FC Tom Tomsk

History

The team was previously named Burevestnik (1957), Tomich (1958, 1961–1963), Sibelektromotor (1959–1960), Torpedo (1964–1967, 1974–1978), Tomles (1968–1973) and Manometr (1979–1987). The club is currently named after the river of Tom, where Tomsk is located.

In the 1990s, the team acquired a number of players that would help them begin their ascent out of the Russian Second Division. Viktor Sebelev, Valery Konovalov and Ruslan Akhidzhak were key players of the early part of the decade with Sergei Ageyev, Vyacheslav Vishnevskiy and Dmitry Kudinov strengthening the team as they made a run on the division championship. In 1996, the team finished 2nd in the division, just falling short of promotion to the Russian First Division. In 1997, Tomsk finally achieved a significant goal when they advanced to the First Division with a strong season performance.

Following the promotion, the team acquired a significant set of new players including Sergei Zhukov, Andrei Talalaev and Mikhail Murashov to help keep the team in the First Division. However, Tomsk suffered a blow when their newly privatised sponsor, Eastern Oil Company (VNK) pulled out of the team and left them with no sponsor. At this point, advancement was a pipe dream with survival in the tougher division becoming a priority. It was at this point that the team also had to upgrade their stadium to new standards of the league.

The team played middling football for several years until the arrival of a new sponsor brought in much-needed funds and allowed the team to acquire new players and begin to compete. Third-place finishes in 2002 and 2003 left the team just short of promotion. However, the 2004 season brought new joy and Tomsk finished second in the division, earning promotion to the Russian Premier League for the 2005 season. The 2005 season saw Tomsk survive their first year in top-flight football with a 10th-place finish. In 2006, the team improved its position slightly with an 8th-place finish but in 2007, the club slipped to an 11th-place finish.

The former jersey sponsor Tomskneft, a local subsidiary of Yukos, has recently been sold to new investors. Today, the team is sponsored by the regional authorities.

The club's directors disclosed that the club needed to raise funds or it would go out of business due to debts of 200 million roubles in June 2009.

At the end of the 2018–19 season, they qualified for the Premier League promotion play-offs, but lost to FC Ufa with an aggregate score of 1–2.

In the 2020–21 Russian Football National League, Tom finished in the relegation zone, but remained in the league because two other clubs were disqualified for separate reasons.

Tom failed to receive the license for the 2022–23 FNL season and announced they will apply for the third-tier Russian Football National League 2 license. The FNL2 license was subsequently denied as well due to lack of financial guarantees.

League and cup history

Club records

Largest Margin of Victory — Dynamo Yakutsk – 9–1 (1995), FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk – 8–0 (1993), PFC Spartak Nalchik 8–0 (1998)

Largest Margin of Defeat – FC Dynamo Barnaul 0–7 (1962)

All time Leading Scorer – Russia Viktor Sebelev – 83 goals in 287 matches (1989–2004)

Most goals in a season – Russia Ruslan Akhidzhak – 18 goals in 21 matches (1994), Russia Denis Kiselyov – 18 goals in 37 matches (2004)

Reserve squad

A farm club FC Tom-2 Tomsk began competing professionally in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League in the 2014–15 season. The team was dissolved after the 2015–16 season.

Notable players

These players have had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Tom. ;Russia

• Russia Nikita Bazhenov
• Russia Albert Borzenkov
• Russia Denis Boyarintsev
• Russia Aleksei Bugayev
• Russia Artyom Dzyuba
• Russia Maksim Kanunnikov
• Russia Nikita Krivtsov
• Russia Fyodor Kudryashov
• Russia Denis Laktionov
• Russia Veniamin Mandrykin
• Russia Kirill Panchenko
• Russia Sergei Pesyakov
• Russia Pavel Pogrebnyak
• Russia Igor Portnyagin
• Russia Aleksei Rebko
• Russia Artyom Rebrov
• Russia Sergey Ryzhikov
• Russia Aleksandr Shirko
• Russia Aleksandr Sobolev
• Russia Dmitri Tarasov
• Russia Denis Yevsikov

;Former USSR countries

• Armenia Artem Simonyan
• AZE Aleksandr Zhidkov
• Belarus Syarhey Amelyanchuk
• Belarus Maksim Bardachow
• Belarus Vital Bulyha
• Belarus Dmitri Ekimov
• Belarus Egor Filipenko
• Belarus Vasily Khomutovsky
• Belarus Sergei Kornilenko
• Belarus Aliaksandr Kulchiy
• Belarus Pavel Nyakhaychyk
• Belarus Sergey Sosnovski
• Belarus Yan Tigorev
• Belarus Syarhey Yaskovich
• GEO Nikoloz Togonidze
• KAZ Aleksandr Familtsev
• Moldova Valeriu Catînsus
• Moldova Ilie Cebanu
• Moldova Valeriu Ciupercă
• Moldova Serghei Covalciuc
• Moldova Eugen Sidorenco
• Moldova Oleg Șișchin
• Ukraine Ilya Blyzniuk
• Ukraine Kyrylo Kovalchuk
• Ukraine Denys Onyshchenko
• Ukraine Pavlo Shkapenko
• UZB Aleksey Polyakov ;Europe
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Branislav Krunić
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Ognjen Vranješ
• BUL Zhivko Milanov
• BUL Plamen Nikolov
• CRO Hrvoje Vejić
• Czech Republic Lukáš Droppa
• Czech Republic Martin Jiránek
• EST Jevgeni Novikov
• EST Sergei Pareiko
• HUN Norbert Németh
• HUN Ádám Pintér
• Lithuania Andrius Gedgaudas
• Lithuania Andrius Skerla
• Macedonia Goran Maznov
• Montenegro Mladen Božović
• Romania Eric Bicfalvi
• Romania Ovidiu Dănănae
• Romania Gabriel Mureșan
• Romania Adrian Ropotan
• Romania Pompiliu Stoica
• SCO Garry O'Connor
• Serbia and Montenegro Đorđe Jokić
• SVK Kornel Saláta
• SVN Aleksandar Radosavljević

;Asia

• JPN Daisuke Matsui
• KOR Kim Nam-Il

References

References

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4. (27 June 2022). ""ТОМЬ" НЕ СЫГРАЕТ В НОВОМ СЕЗОНЕ НА ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОМ УРОВНЕ". Match TV.