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History

“Amkar” is one of the clearest examples of the evolution of a football club in the newest Russian history... In a short sixteen years by club standards, the Permians have made their way from a physical culture team to a member of the Europa League, never having taken a step back, if we take into account not a place in standings, and transitions from one division to another, change of the team's status at the end of the season. Having beaten on May 8, 1993 in the match for the Perm Cup a team of military students from the Perm Higher Military Command Engineering School (6: 1), football team joint stock company Thus "Mineral Fertilizers" announced its birth. A year later, "Amkar" - and the name of the team was invented by a physical culture activist of the enterprise, having successfully added parts of the names of two substances that are the main products of the plant (ammonia and urea) - won the Cup and the championship of the Perm region and received a professional status. A year later, the Permians made their way to the second league, and in 1999 they became participants in the first division.

Having played five years in the country's second most important division and never dropped below sixth place in it, the Permians won the right to play in the Premier League - and in the fifth year of their stay there they performed a small miracle. The provincial team with modest capabilities took fourth place, ahead of Zenit, Lokomotiv, Spartak. Successes in the domestic championship allowed the Perm team to make their debut in Europe next year. Defeat the London “Fulham” on aggregate failed, but the very fact of the “red-black” in the European arena is worth a lot. By the way, the Urals owe their flowers not to anyone, but to Milan itself - a uniform close to that of the Rossoneri, the Italian partners of the founding company of the team offered at one time to the Permians.

2009 was generally not the most successful year for the Permians. If in the first two seasons of his stay in the elite it was naive to demand great success from the team under the leadership of Sergei Oborin (who led the Permians for eleven years and made the whole difficult path from the third division to the highest with the team), then, having settled among the best, the Permians under leadership, first by Rashid Rakhimov, and then by Miodrag Bozovic, have invariably progressed. Thirteenth place, then eighth, fourth ... Forgotten already thirteenth line in the standings of the 2009 season - a rollback to its previous positions, but it is also an opportunity to look at yourself from the outside. A chance to measure your progress recent years and understand if the team has not climbed too high, jumping somewhere, perhaps over a step in its development.

The fourth place in the 2008 championship is the main, but not the only, success of the Permians. The team played twice in the semifinals and once in the final of the Russian Cup, in 2003 the Urals with incredible tournament performance became the winners of the first division. “Amkar” can boast of its own pupil in the Russian national team - Perm Konstantin Zyryanov received his football education in this very club. Zyryanov, however, is not the record holder for the number of games for the “red-blacks”: Alexei Popov, who played for the Urals by the time of his departure to “Rubin” in 404 official matches, entered his name in the history of Perm football forever.

After Sergei Oborin left, a real coaching leapfrog began. From 2006 to 2013, the club changed seven coaches: Igor Uralev, Rashid Rakhimov, Miodrag Bozhovich, Dimitar Dimitrov, Nikolay Trubachev, Rustem Khuzin and Stanislav Cherchesov. Moreover, Rakhimov and Bozhovich came to Amkar twice, but each time their stay was short-lived. The saddest thing for the fans of the Perm team is that despite all the coaching changes, the club's results left much to be desired. After the outbreak of 2008, Amkar's best result was tenth in the 2011/12 season.

Awards and achievements

Participant 1/2 Russian Cup 2002
Winner of the Russian championship in the 1st division 2003
In the Premier League since 2004.
Russian Cup finalist - 2008

Olympiastadion (Munich, Germany). Opened in 1972. Accommodates 69,250 spectators.

The final match of the first UEFA Champions League draw of the 1992/93 season took place at the Munich Olympic Stadium. “Marseille” and “Milan” fought for the trophy. The meeting, which took place on May 23, 1993, ended with the victory of the French team with a score of 1: 0.

The Munich arena hosted the second final of the main club tournament in Europe in 1997. In that match, Borussia Dortmund beat Juventus 3: 1.

Olympic Stadium (Athens, Greece). Opened in 1982, renovated in 2002-2004. Accommodates 69 618 spectators.

The Olympic stadium in the capital of Greece can be called a lucky one for Milan. After being defeated in the 1992/93 season finale, the Italian club in next year again reached the decisive stage of the tournament, where he defeated “Barcelona” with a score of 4: 0.

13 years later, the Rossoneri entered the field again Olympic stadium Athens as a contender for the trophy, and again they managed to win, this time over Liverpool - 2: 1.

