FC Metallurg Lipetsk

Their best result came in 1997 when they came 2nd in the Russian First Division.[1]

Coach Stanislav Bernikov of Metallurg was attacked by fans after a defeat on 25 September 2006 on his players, they shot at the coach and team with rubber bullets.[2] Three players suffered with injuries and went to hospital; the coach Bernikov was then summarily dismissed.[3]

In 2008, they won the Russian Second Division in the Center Zone and were promoted for 2009 Russian First Division but relegated again to third level after finishing First Division as 19th.

On 10 June 2021, they secured first place in their PFL group and promotion to the second-tier Russian Football National League for the 2021–22 season, for the first time since 2009.[4]

Colours are red and black hooped shirts, black shorts.

• Gennadi Styopushkin (2009)
• Soferbi Yeshugov (2007–2008)
• Aleksei Petrushin (2007)
• Stanislav Bernikov (2006)
• Anatoli Davydov (2002–2005)
• Vladimir Yevsyukov (2001)
• Vladimir Dergach (2000)
• Sergei Savchenkov (1999–2000)
• Vladimir Fedotov (1998)
• Yuri Shishlov (1998)
• Vladimir Alekseyevich Mikhaylov (1987–1989)
• Nikolay Kiselyov (1984–1985)

As of 21 February 2022, according to the FNL website.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS David Ikanovich 3 DF  RUS Maksim Sazonov 4 MF  RUS Vadim Chyorny 5 DF  RUS Dmitri Sukharev 7 FW  RUS Artur Arustamyan 8 DF  RUS Aleksandr Ivankov 9 FW  RUS Ruslan Akhvlediani 10 MF  RUS Andrei Ovchinnikov 11 MF  RUS Vladlen Babayev 13 GK  RUS Maksim Matyusha 15 MF  RUS Ruslan Shapovalov 16 GK  RUS Aleksandr Kobzev 17 MF  RUS Pavel Dolgov 18 MF  RUS Veniamin Bayazov

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  RUS Ilya Glebov 20 MF  RUS Roman Voydel 21 MF  RUS Gennadi Kiselyov (on loan from Torpedo Moscow) 23 DF  RUS Ilya Polikutin 25 MF  RUS Denis Poyarkov 26 MF  RUS Dmitri Velikorodny (on loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara) 33 DF  RUS Anton Belov 44 DF  RUS Dmitri Redkovich (on loan from Torpedo Moscow) 48 FW  RUS Aleksandr Kutyin 50 DF  RUS Maksim Karpov 63 DF  RUS Aleksei Nikitenkov (on loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara) 68 DF  RUS Leonid Gerchikov (on loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara) 88 MF  RUS Yuri Zavezyon 89 MF  RUS Mikhail Yakovlev

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

• Official website (in Russian)
• Fans' website Archived 2013-07-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)