FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo

FC Znamya Truda

Full name	FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuevo
Nickname(s)	Morozovtsy, Nuts
Founded	16 November 1909; 114 years ago (1909-11-16)
Ground	Znamya Truda Stadium, Orekhovo-Zuevo
Capacity	2,500
Owner	Orekhovo-Zuyevo
Chairman	Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Manager	Vyacheslav Lugovkin
League	Russian Second League, Division B, Group 2
2023	13th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Znamya Truda is a Russian football club from Orekhovo-Zuevo, Moscow Oblast. The club is most noted because they are the oldest now-playing club in Russia, founded in 1909. They currently play in the fourth-tier Russian Second League Division B. The club's finest hour came in 1962 when they reached the final of the USSR Cup.

History

The club was founded in the village of Orekhovo which was to join with Zuevo and Nikolskoye to form Orekhovo-Zuyevo in 1917.

In the 2017–18 season, Znamya Truda finished last in its group, losing 24 matches out of 26. It had to lose its professional status and be relegated to the Amateur Football League, however, the club avoided relegation since another club in the competition ceased to exist.

Naming History

• 1909–1935: Morozovtsy, KSO, TsPKFK, Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Krasnoye Orekhovo, Krasny Tekstilshchik
• 1935–1937: Krasnoye Znamya
• 1938–1945: Zvezda
• 1946–1957: Krasnoye Znamya
• 1958–1991: Znamya Truda
• 1992: Khitryye Lisy
• 1993–1994: FC Orekhovo
• 1995–1996: GFC Orekhovo
• 1997–2002: Spartak-Orekhovo
• 2003–present: Znamya Truda

Current squad

As of 11 April 2024, according to the Second League website.^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  RUS Ivan Krasilshchikov 7 FW  RUS Daniil Timofeyev 10 MF  RUS Roman Urkhov 11 MF  RUS Kirill Vorobyov (on loan from KAMAZ) 12 MF  RUS Abdurakhman Akhilgov 13 DF  RUS Oleg Lyubchenko 15 DF  RUS Yaroslav Kharlanov 16 GK  RUS Mikhail Khviyuzov 17 MF  RUS Mikhail Kanayev 20 MF  RUS Mikhail Kazimir 21 MF  RUS Daniil Shanin

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  RUS Yegor Chu 24 DF  RUS Mikhail Barinov 25 MF  RUS Tristan Komkov 35 GK  RUS Daniil Stratan 77 GK  RUS Artyom Timoshenko 78 DF  RUS Pavel Karepin 88 DF  RUS Andrey Parkhomenko (on loan from Tekstilschik Ivanovo) 92 DF  RUS Artyom Yevshintsev 95 MF  RUS Ruslan Tutayev 96 MF  RUS Sergey Kapanzhi 98 FW  RUS Maksim Kostyayev

Notable players

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

References

External links

• Official website
• Official VK

This page was last edited on 11 April 2024, at 16:17