Ernst Happel Stadion (Vienna, Austria). Opened in 1931, reconstructed twice - in 1986 and 2008. Accommodates 55,665 spectators.

The arena in the Austrian capital hosted the 1994/95 UEFA Champions League final, with AC Milan competing for the third time in a row. Like two years earlier, the Italians lost 0-1, but this time to Ajax.

"Stadio Olimpico" (Italy, Rome). Opened in 1937, the last reconstruction was carried out in 1989-1990. Accommodates 72 698 spectators.

In the 1995/96 season, Ajax arrived in Rome as the current winner of the Champions League, but the Dutch club failed to defend their title. Already in the first half of the match with Juventus, the teams exchanged goals, after which they brought matters to a penalty shootout. “Bianconeri” were more accurate and won the main club trophy in Europe.

The Olympic Stadium in Rome won the right to host the 2008/09 Champions League final again, but this time the local teams failed to make it to the decisive stage of the tournament. The trophy this year was won by Barcelona, beating Manchester United 2-0.

"Amsterdam Arena" (Amsterdam, Netherlands). Opened in 1996. Accommodates 54,990 spectators.

The stadium, now named after Johan Cruyff, hosted the Champions League final just two years after opening. In May 1998, Real Madrid and Juventus met at the Amsterdam Arena. The match ended with a score of 1: 0 in favor of the Madrid club.

Camp Nou (Barcelona, Spain). Opened in 1957, reconstructed twice - in 1995 and 2008. Accommodates 99 354 spectators.

Barcelona's stadium has seen many memorable matches, but the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League final stands alone. That meeting between “Bavaria” and “Manchester United” can be called legendary without exaggeration. The Germans took the lead already in the 6th minute and controlled the course of the game until last minutes but two goals scored by the Mancunians in stoppage time in the second half brought Man Utd victory.

"Stade de France" (Saint-Denis, France). Opened in 1998. Accommodates 81,338 spectators.

The arena, built on the outskirts of Paris, was the venue for the Champions League final for the 1999/2000 season for the first time. Meeting “Real” and “Valencia” ended with a confident victory of the Madrid club with a score of 3: 0. This was the first time in the history of the Champions League that clubs from the same country played in the final.

6 years later, in the 2005/06 season, Barcelona and Arsenal competed for the trophy on the Stade de France field. Londoners, from the 18th minute playing in the minority after the removal of goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, opened the scoring 10 minutes before the break, but in the second half goals from Samuel Eto “O and Juliano Belletti brought victory to the Catalans - 2: 1.

"San Siro" (Milan, Italy). Opened in 1926. The last reconstruction was carried out in 1989. Accommodates 80,018 spectators.

Stadium "San Siro" was renamed in honor of Giuseppe Meazza in 1979, but the historical name of the arena is still the most popular and recognizable all over the world. The Champions League final has been played here twice.

In the 2000/01 season, Bayern Munich and Valencia played a dramatic match in Milan, in which the 11-meter kicks played the main role. Already in the 2nd minute, Gaisk Mendieta brought the Spaniards ahead from the penalty spot, and after 4 minutes the goalkeeper of the “Bats” Santiago Canisares deflected the 11-meter kick performed by Mehmet Scholl. At the beginning of the second half, Stefan Effenberg equalized the score from the penalty spot, and the fate of the match was decided in a series of post-match strikes, in which Bayern's players were more precise.

15 years later, in May 2016, Real Madrid and Atlético in the same arena almost exactly repeated the scenario of the game of Bayern and Valencia. The main time also ended with a score of 1: 1, in additional time the teams failed to distinguish themselves, and the Royal Club won in the penalty shootout.

Hampden Park (Glasgow, Scotland). Opened in 1903. Renovated in 1999. Accommodates 51,866 spectators.

Real Madrid and Bayer 04 entered Hampden Park in the Champions League final in May 2002, and six months later the arena celebrated its 99th anniversary. The match itself ended with a score of 2: 1 in favor of “Real” and was remembered for the most beautiful goal of Zinedine Zidane from the penalty line.

Old Trafford (Manchester, England). Opened in 1910. The last reconstruction was carried out in 2006. Accommodates 74,879 spectators.

Second in modern history The Champions League final with teams representing the same country took place in the 2002/2003 season. In the decisive match of the tournament, which took place in Manchester, Milan and Juventus met. The main and extra time ended with a score of 0: 0, and in the penalty shoot-out series Milan won the victory with an accurate shot from Andriy Shevchenko.

