FC Mashinostroitel Tula
| Full name | Football Club Arsenal Tula |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Red-yellows, Canoneers, "Pryaniki" (Gingercakes), "Pushkari" (artillerymen), "Oruzheyniki" (Gunsmiths), Samovars. |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Ground | Arsenal Stadium |
| Capacity | 20,048 |
| Owner | Rostec (Tulamashzavod) |
| Chairman | Guram Adzhoyev |
| Manager | Sergei Kiriakov |
| League | Russian Football Premier League |
| 2015–16 | Russian Football National League, 2nd (promoted) |
Arsenal Tula (Russian: ФК «Арсенал» Тула) is a Russian football team from Tula playing in the Russian Football Premier League.
After the end of the 2013–14 season, FC Arsenal Tula was promoted to the Russian Premier League after finished the competition as runner-up. Thus Arsenal Tula made three successive promotions and made their debut in the 2014–15 Russian Premier League. It came in last place in the Premier League and was relegated back to the FNL after one season. It returned back to the Premier League for the 2016–17 season after one season in the FNL.
As of 28 February 2017, according to the official website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve team players are registered with the Premier League and are eligible to play in any official games.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
The farm club Arsenal-2 Tula participates in the third tier of professional Russian soccer, Russian Professional Football League, beginning with the 2014–15 season. Another team was called Arsenal-2 and competed professionally from 1998 to 2002, it last competed as Dynamo Tula.
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Arsenal.
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