FC Rotor Volgograd

The FK Rotor Volgograd (Russian Футбольный Клуб Ротор Волгоград; Futbol'nyj club Rotor Volgograd) is a late 1920s as a tractor Stalingrad ( Трактор Сталинград ) was established in Russian football club from Volgograd, the to in the 1940s and in the 1990s the top clubs regarding the highest Soviet or Russian League and has become part of Russian twice runner-up. Following a license revocation in 2004, the club played several years in the South- season of the 2nd Division, the third and lowest semi-professional league, but retired in August 2009 because of financial difficulties from the game back operation.

History

USSR

The club was founded in 1929 by members of the Stalingrad Tractor Works, but took part in the first competition in 1930, the city championship. In 1937 the team won the group G is the second highest Soviet league and come in the superclass. After a 12th place in 1938, the team was fourth in 1939, 1941 was the club on the second place as the attack began on the Soviet Union and the game operation was suspended. In spring 1943 the team played in the devastated by the Battle of Stalingrad city a friendly match against Spartak Moscow, the League operation but was resumed only in 1945. Tractor was seventh, but reached the first and only time the semi-final of the Soviet Cup. The 1948 Torpedo Stalingrad ( Торпедо Сталинград ) renamed Club stayed the rest of the 1940s in the middle of the league, but rose in 1950 unhappy with a goal in the last minute of the last game as second to last from.

The following years were marked by sporting failure and name changes; 1956, the old name tractor was adopted back in the 1960s, the club name was adapted to the new name of the city, as of 1972, the club was called Barrikady Volgograd ( Баррикады Волгоград ) Finally, in 1975, the club took its current name in rotor. In the 1980s and again reach modest sporting achievements: 1980 rotor master of his season of the third Soviet league level, but failed even in the promotion round, also the club won the championship of the Russian SFSR, which was, however, only be played under unterklassigen clubs. The following year, but then promotion to the lower of the two USSR -wide leagues. After rotor would almost relegated again in 1987, the club was founded in 1988 vice-champion of the second Soviet league and returned after 38 years back to the Soviet House of Lords, but rose in the next year again. Total rotor played eleven seasons in the top division and occupies the 24th place in the all-time best list of the USSR.

Russia

Due to the championship last season, the second Soviet League in 1991, qualified for the rotor after the collapse of the Soviet Union newly created Russian highest league; according to a twelfth place in the first season, in which, however, the offensive trio rotor Weretennikow low house - Jessipow found that the success of the following year enabled. 1993 rotor behind the dominant in the 90s Spartak Moscow runner-up, 1995 extremely unhappy Vice Cup winners achieved first in the final against Dynamo Moscow, rotor reached at the end only the seventh place of the Russian Championship, Lower House and Werentennikow for a lost with 7:8 penalty shoot-out and third in the scoring charts with 39 more hits than eight of the sixteen Premier League clubs insgesamt1995 also managed the largest international success in the first round of the UEFA Cup 95/96 met the team at Manchester United, the mid-90s belonged to the English league. After a 0-0 draw in Volgograd won rotor in Manchester a 2-2 ( goals by Weretennikow - down house ) and reached the next round, but where the team from Volgograd retired after two defeats against the French representative Girondins Bordeaux. In 1996, Rotor Volgograd, after the team had prevailed among other things, against Basel, Shakhtar Donetsk and FC LASK Linz, in the final of the Intertoto Cup, but lost the team against the French representative EA Guingamp; in the Russian championship, the club won the bronze medal. In the 1997 season the team was runner-up again. After a fourth place finish in 1998, the club placed 1999 - 2003 always in the middle to accommodate 10 During the 2004 season, but broke Rotor Volgograd apart literally. The association could partly no longer pay player salaries and finished the season as the Sixteenth and Last, a license for the second game class has not been granted by the Association and then the first team went bankrupt. With up to that 13 seasons in the top division of Russia occupied rotor ninth place in the eternal table of Premjer League ( as of end of 2007 season ). However, the second team rotor continued to play in the 2nd Division South Season.

In the summer of 2009, the financial situation of the club became increasingly difficult, so that salaries and electricity and water could no longer be paid, end of July, 2009, closed the General Assembly of the Russian Federation to the club until settlement of all debts. In response, the club took the teams from the current game mode, all other games of the season counted with (0:3) for the opponent. 2010 the team played from Volgograd in the sub-prime 1st Division, however, rose from the 2nd Division and managed its chances of promotion.

Achievements

• Russian runner-up: 1993, 1997
• Russian Vice Cup Winners: 1995
• Soviet Cup semi-finalists: 1945
• Participation at the highest Soviet League: 11 years ( 1938-50, 1989-90)
• Participation in the highest Russian League: 13 Years ( 1992-2004 )

Stadium

The club plays its home matches at the 32,120 -seat stadium in central Volgograd, which was opened in 1964.

Well-known former players

• Estonia Sergei Pareiko
• Russia Yevgeny Aldonin
• Russia Spartak Gognijew
• Russia Igor Ledjachow
• Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko
• Russia Sergei Strukow

Well-known former coach

• Ukraine Yevhen Kutscherewskyj