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.

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]
ManagerFranc Artiga
LeagueRussian Premier League
2023–24Russian First League, 1st of 18 (promoted)
Websitehttp://www.fckhimki.ru/
Current season

History

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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

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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

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As of 12 September 2024, according to the official Premier 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
2 DF   SRB Petar Golubović
3 DF   RUS Irakli Chezhiya
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 FW   RUS Reziuan Mirzov
13 DF   RUS Sergey Terekhov
14 MF   RUS Georgi Dzhikiya
15 DF   VEN Diego Luna (on loan from Baltika Kaliningrad)
17 MF   RUS Ilya Berkovsky
18 MF   RUS Zelimkhan Bakayev (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg)
21 FW   UZB Alisher Odilov
22 MF   COL Robert Mejía (on loan from Once Caldas)
24 DF   PAN Edgardo Fariña
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF   RUS Aleksandr Filin
26 DF   SRB Nemanja Anđelković
27 DF   CIV Cédric Gogoua
32 MF   ARG Lucas Vera
44 GK   RUS Yaroslav Burychenkov
55 MF   BLR Kirill Kaplenko
68 MF   RUS Pavel Malozemov
72 DF   ESP Dani Fernández
77 MF   ESP Álex Corredera
80 MF   RUS Khetag Khosonov
85 DF   RUS Artyom Beskibalny
87 GK   RUS Nikita Kokarev
88 MF   RUS Denis Glushakov
91 FW   RUS Anton Zabolotny
96 GK   RUS Igor Obukhov
97 MF   RUS Butta Magomedov
99 DF   BRA Orinho

Out on loan

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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 Ilya Dyatlov (at Volga Ulyanovsk until 30 June 2025)
DF   RUS Oleg Isayenko (at Baltika Kaliningrad until 30 June 2025)
DF   RUS Stanislav Poroykov (at Tyumen until 30 June 2025)
DF   KAZ Lev Skvortsov (at Shinnik Yaroslavl until 30 June 2025)
DF   BLR Zakhar Volkov (at Arsenal Tula until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   BLR Roman Yuzepchuk (at Sokol Saratov until 30 June 2025)
MF   CIV Boni Amian (at Dinamo Minsk until 31 December 2024)
MF   RUS Timur Kasimov (at Rotor Volgograd until 30 June 2025)
FW   RUS Ilya Porokhov (at Ural Yekaterinburg until 30 June 2025)

Reserve team

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Notable players

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

Club records

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As of 3 August 2010

Most league appearances for Khimki

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  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

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  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

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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

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Honours

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References

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  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. ^ "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. ^ ""Химки" вылетели из РПЛ после трех сезонов в лиге" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 22 May 2023.
  5. ^ ""Динамо" Махачкала впервые сыграет в РПЛ. "Химки" вернулись в высший дивизион" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 20 May 2024.
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