"Veltins-Arena" (Gelsenkirchen, Germany). Opened in 2001. Last time the stadium's capacity was increased in 2015, and today it is 62,271 people.

The arena has been bearing its current name since the summer of 2005, earlier it was called "Aufschalke Arena". The stadium hosted matches of the World Cup and ice hockey. Since 2002, the annual Christmas Biathlon Stars Race has been held here.

The 2004 Champions League final, held in Gelsenkirkhin, is one of the most memorable for Russian fans, as one of the goals was scored by Dmitry Alenichev. The Porto midfielder has set the final score of the match against AS Monaco (3-0). The Portuguese team at that time was led by Jose Mourinho, who became the youngest head coach in history to win the main club trophy in Europe.

Olympic Stadium (Istanbul, Turkey). Opened in 2002. Accommodates 80,500 spectators.

The stadium in Istanbul was under construction for the alleged holding of the 2008 Summer Olympics, but Turkey's bid did not receive the required number of votes, and the Olympics took place in Beijing. Currently, the arena in Istanbul is named after the first President of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and is the largest in the country.

The 2005 Istanbul Champions League final is arguably the greatest in tournament history. In the decisive match, Milan beat Liverpool 3-0 after the first half, but goals from Gerrard, Schmitzer and Alonso turned everything upside down in the second half. In extra time goals scored was not, and in the penalty shootout the British club turned out to be stronger.

Luzhniki (Moscow, Russia). Opened in 1956. The last reconstruction was carried out in 2017. Accommodates 81,000 spectators.

For the first time, Russia won the right to host the 2007/08 Champions League final, and this honorable mission was entrusted to the Bolshoi sports arena Luzhnikov. Chelsea and Manchester United fought for the trophy, the first time two English teams faced off in a Champions League decisive match.

The game caused great excitement among fans both in England and in Russia, more than 67 thousand spectators were present in the stands. In the middle of the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo brought Manchester United forward, but just before the break, Frank Lampard equalized the score. The second half and extra time passed without goals scored, and in the penalty shootout, the Mankunians were more precise.

"Santiago Bernabeu" (Madrid, Spain). Opened in 1947. The last reconstruction was carried out in 2001. Accommodates 81,044 spectators.

The home arena of one of the most successful clubs in modern football has hosted the Champions League final only once - in the 2009/10 season, but this so far only match has gone down in history.

In the Madrid final, Inter and Bayern Munich met. The match ended with a score of 2: 0 in favor of italian club and Jose Mourinho, who was working with the Nerazzurri at the time, became the third coach in history to win the European Cup with two by different teams(now there are five of them: in addition to the Portuguese, these are Ernst Happel, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Jupp Heynckes and Carlo Ancelotti).

An interesting fact is that in the final of 2010 there was only one Italian in the Milanese - Marco Materazzi, and even he appeared on the field in the 90th minute of the match.

Wembley (London, England). Opened in 2007. Accommodates 90,000 spectators.

The new Wembley is built on the site of the legendary arena that hosted the matches of the World and European Championships, Olympic Games and many European Cup finals.

The 2010/11 Champions League final, which took place at the new Wembley, was in some sense a home for Manchester United, but it didn't help the Mancunians win the trophy. Barcelona, led by the trio Xavi - Iniesta - Messi, won 3-1.

In 2013, Wembley hosted the first German Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. The victory and the cup were brought to the Bavarians by the accurate blow of Arjen Robben, who in the 89th minute set the final score - 2: 1.

Allianz Arena (Munich, Germany). Opened in 2005. Accommodates 67,812 spectators.

The decisive match of the 2011/12 Champions League season was the first final of the tournament, which took place at the home stadium of one of the participants in the meeting - Bayern hosted Chelsea in Munich. The account was opened only in the 83rd minute after hitting the hosts striker Thomas Muller, but five minutes later the leader of the attacks of Londoners Didier Drogba restored the balance.

The fate of the trophy was decided in a penalty shootout. Bayern took the lead again after a precise shot by Philippe Lam and a miss by Juan Mata, but then the visiting players made all their attempts, while the German team had two misfires. Thus, Chelsea won the Champions League for the first time in their history.

Millennium (Cardiff, Wales). Opened in 1999. Accommodates 73 930 spectators.

The home arena of the Wales national team was opened at the turn of the millennium, having received the corresponding name, but in 2016 the stadium received a new name - Principality Stadium, which, with a certain amount of imagination, can simply be translated as "Princely Stadium", since Wales is part of the United Kingdom, and the Queen's son Elizabeth II Charles bears the title of Prince of Wales.

