FC Magnitogorsk
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FC Magnitogorsk is a Russia
n football team from Magnitogorsk
. It played professionally from 1948 to 1949, 1959 to 2003 and in 2005. As of 2009, it plays in the Amateur Football League. It played on the second-highest level (Soviet First League
and Russian First Division) in 1948-1949, 1958-1962, 1968-1969 and 1992-1993.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n football team from Magnitogorsk
Magnitogorsk
Magnitogorsk is a mining and industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River. Population: 418,545 ;...
. It played professionally from 1948 to 1949, 1959 to 2003 and in 2005. As of 2009, it plays in the Amateur Football League. It played on the second-highest level (Soviet First League
Soviet First League
The Soviet First League was the second highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Top League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.-Overview:...
and Russian First Division) in 1948-1949, 1958-1962, 1968-1969 and 1992-1993.
Team name history
- 1932-1938 Metallurg Vostoka Magnitogorsk
- 1939-1996 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
- 1997-1998 Magnitka Magnitogorsk
- 1998-2003 Metallurg-Metiznik Magnitogorsk
- 2004 FC Magnitogorsk
- 2005 Metallurg-Metiznik Magnitogorsk
- 2006-present FC Magnitogorsk