Fakel Voronezh

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Name: Fakel Voronezh

Status

Championship: Russian Second Division. Centre

Coach: Oleg Vasilenko

History and achievements

Fakel Voronezh is a Russian football club that was established in 1947. The team’s title means “Torch”.

The side was created at the airplane plant and was simply called Voronezh, while the current name was adopted in 1976.

The club started competing in the Soviet League in 1954 and throughout their history floated up and down First and Second Leagues. The highest finish of the team in the top flight was in 1961 when they were 15th. The highest the team progressed in the Soviet Cup was the semifinals in 1984.

The club’s results in the Russian leagues are mediocre as the team played in all divisions and even competed in the amateur league in 2007. The best finish in the Russian Premier League was the 13th place in 2000.

The home ground of the team is called Tsentralny Profsoyuz Stadion and it can sit 31793 fans.

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Club top players

№	Name and surname	Role	Ranking	Age	Weight	Height	Country
1	Sergei Bryzgalov	defender	864	32 years	72 kg	178 cm	Russia
2	Roman Akbashev	midfielder	77	33 years	65 kg	177 cm	Russia
3	Khyzyr Appayev	forward	67	35 years	80 kg	188 cm	Russia
4	Maksim Grigoriev	midfielder	48	34 years	75 kg	188 cm	Russia
5	Nemanja Pejčinović	defender	18	37 years	81 kg	185 cm	Serbia
6	Nikolai Zaytsev	defender	17	35 years	89 kg	191 cm	Russia
7	Mikhail Smirnov	defender	4	34 years	82 kg	189 cm	Russia
8	Roman Vorobyov	midfielder	4	40 years	69 kg	175 cm	Russia
9	Artur Ryabokobylenko	midfielder	3	33 years	64 kg	175 cm	Russia
10	Aleksei Gladyshev	midfielder	1	32 years	71 kg	180 cm	Russia