FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo

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FC Znamya Truda
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Full nameFC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuevo
Nickname(s)Morozovtsy, Nuts
Founded16 November 1909;115 years ago (1909-11-16)
GroundZnamya Truda Stadium, Orekhovo-Zuevo
Capacity2,500
Owner Orekhovo-Zuyevo
ChairmanAleksandr Kuznetsov
Manager Aleksei Sherstnyov
League Russian Second League,
Division B,
Group 3
2024 Group 2, 12th
Website http://fczt-oz.ru/

Znamya Truda is a Russian football club from Orekhovo-Zuevo, Moscow Oblast. The club is most noted because they are the oldest now-playing club in Russia, founded in 1909. They currently play in the fourth-tier Russian Second League Division B. The club's finest hour came in 1962 when they reached the final of the USSR Cup.

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History

The club was founded in the village of Orekhovo which was to join with Zuevo and Nikolskoye to form Orekhovo-Zuyevo in 1917.

In the 2017–18 season, Znamya Truda finished last in its group, losing 24 matches out of 26. It had to lose its professional status and be relegated to the Amateur Football League, however, the club avoided relegation since another club in the competition ceased to exist.

In January 2025, a separate Second League club FC Kompozit Pavlovsky Posad was merged into Znamya Truda. [1]

Morozovtsy Team, 1908 Morozovtsy Team, 1908.png
Morozovtsy Team, 1908

Naming History

Current squad

As of 28 March 2025, according to the Second League website. [2]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
5 DF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nikita Lebedev
7 MF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Aleksandr Kukushkin
8 MF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Denis Sabusov
9 FW Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Sergey Dedyayev
10 MF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Yevgeny Morev
11 MF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Filipp Dvoretskov
13 MF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ilya Kubyshkin
14 DF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Dmitry Peshcherov
15 GK Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Denis Terekhov(on loan from Spartak Kostroma )
17 MF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Aleksandr Ionov
21 DF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Denis Kaykov
23 DF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nikita Fetisov
No.Pos.NationPlayer
24 MF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Konstantin Popov
29 DF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Yevgeny Ignatovich
32 MF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Daniil Chernobay
33 FW Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Vladislav Agalakov(on loan from Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk )
54 DF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Kirill Kistenyov(on loan from Krasnodar )
71 GK Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Amir Fattakhov
75 FW Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Timur Zhamaletdinov
77 DF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Savva Ponomaryov
88 FW Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Dmitry Savin
96 DF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nikita Dronov
97 MF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nikita Bosenkov
99 FW Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Daniel Yegorov

Notable players

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

References

  1. "Старейший футбольный клуб России «Знамя Труда» объединился в одну команду с «Композитом»" (in Russian). Match TV. 31 January 2025.
  2. "ОСНОВНАЯ КОМАНДА". www.fczt-oz.ru. Retrieved 10 April 2023.