FC Ural Yekaterinburg

History

The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Zenit (1944–1946), Mashinostroitel (1958–1959), and Uralmash (1949–1952, 1960–2002). The club is currently named after the Russian region of Ural, where Yekaterinburg is the capital.

The club participated in the Soviet championships beginning in 1945. They mostly played in the higher leagues, with the exception of the 1969 season spent in the lowest league. They were the easternmost Russian SFSR club to compete in the third Soviet division (the easternmost Soviet club overall was FC Kairat from Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR).

Uralmash reached the quarterfinals of the Soviet Cup in 1965/66, 1967/68, and 1990/91.

After the dissolution of the USSR, Uralmash were entitled to enter the Russian Top Division and played there for five seasons, from 1992 to 1996. Their best result was eighth position in 1993 and 1995. Despite reaching the semifinal of the Intertoto Cup in 1996, Uralmash finished 16th out of 18 in the league and were relegated. In 1997 another relegation followed, now to the Second Division. From 1998 to 2002 Uralmash played in the Second Division. After winning promotion, the club was renamed Ural. In 2003, the team were relegated from the Russian First Division, but were promoted again after the 2004 season. The team's best finish in the First Division was third in 2006.

FC Ural reached the Russian cup final in 2017 for the first time in their history. They lost the final against Lokomotiv Moscow. In 2019, FC Ural faced Lokomotiv Moscow again in their second Russian cup final. Lokomotiv Moscow defeated FC Ural in that final.

In the 2023–24 season, Ural finished 13th, qualifying for the relegation play-offs. They lost 2–3 to Akron Tolyatti on aggregate and were relegated to the Russian First League after 11 seasons at the top tier.

In the 2024–25 season, Ural finished 4th in the First League and qualified for the promotion play-offs. They lost to Akhmat Grozny with an aggregate score of 2–3 and remained in the First League.

Domestic

Current squad

First team

Out on loan

Reserve team

Retired numbers

• 23 – Russia Pyotr Khrustovsky, forward (2003) – posthumous honor

Coaching staff

• Head coach – Yuri Matveyev
• Assistant coach – Vladimir Kalashnikov, Andrei Danilov, MKD Ivan Jovanovski
• Goalkeeping coach – Andrei Shpilyov

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Ural/Uralmash. ;Russia/USSR

• USSR Viktor Shishkin
• Russia Arsen Adamov
• Russia Mingiyan Beveyev
• Russia Nikita Chernov
• Russia Yury Gazinsky
• Russia Aleksei Ionov
• Russia Yuri Matveyev
• Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko
• Russia Aleksandr Podshivalov
• Russia Ilya Pomazun
• Russia Aleksandr Ryazantsev
• Russia Oleg Shatov
• Russia Igor Smolnikov
• Russia Fyodor Smolov
• Russia Oleg Veretennikov
• Russia Dmitry Yefremov
• Russia Artyom Yenin
• Russia Aleksandr Yerokhin
• Russia Aleksandr Yushin
• Russia Artur Yusupov
• Russia Anton Zabolotny
• Russia Denis Zubko

;Former USSR countries ;Armenia

• Armenia Artak Aleksanyan
• Armenia Edgar Manucharyan
• Armenia Artur Sarkisov
• Armenia Varazdat Haroyan

;Belarus

• Belarus Andrey Chukhley

• Belarus Alyaksandr Hrapkowski

• Belarus Alyaksandr Martynovich

• Belarus Nikolay Zolotov

• Belarus Aleh Shkabara

• Belarus Yuri Zhevnov ;Estonia

• Estonia Aleksandr Dmitrijev

;Georgia

• Georgia Giorgi Chanturia

;Kazakhstan

• Kazakhstan Vitaliy Abramov
• Kazakhstan Sergei Anashkin
• Kazakhstan Renat Dubinskiy
• Kazakhstan Vitaliy Kafanov
• Kazakhstan Konstantin Ledovskikh
• Kazakhstan Aleksandr Sklyarov
• Kazakhstan Georgy Zhukov

;Lithuania

• Lithuania Arūnas Klimavičius
• Lithuania Robertas Poškus

;Moldova

• MDA Igor Bugaiov
• MDA Serghei Rogaciov

;Tajikistan

• Tajikistan Vitaliy Levchenko
• Tajikistan Igor Vityutnev
• Tajikistan Anatoli Volovodenko
• Tajikistan Shamsiddin Shanbiev

;Ukraine

• Ukraine Denys Kulakov
• Ukraine Oleksandr Pomazun
• Ukraine Dmytro Topchiev

;Uzbekistan

• Uzbekistan Vladimir Radkevich
• Uzbekistan Yevgeni Safonov
• Uzbekistan Vladimir Shishelov
• Uzbekistan Oston Urunov

;Europe ;Hungary

• Hungary Vladimir Koman

;Iceland

• Iceland Sölvi Ottesen

;Israel

• Israel Toto Tamuz

;Norway

• Norway Stefan Strandberg

;Poland

• Poland Rafał Augustyniak
• Poland Michał Kucharczyk
• Poland Maciej Wilusz

;Romania

• Romania Eric Bicfalvi ;South America

;Chile

• Chile Gerson Acevedo

;Africa

;Cameroon

• Cameroon Petrus Boumal

;Congo

• Congo Emmerson

;Zambia

• Zambia Chisamba Lungu

Managers

• Russia Pavel Gusev (2003–04)
• Russia Aleksandr Pobegalov (2005–09)
• Russia Vladimir Fedotov (2009–10)
• Russia Boris Stukalov (2010)
• Kazakhstan Dmitriy Ogai (2011)
• Russia Yuri Matveyev (2011)
• Russia Aleksandr Pobegalov (2012)
• Russia Sergei Bulatov (2012)
• Russia Pavel Gusev (2012–13)
• Russia Oleg Vasilenko (2013)
• Russia Aleksandr Tarkhanov (2013–15)
• Belarus Viktor Goncharenko (2015)
• Belarus Vadim Skripchenko (2015–2016)

Honours

Domestic

• Soviet Second League / Russian Football National League
  • Champions (2): 1990, 2012–13
• Russian Second Division
  • Champions (2): 2002, 2004
• Russian Cup
  • Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2018–19

Invitational

• ANFA Cup
  • Champions (1): 1989

References

References

1. "FK URAL SVERDLOVSKAYA OBLAST". Soccerway.
2. (25 May 2024). ""Пари НН" и "Урал" – участники переходных матчей за места в Мир РПЛ". Russian Premier League.
3. (1 June 2024). ""Акрон" уступил "Уралу", но победил по сумме двух встреч и завоевал путёвку в Мир РПЛ". Russian Premier League.
4. (24 May 2025). "«Ахмат» встретится с «Уралом» в стыковых матчах за право играть в РПЛ, «Пари НН» – с «Сочи». «Черноморец» не получил лицензию". Sports.ru.
5. (31 May 2025). ""Ахмат" остался в Мир РПЛ благодаря победе над "Уралом" в ответном переходном матче". Russian Premier League.
6. "Ural squad". Russian First League.
7. "ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal)".