Ural Football Club: Squad, History and 2026 Profile

Ural

Ural is a Russian football club from Yekaterinburg, founded in 1930 and identified with the orange-and-black colors of the Urals. The club’s team page brings together its latest recorded 30-player squad, coaching timeline, recent movement, competition history and enduring club profile. Sergey Tomarov is the recorded current coach, while the competition record spans domestic league and cup football, friendlies and earlier Premier League participation. Its story also includes the long Uralmash tradition and the historic Ekaterinburg Arena.

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Xtra rating
1496
Conservative: 915
Rank club
1004
Updated: 10 September 2026

Ural Upcoming matches by league

First League

  • - Regular Season - 12
    FK Neftekhimik
    Ural
  • - Regular Season - 7
    Spartak Kostroma
    Ural
  • - Regular Season - 13
    Ural
    No H2H
    Veles
  • - Regular Season - 14
    Ural
    No H2H
    Nizhny Novgorod

Ural Last matches by league

First League

  • - Regular Season - 11
    Shinnik Yaroslavl
    Ural
  • - Regular Season - 10
    Ural
    KAMAZ
  • - Regular Season - 9
    Arsenal Tula
    Ural
    Stadion Arsenal
  • - Regular Season - 8
    Ural
    Tekstilshchik

Cup

  • - Regions Path - Quarter-finals
    Luki-Energiya
    Ural
  • - Regions Path - Semi-finals
    Fakel
    Ural
  • - Regions Path - 4th Round
    PSK Dinskaya
    Ural
  • - Regions Path - Semi-finals - 1st Round
    Spartak Moscow
    Ural
    Lukoil Arena

Friendlies Clubs

  • - Club Friendlies
    Ural
    Chelyabinsk
  • - Club Friendlies
    Ural
    Akron
  • - Club Friendlies
    Ural
    Dynamo
  • - Club Friendlies
    Ural
    Yunnan Yukun

Premier League

  • - Final
    Makhachkala
    Ural
  • - Final
    Ural
    Makhachkala
  • - Relegation Round
    Akhmat
    Ural
    Akhmat Arena
  • - Relegation Round
    Ural
    Akhmat
    Ekaterinburg Arena

Ural Team Roster

Ural’s latest squad lists 30 players, with the greatest depth in defence and midfield. The roster comprises four attackers, 12 defenders, 11 midfielders and three goalkeepers. The attacking group includes D. Bokov, M. Sekulić and V. Nem, while Artem Mamin, S. Begić, Ítalo and V. Karapuzov are among the named defensive options. Midfield choices include F. Sungatulin, I. Ishkov, K. Bayramyan, Léo Cordeiro and Vitaliy Bondarev. A. Selikhov, I. Kuznetsov and Y. Maleev form the goalkeeper unit. Together, these groups show a defence-and-midfield-heavy roster with three goalkeeper options. The list is current.

position Goalkeeper

57 Aleksandr Selikhov
67
86 Ivan Kuznetsov
Ivan Kuznetsov
GK Russia

position Defender

2 Silvije Begić
Silvije Begić
DEF Bosnia-Herzegovina
5 Vitali Stezhko
Vitali Stezhko
DEF Russia
11
15 Dmitri Tikhiy
Dmitri Tikhiy
DEF Russia
17 Vladislav Karapuzov
24 Aleksandr Korotkov
35 Dmitri Prishchepa
Dmitri Prishchepa
DEF Belarus
43
44 Vladislav Malkevich
46 Artem Mamin
Artem Mamin
DEF Russia

position Midfielder

6 Fanil Sungatulin
Fanil Sungatulin
MID Russia
18 Nikita Morozov
Nikita Morozov
MID Russia
19 Khoren Bayramyan
Khoren Bayramyan
MID Armenia
37 Vitali Bondarev
Vitali Bondarev
MID Russia
40 Nikita Khrisanfov
Nikita Khrisanfov
MID Russia
59 Evgeni Kharin
Evgeni Kharin
MID Estonia
74 Dmitri Kiselev
Dmitri Kiselev
MID Russia
97 Ilya Ishkov
Ilya Ishkov
MID Russia

position Attacker

10 Martin Sekulić
Martin Sekulić
FWD Croatia
11 Denis Bokov
Denis Bokov
FWD Russia
62 Pavel Satuchin
Pavel Satuchin
FWD Russia
76
V. Nem
FWD

Last Ural Coachs

Sergey Tomarov is Ural’s current head coach, having started the role on 1 March 2025. The Russian coach followed Evgeni Averyanov, who was in charge from May to November 2024, and Belarusian Viktor Goncharenko, whose tenure ran from August 2022 to May 2024. Earlier entries place Igor Shalimov in charge from August 2021 to August 2022 and Yuri Matveev from July 2020 to August 2021. This sequence gives the club a clearly documented managerial timeline across six years.

