FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk

The club was founded as Cement Novorossiysk in 1960 and was known by its name in 1960–1969 and 1978–1991. In 1970–1977 the clubs was called Trud Novorossiysk, in 1992–1993 Gekris Novorossiysk, and in 2005 FC Novorossiysk. Chernomorets is Russian for "a man from Black Sea".

The club played in class B of the Soviet football in 1960–1970. After this they did not participate in Soviet championships until 1978, when they entered the Second League. They played there until the dissolution of USSR, and in 1992 were entitled to enter the Russian First Division. They spent three years there. After a third place in 1992 they won their regional group in 1993, but did not succeed in the promotion-relegation tournament. A victory in the First Division in 1994 brought them automatic promotion.

Chernomorets stayed in the Top Division from 1995 to 2001. Their best result was sixth position in 1997 and 2000. The latter entitled them to a place in the UEFA Cup, where they were knocked out in the first round by Valencia.

In 2002 Chernomorets won promotion straight back, but were relegated again in 2003. After the 2004 season in the First Division, Chernomorets were denied a professional licence. The club was reorganized, renamed FC Novorossiysk and entered the Amateur Football League for the 2005 season. In the course of the season the team was renamed Chernomorets again. Chernomorets finished first in the South zone and went on to win the final tournament, becoming amateur champions of Russia. Chernomorets finished third in the South zone of Russian Second Division in the 2006 season. They finally finished first and were promoted to Russian First Division for the 2007 season. It stayed 2 seasons in First Division and relegated back to Second Division in 2009. They were promoted to the First Division again after winning the Second Division zone in 2010. It was relegated back from the First Division after one year on that level.

As of 16 October 2020, according to the official PFL website.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Azamat Shogenov (captain) 2 DF  RUS Nikita Grishin 3 DF  RUS Murad Omarov 5 DF  RUS Viktor Garayev 6 MF  RUS Denis Patsev 7 MF  RUS Ratmir Mashezov 8 MF  RUS Nikita Panamaryov 9 MF  RUS Rizvan Akhmedkhanov 10 MF  RUS Zikrula Magomedov 11 MF  RUS Anton Antonov 13 MF  RUS Vladislav Kirilenko 14 MF  RUS Nikita Dudkin

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  RUS Temur Mustafin 16 GK  RUS Martuni Chobanyan 17 MF  RUS Gudisa Smyr 18 DF  RUS Igor Kurbanov 19 FW  RUS Ivan Timoshenko 21 MF  RUS Nikita Klimov 22 GK  RUS Vadim Averkiyev 23 FW  RUS Aleksei Bartsov 24 MF  RUS Yuri Budagyan 25 FW  RUS Ivan Matyushenko — DF  RUS Pavel Shcherbakov — FW  RUS Tofik Kadimov

Chernomorets' reserve team played professionally in the Russian Second Division (in 2000 as FC Chernomorets-2 Novorossiysk) and the Russian Third League (in 1996 as FC Chernomorets-d Novorossiysk).

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Chernomorets/Tsement/Gekris.

• FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk in Europe

• Official website (in Russian)
• Fans' website (in Russian)