FC Khimki (Russian: ФК Химки) is a Russian professional football club based in Khimki. The club returned to the Russian Premier League in the 2020–21 season.[3] It will return to the second-tier Russian First League for the 2023–24 season.[4]

Khimki
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Full nameCity District Khimki Municipality's Autonomous Institution "Football Club Khimki"[1]
Nickname(s)Krasno-chyornye (The Red-Blacks)
Founded1997; 26 years ago (1997)
GroundArena Khimki
Capacity18,636
OwnerKhimki
ChairmanNikolay Olenev[2]
ManagerAndrei Talalaev
LeagueRussian Premier League[3]
2021–2213th of 16
WebsiteClub website
Current season

HistoryEdit

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]

League historyEdit

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 squadEdit

As of 31 March 2023, according to the official RPL 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   GEO Irakli Chezhiya
4 DF   NGA Brian Idowu
5 DF   SRB Nikola Antić
7 FW   RUS Ilya Sadygov
9 FW   RUS Aleksandr Rudenko
10 FW   RUS Aleksandr Dolgov
11 FW   BRA Marcos Guilherme
15 MF   RUS Vladimir Khubulov (on loan from Krylia Sovetov)
16 MF   GNB Janio Bikel
17 DF   URU Cristian Tassano
18 MF   RUS David Kobesov (on loan from Pari NN)
19 DF   RUS Artur Chyorny
20 MF   SRB Nemanja Glavčić
22 DF   KAZ Lev Skvortsov
23 DF   SRB Stefan Melentijević
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF   RUS Artyom Yuran
27 FW   RUS Said-Ali Akhmayev
28 MF   RUS Georgy Karginov
33 GK   RUS Vitali Gudiyev
36 MF   RUS Ismail Dibirov
37 MF   RUS Dmitry Malykhin
42 MF   CIV Roman Mory Gbane (on loan from BSK Bijelo Brdo)
50 DF   RUS Vitali Lystsov
63 MF   RUS Danil Kazantsev
66 DF   BRA Léo Andrade
77 MF   RUS Reziuan Mirzov
79 MF   RUS Sergey Gorshkov
80 MF   BUL Lachezar Kotev
84 FW   RUS Dzhambulat Dulayev
88 FW   RUS Denis Davydov
97 MF   RUS Butta Magomedov
99 MF   RUS Ayaz Guliyev

Out on loanEdit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   RUS Kirill Bolshakov (at Arsenal Tula until 30 May 2023)
DF   SWE Filip Dagerstål (at Lech Poznań until 30 June 2023)
DF   RUS Valentin Paltsev (at KAMAZ until 30 May 2023)
MF   ARM David Davidyan (at Pyunik until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   RUS Danila Yanov (at SKA-Khabarovsk until 30 May 2023)
FW   SUI Kemal Ademi (at Sandhausen until 30 June 2023)
FW   ARM Arshak Koryan (at Alania Vladikavkaz until 30 May 2023)
DF   RUS Maksim Zhumabekov (at Slavia Mozyr until 31 December 2023)

Reserve teamEdit

Notable playersEdit

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

Club recordsEdit

As of 3 August 2010

Most league appearances for KhimkiEdit

  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 KhimkiEdit

  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 staffEdit

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

ManagersEdit

HonoursEdit

Winners: 2006
Winners: 2000 (Centre), 2015–16 (West)

ReferencesEdit

  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 c "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.
  4. ^ a b "«Химки» вылетели из РПЛ после трех сезонов в лиге" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 22 May 2023.

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