FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi
| Full name | Football Club Zhemchuzhina-Sochi |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1991 |
| Dissolved | 2012 |
| Ground | Sochi Central Stadium |
| Capacity | 10,200 |
| President | Dmitry Yakushev |
| 2011–12 | withdrew from FNL |
FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi (Russian: ФК Жемчужина-Сочи) was a Russian association football club based in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai founded in 1991 and dissolved in 2012.
History
[edit ]Zhemchuzhina Sochi was founded in 1991 and named after a hotel which was one of the founders. Zhemchuzhina is Russian for "a pearl". Zhemchuzhina spent one season in the Soviet Second League B (winning zonal tournament), but were entitled to enter Russian First Division in 1992, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Zhemchuzhina won the tournament in their zone and were promoted to the Russian Top Division. They spent 7 seasons there, from 1993 to 1999. After another season in the First Division in 2000 Zhemchuzhina went straight down to the Second Division. The club was disbanded after the 2003 season due to financial problems.
In 2004, a new club, Sochi-04, was formed in place of Zhemchuzhina. The former head of Zhemchuzhina, Oleg Shinkaryov, became a chairman of Sochi-04.
Rebirth
[edit ]In 2007, club was re-established under name "Zhemchuzhina-A". Arsen Naydyonov became manager and vice-president of club. "Zhemchuzhina-A" played in Amateur Football League South zone, the 4th highest-level in 2007. It finished 2nd this league and promoted to South Zone of Russian Second Division for 2008 season. In 2008, it was renamed to FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi. It promoted to the Russian First Division the 2010 season as champions of South Zone after 9 seasons of absence.
In August 2011 the team withdrew from Russian First Division (FNL).
League history
[edit ]Reserve squad
[edit ]Zhemchuzhina's reserve squad played professionally as FC Zhemchuzhina-d Sochi (Russian Third League in 1995–1997) and FC Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi (Russian Second Division in 1998–1999). In 1992-1993 the reserves team was based in Adler and played under the name of FC Torpedo Adler.
Another farm club called FC Dynamo-Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi played professionally in Russian Third League in 1996 and Russian Second League in 1997.
Notable players
[edit ]Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Zhemchuzhina.
- Russia Denis Boyarintsev
- Russia Maksim Demenko
- Russia Ukraine Olexandr Gorshkov
- Russia Lyubomir Kantonistov
- Armenia Arsen Avetisyan
- Armenia Eduard Partsikyan
- Armenia Tigran Petrosyan
- Armenia Manuk Kakosyan
- Armenia Robert Zebelyan
- Azerbaijan Kazemır Qudiyev
- Azerbaijan Nazim Suleymanov
- Belarus Vital Bulyga
- Belarus Konstantin Kovalenko
- Belarus Gennady Tumilovich
- Belarus Uladzimir Zhuravel
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Ricardo Baiano
- Czech Republic Marek Čech
- Czech Republic Michal Papadopulos
- Georgia (country) Gocha Gogrichiani
- Georgia (country) Zurab Ionanidze
- Georgia (country) Davit Janashia
- Georgia (country) David Khmelidze
- Georgia (country) Dimitri Kudinov
- Kazakhstan Ruslan Baltiev
- Kazakhstan Kazbek Geteriev
- Kazakhstan Konstantin Ledovskikh
- Moldova Serghei Covalciuc
- Tajikistan Denis Knitel
- Tajikistan Alexandr Mukanin
- Tajikistan Farkhod Vasiev
- Ukraine Andriy Vasylytchuk
- Uzbekistan Vladimir Shishelov
External links
[edit ]- Official website (in Russian)
- Zhemchuzhina memorial website (in Russian)
- Official fan site (in Russian)