Sergey Tomarov

Sergey Tomarov

Russia
Coach since 1 March 2025
Coach until
History
Coach Coach country Coach since Coach until
Sergey Tomarov Russia 1 March 2025
Evgeni Averyanov Russia 1 May 2024 1 November 2024
Viktor Goncharenko Belarus 1 August 2022 1 May 2024
Igor Shalimov Russia 1 August 2021 1 August 2022
Yuri Matveev Russia 1 July 2020 1 August 2021
Dmitri Parfenov Ukraine 1 May 2018 1 July 2020
Aleksandr Tarkhanov Kazakhstan 1 November 2016 1 May 2018
Vadim Skripchenko Belarus 1 September 2015 1 November 2016
Viktor Goncharenko Belarus 1 June 2015 1 September 2015
Aleksandr Tarkhanov Kazakhstan 1 November 2013 1 June 2015
Oleg Vasilenko Russia 1 August 2013 1 November 2013
Pavel Gusev Ukraine 1 August 2012 1 August 2013
Sergey Bulatov Russia 6 April 2012 8 August 2012
Aleksandr Pobegalov Russia 1 December 2011 1 April 2012
Yuri Matveev Russia 1 May 2011 1 December 2011
Dmitry Ogay Kazakhstan 1 December 2010 1 May 2011
Vladimir Fedotov Russia 1 July 2009 1 May 2010

Ural Transfers

Ural’s listed arrivals include B. Fourrier from Septemvri Sofia in a recorded transfer, while D. Tikhiy, K. Bayramyan, A. Korotkov, R. Shoronov and I. Skoropupov joined as free agents. Loans brought D. Bokov, E. Bogomolskiy, D. Ivanisenya and V. Karapuzov, with M. Bardachev and Gonçalo Almeida also appearing in the movement record through loan-related entries. Almeida is additionally listed as a free transfer in August 2025. Other returns include D. Burkin and V. Bocherov. The entries describe varied recruitment routes, not a complete season total.

Latest player transfers from
Player Team from Transfer type Transfer date
Gonçalo Almeida
Pyunik Yerevan
Return from loan 29 August 2026
B. Fourrier
Septemvri Sofia
Transfer 26 July 2026
B. Fourrier
Septemvri Sofia
Transfer 25 July 2026
A. Korotkov
Rotor Volgograd
Free agent 30 June 2026
D. Bokov
Dynamo
Loan 30 June 2026
K. Bayramyan
FC Rostov
Free agent 30 June 2026
D. Tikhiy
Volga Ulyanovsk
Free agent 30 June 2026
Gonçalo Almeida
Pyunik Yerevan
Return from loan 29 June 2026
R. Shoronov
Amkar
Free agent 7 April 2026
N. Khrisanfov
FC Slutsk
Free agent 23 March 2026
D. Burkin
Veles
Return from loan 16 February 2026
E. Bogomolskiy
Zira
Loan 16 February 2026
2Drots
Free agent 15 February 2026
D. Ivanisenya
Krylia Sovetov
Loan 11 February 2026
V. Karapuzov
Nizhny Novgorod
Loan 11 September 2025

The listed departures include D. Ivanisenya returning to Krylia Sovetov, along with loan returns involving M. Bardachev, V. Karapuzov and E. Bogomolskiy. Aleksey Mamin left on loan for Volgar Astrakhan, while Gonçalo Almeida moved to Pyunik Yerevan on loan. Several players departed as free agents, including T. Ayupov, M. Oparin, V. Bocherov, D. Latykhov, D. Miškić, S. Loskutov, N. Khrisanfov and N. Alekseev. Transfer departures are recorded for Y. Zheleznov, Maksym Voronov and A. Kashtanov, with other entries carrying no stated movement type. This is a listed set, not a complete departures total.

