 In early March 2000 in press media appeared information that the club may cease its operations because the Professional Football League of Ukraine received a letter from the club's president Serhiy Kharhenko which informed that the team is withdrawing from the 1999–2000 season due to lack of financing.The club returned to the Ukrainian Second League in 2002 and 2003, but was relegated to the amateur league thereafter.FC Torpedo Zaporizhya played its games at the AutoZAZ Stadium with maximum capacity of 15,000.