FC Tosno
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| Full name | Football Club Tosno | ||
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| Founded | 2013 | ||
| Ground | Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg | ||
| Capacity | 21,405 | ||
| Owner | FORTGROUP | ||
| Chairman | Viatcheslav Matyushenko | ||
| Manager | Dmytro Parfenov | ||
| League | Russian Premier League | ||
| 2016–17 | FNL, 2nd, promoted | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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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
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.[when?][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 |
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| 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
- Russian Professional Football League: 1st (Zone West, promoted), 2013-14 season
- Russian Cup: Quarter-finals, 2013-14 season
- Russian National Football League: 3rd, 2014-15 season
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current staff
Coaching
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Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Tosno.
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References
- ^ a b "«Тосно» вышел в Премьер-Лигу!". Russian Football National League. 6 May 2017.
- ^ "Представляем соперника: "Руан" г. Тосно". fc-elikort.ru. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Футбольный клуб "Тосно" - Футбольный клуб «Тосно» - на пути к новым победам!". fctosno.ru. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ http://sportsdaily.ru/articles/glavniy-trener-tosno-viktor-demidov-myi-sotvorili-nebolshoy-futbolnyiy-bum-57451
- ^ "ФК Тосно - «Тосно» остался без тренера. Из-за ухудшения игры?". sportsdaily.ru. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "«Тосно» планирует построить собственный стадион к началу сезона-2015/16 - Новости пользователей - Футбол - Sports.ru". sports.ru. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "«Тосно» домашние матчи в сезоне-2017/18 будет проводить на стадионе «Петровский»". m.championat.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- ^ http://fctosno.ru/viewpage.php?page_id=3
- ^ "Тосно - ФУТБОЛЬНАЯ НАЦИОНАЛЬНАЯ ЛИГА". 1fnl.ru. Retrieved 8 February 2017.