FC Khimki (Russian: ФК "Химки") is a Russian professional football club based in Khimki. It returned to the second-tier Russian First League for the 2023–24 season.[3]

Khimki
Full nameCity District Khimki Municipality's Autonomous Institution "Football Club Khimki"[1]
Nickname(s)Krasno-chyornye (The Red-Blacks)
Founded1997; 27 years ago (1997)
GroundArena Khimki
Capacity18,636
OwnerKhimki
ChairmanNikolay Olenev[2]
ManagerAndrei Talalaev
LeagueRussian First League
2022–23Russian Premier League, 15th of 16 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

History edit

The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on 17 May 1997. Of more than 150 amateur teams in the competition, only the champions would be promoted to the Third League. Khimki won the tournament, overcoming Energiya Ulyanovsk in the final match in a penalty shootout.[citation needed]

On 30 January 1997, Khimki became a professional football club. In the Third League regional tournament, Khimki finished second and were promoted to the Second League.[citation needed]

Khimki were promoted to the First Division after the 2000 season. They finished first in the Centre zone of the Second Division, but lost the promotion play-off to Severstal Cherepovets on away goals. After Severstal refused to play in the First Division, their place was given to Khimki.[citation needed]

In 2005, Khimki had a very good run in the Russian Cup, reaching the final. They lost the final match 0–1 to CSKA.[citation needed] In the 2019–20 Russian Cup, they reached the final once again.[citation needed]

On 15 May 2020, FNL season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. As the club was in the 2nd position in the standings, they were promoted to the Russian Premier League for the 2020–21 season, returning to the top level after an 11-year break.[4]

On 22 May 2023, Khimki were relegated from the Russian Premier League after three seasons.[3]

League history edit

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Top Scorer
(League)
Head Coach
1997 4th, Zone 3 2 40 26 6 8 80 38 84 -   Kravchuk – 17   Shtapov
1998 3rd, "West" 10 40 15 8 17 63 60 53 -   Georgievsky – 11   Dementyev
  Bychkov
  Sabitov
1999 3rd, "Centre" 6 36 17 11 8 51 35 62 R256   Khamzin – 11   Sabitov
  Kots
2000 1 38 28 4 6 68 22 88 R64   Genich – 18   Piskaryov
  Papaev
2001 2nd 12 34 13 4 17 42 54 43 R32   Shcheglov – 5
  Voronkov – 5
  Kovardayev – 5
  Petrushin
  Sabitov
2002 7 34 14 10 10 38 27 52 R32   Kovardayev – 6   Sabitov
  Derkach
2003 12 42 16 9 17 36 46 57 QF   Kiselyov – 15   Derkach
  Galyamin
2004 5 42 17 10 15 39 33 61 R32   Pogrebnyak – 6   Shevchuk
  Yakovenko
2005 4 42 23 13 6 75 36 82 RU   Tikhonov – 15   Yakovenko
2006 1 42 30 9 3 83 30 99 R64   Tikhonov – 22   Kazachyonok
2007 1st 9 30 9 10 11 32 33 37 R32   Shirokov – 7   Muslin
2008 14 30 6 9 15 34 54 27 R16   Nizamutdinov – 9   Yuran
2009 16 30 2 4 24 20 64 10 R32   Antipenko – 6   Sarsaniya
  Chugainov
2010 2nd 13 38 11 17 10 39 38 50 R32   Yusupov – 7
  Dudchenko – 7
  Tarkhanov
  Bushmanov
2011–12 13 48 16 11 21 54 74 59 R32   Mamtov – 10   Grigoryan
  Dolmatov
  Tarkhanov
2012–13 16 32 6 10 16 23 40 28 R16   Komkov – 3
  Khatazhyonkov – 3
  Tarkhanov
  Tetradze
  Petrakov
2013–14 3rd, "West" 3 32 16 10 6 67 37 58 R64   Antonnikov – 9
  Zemchenkov – 9
  Tarkhanov
  Mukhanov
  Gridin
2014–15 4 30 15 9 6 42 27 54 R256   Lipatkin – 6     Maminov
2015–16 1 24 19 5 0 49 12 62 R16     Markosov – 11   Khafizov
2016–17 2nd 11 38 11 16 11 40 47 49 R32   Kazaev – 8   Irkhin
2017–18 13 38 12 7 19 33 49 43 R64   Kuzmichev – 7   Irkhin
2018–19 9 38 14 11 13 47 49 53 R32   Kukharchuk – 10   Shalimov
2019–20 2 27 16 6 5 50 19 54 RU     Aliyev – 8   Yuran
2020–21 1st 8 30 13 6 11 35 39 45 R16   Mirzov – 6   Yuran
2021–22 1st 13 30 7 11 12 34 47 32 GS   Glushakov – 10   Cherevchenko

