FC Chertanovo Moscow (russian: «Чертаново» (Москва)) is a Russian professional

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club based in

Chertanovo Chertanovo (russian: Чертаново) is a housing area in the Southern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. The name derives from Chertanovo village first mentioned in 1665. The territory became part of Moscow in 1960. The area is 21,3&n ...

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who play in the

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Division B, the fourth tier of Russian football. It is the senior team of the Chertanovo Football Academy.

History

They played professionally from 1993 to 1997 before dropping into the amateur leagues and then returning to the professional leagues, the

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(3rd tier) in the 2014–15 season. The club won the West zone of the PFL in the 2017–18 season and was promoted to the second-tier Russian Football National League for the first time in their history ahead of the 2018–19 season. In 2019–20, during their second season in the second division, the campaign was cut short by the

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, with the final table showing them in third place, one spot and one point below the promotion zone with more than 10 matches left to play. Before the 2020–21 season, Chertanovo's head coach

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and 8 leading players transferred to PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara. As a consequence, Chertanovo finished second from the bottom in the season and was relegated back to PFL. Meanwhile, Krylia Sovetov won the FNL season and were promoted back to Russian Premier League and also reached the final of the

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. The transfers to Krylia Sovetov continued in the consequent seasons. Several players who moved from Chertanovo to Krylia Sovetov were later called up to the

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, including

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Anton Zinkovsky Anton Alekseyevich Zinkovsky (russian: Антон Алексеевич Зиньковский; born 14 April 1996) is a Russian association football, football player who plays as a left winger for FC Spartak Moscow and the Russia national footba ...

Maksim Glushenkov Maksim Aleksandrovich Glushenkov (russian: Максим Александрович Глушенков; born 28 July 1999) is a Russian football player who plays for FC Lokomotiv Moscow and the Russia national team. He plays as a right winger or ...

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, Roman Yezhov,

Sergei Pinyayev Sergei Maksimovich Pinyayev (russian: Сергей Максимович Пиняев; born 2 November 2004) is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Lokomotiv Moscow and Russia national team. He mostly plays as a left winger, but is ...

, Aleksandr Kovalenko and Yuri Gorshkov.

Team name history

* 1993: FC SUO Moscow * 1994–present: FC Chertanovo Moscow

Current squad

As of 2 July 2024, according to th
Second League website

Reserve team

External links

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Team history
at Footballfacts
FC Chertanovo
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