Ural

History and achievements

Ural is a Russian football club that was founded in 1930.

Throughout their history the club was also called Zenit, Mashinostroitel, and Uralmash.
The side started competing in the Soviet championship in 1945 and mostly stayed in the higher leagues. The best run of the side in the domestic cup was in the seasons 1965/1966, 1967/1968, and 1990/1991. The highest place the team reached in Russian top flight was the eighth position in 1993 and 1995.

The club played in the top league till 1996 when they were relegated to the first Division.
The club’s nicknames are Uraltsy (Ural men), Bumblebees, Orange and Black. Central Stadium is the home ground of the club that can hold up to 25 000 supporters.

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Club top players

№	Name and surname	Role	Ranking	Age	Weight	Height	Country
1	Andrei Panyukov	forward	271	30 years	75 kg	178 cm	Russia
2	Dmitri Yefremov	midfielder	214	29 years	70 kg	180 cm	Russia
3	Eric Bicfalvi	midfielder	206	36 years	81 kg	187 cm	Romania
4	Vladimir Rykov	defender	171	36 years	88 kg	192 cm	Russia
5	Denys Kulakov	midfielder	68	38 years	72 kg	182 cm	Ukraine
6	Pavel Pogrebnyak	forward	66	41 years	90 kg	188 cm	Russia
7	Vyacheslav Podberyozkin	midfielder	61	32 years	76 kg	186 cm	Russia
8	Aleksei Yevseyev	midfielder	27	30 years	73 kg	183 cm	Russia
9	Roman Yemelyanov	midfielder	9	32 years	85 kg	190 cm	Russia
10	Stefan Strandberg	defender	3	34 years	80 kg	189 cm	Norway