Eduard Streltsov Stadium

Avtozavodtsev Stadium

The Torpedo stadium was built in 1959 and was used as a training field for the Likhachev Zavod football team of the same name . The first match at the stadium took place on April 15, 1977 within the framework of the USSR Championship , Torpedo - Chernomorets .

In 1978-1997, 2010-2013, from November 2017 - the home stadium of FC Torpedo .

On July 21, 1997, the torpedo stadium was named after Edward Streltsov , the legendary striker of the same name. At the main entrance to the territory of the sports complex was a monument , made by sculptor Alexander Tarasenko.

Central Sports Arena

Football field of the first category, category “B”, with natural lawn and heated. Lighting - 1200 lux. There are two information boards on the field to display information about the match - a full-color scoreboard on one side of the field (“Nata 26/49” produced by Nata-Info ) and a text monochrome on the other side. Designed for football matches, including the regulations of the FIFA , RFU / UEFA , RPL , FNL .

Until 1976, the Torpedo Stadium had only one tribune, which was located on the slope of a mountain adjacent to the field. After the reconstruction, carried out shortly before the Moscow Olympiad , the stadium began to accommodate 16,000 spectators.

Before the World Youth Games held in Moscow in 1998, the stadium, which was rather dilapidated by that time, was repaired, plastic chairs appeared instead of benches in the stands, as a result of which the capacity of the stadium decreased to 13,300 people. At the stadium field, one of the first in the country, an artificial lawn heating system was installed.

In 2010, the inscription “Moscow” was dismantled on the Eastern stand and the inscription “Torpedo” was returned.

Sector 5 on the West Stand of the Central Sports Arena is the sector of active Torpedo fans. In the room under the stands, there is a shop with club symbols and souvenirs, and at the gallery of the stands there is a bar “Zapad-5”, where at the end of each match a so-called “third time” is held - a meeting of Torpedo footballers with their fans ^[3] .

In April 2013, the Eduard Streltsov Stadium was awarded the first UEFA category, which allowed the stadium to host RFPL matches ^[4] .

Pavilion Arena

A one-story building on the central avenue of the sports complex on the right hand side of the main entrance behind the tennis court. In the pavilion there is a fitness club with a gym and a solarium.

Owners

The stadium was built at the expense of the Likhachev Plant and belonged to it throughout the Soviet period, as well as more than ten years after the collapse of the USSR.

In 2005, the sports complex was purchased from AMO ZIL by the Norilsk Nickel company, which together with the Moscow Government owned the Moscow Football Club previously acquired from the car factory.

Since 2007, the sports complex has belonged to the Limited Liability Company “Sports Complex named after E.A. Streltsova ”, included in the ONEXIM group. The 100% share in the authorized capital of the sports complex was held by Elena Barbasheva, CFO of ONEKSIM ^[5] .

In 2017, the stadium was bought by the structures of businessman Roman Avdeev and again received the name "Torpedo". In 2019, it is planned to begin the reconstruction of the central sports arena.

Users

Over the years, the stadium was rented by Spartak , CSKA , and Torpedo-ZIL.

Since 1997, the stadium held matches football club "Torpedo-ZIL", later renamed the FC "Moscow". Since 2010, after the cessation of the existence of the football club "Moscow", the football club "Torpedo" has become the main tenant of the stadium, where home games are played again ^[6] .

Until 2006 and from 2011 to the present, it is used for physical education classes by students of Moscow State Industrial University .

The stadium is also engaged in children's and youth sports school CPFU "Torpedo" them. V. Voronin ^[7] .

The stadium was used as a training base for the Russian national football team before friendly matches against teams of Uruguay ^[8] and Belgium ^[9] , and then as part of preparations for the qualifying games of the World Cup 2014 against the national teams of Portugal and Azerbaijan in October 2012 ^[10] . Preparations for the qualifying matches of Euro 2012 with the teams of Ireland and Macedonia ^[11] , Andorra and Slovakia ^[12] also took place here.

In 1984, the stadium hosted the matches of the European Championship (boys under 19) ^[13] .

September 26, 2012 at the stadium was the match of the 1/16 finals of the Russian Cup between the Moscow teams Torpedo and Dynamo , which ended in a scandal - the game was stopped with the score 2-1 in favor of Dynamo due to the fact that twice stopped by the decision of the arbitrator because of the riots in the stands ^[14] . After 2 days, the RFC FTC counted Torpedo a technical defeat with a score of 0: 3 and imposed a fine of 300 thousand rubles, and another 200 thousand rubles both paid for the use of pyrotechnics by fans ^[15] . Three subsequent home matches in the framework of the championship FNL "Torpedo" held without an audience.

In the 2012/2013 season, this stadium took only one Premier League match between Spartak Moscow and Alania in Vladikavkaz in the 30th round on May 26, 2013 ^[16] .

In 2013, he took the combined tournament matches.

The last reconstruction of the stadium was carried out in 1998. The current stadium's central sports arena requires major repairs and does not meet the current requirements of FIFA and UEFA for arenas for international matches. There were plans, according to which the development company OPIN (included in Onexim ) was ready to spend $ 150 million on the reconstruction of the stadium - it was assumed that OPIN would build a new quarter with residential and commercial real estate on 25 hectares of the sports complex and surrounding areas. The total area of ​​the buildings was planned to be 430,000 m², of which 120,000 m² was allocated for the stadium. OPIN stated that the football stadium itself would be a modern sports complex, accredited by UEFA, capable of hosting international competitions. ^[17] .

Previously, football fans, as well as the management of the sports club Torpedo, feared that the stadium would be demolished ^[18] .

In April 2015, hearings were held on the reconstruction of the stadium, in terms of which it was supposed to clean out all the unprofitable football territories in favor of the commercial construction of residential buildings ^[19] .

A presentation of the reconstruction of the stadium took place on April 26, 2019, which is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2020 and is expected to take place within 2.5 years. The international competition was won by the French bureau Michel Remon. The capacity of the arena should slightly increase - from the current 13,450 to 15,070 seats ^[20] .

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