FC Khimki (russian: ФК Химки) is a Russian professional football club based in

Khimki Khimki ( rus, Химки, p=ˈxʲimkʲɪ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, 18.25 kilometres northwest of central Moscow, and immediately beyond the Moscow city boundary. History Origins and formation Khimki was initially a railway station tha ...

. The club returned to the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

in the 2020–21 season.

History

The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from

, 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. 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. 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. In 2005, Khimki had a very good run in the Russian Cup, reaching the final. They lost the final match 0–1 to CSKA. In the

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, they reached the final once again. On 15 May 2020, FNL season was abandoned due to the

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. As the club was in the 2nd position in the standings, they were promoted to the

for the 2020–21 season, returning to the top level after an 11-year break.

League history

Current squad

Out on loan

Reserve team

Notable players

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

Vladimir Beschastnykh Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh ( rus, Влади́мир Евге́ньевич Бесча́стных, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪvʲɪdʑ bʲɪˈɕːasnɨx; born 1 April 1974) is a Russian football manager and a former player who ...

Viktor Budyanskiy Viktor Igorevich Budyansky (or Romanization as Boudianski (russian: Виктор Игоревич Будянский, born 12 January 1984) is a retired association footballer who played as a midfielder. He last played for Italian club Udinese. ...

Aleksei Bugayev Aleksei Ivanovich Bugayev (russian: Алексей Иванович Бугаев; born 25 August 1981) is a former association footballer who played defender. Bugayev has previously played for FC Tom' Tomsk, Torpedo Moscow and Lokomotiv Mosc ...

Andrei Chichkin Andrei Grigoryevich Chickin (russian: Андрей Григорьевич Чичкин; born 12 October 1977) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He played as a goalkeeper. He works as goalkeeping coach with FC Mordovia Saransk. In ...

* Yuri Drozdov *

Denis Glushakov Denis Borisovich Glushakov (russian: Денис Борисович Глушаков; born 27 January 1987) is a Russian international footballer who plays for Khimki and the Russian national team as a defensive midfielder and box-to-box midfield ...

* Maksim Glushenkov * Valeri Kleimyonov * Andrei Kondrashov *

Fyodor Kudryashov Fyodor Vasilievich Kudryashov ( rus, Фёдор Васильевич Кудряшов, p=ˈfʲɵdər vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kʊdrʲɪˈʂof; born 5 April 1987) is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Antalyaspor and th ...

* Arseniy Logashov *

Ilya Maksimov Ilya Vladimirovich Maksimov (russian: Илья Владимирович Максимов; born 2 February 1987) is a Russian former football central midfielder. International career On 11 March 2016, he was called up to the Russia national foot ...

* Pavel Mamayev *

Pavel Mogilevets Pavel Sergeyevich Mogilevets (russian: Павел Сергеевич Могилевец; born 25 January 1993) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as central midfielder for Uzbekistan Super League club Bunyodkor. Club career He made ...

Andrei Mostovoy Andrei Andreyevich Mostovoy (russian: Андрей Андреевич Мостовой; born 5 November 1997) is a Russian professional footballer who plays for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Russia national team. He mostly plays as a left w ...

* Elmir Nabiullin * Sergei Nekrasov *

Pavel Pogrebnyak Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak (russian: Па́вел Ви́кторович Погребня́к ; born 8 November 1983) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Moscow, Pogrebnyak began his career at Spart ...

* Denis Popov *

Igor Portnyagin Igor Igorevich Portnyagin (russian: Игорь Игоревич Портнягин; born 7 January 1989) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career He made his debut for the senior squad of FC Rubin Kazan o ...

Aleksandr Ryazantsev Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Ryazantsev (russian: Александр Александрович Рязанцев, born 5 September 1986) is a Russian footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for FC Torpedo Moscow. He scored the firs ...

Roman Shirokov Roman Nikolayevich Shirokov (russian: Роман Николаевич Широ́ков ; born 6 July 1981) is a Russian international football official and a former player. As a player, he was described as "a deep-lying midfielder with an aptitu ...

* Sergei Terekhov *

Andrey Tikhonov Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov (russian: Андрей Валерьевич Тихонов; born 16 October 1970) is a Russian football manager and a former midfielder who was recently the manager of Kazakhstani club Astana. Tikhonov is primarily ...

Yegor Titov Yegor Ilyich Titov (; born 29 May 1976) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He was a goal scoring midfielder who usually played in "the hole" between the midfield and attack, as an attacking midfielder. ...

