FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny

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KAMAZ

Full name	Football Club KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
Nickname(s)	Грузовики Gruzoviki (The Trucks) Автозаводцы Avtozovodci (The Car Workers)
Founded	1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Ground	KAMAZ stadium
Capacity	6,248
Chairman	Ivan Klipov[1]
Manager	Ildar Akhmetzyanov
League	Russian First League
2023–24	12th of 18
Website	https://www.fckamaz.ru/
Home colours Away colours

KAMAZ (Russian: Футбольный клуб КАМАЗ Набережные Челны) is a Russian football club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia. The club plays in the second-tier Russian First League.

Colours are (Home) all white. (Away) Light blue shirts, white shorts.

The club was founded on 11 November 1981 at the KAMAZ plant under the name Trud-PRZ. The team played in local tournaments until 1988, when they entered Soviet Second League.

KAMAZ stayed in this league until 1992, when following the collapse of the Soviet Union they were entitled to play in the Russian First League. They won the Centre Zone tournament and were promoted into the Top League.

The best result achieved by KAMAZ in the Top League was a 6th position in 1994. It allowed the club to participate in the Intertoto Cup, where KAMAZ reached the semifinals, defeating München 1860 in the group stage.

KAMAZ stayed in the top flight from 1993 to 1997, when the financial troubles of their owner, KAMAZ plant, forced them into the First Division and into the Second Division a year later. The team played in the Ural Zone of the Second Division from 1999 to 2003, where they earned promotion.

KAMAZ became one of the leaders of the First Division in the 2000s, finishing 4th in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2010 and 3rd in 2005 and 2008. They were relegated back to the third-tier at the end of the 2015–16 season.

On 15 June 2021, the club secured first place in their PFL group and promotion back to FNL.^[2]

The club has been known as Trud-PRZ (1981–1987), Torpedo (1988–1989), and KAMAZ-Chally (1995–2000).

The club has won 4 Second Division titles and 1 First Division title.

KAMAZ finished the 2021–22 Russian Football National League in a relegation spot, but was not relegated due to other clubs failing to obtain the 2022–23 season license.^[3]

1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny	10	4	3	1	0	8	3	+5
2. TSV 1860 München	6	4	2	0	2	8	3	+5
3. Kaucuk Opava	6	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1
4. PFC Spartak Varna	5	4	1	2	1	5	5	0
5. ŁKS Łódź	1	4	0	1	3	1	12	−11

Semi-finals (27–28 & 31 July)

FC KAMAZ 2–0, 0–4 En Avant Guingamp

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W.	D.	L.	GS	GA	Pts.	Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (league)	Head Coach
1988	3rd, Group 2	14	32	8	12	12	32	36	28	—	—		Gibadullin – 7 Dm. Smirnov – 7	Chetverik
1989		7	42	20	8	14	59	50	48	—	—		Zakiyev – 11	Chetverik
1990	4th, Group 7	1	32	21	5	6	67	26	47	—	—		Baryshev – 17	Chetverik
1991	3rd, "Centre"	10	42	19	3	20	60	55	41	—	—		Y. Kuznetsov – 28	Chetverik
1992	—									R128	—		—	Chetverik

