Sports in Naberezhnye Chelny

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KAMAZ Football Club

Footballer Oleg Kozhanov during his years at KAMAZ Football Club

Football in Naberezhnye Chelny dates back to the distant 1920s . It was played mainly in a pine forest glade in the old part of the city. Unfortunately, this field has long gone under the water of the Nizhnekamsk reservoir. But football really took root in connection with the start of construction of the KAMAZ automobile plant - in 1973 , when the construction on Kama unfolded so widely that the builders, in addition to working at the facilities, needed to create a football team. This year, the team “ Turbine ” appeared in Naberezhnye Chelny, which subsequently happened to defend the honor of the city in the country's championships. Since 1977 , the team KamGESenergostroy for eleven seasons played in the second league championship of the USSR. She was not particularly successful. At the same time as the HES team, the teams of KAMAZ plants were also organized. Championships of the city and the automobile plant were held ^[1] .

On November 11, 1981, the Trud-PRZ team was founded at the KAMAZ press-and-frame factory (since 1988 the team was renamed Torpedo, and since 1990 it has been KAMAZ.

From 1993 to 1997, the club played in the Major League Championship of Russia . In 1997, due to lack of funding, the football club had to leave the major league, and the next year - the first league.

In 2003, KAMAZ won the zonal championship of the second division and in 2004 - 2012 played in the first division (FNL) , constantly aspiring to enter the Premier League.

As of 2018, KAMAZ FC is playing in the second division (PFL Championship), the Ural-Volga Region group.

KAMAZ-2 Football Club

Farm club of the main KAMAZ team. It was founded in 1993 . The best achievement in the championship of Russia - 17th place in the 6th zone of the second league in 1993.

Chelny Hockey Club

The club was founded on August 8, 2004 . In 2004 - 2011 the team played in the championship of Russia among the teams of the First League of the Volga zone. In the season 2011 - 2012 the team is admitted to the newly created Russian Hockey League ^[2] (West Division). According to the results of the regular season, the team took 11th place in the West division. On June 25, 2012, the club management announced its intention to join the MHL ^[3] . On July 27, 2012, Chelny HC was accepted as a member of the MHL Championship ^[4] .

Dynamo Volleyball Club

For several years, he played in the Premier League B - the Russian Volleyball Championship among men's teams. Since 2012, due to financial difficulties, the club was forced to continue playing in the First League of the Russian Championship.

KAMAZ-Master

The rally-raid team associated with the KAMAZ automobile plant. The KAMAZ-master crews became the winners of the Dakar rally 11 times (formerly Paris - Dakar ). The team consists of 5 World Cup winners, 8 world-class sports masters. KAMAZ-Master is recognized as one of the strongest teams in world motorsport in the class of sports trucks. The KAMAZ-master team took part in the following rallies: Dakar, Silk Road - Dakar series ^[5] , Desert Challenge, Khazar steppes 2010, stage of the Kalmykia Russian Championship, Russian Cup, Optics 2000 Tunisia, Italian Baja, Master Rally , Por Las Pampas, Transiential, Rally of the East - Cappadocia, Rally of the East, etc.

Ceased to exist

Turbina Football Club

The club, founded in 1973 and from 1977 to 1987 , for 11 seasons played in the zone tournament of the second league of the USSR Football Championship .

Saturn Football Club

The team was formed on September 20, 2001 at the initiative of the General Director of Saturn LLC Ravil Fairuzov. The club played in the championships of the city, the Republic of Tatarstan, the championship of the IFS "Volga" , in the second division of the Championship of Russia ^[6] .

KAMAZAutocenter Football Club

The club, which existed from 1990 to 1995. In the first season he performed under the name “KATS-Skif”. He took part in the championship of Tatarstan and in the second division of the Championship of Russia . The best achievement in the championship of Russia - 5th place in the 6th zone of the second league in 1993.

KAMAZ Women's Football Club

The club was established in September 1992 with the support of the management of the KamAZ plant. In 1993-1994, the team played in the second league of the Russian championship, in 1995 - in the first league, won a ticket to the major league, in 1996 took 7th place among the strongest teams in the country, after which, due to lack of funding, it was disbanded .

Saturn Motorbike Club

Motoball in Naberezhnye Chelny has more than 30 years of history. In the late 1970s, the first and only motor-sick team in the Republic of Tatarstan , the Domostroitel, appeared in the city. Later, a track was built for the team behind the bus station in the village of ZYAB. In 1989, the motor-sickness team of Naberezhnye Chelny became the champion of the first league of the union championship, in 1996 - the champion of Russia. In the early 2000s, the club changed its name to Saturn. However, in the future, due to insufficient funding, the club was forced to cease to exist ^[7] .

Stadiums

KAMAZ

The stadium is used for football matches of the KAMAZ football club . The stadium was built in 1977 . The first official match was held on August 23, 1988 with the club Metallurg (Magnitogorsk) . The match was attended by 5500 spectators. Throughout its history, the stadium has undergone two renovations. In 1996, a heated field appeared; in 2003, plastic seats were installed on all stands, as well as updated lighting and an electronic display ^[8] . In 2015, a large-scale reconstruction of the stadium was carried out with the complete demolition of all the existing stands and the construction of new ones from the easily constructed metal structures in their place, with a total capacity of 6,248 spectators. A new three-story administrative building was also erected, two public toilets were built, lighting and a display in the stadium were replaced, and a video surveillance system was installed.

