm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Red-blacks (красно-черные) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Zvezda Stadium, Perm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Valery Chuprakov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Rashid Rakhimov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Russian Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Premier League, 13th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FC Amkar Perm (Russian: Футбо́льный клуб "Амка́р" Пермь) is a professional football club playing in Russian Premier League. It is based in the city of Perm and is the easternmost football club in Europe playing in top national competition (FC Tom' Tomsk and FC Luch-Energia Vladivostok are the easternmost Russian Premier League clubs, but they are in Asia). Amkar's home field is Zvezda Stadium, which was covered with artificial turf in 2005.
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[edit] History
Amkar appeared in May 5, 1993 when a team assembled of a workers of Perm Mineral Fertilizers factory played the first match in the Cup of Perm city. The name Amkar is created from the words "ammiac" and "carbamide", the main products of the factory.
The next year Amkar became the champion of Perm Oblast and in 1995 Amkar became a professional club.
The table shows the progress of the club during the next years:
| Year | Division | Place | W | D | L | Goals | Top Goalscorer(Goals) |
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| 1995 | third | 2 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 50-15 | A. Talipov (11) |
| 1996 | second | 3 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 86-31 | K. Paramonov (34) |
| 1997 | second | 2 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 69-21 | K. Paramonov (14) |
| 1998 | second | 1 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 100-12 | K. Paramonov (30) |
| 1999 | first | 6 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 65-49 | K. Paramonov (23) |
| 2000 | first | 6 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 53-38 | K. Paramonov (17) |
| 2001 | first | 4 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 46-29 | K. Paramonov (11) |
| 2002 | first | 6 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 45-31 | K. Paramonov (14) |
| 2003 | first | 1 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 50-20 | K. Paramonov (21) |
| 2004 | premier | 11 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 27-42 | A. Shutov (4) |
| 2005 | premier | 12 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 25-36 | S. Volkov (5) |
In August 2006 Sergei Oborin, who was a head coach since the beginning, left the team due to conflict with club administration. Goalkeeper coach Igor Uralev was briefly appointed as caretaker, and on September 5 Rashid Rakhimov was appointed as a new head coach.
[edit] Administration and managerial
- President—Valery Chuprakov
- Vice-president—Gennady Shilov
- General Director—Yuri Grebenyuk
- Head Coach—Rashid Rakhimov
[edit] Current squad
As of 1 September 2006, according to the Russian Premier League official website.
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The following players are listed by Amkar's website as reserve players. They are eligible to play for the first team.
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[edit] External link
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| Amkar Perm | CSKA Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | Krylya Sovetov Samara | Lokomotiv Moscow | Luch-Energia Vladivostok | FC Moskva | FC Rostov | Rubin Kazan | Saturn Moscow Oblast | Shinnik Yaroslavl | Spartak Moscow | Spartak Nalchik | Tom Tomsk | Torpedo Moscow | Zenit Saint Petersburg | |