But back to the Champions League. The final of the main club tournament in Europe took place here in 2017, with Real Madrid and Juventus participating in that match. Madrid won 4: 1 and won the second Champions League title in a row, and football fans will remember that meeting with the super goal of Turin striker Mario Mandzhukic.

Metropolitano (Madrid, Spain). Opened in 1994. Renovated in 2017. Accommodates 67,700 spectators.

Liverpool and Tottenham met in the 2019 Champions League final. The final was the first in history for Tottenham and the first since the final in 2013, where at least one Spanish club did not play. Liverpool, reaching the final for the second time in a row, won the match 2-0. Jurgen Klopp won the trophy in his third Champions League final as head coach.

Team history

“Amkar” is one of the clearest examples of the evolution of a football club in recent Russian history. In a short sixteen years by club standards, the Permians have made their way from a physical education team to a member of the Europa League, never taking a step back, if we take into account not the place in the standings, but the transitions from one division to another, the change in the team's status at the end of the season. Having beaten the team of military students from the Perm Higher Military Command Engineering School (6: 1) in the match for the Perm Cup on May 8, 1993, the football team of the Mineral Fertilizers Joint Stock Company announced its birth. A year later, "Amkar" - and the name of the team was invented by a physical culture activist of the enterprise, having successfully added parts of the names of two substances that are the main products of the plant (ammonia and urea) - won the Cup and the championship of the Perm region and received a professional status. A year later, the Permians made their way to the second league, and in 1999 they became participants in the first division.

2009 was generally not the most successful year for the Permians. If in the first two seasons of his stay in the elite it was naive to demand great success from the team under the leadership of Sergei Oborin (who led the Permians for eleven years and made the whole difficult path from the third division to the highest with the team), then, having settled among the best, the Permians under leadership, first by Rashid Rakhimov, and then by Miodrag Bozovic, invariably progressed. Thirteenth place, then eighth, fourth ... Forgotten already thirteenth line in the standings of the 2009 season - a rollback to the previous positions, but it is also an opportunity to look at yourself from the outside. A chance to evaluate their successes in recent years and understand whether the team has climbed too high, jumping somewhere, perhaps over a step in its development.

While the attention of football fans is riveted on the World Cup held in Russia, sad news came from Perm. One of the most colorful and distinctive teams of the Russian Football Premier League - Perm "Amkar" - ceased to exist. Club president Gennady Shilov in an interview with "Sport-Express" said that in the new season the team will not enter the competition in any of the professional leagues: "We have no funding, what's the point of saving up debts?"

The fact that the team would not play in the RFPL in the 2018/2019 season became clear a week earlier, when the Russian Football Union revoked the team's license allowing it to play in the top division. There remained a timid hope that the team would be able to survive in the lower leagues, as a whole series famous teams who have traveled this path before. Alas, hopes were not justified.

In Soviet times, there was a football team "Zvezda" in Perm, founded in 1932. The club representing the Sverdlov Perm Engine-Building Plant lacked stars from the sky. Best achievement"Stars" was 6th in the USSR Championship among the teams of the First League (in 1972 and 1976). In the early nineties, Zvezda managed to take third place in the First League of the Russian Championship. However, soon the team ran out of funding and the club where the famous Russian trainer Pavel Sadyrin, ceased to exist.

Amkar originated in Perm as a competitor to Zvezda. In 1993, the team was created with the support of the Perm OJSC "Mineral Fertilizers". The name "Amkar" comes from a combination of parts of the words "ammonia" and "urea": these two substances were the main products of the enterprise.

In Perm, experienced fans were hostile to "Amkar" new team The "gravedigger" of the "Star". This was partly true: in any case, the leading players of Zvezda did indeed move to the more financially prosperous Amkar.

Cup final, fight for the championship and the match in London: the best year in the history of "Amkar"

Over time, however, "Amkar" received the love of the Perm audience. The first step towards it was made in 1998, when Amkar sensationally beat the best team countries, Moscow "Spartak" - 1: 0.

In 2003, Amkar took 1st place in the first division, breaking into the elite of Russian football.

The best season in Amkar's history was the 2008 season. Permians under the leadership Miodrag Bozovic not only got involved in the fight for medals, but even aimed for 1st place. As a result, Amkar finished fourth. Even more dramatic were the events in the Russian Cup, where the Permians met with CSKA in the final. Bozovic's team was leading with a score of 2: 0, but the army team was able to recoup, and in a series of penalty shoot-outs everything was decided by a brilliant game CSKA goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev.

