FC Khimki
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| Full name | City District Khimki Municipality's Autonomous Institution "Football Club Khimki"[1] | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Krasno-chyornye (The Red-Blacks) | |||
| Founded | 1997 | |||
| Ground | Arena Khimki | |||
| Capacity | 18,636 | |||
| Owner | Khimki | |||
| Chairman | Nikolay Olenev[2] | |||
| Manager | Franc Artiga | |||
| League | Russian Premier League | |||
| 2023–24 | Russian First League, 1st of 18 (promoted) | |||
| Website | http://www.fckhimki.ru/ | |||
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FC Khimki (Russian: ФК "Химки") is a Russian professional football club based in Khimki. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2024–25 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.[3]
On 22 May 2023, Khimki were relegated from the Russian Premier League after three seasons.[4]
On 20 May 2024, Khimki secured return to the top tier after one season down.[5]
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 12 September 2024, according to the official Premier League website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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.
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Club records
[edit]As of 3 August 2010[update]
Most league appearances for Khimki
[edit]- Miodrag Jovanović: 224
- Roman Berezovsky: 175
- Nikolai Barkalov: 164
- Sergei Kravchuk: 145
- Aleksandr Shulenin: 140
- Andrey Tikhonov: 124
- Aleksandr Makarov: 119
- Aleksandr Shvetsov: 116
- Igor Nekrasov: 115
- Sergei Shcheglov: 112
Most league goals for Khimki
[edit]- Sergei Kravchuk: 46
- Andrey Tikhonov: 43
- Yuri Georgiyevsky: 30
- Konstantin Genich: 29
- Nikolai Kovardayev: 27
- Vadim Shatalin: 23
- Aleksandr Antipenko: 20
- Denis Kiselyov: 18
- Anton Arkhipov: 16
Coaching staff
[edit]| Position | Staff |
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| First-Team Manager |  Spartak Gogniyev
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| First-Team Assistant Manager | Dmitri Vyazmikin Andrey Shatov
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| First-Team Coach |  Branimir Petrović
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| Goalkeeper Coach | Aleksandr Guteev
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| Fitness Coach | Evgeniy Bondarenko
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| Doctor | Nikita Konovalov
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| Masseur | Aleksey Lyashchenko
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Managers
[edit]- Vladimir Shtapov (1996–97)
- Igor Bychkov (1997, interim)
- Ravil Sabitov (1997–99), (2001–02)
- Alexandr Piskarev (2000)
- Viktor Papayev (2000)
- Aleksei Petrushin (2001)
- Sergey Derkach (2002–03)
- Dmitry Galyamin (2003)
- Vasily Kulkov (2004)
- Vladimir Shevchuk (2004)
- Pavel Yakovenko (2004–05)
- Vladimir Kazachyonok (2006–07)
- Slavoljub Muslin (2007–08)
- Sergei Yuran (2008)
- Konstantin Sarsania (2009)
- Igor Chugainov (2009)
- Alexander Tarkhanov (2009–10)
- Oleg Dolmatov (2011–12)
- Alexander Tarkhanov (2012)
- Valeriy Petrakov (2012–13)
- Alexander Tarkhanov (2013)
- Vladimir Mukhanov (2013–14)
- Vladimir Maminov (2014–15)
- Vadim Khafizov (2015–16)
- Aleksandr Irkhin (2016–18)
- Igor Shalimov (2018–19)
- Andrei Talalayev (2019–20)
- Sergei Yuran (2020)
- Dmitri Gunko (2020)
- Igor Cherevchenko (2020–Now)
Honours
[edit]- Russian National Football League
- Winners: 2006
- Russian Professional Football League
- Winners: 2000 (Centre), 2015–16 (West)
References
[edit]- ^ Official Russian Premier League website Archived 26 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Заместитель министра спорта Московской области Оленев стал генеральным директором "Химок"" (in Russian). championat.com. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ ""Химки" вылетели из РПЛ после трех сезонов в лиге" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 22 May 2023.
- ^ ""Динамо" Махачкала впервые сыграет в РПЛ. "Химки" вернулись в высший дивизион" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 20 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Russian)
- History at KLISF
- The official fan club (in Russian)