* Roman Vorobyov *

Renat Yanbayev Renat Rudolfovich Yanbayev (russian: Ренат Рудольфович Янбаев, tt-Cyrl, Ренат Рудольф улы Янбаев; born 7 April 1984) is a Russian association football official and a Defender (association football)#Fu ...

* Andrey Yeshchenko * Artur Yusupov *

Yuri Zhirkov Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov ( rus, Ю́рий Валенти́нович Жирко́в, p=ˈjʉrʲɪj vəlʲɪnˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ʐɨrˈkof; born 20 August 1983) is a Russian footballer. A left-sided player who can play full-back or winger, Zh ...

;Armenia * Artak Aleksanyan *

Roman Berezovsky Roman Anatoliyevich Berezovsky ( hy, Ռոման Բերեզովսկի; russian: Рома́н Анато́льевич Березо́вский ; born 5 August 1974) is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Berez ...

Barsegh Kirakosyan Barsegh Kirakosyan ( hy, Բարսեղ Կիրակոսյան, russian: Барсег Артёмович Киракосян; born on 23 September 1982) is a former Russian-born Armenian former football defender. He also holds Russian citizenship. I ...

Arshak Koryan Arshak Rafaelyevich Koryan ( hy, Արշակ Կորյան; russian: Аршак Рафаэльевич Корян; born 17 June 1995) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Alania Vladikavkaz on loan from Khimki. ...

* Artur Yedigaryan * Robert Zebelyan ;Azerbaijan * Emin Agaev * Kamran Aliyev ;Belarus * Dmitry Aliseiko *

Timofei Kalachev Timofey Sergeyevich Kalachyov ( be, Цімафей Сяргеевіч Калачоў; russian: Тимофей Сергеевич Калачёв; born 1 May 1981) is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He is an assistan ...

Dzyanis Kowba Dzyanis Yur'evich Kowba ( be, Дзяніс Юр'евіч Коўба, russian: Денис Юрьевич Ковба, ''Denis Yuriyevich Kovba''; 6 September 1979 – 18 November 2021) was a Belarusian professional footballer who played as a defen ...

Artsyom Radzkow Artsyom Alyaksandravich Radzkow ( be, Арцём Аляксандравiч Радзькоў; russian: Артём Александрович Радьков; born 26 August 1985) is a Belarusian football coach and former player. Career He was a memb ...

Maksim Romaschenko Maksim Yorevich Romaschenko ( be, Максім Рамашчанка, translit=Maksim Ramashchanka, uk, Макси́м Ю́рійович Рома́щенко, translit=Maksym Yuriyovych Romashchenko; born 31 July 1976) is a former professional ...

;Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Dragan Blatnjak Dragan Blatnjak (born 1 August 1981) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian football manager and former player who last managed Zagora Unešić. Club career Previously he played for FC Khimki (until 2010) and Hajduk Split in the Croatian First League. Int ...

Ricardo Santos Lago Ricardo Santos Lago (born 10 September 1980), best known as Ricardo Baiano, is a retired professional football midfielder who is currently the Youth Academy Manager of FC Krasnodar. Born in Brazil, he represented the Bosnia and Herzegovina na ...

Vule Trivunović Vukašin "Vule" Trivunović (; born 13 March 1983) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. Club career As a player, Trivunović played for Sarajevo and Borac Banja Luka in the Bosnian Premier League, as well as numerous st ...

* Zoran Amidžić ;Czech Republic * Tomas Vychodil ;Estonia * Andrei Stepanov *

Vladimir Voskoboinikov Vladimir Voskoboinikov (born 2 February 1983) is a retired Estonian professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Club career Voskoboinikov began his career at Puuma in Estonia where he played from 1991 until 2000. At the age of 1 ...

;Finland * Boris Rotenberg ;Georgia *

Valeri Abramidze Valeri Abramidze ( ka, ვალერი აბრამიძე; born 17 January 1980) is a former Georgian footballer. He also holds Russian citizenship. Spartak Moscow Abramidze joined FC Spartak Moscow during summer 2002, signed 5-year ...

Gogita Gogua Gogita Gogua ( ka, გოგიტა გოგუა; born 4 October 1983) is a Georgian footballer who plays for FC Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi. While he mainly plays midfield, he can also play as a defender. Gogua has previously played for FC ...

* Giorgi Lomaia *

Giorgi Navalovski Giorgi Navalovski ( ka, გიორგი ნავალოვსკი, tr, ; born 28 June 1986) is a retired Georgian footballer. Dubbed as ''the Georgian Gattuso'' for physical similarities with the Serie A star, during his 18 year-long ...