The fourth place in the Russian championship allowed Amkar to play in the Europa League. The rival of the team was the English Fulham. Having lost in London with a score of 1: 3, the Permians won at home with a score of 1: 0. And even though Amkar dropped out of the tournament by the sum of two meetings, these matches remained a memorable page in the history of Perm football.

The Spartak and Amkar players, 2008. Photo: RIA Novosti / Vladimir Fedorenko

Survival as destiny

Hold on to high level the team failed. Serious problems with financing began, and in December 2010, on the official website of Amkar, a message appeared about a voluntary transfer to the First League due to the difficult financial situation in the club.

The fan promotions and open letters to various authorities up to the President of Russia had an effect: money was found for the team, and Amkar remained in the Premier League.

The team's budget was modest, the Permians mostly fought for survival, but sometimes Amkar took points away from the giants.

Perm got used to financial difficulties, but in the course of the 2017/2018 season they began to take on a fatal nature. Several times there was a talk that Amkar would not finish the season. The Permians played their home match against Lokomotiv in Moscow: the railroad workers paid all the costs to Amkar. While journalists and experts were outraged by this situation, the Perm team won sensationally with a score of 2: 1.

As a result, "Amkar" finished in the zone play-offs, but managed to surpass FC Tambov and retained the right to play in the Premier League.

Perm will return the "Star"?

What succeeded in wrestling, did not work out in terms of finance. A quarter of a century after its creation, FC Amkar ceases to exist.

And the authorities of the Perm Territory are now going to revive the "Star" after 20 years of oblivion. The team is planned to be promoted to the lower division. The new team will not have debts in the amount of hundreds of millions of rubles that dragged Amkar to the bottom. And the cost of the "Zvezda" in the lower division will be significantly lower than in the Premier League.

Thus, Perm "Amkar" became the second team of the Premier League, which ceased to exist in 2018. Earlier, a similar fate befell the winner of the Russian Cup "Tosno". As in the case of Amkar, Tosno simply ran out of funding.

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Instead of sports - a financial principle

In Russia, at the height of the 2018 World Cup, the Premier League club was buried - Perm "Amkar"

From the site of FC "Amkar"

Russian football lost today, June 18, the famous Ural club "Amkar". The team from Perm ceased to exist due to lack of funding. This news passed unnoticed against the backdrop of the gathering pace of the World Cup. There are no messages about the liquidation of the club on the websites of the Russian Football Union (RFU) and the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL). But in football circles, many expressed their sincere regrets about this, noting that while Russia is trying to impress the West with the World Cup, football is dying inside the country.

"Strong middling"

By the standards of Russian giants, Amkar is a young team. The Perm Club was founded in 1994, in Russian Premier League(top club division) played from 2004 to 2018. The best result Perm team became the fourth in the 2007/08 season. At the same time, Amkar, under the leadership of Miodrag Bozovic, reached the final of the Russian Cup, where they lost to CSKA on penalties. “Amkar” has always been considered a “strong middle peasant” and could beat the leaders of the championship race.

But at the beginning of 2018, Amkar began to experience financial difficulties, the team's performance in the Premier League was questioned. Last season, the club took 13th place and was forced to play in transitional matches with the Tambov club for the right to remain in the RFPL.

Permians have retained their residence in the elite. However, on June 13, it became known that the RFU revoked Amkar's license for the 2018-2019 season due to insufficient financial guarantees. Thus, the club lost the opportunity to play in the Premier League and the National Football League (FNL), which unites the clubs of the first division.

Today, June 18, the board of FC Amkar gathered. After the meeting, it was announced that the club would cease to exist. Amkar President Gennady Shilov said that the team will not even enter the Professional football league(follows the FNL - ed.). According to Shilov, there is no funding, and it makes no sense to accumulate debts. It is expected that the place of "Amkar" in the RFPL will be taken by Makhachkala "Anji".

Budget cuts

Sports media note that everything was systematically going towards the liquidation of the Perm club. The scenario was similar to how the Tosno club was dying. The team from the Leningrad region won the Russian Cup this year, after which it was disbanded for the same financial reasons.

It is reported that when the authorities of the Perm Territory reduced the amount of state support to Amkar in 2018, the team began to experience financial difficulties. Prior to that, about half of the club's budget was made up of budget subsidies. In addition, sponsors turned their backs on the team, and therefore Amkar barely finished the season.