Latest player transfers to
Player Team to Transfer type Transfer date
E. Mosin
Ska-khabarovsk
Loan 10 August 2026
Y. Zheleznov
Akron
Transfer 15 July 2026
D. Ivanisenya
Krylia Sovetov
Return from loan 15 July 2026
Y. Zheleznov
Akron
Transfer 14 July 2026
Aleksey Mamin
Volgar Astrakhan
Loan 9 July 2026
M. Oparin
Enisey
Free agent 30 June 2026
T. Ayupov
Rotor Volgograd
Free agent 30 June 2026
E. Bogomolskiy
Zira
Return from loan 29 June 2026
V. Karapuzov
Nizhny Novgorod
Return from loan 29 June 2026
M. Bardachev
Zenit
Return from loan 29 June 2026
D. Ivanisenya
Krylia Sovetov
Return from loan 29 June 2026
Gonçalo Almeida
Pyunik Yerevan
Loan 23 February 2026
Mashuk-KMV
- 18 February 2026
D. Burkin
Dinamo Vladivostok
- 17 February 2026
V. Bocherov
ML Vitebsk
Free agent 4 February 2026

Transfers Synthesis

Ural’s movement record shows a squad reshaping built from several mechanisms rather than one dominant route. The arrival side combines a direct transfer for B. Fourrier with free-agent additions such as D. Tikhiy, K. Bayramyan, A. Korotkov and I. Skoropupov. Loans and returns from loan also feature prominently, including D. Bokov, E. Bogomolskiy, D. Burkin, D. Ivanisenya and V. Karapuzov, while the record includes earlier free transfers for Léo Cordeiro and E. Kharin. Departures similarly mix loan conclusions, free-agent moves and transfers. Recent exits include returns affecting M. Bardachev, V. Karapuzov and E. Bogomolskiy, loans for Aleksey Mamin and Gonçalo Almeida, and transfers involving Y. Zheleznov, Maksym Voronov and A. Kashtanov. The recent movement listed here is not a complete transfer history, so it shows changing squad pathways without establishing a complete net balance or transfer strategy.

Leagues Ural has participated in

Ural’s competition record spans the Cup, First League, club friendlies and Premier League. Cup participation is recorded from 2019 through 2025, while First League entries run from 2024 through 2025; both have participation recorded as recently as 2025. Club friendlies are recorded from 2020 through 2025 and likewise have participation as recent as 2025. Premier League participation runs from 2016 through 2024 and is presented as historical rather than current in this profile. The record therefore captures Ural’s recent First League context and earlier Premier League presence, alongside domestic cup and friendly fixtures.

More about Ural

Ural is a football club from Yekaterinburg in Russia’s Sverdlovsk Oblast, founded in 1930. The club’s regional identity reflects the wider Urals, a major industrial area between Europe and Asia, and its traditional orange-and-black colors underpin the familiar Bumblebees nickname. Ural is also known as Uraltsy, or the Ural Men. Those visual traditions connect the team with the region’s industrial and metallurgical character without reducing its identity to a single era. The club plays at Ekaterinburg Arena, also known as Central Stadium. The venue stands in the heart of Yekaterinburg near the geographical boundary between Europe and Asia. Its protected historical façade and grand Stalinist neoclassical design were retained alongside a modern seating bowl, giving Ural a home that combines civic architecture with contemporary football infrastructure. The stadium’s location reinforces the club’s role as a prominent sporting institution in the city and Sverdlovsk Oblast. Ural’s history includes earlier names such as Avangard, Zenit, Mashinostroitel and Uralmash. The Uralmash period was closely associated with the heavy-machinery industrial plant, while the regional name Ural was adopted in 2003. This continuity places the modern club within a long local football tradition rather than presenting it as a recent creation. The team has spent substantial periods in Russia’s top flight, reached deep stages of domestic cup competition and appeared in historical European qualification pathways, including the Intertoto Cup era. The club is regionally supported and closely linked with Sverdlovsk Oblast, a governance model that gives it a civic foundation. Its football culture has traditionally favored disciplined organization, physical resilience and practical management, balanced by selective overseas recruitment and pathways for regional youth. Ural’s recorded competitions include the Cup, First League, club friendlies and an earlier Premier League spell, while the current squad and coaching structure carry that long regional identity into the latest phase of the club’s story.

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Shinnik Yaroslavl vs Ural
First League 2026 - 1577529
Luki-Energiya vs Ural
Cup 2026 - 1635899
Ural vs KAMAZ
First League 2026 - 1577520
Ural vs Tekstilshchik
First League 2026 - 1577502
Leningradets vs Ural
First League 2026 - 1577452
Dinamo Makhachkala vs Ural
Premier League 2025 - 1545416