After the end of the 2013–14 season, FC Arsenal Tula was promoted to the Russian Premier League after finished the competition as runner-up. Thus Arsenal Tula made three successive promotions and made their debut in the 2014–15 Russian Premier League. It came in last place in the Premier League and was relegated back to the FNL after one season. It returned to the Premier League for the 2016–17 season after one season in the FNL.[1]
Team name history
1946–58: FC Zenit Tula
1959–61: FC Trud Tula
1962–63: FC Shakhtyor Tula
1964–74: FC Metallurg Tula
1975–79: FC Mashinostroitel Tula
1980–83: FC TOZ Tula
1984–06: FC Arsenal Tula
2007: FC Oruzheynik Tula (formed based on the squad and staff of FC Arsenal Tula, but was not a legal successor to Arsenal)
2008–12: FC Arsenal-Tula (formed based on the squad and staff of FC Oruzheynik Tula, but was not a legal successor to Oruzheynik)
2011–: FC Arsenal Tula
Current squad
As of 2 January 2018, according to the official website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Arsenal's feeder clubArsenal-2 Tula participated in the third tier of professional Russian football, Russian Professional Football League, beginning with the 2014–15 season. The club was dissolved after the 2016–17 season.[2] Another team was called Arsenal-2 and competed professionally from 1998 to 2002, it last competed as Dynamo Tula.
Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Arsenal.