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W.	D.	L.	GS	GA	Pts.	Cup		Europe		Top Scorer (league)	Head Coach
1992	2nd, "Centre"	1	34	26	3	5	78	19	55	R32		—		Panchenko – 26	Chetverik
1993	PL (1st)	10	34	12	6	16	45	53	30	QF		—		Panchenko – 21	Chetverik
1994		6	30	11	9	10	38	38	31		R16	—		Tropanets – 7 Panchenko – 7	Chetverik
1995		9	30	10	8	12	34	30	38	QF		—		Durnev – 9	Chetverik
1996		14	34	10	6	18	43	57	36		R32	UIC	SF	Babenko – 9	Chetverik Butaliy
1997		18	34	8	3	23	38	75	21(−6)	R16		—		Shukanov – 7	Zelkevičius
1998	2nd	22	42	7	5	30	32	82	26		R256	—		Vekovishchev – 9	Butaliy
1999	3rd, "Ural"	10	30	11	7	12	41	46	40	R1024		—		Tsarayev – 11	Chetverik
2000		3	30	20	4	6	80	23	64	R512		—		Strizhov – 20	Shubin
2001		3	30	21	1	8	81	26	64	R64		—		Yermilov – 26	Shubin Butaliy
2002		6	28	15	6	7	41	24	51	R128		—		Yermilov – 15	Butaliy Gazzaev
2003	3rd, "Ural-P."	1	38	30	4	4	85	20	94	R32		—		Yermilov – 23	Gazzaev
2004	2nd	4	42	19	12	11	52	49	69	R32		—		Kalimullin – 9	Gazzaev
2005		3	42	26	6	10	80	32	84	R64		—		Monaryov – 18	Gazzaev
2006		4	42	22	11	9	54	26	77	R64		—		Belozyorov – 8	Gazzaev
2007		4	42	23	8	11	67	34	77	R16		—		Zeba – 12	Gazzaev
2008		3	42	23	10	9	68	41	79	R32		—		Gogniyev – 17	Gazzaev
2009		5	38	18	10	10	50	31	64	R64		—		Gogniyev – 17	Gazzaev Panov
2010		4	38	19	9	10	55	43	66	R32		—		Gogniyev – 13 Serdyukov – 13	Yevdokimov
2011–12		9	48	19	10	19	53	46	67	R64		—		Koronov – 12	Yevdokimov Klontsak
2012–13	3rd, "Ural-P."	10	28	8	6	14	23	29	30	R256		—		Lukyanov – 4	Klontsak
2013–14		3	27	15	4	8	43	36	39	R512		—		Akbashev – 6	Klontsak
2014–15		1	25	16	7	2	39	10	55	R128		—		Safronov – 8	Klontsak
2015–16	FNL (2nd)	20	38	6	6	26	20	60	24	R64		—		Davydov – 4	Klontsak
2016–17	PFL (3rd), "Ural-P."/4	7	24	8	5	11	23	25	29	R128		—		Ayukin – 4	Klontsak Shinkarenko Klontsak
2017–18		4	24	13	6	5	37	19	45	R256		—		Khubayev – 6	Klontsak Yefremov
2018–19		2	25	13	6	6	44	25	45	R256		—		Karayev – 7 Galiakberov – 7	Yefremov
2019–20		4	17	10	2	5	37	23	32	R32		—		Karayev – 11	Belov
2020–21		1	28	21	1	6	75	25	64	R128		—		Galiakberov – 15	Belov Akhmetzyanov
2021–22	First League (2nd)	17	38	8	13	17	29	45	37	R16		—		Gagloyev – 7	Akhmetzyanov[a]
2022–23		11	34	11	11	12	35	36	44	6th		—		Gagloyev – 5 Shamkin – 5	Akhmetzyanov[a]
^ a b De facto; de jure — Vladimir Klontsak

As of 12 September 2024, according to the First League website.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Dmitry Gerasimov 2 MF  RUS David Khubayev 3 DF  RUS Daniil Marugin 4 DF  RUS Artyom Abramov 5 DF  KAZ Talgat Kusyapov 6 MF  RUS Ivan Kozlov 7 DF  RUS Ruslan Ayukin 8 DF  RUS Dmitri Starodub 9 FW  RUS David Karaev 10 MF  RUS Roman Zashchepkin 11 MF  RUS Ruslan Apekov 13 DF  RUS Valeri Pochivalin 14 MF  RUS Surkhaykhan Abdullayev 16 GK  RUS Ilya Kuptsov (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) 17 FW  RUS Maksim Lauk

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  RUS Dmitri Tananeyev (on loan from Rodina Moscow) 22 MF  ARM Pavel Gorelov 23 DF  ARM Artyom Gyurdzhan (on loan from Pari NN) 24 FW  RUS Adrian Platon 27 MF  RUS Roman Manuylov 31 GK  RUS Artur Anisimov 33 MF  RUS Boris Fartuna 42 MF  RUS Yuri Kirillov 53 MF  RUS Aleksandr Deryugin 69 DF  RUS Ilyas Asylov 75 GK  RUS Roman Grashchenkov 76 DF  RUS Artyom Sukhanov (on loan from Arsenal Tula) 77 MF  RUS Nikita Platon 81 DF  RUS Nikita Melnikov

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  RUS Vladislav Vasilyev (at Ryazan until 31 December 2024) — DF  RUS Ilnur Badrtdinov (at Dynamo Bryansk until 31 December 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  RUS Kirill Vorobyov (at Znamya Truda until 31 December 2024) — MF  RUS Nikolay Yermolayev (at Ryazan until 31 December 2024)

KAMAZ's reserve squad played professionally as FC KAMAZ-d Naberezhnye Chelny (Russian Second League in 1993, Russian Third League in 1994) and as FC KAMAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny (Russian Third League in 1995–1997).

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for KAMAZ.

• Official website (in Russian)