title: FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
text: KAMAZ () is a Russian football club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia. The club plays in the second-tier Russian First League.
  
  Colours are (Home) all white. (Away) Light blue shirts, white shorts.
  
  History
  The club was founded on 11 November 1981 at the KAMAZ plant under the name Trud-PRZ. The team played in local tournaments until 1988, when they entered Soviet Second League.
  
  KAMAZ stayed in this league until 1992, when following the collapse of the Soviet Union they were entitled to play in the Russian First League. They won the Centre Zone tournament and were promoted into the Top League.
  
  The best result achieved by KAMAZ in the Top League was a 6th position in 1994. It allowed the club to participate in the Intertoto Cup, where KAMAZ reached the semifinals, defeating München 1860 in the group stage.
  
  KAMAZ stayed in the top flight from 1993 to 1997, when the financial troubles of their owner, KAMAZ plant, forced them into the First Division and into the Second Division a year later. The team played in the Ural Zone of the Second Division from 1999 to 2003, where they earned promotion.
  
  KAMAZ became one of the leaders of the First Division in the 2000s, finishing 4th in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2010 and 3rd in 2005 and 2008. They were relegated back to the third-tier at the end of the 2015–16 season.
  
  On 15 June 2021, the club secured first place in their PFL group and promotion back to FNL.
  
  The club has been known as Trud-PRZ (1981–1987), Torpedo (1988–1989), and KAMAZ-Chally (1995–2000).
  
  The club has won 4 Second Division titles and 1 First Division title.
  
  KAMAZ finished the 2021–22 Russian Football National League in a relegation spot, but was not relegated due to other clubs failing to obtain the 2022–23 season license.
  
  KAMAZ in Europe
  
  1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup
  
  Group 8
  
  Semi-finals (27–28 & 31 July)
  
  FC KAMAZ  2–0, 0–4 En Avant Guingamp
  
  League history
  
  Soviet Union
  
  Russia
  
  Current squad
  As of 14 September 2023, according to the First League website.
  
  Out on loan
  
  Reserve squad
  KAMAZ's reserve squad played professionally as FC KAMAZ-d Naberezhnye Chelny (Russian Second League in 1993, Russian Third League in 1994) and as FC KAMAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny (Russian Third League in 1995–1997).
  
  Notable players
  Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for KAMAZ.
  
  Soviet Union
    Ivan Yaremchuk
       Akhrik Tsveiba
    Anton Bober
    Soslan Dzhanayev
    Vladislav Ignatyev
    Ruslan Nigmatullin
    Andrei Novosadov
    Yevgeni Varlamov
  Armenia
    Barsegh Kirakosyan
  Azerbaijan
    Ruslan İdiqov
  Belarus
    Alyaksandar Lukhvich
    Yuri Shukanov
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 
    Zajko Zeba
  Georgia
    Iuri Gabiskiria
    Revaz Gotsiridze
    Mikheil Jishkariani
  Kazakhstan
    Oleg Kapustnikov
    Maksim Shevchenko
    Sergei Zhunenko
  Lithuania
    Valdemaras Martinkenas
    Aidas Preikšaitis
    Tomas Ražanauskas
    Giedrius Žutautas
  Malawi
    Essau Kanyenda
  Moldova
    Nicolae Josan
    Alexandru Onica
  Jordan
    Badran Al-Shagran
    Adnan Awad
  
  References
  
  External links
  Official website 
  
   
  Association football clubs established in 1981
  KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
  KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
  1981 establishments in Russia