FC Amkar Perm
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| Full name | Общественная организация г. Перми «Футбольный клуб «Амкар» (Community organization of Perm city "Football Club 'Amkar'") |
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| Nickname(s) | Krasno-chernye (The Red and Blacks), permyaki, ammiachniye |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Ground | Zvezda Stadium, Perm |
| Capacity | 17,000 |
| Chairman | Gennady Shilov |
| Manager | Gadzhi Gadzhiyev |
| League | Russian Premier League |
| 2015–16 | 11th |
| Website | Club home page |
FC Amkar Perm (Russian: Футбо́льный клуб "Амка́р" Пермь [fʊdˈbolʲnɨj ˈklup ɐmˈkar pʲɛrmʲ]) is a professional football club playing in the Russian Premier League. Founded in 1994, it is based in the city of Perm. It has been a participant in the Russian professional football league since 1995 and in the Russian Premier League since 2004. Amkar's home stadium is the Zvezda Stadium, which was covered with artificial turf in 2005.
The Amkar football club was created to represent the Perm Inorganic Fertilizer Company. The club's "birthday" is 8 May 1993, although it was only registered officially on 6 December 1994. The name "Amkar" derives from a combination of parts of the Russian words "AMmiak" (ammonia) and "KARbamid (carbamide, urea) – these two substances being the main products of the plant. The team owes the choice of club colours (red and black) to its Italian trade partners from Milan, who responded to a request for help by offering equipment from AC Milan. And so the club colours became red and black. The basis of the new team was made up of company employees. In 1994 Amkar, strengthened by amateur players from other city teams and a few former professionals, became champion of the city of Perm and the Perm region and also won the regional Cup. The club was officially registered on 6 December 1994 and applied to participate in the Russian football league. Amkar was included in the third league of the Russian Championship. In 1995, the team, reinforced by former players of Zvezda Perm, was second in the 6th group of the third league and qualified for the second league. In 1996, Amkar finished in third place in the central group of the second league and in 1997, the club was second in the tournament.
On 12 September 1998 Spartak Moscow paid a visit to Amkar for a Russian Cup tie. Spartak's previous visit to the Western Urals was in 1977 as a first division side, when they were close to a return to the top tier of domestic football. The match attracted enormous interest and the 25000 stadium was filled to capacity for the first time in its 30 year history. The match finished 1–0 in favour of Amkar. In the league "Permyaki" accumulated 93% of the possible number of points and scored 100 goals. Amkar took first place and earned the right to play in the First Division.
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