FC Metalurh Zaporizhia
| Full name | Football Club Metalurh Zaporizhya |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Cossacks |
| Founded | 1935 |
| Ground | Tytan Stadium |
| Capacity | 12,000 |
| President | Volodymyr Tsykura |
| Head coach | Vacant |
| League | Ukrainian Second League |
| 2015–16 | 14 |
| Website | Club home page |
Football Club Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (Ukrainian: Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Запорі́жжя [mɛtɐ'lurɦ zɐpɔˈrʲiʒːɐ]) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhya.
In 2015 the original club went bankrupt and in 2016 the Ukrainian Premier League finally removed it from its competitions. In 2016 it was announced that another amateur club from Zaporizhia (FC Rosso-Nero Zaporizhia) has officially changed its name to FC Metalurh Zaporizhia and intends to start participation at the Ukrainian Amateur Football League the same year.
The history of Metalurg began in 1935 when a steel production company, Zaporizhstal, formed the football club 'Stal'. By the end of the year a local sports union gave Stal the status of a main club in the region. Throughout the 1930s the team appeared regularly in domestic competitions and often played against clubs from the Soviet Top League, the most notable of which was Spartak Moscow. In 1939 and 1940 under the name of Lokomotiv won the Ukrainian championships. The tough times of World War II soon followed, however, bringing decline to both Zaporizhstal and its team. Nonetheless, in 1946 the club was revived and in 1949 Stal won the cup in Zaporizhia Oblast.
In October 1949 the team was renamed to 'Metalurg'. In 1950 Metalurg debuts in the USSR Cup and in the round of 64 they defeated Lokomotiv Petrozavodsk with the score of 5–0, but go out in the next stage, losing 2–3 to Torpedo Stalingrad. However, the very next year club went to eighth-finals, notably defeating Dinamo Minsk 1–0 and Lokomotiv Moscow 4–0 on the way. In 1953 the club debuted in the USSR Championship after becoming the champion of Ukrainian SSR in 1952. From 1953 to 1962 Metalurg played in USSR Championship division 'B'.
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