Arsenal Tula

FC Arsenal Tula (Russian: ФК Арсенал Тула) is a Russian professional football club from Tula playing in the Russian Premier League.

Originally founded in 1946, FC Arsenal Tula was promoted to the Russian Premier League in 2014 for the first time in its history after finishing as runners-up in the 2013–14 Russian National Football League. This achievement marked three successive promotions for the club. On its debut season in the 2014–15 Russian Premier League, it finished in last place and was relegated back to the FNL. The club spent one season in the FNL before returning to the Premier League for the 2016–17 season, which they have competed in ever since.

The team currently plays its home games in Arsenal Stadium, which has a capacity of 19,241.

History

Team name history

• 1946–58: FC Zenit Tula
• 1959–61: FC Trud Tula
• 1962–63: FC Shakhtyor Tula
• 1964–74: FC Metallurg Tula
• 1975–79: FC Mashinostroitel Tula
• 1980–83: FC TOZ Tula
• 1984–2006: FC Arsenal Tula
• 2007: FC Oruzheynik Tula (formed based on the squad and staff of FC Arsenal Tula, but was not a legal successor to Arsenal)
• 2008–11: FC Arsenal-Tula (formed based on the squad and staff of FC Oruzheynik Tula, but was not a legal successor to Oruzheynik)
• 2011–: FC Arsenal Tula

Early Years

Arsenal Tula played their first season in the USSR Championship in 1946 under the name Zenit Tula, competing in the Central Division of the RSFSR Championship and finished 5th in their debut season. The precursors to Arsenal Tula played mainly in the Soviet Second League and never played in the Soviet Top League. The club was the champions of Zone West of the Russian Professional Football League in 1997 and 2003 and competed in the Russian Football National League from 1998 until 2001 and in 2004. In 2005, Arsenal Tula did not receive

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