FC Tosno

FC Tosno
Full name Football Club Tosno
Founded 2013 (2013)
Ground Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
Ground Capacity 21,405
Owner FORTGROUP
Chairman Viatcheslav Matyushenko
Manager Dmytro Parfenov
League Russian Premier League
2016–17 FNL, 2nd, promoted
Website Club website

FC Tosno (Russian: ФК Тосно) is a professional Russian football club based in Tosno. On 6 May 2017, they secured the promotion for the 2017–18 Russian Premier League for the first time after securing second place in the Russian National Football League.[1]

Background

FC Tosno was officially registered in 2008 by Leonid Khomenko, the then director of 'FC Era'. In 2009, Tosno FC and another amateur club, 'Ruan', were merged. The name 'Ruan' was carried by the club till late 2013.[2]

History

Foundation

The decision to found a professional club was taken in March 2013, with the support of the main sponsor of the club at the time, a holding company 'Fort Group', and the Regional Public Organization, 'FC Tosno'.[3] Since 2013, FC Tosno represented the Leningrad Oblast in Russian competitions.[4] In Tosno's first professional season, the club was declared to perform in the West Zone of the Russian Professional Football League. The home stadium of the club (Tosno Stadium) had to be altered to Stadion Kirovets due to a mismatch in criteria of the PFL minimal requirements. During the adaptation time, FC Tosno played their home matches at the Petrovskiy Stadium.

The first official match for FC Tosno took place on 10 July 2013, when Tosno defeated FC Dynamo Vologda in 1/256 finals of the 2013–14 Russian Cup. The club then had an 'unbeaten run' of 22 games (18 league games and 4 cup games), which ended on 27 October. On the next day, the contract with the FC Tosno's head coach, Viktor Demidov, had terminated.[5] The rest of the games in the season were headed by the keepers' head coach, Kirill Gashichev.

2013-14 (PFL)

Russian Cup

Tosno's current logo

After signing a contract with Ukrainian manager Oleh Leshchynskyi on 4 March 2014, FC Tosno have defeated FC Spartak Moscow in the 2013–14 Russian Cup Round of 16, with the only goal scored by Valentin Filatov on the 114th minute. It was the fourth time in Russian Cup's history, when a team from the Second Division had participated in the Russian Cup's Quarter-finals.

On 26 March 2014, 'Tosno' were eliminated from the cup in an away game against Krasnodar, which ended 3-0 to the hosts.

On 15 May, Leshchynskyi was fired due to a conflict with the club's players, so Vyacheslav Matyushenko, the team's chairman, had to head the team. On 27 May, after a 1-0 win against FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo in PFL, FC Tosno had secured a place in the Russian National Football League of the upcoming season.

2014-15 (FNL)

Prior to the season's start, Tosno had signed a contract with Bulgarian manager Nikolay Kostov. The first four games were headed by Kirill Gashichev, however, on 30 July Kostov had been officially included in the squad. Tosno had topped the league for the time of Nikolay Kostov's leadership, however, on 5 November the contract with Kostov had terminated and Kirill Gashichev had to head Tosno again. In 2014, under the leadership of Gashichev, the club had finished third with four wins and one loss.

On 4 December 2014, Aleksandr Grigoryan was appointed the club's new manager, the ex-manager of FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.

On 28 February, after finishing last in the FNL Cup, Alexander Grigoryan retired from his professional career due to family circumstances under mutual agreement. The manager post was then passed to Yevgeni Perevertailo, who guided Tosno to a third-place finish in the league. However, Tosno lost 1:5 on aggregate to Rostov in the play-offs and did not earn promotion to the Russian Premier League.

2015-16 (FNL)

With yet another manager leaving, the club struggled through a mediocre campaign ending with a mid-table league finish – despite a relative success in the Russian Cup where the Round of 16 was reached losing only to the future champions Zenit.

2016-17 (FNL)

At the end of the 2016–17 season, Tosno have earned promotion to the 2017–18 Russian Premier League for the first time.[1]

2017-18 (RFPL)

This will be Tosno's first ever top-tier season in Russia.

