FC Metallurg Lipetsk

Their best result came in 1997 when they came 2nd in the Russian First Division.[1]

Coach Stanislav Bernikov of Metallurg was attacked by fans after a defeat on 25 September 2006 on his players, they shot at the coach and team with rubber bullets.[2] Three players suffered with injuries and went to hospital; the coach Bernikov was then summarily dismissed.[3]

In 2008, they won the Russian Second Division in the Center Zone and were promoted for 2009 Russian First Division but relegated again to third level after finishing First Division as 19th.

On 10 June 2021, they secured first place in their PFL group and promotion to the second-tier Russian Football National League for the 2021–22 season, for the first time since 2009.[4] The club was relegated back to the third tier after one season.[5]

Colours are red and black hooped shirts, black shorts.

• Gennadi Styopushkin (2009)
• Soferbi Yeshugov (2007–2008)
• Aleksei Petrushin (2007)
• Stanislav Bernikov (2006)
• Anatoli Davydov (2002–2005)
• Vladimir Yevsyukov (2001)
• Vladimir Dergach (2000)
• Sergei Savchenkov (1999–2000)
• Vladimir Fedotov (1998)
• Yuri Shishlov (1998)
• Vladimir Alekseyevich Mikhaylov (1987–1989)
• Nikolay Kiselyov (1984–1985)

As of 31 August 2023, according to the Second League website.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Pavel Korablin 2 DF  RUS Maksim Yeleyev 3 DF  RUS Ilya Polikutin 4 MF  RUS Daniil Chernyakov (on loan from Fakel Voronezh) 5 DF  RUS Aleksandr Krikunenko 6 MF  RUS Nikita Dorofeyev 7 FW  RUS Denis Syomin 8 MF  RUS Dmitry Pakhomov 9 MF  RUS Kirill Zhukovsky 10 MF  RUS Maksim Grigoryev 11 MF  RUS Mikhail Zabotkin 13 DF  RUS Maksim Boldyrev 14 DF  RUS Nikolay Smirnykh 15 MF  RUS Yevgeni Ushakov

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  RUS Aleksandr Kobzev 17 FW  RUS Sergey Mosiyan 18 DF  RUS Gamzat Khizriyev 19 FW  RUS Ilya Glebov 20 MF  RUS Roman Voydel 21 FW  RUS Sergey Gorbatenko 22 DF  RUS Aleksey Rybin 23 GK  RUS Maksim Matyusha 24 FW  RUS Roman Yanushkovsky 25 MF  RUS Maksim Radchenko 26 DF  RUS Dmitry Kukishev 27 DF  RUS Ilya Korotkikh 30 GK  RUS Dmitry Vyalov 77 MF  RUS Artur Arustamyan

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

• Official website (in Russian)
• Fans' website Archived 2013-07-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)