According to the newspaper "Sport-Express", the management of "Amkar" received proposals from investors from Nizhny Novgorod and Kaliningrad on the purchase of the club for 150 million rubles. But the deal did not materialize. According to some reports, Shilov intended to receive 180 million rubles, as well as guarantees to repay the club's debts, which, according to various estimates, range from 200 to 500 million rubles.

Now the club has to pay, including salary arrears. So, "Amkar" owes Nigeria's national team player Brian Idov a salary for three months and bonuses for five games, writes "R-Sport". The footballer noted that the situation with the club distracts him from the World Cup, while he feels sorry for the fans from Perm.

The club was "buried"

Many former players of the club, including ex-goalkeepers Roman Gerus and Alexander Selizov, expressed their regrets about the situation with Amkar. Currently active players are looking for new teams. This, in particular, said the captain of "Amkar" Petar Zanev.

Another former Amkar player, and now the manager of the revived Zvezda, Alexei Popov, told RIA Novosti that the liquidation of the Perm team is a sore point for him. “I gave this club 20 years. The team was buried. I said that the club has been heading towards collapse for the last 5-10 years. In the end, it all happened. As far as I know, the management wanted to keep the team, but Shilov does not make any contact. It is a pity that it turns out that way, ”he said.

Even his most implacable rival - FC Ural from Yekaterinburg - spoke about the liquidation of Amkar. The teams are connected by a 21-year history of confrontations, and each match was positioned as an Ural derby, which aroused increased interest among fans.

“Every person close to Ural football knows about the uneasy relationship of the Ural and Amkar fans to each other, but today, at least for a day, we urge all fans to forget about it. The Perm club was our closest neighbor in the matches of the Russian championship and, traditionally, the guest sector at the Zvezda stadium was filled to capacity with fans from Yekaterinburg. Football club“Ural” sincerely regrets that “Amkar” is no more ... football card Russia, "the Ural press service reported on its Facebook page.

Instead of football - basketball

Gennady Sandyrev, the co-chairman of the regional headquarters of the All-Russia People's Front in the Perm Territory, believes that the current financial troubles of the club are based on the conflict between the top management of Amkar and the regional authorities. “Now the situation is quite negative. The club, which had been operating for more than 20 years, ceased to exist. And this does not at all agree with the decree of the President of Russia that in the regions it is necessary to develop sports, educate the younger generation and devote Special attention sports of the highest achievements, - he notes. - In general, Amkar's budget was one of the smallest in the Premier League. That is why it is doubly surprising that the leadership of the region and the club could not come to an agreement, work out some steps to normalize the situation. "

According to the estimates of the newspaper "Kommersant", in the past years from the budget of the region "Amkar" was allocated about 400 million rubles. per year, plus the government negotiated with energy companies on aid to the club for 160 million rubles. The rest of the club earned money from transfers, as well as from income from TV broadcasts.

In September 2017, the governor Viktor Basargin was replaced by Maxim Reshetnikov, and this year only 201 million rubles were allocated from the regional budget to Amkar. The Perm media suggest that the new governor's other hobbies are to blame. According to rumors and some facts, Maxim Reshetnikov likes basketball more. Coincidence or not, the financing of the basketball Parma in Perm is now solid and stable, the club knows no problems.

Instead of sports - a financial principle

Vice President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of FC Ural, Alexander Levin, in a conversation with a Znak.com correspondent, named another reason why Amkar was destined to leave the RFPL. According to him, the Premier League instead sports principle the selection of the participating teams puts the financial principle in the foreground. And today, to obtain a license to participate in the RPFL, huge funds are required. Therefore, no one from the FNL is in a hurry to the top division.

“And why, if you have to spend on the season, roughly speaking, instead of 100 thousand billion? And then, in addition to financial guarantees, we need guarantees in terms of infrastructure. Not everyone can do this today, ”he noted. - But, of course, the liquidation of Amkar is just shocking news, it is a very serious loss. It was known about financial difficulties, but no one expected that everything would end like this. If the state does not support our clubs now, while Russian football will not come out on European level, we will lose teams. "

According to Kommersant's information, the management of Amkar is now considering options for closing the club - through bankruptcy or through voluntary liquidation, declaring its intention to settle accounts with all the players. The only positive moment is that the Amkar Young Footballers Training Center, which trains more than 700 young Perm citizens, will continue its work. The center will be transferred under the leadership of Perm officials from the regional administration of the same name.