Description Available in: FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil (Russian: ФК «Уралец» Нижний Тагил) is a Russian football team from Nizhny Tagil. It played professionally from 1946 to 1949 and 1958 to 2006. The highest level it ever achieved was the second-highest (Soviet First League and Russian First Division), where it played in 1947–1949, 1958–1962 and 1992–1993. The team was called Dzerzhinets Nizhny Tagil (1946–1957) and Metallurg Nizhny Tagil (1958–1961)