Metallurg (football club, Stalingrad)

• 1923 - Red October
• 1936 - Metallurg

In 1909 , thanks to the joint efforts of the brothers I. and P. Koshelev and I. and F. Sutyrins, the Sturm and Standard teams were organized, which contributed to the appearance of other cities in the following years (1910-1912) football teams. ^[3] The composition of these two teams, which can be considered the ancestors of the Metallurg team, included plant employees and studying youth - children of employees. These are the Koshelev brothers, the Sutyrins brothers, Dmitry Matveev and others. ^[four]

In 1914, a football team was created at the French factory DUMO (now the factory Red October ). The workers of the Zhiltsov factory, the Koshelev brothers, Komov, Kurnosov, Kosenkov, Lebedinsky, Oparin, the brothers Surniny, Sutyrin, Titovsky, Yanas played in its composition. Under the leadership of Vladimir Petrovich Pankov , a football field was equipped near the entrance gates of the plant and regular trainings began to take place. ^{[3] [2]}

In 1916, a team was organized under the name “Republic” from among the youth, in which the Maltsevs, the Shevyakov brothers, Andrey Bod, Vladimir Raskan, Alexander Nesynov, Vasily Komov, V. Pankov, Konovalov, Nepodkosov, Rakov, Pashkov, Goryachev, Fisher played . ^{[3] [5]} With the outbreak of the First World War and the mobilization of factory-football players to the front, it included workers and employees from among the French youth: Rod, Gerard, Boulanger, Bardot, Jung, as well as the Russians - Lebedinsky, Rubtsov. ^[five]

A little later, another football team appeared, organized by prisoners of war by the Czechs after the First World War, among them were international-class players: Cowba, Kobernau, Kopeckiy, Stumpf and others. They coached the factory team, and very soon she became the winner of the national football championship among factory teams. ^{[3] [5] [2]}

It's time for the fate of the team players to be different. Foreigners after the October Revolution left for their homeland. The team captain Vasily Lebedinsky participated in the battles for Tsaritsyn , was the first secretary of the district committee of the Komsomol of the French and Cannon factories. In October 1918, the former extreme right, machine gunner Nikolai Sakharov, died near Bolshaya Ivanovka. ^[one]

On April 19, 1923, a football team was created at the Krasny Oktyabr factory. Its first composition included Alexander Nesynov, Pavel Kornienko, Alexander Fedyanin, Dmitry Manikhin, Stepan Voevodin, Vasily Komov, Valentin Shevlyakov, Alexey Maltsev, Sergey Chetaev, Nikolai Goryachev, Alexey Fisher. ^[2]

On September 23, 1923, the Red October players played with Astrakhan footballers and lost to them with a score of 1: 2. ^[2] Since this year, players have begun to compete with teams from Astrakhan, Krasnodar , Samara , Borisoglebsk . ^[five]

July 12, 1925 the opening of the stadium "Red October". This year, metallurgists became champions of the city. ^[2]

July 24, 1930 hosted the first international match with a team from Stalingrad. Red October met at home with a team of workers from Lower Austria . The meeting ended in defeat for the Stalingraders with a score of 0: 7. ^{[6] [2]}

In 1930, metallurgists of the "Red October" became the city champions. ^[7]

In the early 1930s, soccer players from the STZ team, Tractor Builder, began to seriously compete with more experienced Red October players. ^[eight]

October 2, 1932 "Red October" in Stalingrad with a score of 4: 1 defeated the team of the Workers' Sports Union ( Denmark ). ^[6]

In 1937, Metallurg made its debut in the USSR Championship . In group “D” the team takes 5th place.

On May 24, 1937, metallurgists played their only match in the history of the main draw of the USSR Cup against an opponent from Group B, the Moscow Torpedo . After the first half, Metallurg sensationally led 2-0, but still lost in extra time. ^[9]

In 1957, Metallurg became the champion of the RSFSR .

In 1958, steelworkers took 12th place in the 4th zone of class “B” .

In 1961, Metallurg, who became the winner of the regional championship , held two transitional games against the Volga Energy , in which he won by the total number of matches (3: 2 and 1: 1). Thus, Energia was supposed to cede its place in Class B to Metallurg, but by the decision of the Stalingrad Regional Council of Sports Societies dated November 10, 1961, the games were recognized as friendly. ^[2]

• Champion and cup winner of the RSFSR: 1957.
• Champion of the regional championship of metalworkers: 1926.
• Champion of the city: 1923, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1939 (o), 1946, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961.
• Regional Cup Winner: 1961, 1962.
• Champion of the field: 1961, 1962.
• Winner of the city cup: 1957, 1959.
• Regional Trade Union Cup Winner: 1953.
• In the USSR Championship: 5th place in Group D ( 1937 ).
• In the USSR Cup: 1/64 finals ( 1937 ).

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