Home stadium

In November, 2014, it was announced that FC Tosno are planning to build a new home stadium in Tosno. Its capacity will be over 10,000 seats and it will be completed before the start of the next season.[6]

However, it was later announced that FC Tosno will play on the Petrovsky stadium in St. Petersburg, which previously hosted the home matches of FC Zenit.[7] The stadium has a capacity of 20,985.

Timeline of head coaches

This is a timeline of all coaches of FC Tosno
Number represents the chronological order.

Number Period Manager Duration Reason for leaving
1 March 2013 - October 2013 Viktor Demidov 7 months Contract terminated
2 October 2013 - March 2014 Kirill Gashichev 5 months Replaced by professional manager
3 March 2014 - May 2014 Oleh Leshchynskyi 2 months Fired due to conflict with players
4 May 2014 - June 2014 Vyacheslav Matyushenko 1 month Replaced by Kirill Gashichev
5 June 2014 - August 2014 Kirill Gashichev 2 months Replaced by professional manager
6 August 2014 - November 2014 Nikolay Kostov 3 months Contract terminated
7 November 2014 - December 2014 Kirill Gashichev 1 month Replaced by professional manager
8 December 2014 - February 2015 Aleksandr Grigoryan 3 months Family circumstances
9 February 2015 - July 2015 Yevgeni Perevertailo 2 months Mutual agreement
10 August 2015 - Dmytro Parfenov

Honours

Current squad

As of 8 August 2017[8][9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Russia GK Mikhail Oparin
3 Russia DF Aslan Dudiyev
7 Russia MF Ilnur Alshin
8 Russia DF Sergei Sukharev
9 Russia MF Rustem Mukhametshin
10 Russia FW Georgi Melkadze
11 Russia MF Maksim Paliyenko
12 Russia GK Vasili Lukichev
13 Russia DF Vitali Shakhov
14 Belarus MF Alyaksandr Karnitsky
15 Cape Verde MF Nuno Rocha
16 Russia GK David Yurchenko
17 Russia FW Anton Zabolotny
20 Russia FW Yevgeni Markov
No. Position Player
21 Uzbekistan MF Vagiz Galiulin
22 Russia MF Reziuan Mirzov
23 Russia MF Aleksandr Troshechkin
25 Russia DF Andrei Buivolov
26 Serbia DF Rade Dugalić
27 Brazil MF Anderson Carvalho
28 Russia DF Yevgeni Chernov
30 Belarus GK Alyaksandr Hutar
34 Russia MF Vladimir Bystrov
57 Russia DF Ruslan Abazov
64 Russia DF Denis Kutin
77 Croatia FW Ante Vukušić
91 Russia MF Yan Kazayev

Current staff

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Tosno.

References

  1. 1 2 "«Тосно» вышел в Премьер-Лигу!". Russian Football National League. 6 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Представляем соперника: "Руан" г. Тосно.". fc-elikort.ru. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Футбольный клуб "Тосно" - Футбольный клуб «Тосно» - на пути к новым победам!". fctosno.ru. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  4. ↑ http://sportsdaily.ru/articles/glavniy-trener-tosno-viktor-demidov-myi-sotvorili-nebolshoy-futbolnyiy-bum-57451
  5. ↑ "ФК Тосно - «Тосно» остался без тренера. Из-за ухудшения игры?". sportsdaily.ru. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "«Тосно» планирует построить собственный стадион к началу сезона-2015/16 - Новости пользователей - Футбол - Sports.ru". sports.ru. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "«Тосно» домашние матчи в сезоне-2017/18 будет проводить на стадионе «Петровский»". m.championat.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  8. ↑ http://fctosno.ru/viewpage.php?page_id=3
  9. ↑ "Тосно - ФУТБОЛЬНАЯ НАЦИОНАЛЬНАЯ ЛИГА". 1fnl.ru. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
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