In the 2020–21 Russian Premier League season, Rotor only was able to score 15 goals in 30 games, and finished in 15th place, leading to relegation back to FNL after one season in the top tier. They also were awarded two losses due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the squad. In the 2021–22 Russian Football National League, Rotor finished 18th out of 20 clubs, suffering second consecutive relegation. Honours Leagues Soviet Top League/Russian Premier League (first tier) Runners-up: 2 (1993, 1997) Soviet/Russian First League (second tier) Winners: 2 (1991, 2019–20) Runners-up: 1 (1988) Soviet/Russian Second League (third tier) Winners: 2 (1981, 2011–12) Runners-up: 2 (1979, 1980) Soviet Second League B/Russian Amateur Football League (fourth tier) Winners: 2 (1937, 2015 (Chernozemye Region)) Cups Russian Cup Runners-up: 1 (1995) King's Cup (Thailand) Winner: 1 (1995) Current squad As of 22 February 2023, according to the Second League website. Reserve squad Historical names Traktorostroitel Stalingrad (1929~1936) Dzerzhinets-STZ Stalingrad (1936) Traktor Stalingrad (1937~47) Torpedo Stalingrad (1948~57) Traktor Stalingrad (1958~60) Traktor Volgograd (1961~69) Stal Volgograd (1970~1971) Barrikady Volgograd (1972~1974) Rotor Volgograd (1975~2004) Rotor-2 (2005) Rotor (2006~2009,2010~2014) Rotor Volgograd (2015~2018) Rotor (2018~) Notable players Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Rotor. Russia/USSR Anatoli Zinchenko Oleg Sergeyev Aleksandr Ponomarev Valeri Kleimyonov Igor Lediakhov Evgeni Aldonin Aleksei Bakharev Albert Borzenkov Maksim Buznikin Andrei Chichkin Aleksei Gerasimenko Yevgeni Makeyev Nikolai Olenikov Roman Pavlyuchenko Aleksei Rebko Aleksandr Shmarko Oleg Veretennikov Roman Vorobyov Valeri Yesipov Denis Zubko Armenia Khoren Bayramyan Armen Manucharyan Belarus Dzmitry Kamarowski Andrei Kovalenko Ivan Mayewski Dzmitry Rawneyka Estonia Sergei Pareiko Georgia Giorgi Arabidze Zuriko Davitashvili Solomon Kvirkvelia Beka Mikeltadze Kazakhstan Vitaliy Abramov Yuri Aksenov Valeri Korobkin Andrei Miroshnichenko Vladimir Niederhaus Aleksey Shchotkin Dmitri Shomko Sergei Zhunenko Latvia Ivans Lukjanovs Malawi Essau Kanyenda Moldova Alexandr Covalenco Tajikistan Andrei Manannikov Ukraine Yuri Hudymenko Yuri Kalitvintsev Hennadiy Orbu Ihor Zhabchenko Uzbekistan Vitaliy Denisov Yaroslav Krushelnitskiy Vladimir Radkevich Venezuela Andrés Ponce References External links Fans' website ROTOR Fans History on fan site Rotor's Return: Goals, Ghosts and Stalingrad Association football clubs established in 1929 Football clubs in Russia Sport in Volgograd 1929 establishments in Russia Soviet Top League clubs Works association football clubs in Russia