FC Oryol

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Oryol

Full name

Football Club
Oryol

Founded

1960

Ground

Central Stadium, Oryol

Capacity

10,300

Chairman

Vladimir Agibalov

Manager

Anatoly Shelest

League

Russian Second Division

2006

Russian First Division, 20th





Home colours





Away colours

FC Oryol (Russian: ФК «Орёл») are a Russian football club based in the city of Oryol. From 2004 Oryol played in the Russian First Division, and in 2006 they were relegated to the Second Division.

[edit] History

Football has been played in Oryol since 1911. In 1960 a team named Lokomotiv was formed in Oryol to play in the Class B of the Soviet championship. In 1963 it was renamed Spartak, in 1973 Stal (meaning "steel"), in 1975 the team was renamed Spartak again.

The team played in Class B until the restructuring of the leagues in 1971, when in entered the Soviet Second League. In 1990–1991 Spartak played in the Second League B.

In 1992 Spartak entered the Russian Second League. In 1993 the team was renamed Oryol. In 1994 Oryol moved to the Third League, and in 1996 they were promoted back after finishing third. In 2003 Oryol finished first in the Centre zone of the Second Division and were promoted to the First Division. The sixth position in 2004 was the best in the club's history. In 2006 Oryol were relegated to the Second Division after finishing 20th.

Oryol's top achivement in the Russian Cup is the 1/8 final in the 1996/97 competition.