FC MVD Rossii (russian: ФК МВД России Москва) is a Russian

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club from

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, founded in 2007. It represents the Russian

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. Historically the ministry was represented by

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footb ...

, but Dynamo is now not directly dependent on MVD. Still, several players on the 2008 FC MVD roster played for Dynamo or its youth teams in the past. In 2008, FC MVD won the West zone of the

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and advanced to the

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. On July 17, 2009, the team resigned from the Russian First Division (due to financial strait) after playing 19 games. In 2007 the team was called FC MUVD na VVT Moscow. Among the club's head coaches were

Yuri Kovtun Yuri Mikhailovich Kovtun (russian: Юрий Михайлович Ковтун; born 5 January 1970) is a Russian football coach and a former defender, well known as a 1990s Russia national football team player, as well as Dynamo Moscow and Spa ...

(2008-2009) and

Vladimir Eshtrekov Vladimir Khazrailovich Eshtrekov (russian: Владимир Хазраилович Эштреков; born 16 May 1947) is a Russian football manager and former Soviet international player. He played 163 games in the USSR championships and scored ...

(2009).

Notable players

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

Lyubomir Kantonistov Lyubomir Danilovich Kantonistov (russian: Любомир Данилович Кантонистов; born 11 August 1978) is a former Russian footballer. He played with FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Kuban Krasnodar and FC Torpedo Moscow in the Russi ...

Aleksandr Shirko Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko (russian: Александр Петрович Ширко; born 24 November 1976) is a Russian football scout and a former player. He works as a scout of FC Khimki. Playing career Shirko started his professional care ...

;Former USSR countries * Oleg Musin *

Albert Sarkisyan Albert Sarkisyan ( hy, Ալբերտ Սարգսյան, born 15 May 1975) is a Armenian football coach and a former player who is the head coach of the Under-16 team of Strogino Moscow. A midfielder, Sarkisyan was a member of the Armenia nation ...

External links

Official Website (web-archive copy)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MVD Rossii Association football clubs established in 2007 Defunct football clubs in Moscow 2007 establishments in Russia