Builder

The only stadium in the old part of town. Opened in 1979 . Includes a soccer field with a natural surface, treadmills, two stands with 9120 seats. Also at the stadium are equipped with specialized halls for boxing, aerobics. In 2001 to 2006, it was the home stadium of the Saturn football club . Today, the stadium is a traditional venue for city holidays, such as Victory Day, Sabantuy , Builder 's Day. In addition, a sports contest of medical workers, republican competitions in fire-applied sports and many other competitions are held on its field ^[9] .

Ice Arenas

Sports Palace

The first indoor Ice Palace in the city, was opened on September 1, 2005 and is a multi-purpose building - in addition to the main hockey court, changing rooms for guests and hosts, a health and recreation center, there is also a 109 square meter choreographic hall and 87 acrobatic hall in the Palace , 6 square meters and a gym with a total area of ​​105 square meters ^[10] . It is the home arena of the Chelny hockey club .

Sports and fitness complex "United Russia"

An air-supported sports facility with artificial ice, opened in 2007 in the village of Zyab (29A Nizametdinova Street, next to the Coliseum Club). It includes an ice rink, stands for 200 seats, a gym, an aerobics room, a rehabilitation center ^[11] .

Sports facilities

Olympic

The sports complex was opened in December 1979 . There are four sports divisions based in Olimpiyskiy, developing swimming, judo, sambo, belt wrestling, boxing, acrobatics, as well as sections of health gymnastics and aerobics, health and scoliosis swimming ^[12] .

Yar Chally

The largest indoor sports complex in Naberezhnye Chelny. Located in the village of hydroelectric power station. Includes: athletics arena - an area of ​​2011 sq.m., a gymnasium - an area of ​​1006 sq.m., a game hall - an area of ​​1005 sq.m., a bicycle hall - an area of ​​95 sq.m., as well as a choreography room and a rehabilitation center ^[13] .

Vityaz

The sports complex was built by the "House-Building Plant" of the city of Naberezhnye Chelny in 1977 . Located in the village of ZYAB. The project of the sports complex was developed by Bibishev Marat Shakirovich, he also acted as the main initiator of the construction, defending the project and the need for a sports complex for the full and diverse development of the younger generation of the city under construction ^[14] .

Pools

Dolphin

The largest swimming pool in Naberezhnye Chelny.jnbh

  Located in the village of hydroelectric power station.  It was built in the period from 1982 to 1985. Since the opening, the swimming pool began to receive participants in competitions at various levels.  These are the All-Union swimming competitions for the prizes of the Pionerskaya Pravda newspaper, the Russian all-around championship, the Russian diving championship, the championships of the Republic of Tatarstan in swimming and synchronized swimming, and on September 7, 2003 hosted the 1st Russian Synchronized Swimming Olympics. .  In 2004, the regional swimming championship of Russia was held.  Over the 25 years of the Dolphin swimming pool, more than 5 million people have visited it.  About one thousand people visit the pool per day [15] .

Dulkyn

The pool was built by the House-Building Plant in Naberezhnye Chelny in 1983 . Located in the village of ZYAB. From the moment of commissioning, the main direction of the swimming pool has been the improvement of the population of the city, recreational swimming. Since 2002, the swimming pool has received a sports direction ^[14] .

In Naberezhnye Chelny there are 17 youth schools and special schools of the Olympic reserve, which develop 28 sports with a total number of 10,892 people ^[16] :

• Sports School "Yar Chally"
• "Sports school number 11"
• "Sports school number 10"
• SDUSSHOR number 12
• Sports school "Etude"
• Sports School "Chelny"
• Tulpar
• The Knight
• Sports school "Victoria"
• "Dolphin"
• DYUSSHOR "Olympic"
• Sports School "Titan"
• Chelny Extreme
• Sports School "Komsomolets"
• Sports School "Dawn"
• Sports School "Builder"
• Sports school of martial arts "Kempo"

• Gulnara Galkina-Samitova is an athlete , the first Olympic champion in history at a distance of 3000 m with obstacles . The holder of the world record in the 3000m hurdles .
• Vladimir Chagin - pilot of the KAMAZ-master team, seven-time winner of the Dakar Rally .
• Firdaus Kabirov - pilot of the KAMAZ-master team, two-time winner of the Dakar Rally .
• Aleksey Zatsepin is a swimmer, master of sports of international class, winner of the European Championship, participant of the XXVIII Olympic Games .
• Anger Khamidullina - Honored Master of Sports of Russia, six-time European champion, five-time world champion in arm wrestling.
• Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova - Honored Master of Sports of Russia and the Republic of Tatarstan, participant in the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 in the 10,000 meters race, the former Russian record holder in a marathon in the masters category (over 40 years old).
• Alexey V. Kazakov - VOLLEYBALL, Olympic medalist.
• Tansykuzhina Tamara - international grandmaster in hundred-cell drafts, 7-time world champion among women.
• Mikheev Stanislav is an international chess master, two-time world champion and four-time European champion in NODA.

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