FC Rostov

Rostov
Full name	Football Club Rostov
Nickname(s)	RSM, Selmashi
Founded	1930
Ground	Olimp – 2, Rostov-on-Don; (Capacity: 15,840)
Chairman	Viktor Goncharov
Manager	Sergei Balakhnin
League	Russian Premier League
2010	9th
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

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FC Rostov (Russian: Футбольный клуб "Ростов") is a Russian football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are currently members of the Russian Premier League and play at the Olimp – 2 stadium.

[edit] History

The club was established on 10 May 1930, and was initially named Selmashstroy (Сельмашстрой). They were renamed Selmash in 1936 and Traktor in 1941. In 1950 the club joined the South Zone of the Azov-Don group of the Russian SFSR Championship. The following season they were placed in Group B of the championship. After finishing first in their group, they played in Group A in 1952. A third-place finish meant the club were promoted to the Class B for the 1953 season, during which they were renamed again, becoming Torpedo. In 1958 they were renamed Rostselmash.

In 1964 the club won their Division of Class B. In the Russian-zone play-offs they finished second in the first round and top in the second after defeating Terek Grozny 2–0 in the deciding match, earning promotion to the Soviet First League. The following season they finished bottom of the division, but were not relegated as the number of teams in the division was increased.

By the early 1970s the club was back in the Russian leagues. In 1975 they returned to Class B (now known as the Soviet Second League). Following several near misses, the club won their zone of the Second League in 1985. They went onto win a play-off tournament, earning promotion back to the First League.

In 1991 the club finished fourth in what was the final season of Soviet football following the USSR's disintegration. This was enough to earn them a place in the new Russian Top League. Following an eighth-place finish in their first season, the 1993 season saw the club struggle, eventually finishing second bottom, resulting in relegation to the First League.

The club made an immediate return to the Top League after finishing second in the 1994 First League season. In 2003 they adopted their current name and reached the Russian Cup final for the first time, losing 1–0 to Spartak Moscow.^[1] In 2007 they finished bottom of the (now renamed) Premier Division and were relegated to the First Division. However, they made another immediate return to the top division as First Division champions.

[edit] Final league positions since 1992

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (League)	Head Coach
1992	1st	8	26	8	7	11	22	28	23				Tikhonov - 7	Yulgushov
1993	1st	17	34	8	12	14	35	52	28	R16			Spanderashvili - 8	Yulgushov
1994	2nd	2	42	27	8	7	92	44	62	R16			Maslov - 32	Yulgushov
1995	1st	14	30	8	4	18	35	56	28	R32			Maslov - 18	Yulgushov / Andreev
1996	1st	11	34	11	8	15	58	60	41	R32			Maslov - 23	Andreev
1997	1st	13	34	9	14	11	34	38	41	R16			Gerasimenko - 8	Andreev
1998	1st	6	30	11	11	8	42	38	44	R32			Matveev - 14	Andreev
1999	1st	7	30	11	8	11	32	37	41	QF	UIC	SF	Pestryakov - 7	Andreev
2000	1st	12	30	6	14	10	24	27	32	R32	UIC	3R	Kirichenko - 14	Andreev
2001	1st	12	30	8	8	14	29	43	32	R32			Kirichenko - 13	Balakhnin / Baidachny
2002	1st	11	30	7	10	13	29	49	31	R32			Baba Adamu - 5	Baidachny / Balakhnin
2003	1st	11	30	8	10	12	30	42	34	RU			Osinov - 7	Balakhnin
2004	1st	12	30	7	8	15	28	42	29	QF			Perez - 5	Shevchenko / Balakhnin
2005	1st	13	30	8	7	15	26	41	31	R16			Buznikin - 8	Stepushkin / Petrakov
2006	1st	12	30	10	6	14	42	48	36	R32			Osinov - 12	Balakhnin
2007	1st	16	30	2	12	16	18	44	18	QF			Osinov / Kanyenda - 4	Dolmatov
2008	2nd	1	42	29	9	4	78	29	96	R16			Osinov - 16	Dolmatov
2009	1st	14	30	7	11	12	28	39	32	R64			Akimov / Ahmetovic - 6	Dolmatov
2010	1st	9	30	10	4	16	27	44	34	R32			Adamov - 8	Protasov
2011-12	1st	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-					Protasov

[edit] Current squad

As of 25 February, 2012. According to the Official Russian Premier League website

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

No.	Position	Player
2	MF	Timofei Kalachev
3	DF	Kornel Saláta
4	DF	Isaac Okoronkwo
6	MF	Oscar Ahumada
7	MF	Élson
9	FW	Roman Adamov (on loan from Rubin Kazan)
10	FW	Dmitri Kirichenko
11	MF	Dragan Blatnjak
12	GK	Ilya Madilov
15	DF	Ivan Živanović
16	DF	Dmitri Kruglov
18	FW	Michal Papadopulos
19	FW	Héctor Bracamonte

No.	Position	Player
21	GK	Stipe Pletikosa
22	GK	Dejan Radić
23	FW	Dmitry Poloz
24	DF	Denis Kolodin (on loan from Dinamo Moscow)
28	DF	Igor Smolnikov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
47	MF	Khoren Bairamyan
72	DF	Valentin Filatov
81	MF	Răzvan Cociş
84	MF	Alexandru Gaţcan
88	MF	Edgaras Česnauskis
89	DF	Vitali Dyakov
92	MF	Roman Yemelyanov (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
97	GK	Sergei Pesyakov (on loan from Spartak Moscow)

The following players are listed on the official club's website as reserves and are registered with the Premier League. They are eligible to play for the main squad.

[edit] Reserve squad

Rostov's reserve squad played professionally as FC Rostselmash-d Rostov-on-Don (Russian Second League in 1992-1993, Russian Third League in 1996-1997) and FC Rostselmash-2 Rostov-on-Don (Russian Second Division in 1998-2000).

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

No.	Position	Player
27	DF	Sergei Kharlamov
29	MF	Andrei Vasilyev
32	DF	Vasili Mironik
34	MF	Aleksei Tkach
35	FW	Fyodor Dvornikov
36	DF	Dmitri Domin
37	DF	Anri Khagba
39	DF	Andrei Demchenko
41	GK	Artyom Orsayev
42	DF	Artyom Kulishev
43	MF	Timur Mirzoyev
44	FW	Andrei Arefyev
45	FW	Dmitri Kuharchuk
52	DF	Aleksandr Tundenkov

No.	Position	Player
53	DF	Dmitri Chistyakov
54	MF	Sergei Mikhailov
56	MF	Vitali Ivanov
57	DF	Ivan Terentyev
58	MF	Dmitri Kartashov
59	MF	Artyom Eskov
60	MF	Asker Nadzhafaliyev
62	GK	Vladislav Suslov
63	DF	Temur Mustafin
65	DF	Anton Kotenev
66	DF	Igor Gubanov
68	DF	Andrei Zotov
70	FW	Magomed Kurbanov
91	DF	Alan Bagayev

[edit] Notable players

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