* Edik Sadzhaya * Georgi Mikadze * Vladimir Gogberashvili ;Kazakhstan * Islambek Kuat *

Dmitriy Lyapkin Dmitriy Vladimirovich Lyapkin (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Ляпкин) (born 16 September 1976) is a former Kazakh football defender. He last played for the Russian club FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow. Lyapkin has made 15 appear ...

* Roman Uzdenov ;Latvia *

Oskars Kļava Oskars Kļava (born 8 August 1983) is a Latvian football coach and a former defender. He is the manager of Spartaks Jūrmala. Career Club Kļava was born in Liepāja. As a youth player he played for his local club Liepājas Metalurgs, makin ...

;Lithuania *

Darius Miceika Darius Miceika (born 22 February 1983 in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired professional footballer from Lithuania. He has also played for Lithuanian national team. Club career Miceika started his career at Polonija Vilnius i ...

Mantas Samusiovas Mantas Samusiovas (born 8 September 1978) is a former Lithuanian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American ...

Valdas Trakys Valdas Trakys (born 20 March 1979) is a Lithuanian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Neptūnas. Playing career Trakys started his professional career in 1995 with FK Panerys Vilnius in his native Lithuania. He played for ...

;Moldova * Victor Golovatenco * Oleg Hromtov *

Iurie Priganiuc Iurie Priganiuc (born 23 October 1978) is a Moldovan professional footballer who last played for FC Druzhba Maykop in Russian Second Division. Football career Priganiuc arrived in Russia in January 2005. He signed a three-year contract with FC ...

* Radu Rebeja * Oleg Shishkin ;Romania * Florin Costin Șoavă ;Serbia *

Dragan Mrđa Dragan Mrđa ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Мрђа; born 23 January 1984) is a former Serbian footballer who played as a forward. At international level he has represented Serbia. Club career Early career After spending many years of his youth playi ...

;Slovakia *

Martin Jakubko Martin Jakubko (born 26 February 1980) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Slovakia national team 41 times and scored 9 goals. International career On 30 November 2004, Jakubko made his int ...

;Slovenia *

Nastja Čeh Nastja Čeh (born 26 January 1978) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Čeh started his career with his hometown club Drava Ptuj. By the age of 17 he was playing in the first team in the 2. SN ...

;Sweden * Filip Dagerstål ;Ukraine * Serhiy Danylovskyi *

Dmytro Parfenov Dmytro Parfyonov ( uk, Дмитро Володимирович Парфьонов), Dmitry Parfenov (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Парфёнов; born 11 September 1974) is a Ukrainian football manager and a former defende ...

;Asia ;Turkmenistan * Vladimir Bayramov ;Uzbekistan * Igor Golban *

Vladimir Shishelov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shishelov (russian: Владимир Александрович Шишелов; born 8 November 1979) is an Uzbekistani-Russian retired football forward. Career His first professional club was Qizilqum Zarafshon he bega ...

* Ilya Telegin ;Africa ;Burkina Faso * Mohamed Konaté ;Morocco * Abdelillah Bagui ;Nigeria *

Richard Eromoigbe Richard Eromoigbe (born 26 June 1984) is a Nigerian former football midfielder. Career In January 2002 Eromoigbe signed a contract with Bulgarian club Levski Sofia and joined Cherno More Varna in a year-long loan move, alongside his compatriot ...

* Brian Idowu * Chidi Osuchukwu ;Senegal * Dame Diop

Club records

Most league appearances for Khimki

# Miodrag Jovanović: 224 #

: 175 # Nikolai Barkalov: 164 # Sergei Kravchuk: 145 # Aleksandr Shulenin: 140 #

: 124 # Aleksandr Makarov: 119 # Aleksandr Shvetsov: 116 # Igor Nekrasov: 115 #

Sergei Shcheglov Sergei Yevgenyevich Shcheglov ( uk, Сергій Євгенович Щеглов;russian: Серге́й Евгеньевич Щеглов; born 26 November 1976) is a Ukrainian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Avangard K ...

: 112

Most league goals for Khimki

# Sergei Kravchuk: 46 #

: 43 # Yuri Georgiyevsky: 30 #

Konstantin Genich Konstantin Mikhailovich Genich (russian: Константин Михайлович Генич; born 3 January 1978) is a former Russian professional football player. Currently he is a TV football commentator and expert of the Bookmaker Ratings. ...

: 29 #

Nikolai Kovardayev Nikolai Nikolayevich Kovardaev (russian: Николай Николаевич Ковардаев; born 24 September 1970) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Torpedo-2 Moscow. Club career He ma ...

