FC Amkar Perm
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| Full name | Football Club Amkar Perm | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Red-blacks (красно-черные) | ||
| Founded | 1994 | ||
| Ground | Zvezda Stadium, Perm | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
| Chairman | Valery Chuprakov | ||
| Manager | Sergei Oborin | ||
| League | Russian Premier League | ||
| 2004 | Premier League, 11th | ||
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FC Amkar Perm (Russian: Футбольный клуб "Амкар" Пермь) is a professional football club playing in Russian Premier League. It is based in the city of Perm and is the easternmost football club in Europe playing in top national competition. Amkar's home field is Zvezda Stadium, which was covered with artificial turf in 2005.
History
Amkar appeared in May 5, 1993 when a team assembled of a workers of Perm Mineral Fertilizers factory played the first match in the Cup of Perm city. The name Amkar is created from the words "ammiac" and "carbamide", the main products of the factory.
The next year Amkar became the champion of Perm Region and in 1995 Amkar became a professional club.
The table shows the progress of the club during the next years:
| Year | Division | Place | W | D | L | Goals | Top Goalscorer(Goals) |
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| 1995 | third | 2 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 50-15 | A. Talipov (11) |
| 1996 | second | 3 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 86-31 | K. Paramonov (34) |
| 1997 | second | 2 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 69-21 | K. Paramonov (14) |
| 1998 | second | 1 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 100-12 | K. Paramonov (30) |
| 1999 | first | 6 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 65-49 | K. Paramonov (23) |
| 2000 | first | 6 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 53-38 | K. Paramonov (17) |
| 2001 | first | 4 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 46-29 | K. Paramonov (11) |
| 2002 | first | 6 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 45-31 | K. Paramonov (14) |
| 2003 | first | 1 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 50-20 | K. Paramonov (21) |
| 2004 | premier | 11 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 27-42 | A. Shutov (4) |
In season 2004 Amkar managed to stay up in Russian Premier League after finishing 11st out of 16.
Administration and Managerial
- President - Valery Chuprakov
- Vice-president - Gennady Shilov
- General Director - Yuri Grebenyuk
- Head Coach - Sergei Oborin
Current Squad
Note: Squad is according to the Official Russian Premier League site.
Goalkeepers
- 1 Russia Maksim Chadov (Максим Чадов)
- 12 Russia Aleksei Stepanov (Алексей Степанов)
- 20 Russia Ivan Levenets (Иван Левенец)
- 40 Russia Maksim Trofimov (Максим Трофимов)
Defenders
- 2 Russia Maksim Povorov (Максим Поворов)
- 6 Russia Igor Bakhtin (Игорь Бахтин)
- 14 Bulgaria Zahari Sirakov (Захари Сираков)
- 15 Lithuania Algis Jankauskas (Алгис Янкаускас)
- 21 Russia Dmitri Belorukov (Дмитрий Белоруков)
- 24 Russia Aleksei Popov (Алексей Попов)
- 25 Russia Pavel Alikin (Павел Аликин)
- 27 Russia Albert Sarkisyan (Альберт Саркисян)
- 44 Russia Dmitri Goldobin (Дмитрий Голдобин)
- 50 Russia Aleksei Vajman (Алексей Вайман)
- 51 Russia Vladimir Tokarev (Владимир Токарев)
- 77 Russia Ildar Akhmetzyanov (Ильдар Ахметзянов)
Midfielders
- 3
Andrei Lavrik (Андрей Лаврик) - 4 Moldova Ghenadie Olexici (Геннадий Олексич)
- 5 Ukraine Aleksandr Shutov (Александр Шутов)
- 7 Russia Dmitri Pyatibratov (Дмитрий Пятибратов)
- 10 Russia Andrei Kobenko (Андрей Кобенко)
- 16 Romania Eric Lincar (Эрик Августин Линкар)
- 17 Russia Vladimir Leonchenko (Владимир Леонченко)
- 19 Ukraine Anatoli Didenko (Анатолий Диденко)
- 22 Russia Konstantin Genich (Константин Генич)
- 32 Russia Ivan Cherenchikov (Иван Черенчиков)
- 33 Russia Maksim Alikin (Максим Аликин)
- 46 Russia Gleb Boglayevsky (Глеб Боглаевский)
- 99 Morocco Noureddine Ziyati (Ноуреддин Зияти)
Forwards
- 8 Russia Sergei Volkov (Сергей Волков)
- 9 Russia Konstantin Paramonov (Константин Парамонов)
- 11 Russia Dmitri Makarov (Дмитрий Макаров)
- 13 Russia Maksim Filippov (Максим Филиппов)
- 26
Branko Radovanovic (Бранко Радованович) - 26 Branimir Subasic (Бранимир Субашич)
- 28 Bulgaria Evgeni Yordanov (Евгений Йорданов)
- 29 Bulgaria Martin Kushev (Мартин Кушев)
- 48 Russia Yuri Shestakov (Юрий Шестаков)
- 49 Azerbaijan Roman Morozov (Роман Морозов)
