The team was founded in 1997 after
Torpedo Moscow, which played in the
Russian Top Division, became a property of SC Luzhniki and was not related to the automobile plant anymore. Soon afterwards
ZiL decided to revive their own team. Torpedo-ZIL made a debut in the Third Division in 1997. The club won promotion to the
Premier League in 2000. In both 2001 and 2002, Torpedo-ZIL finished 14th out of 16 teams. In the beginning of 2003, due to inability to finance a
Premier League team, ZIL had to sell first 55 percent, and two months later all remaining stock to
Norilsk Nickel. Metallurgy giant renamed the team
FC Torpedo-Metallurg, and a year later used it to form a new club,
FC Moscow. At the same time, ZIL created another team in the Third Division which was originally known as FC Torpedo-RG and was later renamed back to
FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow. That team has also since been disbanded.
Domestic history ==References==