Current squad edit

As of 14 March 2024, according to the official First League website.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   RUS Anton Mitryushkin
2 DF   SRB Petar Golubović
3 DF   RUS Irakli Chezhiya
4 DF   RUS Oleg Isayenko
5 DF   RUS Danil Stepanov
6 DF   SRB Stefan Melentijević
7 FW   RUS Ilya Sadygov
8 FW   RUS Kirill Panchenko
9 FW   RUS Aleksandr Rudenko
10 MF   NGA Saminu Abdullahi
11 MF   ARM Arshak Koryan
17 MF   RUS Ilya Berkovski (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
19 MF   RUS Aleksey Larin
20 FW   RUS Vladislav Yakovlev (on loan from CSKA Moscow)
21 DF   RUS Amir Mokhammad
22 DF   KAZ Lev Skvortsov
23 DF   BLR Zakhar Volkov
24 DF   RUS Stanislav Poroykov
27 DF   RUS Yuri Zhuravlyov (on loan from Torpedo Moscow)
31 MF   RUS Timur Kasimov
32 MF   RUS Artyom Kulishev
33 GK   RUS Ivan Pavlov
35 GK   RUS Martin Khomich
37 MF   RUS Aleksandr Kormushin
39 DF   RUS Dmitry Safronov
41 MF   RUS David Bekoyev
44 GK   RUS Yaroslav Burychenkov
No. Pos. Nation Player
47 DF   RUS Rasul Guseynov
48 GK   RUS Mikhail Dorokhin
49 DF   RUS Ilya Dyatlov
51 GK   RUS Gleb Gusev
52 MF   RUS Ravil Netfullin
59 DF   RUS Mikhail Kozin
61 FW   RUS Kamaldi Dazayev
66 DF   BRA Léo Andrade
67 DF   RUS Sergey Varatynov
68 MF   RUS Pavel Malozemov
69 FW   RUS Aleksandr Goryachkin
70 MF   RUS Ruslan Ozdoyev
71 DF   RUS Vladimir Shishnin
74 FW   RUS Artyom Anoshin
75 DF   RUS Nikita Gavrilin
76 MF   RUS Maksim Gavrilov
77 DF   BLR Roman Yuzepchuk
78 MF   RUS Magomet Tsoloyev
80 MF   RUS Khetag Khosonov
81 MF   RUS Danil Slobodyan
83 FW   RUS Fyodor Subbotin
91 DF   RUS Oleg Dzantiyev
95 FW   RUS Aleksandr Mukhin
96 GK   RUS Igor Obukhov
97 MF   RUS Butta Magomedov
98 DF   RUS Sergey Terekhov

Out on loan edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   RUS Ilya Tuseyev (at Leon Saturn until 31 December 2024)
DF   RUS Artyom Beskibalny (at Dynamo-2 Moscow until 30 June 2024)
DF   RUS Artur Chyorny (at Zenit-2 St. Petersburg until 30 June 2024)
DF   URU Cristian Tassano (at Torreense until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   CIV Boni Amian (at Dnepr Mogilev until 31 December 2024)
MF   ARM Petros Avetisyan (at Ararat-Armenia until 30 June 2024)
MF   BUL Lachezar Kotev (at Arda Kardzhali until 30 June 2024)
MF   RUS Danila Yanov (at Murom until 30 June 2024)

Reserve team edit

Notable players edit

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Khimki.

Club records edit

As of 3 August 2010

Most league appearances for Khimki edit

  1.   Miodrag Jovanović: 224
  2.   Roman Berezovsky: 175
  3.   Nikolai Barkalov: 164
  4.   Sergei Kravchuk: 145
  5.   Aleksandr Shulenin: 140
  6.   Andrey Tikhonov: 124
  7.   Aleksandr Makarov: 119
  8.   Aleksandr Shvetsov: 116
  9.   Igor Nekrasov: 115
  10.     Sergei Shcheglov: 112

Most league goals for Khimki edit

  1. Sergei Kravchuk: 46
  2. Andrey Tikhonov: 43
  3. Yuri Georgiyevsky: 30
  4. Konstantin Genich: 29
  5. Nikolai Kovardayev: 27
  6. Vadim Shatalin: 23
  7. Aleksandr Antipenko: 20
  8. Denis Kiselyov: 18
  9. Anton Arkhipov: 16

Coaching staff edit

Position Staff
First-Team Manager   Spartak Gogniyev
First-Team Assistant Manager   Dmitri Vyazmikin
  Andrey Shatov
First-Team Coach   Branimir Petrović
Goalkeeper Coach   Aleksandr Guteev
Fitness Coach   Evgeniy Bondarenko
Doctor   Nikita Konovalov
Masseur   Aleksey Lyashchenko

Managers edit

Honours edit

References edit

  1. ^ Official Russian Premier League website Archived 26 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Заместитель министра спорта Московской области Оленев стал генеральным директором "Химок"" (in Russian). championat.com. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b ""Химки" вылетели из РПЛ после трех сезонов в лиге" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 22 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Исполком РФС утвердил итоги Олимп-Первенства ФНЛ-2019/20. "Ротор" и "Химки" выходят в Тинькофф-РПЛ" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 15 May 2020.

External links edit