: 27 # Vadim Shatalin: 23 # Aleksandr Antipenko: 20 # Denis Kiselyov: 18 # Anton Arkhipov: 16

Coaching staff

Managers

Vladimir Shtapov Vladimir Mikhailovich Shtapov (russian: Владимир Михайлович Штапов; 16 April 1946 – 20 March 2020) was a Russian professional football player and coach. Club career As a player, he made his professional debut in the So ...

(1996–97) * Igor Bychkov (1997, interim) *

Ravil Sabitov Ravil Rufailovich Sabitov (russian: Равиль Руфаилович Сабитов; born 8 March 1968) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is a coach with Riga FC Academy. Club career As a player, he made his debut ...

(1997–99), (2001–02) * Alexandr Piskarev (2000) *

Viktor Papayev Viktor Yevgenyevich Papayev (russian: Виктор Евгеньевич Папаев; born 2 March 1947 in Bazarny Karabulak, Saratov Oblast) is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach. Honours * Soviet Top League winner: 1 ...

(2000) *

Aleksei Petrushin Aleksei Alekseyevich Petrushin (russian: Алексей Алексеевич Петрушин; born 29 January 1952) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Playing career Petrushin made his professional debut as a playe ...

(2001) * Sergey Derkach (2002–03) * Dmitry Galyamin (2003) * Vasily Kulkov (2004) * Vladimir Shevchuk (2004) *

Pavel Yakovenko Pavlo Oleksandrovych Yakovenko ( uk, Павло Олександрович Яковенко) – or Pavel Aleksandrovich Yakovenko (russian: Павел Александрович Яковенко; born 19 December 1964 in Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR ...

(2004–05) * Vladimir Kazachyonok (2006–07) *

Slavoljub Muslin Slavoljub Muslin ( sr-Cyrl, Славољуб Муслин, ; born 15 June 1953) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Muslin began his head coaching career in 1988 and has since had stints in France, Morocco, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine ...

(2007–08) *

Sergei Yuran Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran (russian: link=no, Сергей Николаевич Юран, uk, Сергій Миколайович Юран ''Serhij Mykolajovyč Juran''; born 11 June 1969) is a Russian professional football manager and a forme ...

(2008) * Konstantin Sarsania (2009) *

Igor Chugainov Igor Valeryevich Chugainov (russian: Игорь Валерьевич Чугайнов; born 6 April 1970) is a Russian football coach and a former defender. Club career He played mostly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow and finally for ...

(2009) *

Alexander Tarkhanov Aleksandr Fyodorovich Tarkhanov (russian: Александр Фёдорович Тарханов; born 6 September 1954) is a Russian football coach and a former Soviet player. International career Tarkhanov made his debut for USSR on 28 Novemb ...

(2009–10) *

Oleg Dolmatov Oleg Vasilyevich Dolmatov (Russian: Олег Васильевич Долматов; born 29 November 1948 in Chelyabinsk-40) is a Russian football manager and a former player. Honors * Soviet Top League winner: 1976 (spring) * Soviet Cup win ...

(2011–12) *

(2012) * Valeriy Petrakov (2012–13) *

(2013) *

Vladimir Mukhanov Vladimir Vasilievich Mukhanov ( Russian: Владимир Васильевич Муханов; born 20 April 1954) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan. Career He played 37 games in Sovie ...

(2013–14) * Vladimir Maminov (2014–15) * Vadim Khafizov (2015–16) *

Aleksandr Irkhin Aleksandr Sergeyevich Irkhin (russian: Александр Сергеевич Ирхин; 10 January 1954 – 18 May 2019) was a professional Russian football coach. Honours As a coach ;FC Astana-1964 *Kazakhstan Cup: 2003 *Kazakhstan Premier Le ...

(2016–18) *

Igor Shalimov Igor Mihailovich Shalimov (russian: Игорь Михайлович Шалимов; born 2 February 1969) is a Russian football manager and former player. During his playing career, he played as a midfielder, primarily in the wide position. P ...

(2018–19) * Andrei Talalayev (2019–20) *

(2020) *

Dmitri Gunko Dmitri Ivanovich Gunko (russian: Дмитрий Иванович Гунько; born 1 March 1976) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Armenian club Urartu. Coaching career He served as caretaker ma ...

(2020) * Igor Cherevchenko (2020–Now)

Honours

Russian National Football League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

::Winners:

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

* Russian Professional Football League ::Winners: 2000 (Centre), 2015–16 (West)

References

External links

Official website

History
at ''KLISF''
The official fan club
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