FC Fakel Voronezh
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| Full name | Football Club Fakel Voronezh |
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| Founded | 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion, Voronezh (Capacity 31,793) |
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| Chairman | Leonid Vorobey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Sergey Lushin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Amateur Football League, Povolzhye zone |
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| 2006 | 19th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fakel is a Russian football club based in Voronezh. Currently the club plays in the Russian First Division. The name of the club means "Torch" (Russian: Факел).
[edit] History
The club was founded in 1947 at a then classified airplane plant. For secrecy reasons, the team was not officially given a name and was referred to as the Voronezh city team. In 1959 the team became a part of Trud sports society and was renamed Trud Voronezh. In 1976 the team was renamed Fakel.
The team played in the Soviet League since 1954:
- 1954-1960 in Class B
- 1961 in Class A
- 1962 in Class B
- 1963-1970 in Class A, Group 2
- 1971-1978 in Second League
- 1979-1984 in First League
- 1985 in Top League
- 1986-1987 in First League
- 1988 in Second League
- 1989-1991 in First League
The best result of Trud/Fakel was a place in the Top Division in 1961 (finished 15th) and 1985 (finished 17th). Fakel reached the semifinal of the Soviet Cup in 1984.
In the Russian league, Fakel played in various divisions, never staying in the same division for more than two consecutive seasons:
- Top Division: 1992, 1997, 2000-2001
- First Division: 1993, 1995-1996, 1998-1999, 2002-2003, 2005-2006
- Second Division: 1994, 2004
- Russian amateur league: 2007
The best result achieved by Fakel was a 13th position in 2000.
Fakel has also expirienced several short-lived name changes: to Fakel-Profus in 1992, Voronezh in 2002 and Fakel-Voronezh in 2002-2003.
At the end of the 2006 season, Fakel were relegated to from the Russian First Division. Due to financial considerations - Fakel were in debt to some players - they were refused entry to the second division. As a result Fakel will start the 2007 season in the amateur league.
[edit] External links
- Official website (Russian)
