Football Club SKA-Khabarovsk (russian: Футбольный клуб СКА-Хабаровск) is a Russian professional association football club based in

Khabarovsk Khabarovsk ( rus, Хабaровск, a=Хабаровск.ogg, r=Habárovsk, p=xɐˈbarəfsk) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia,Law #109 located from the China ...

which plays in the second-tier Russian First League. They played in the Russian Premier League for the first time ever in the 2017–18 season. At more than east of Moscow, SKA Khabarovsk are the most Easterly team to have taken part in a UEFA domestic top division.

History

The club has been known under different names: * ''DKA'' (−1953) * ''ODO'' (1954) * ''DO'' (1955–56) * ''OSK'' (1957) * ''SKVO'' (1957–59) * ''SKA'' (1960–99) * ''SKA-Energia'' (1999–2016) * ''SKA-Khabarovsk'' (2016–) The club has participated in the Soviet championships since 1957. SKA were the quarter-finalists of the Soviet Cup in 1963. They had never played in the Soviet Top League or Russian Premier League, until 2017. SKA's best result in the Soviet First League was the 6th position in 1980, and their best result in the

Russian First Division 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� ...

was 4th position in 2012–13. This entitled them to a promotion/relegation play-off against FC Rostov, 13th place in the RPL, but they lost 3–0 on aggregate and missed their chance to compete in the top flight. At the end of the 2016–17 season, SKA equalled their record best finish, at the same time qualifying for a promotion play-off against FC Orenburg. On 28 May 2017, SKA were promoted to the Russian Premier League for the first time in their history, after beating FC Orenburg in the promotion play-off. They won 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out, after 0–0 draws in both the home and away legs. SKA started their first Premier League season with 4 losses. After improving results in the next stretch of games, the losses starting mounting up again.

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was replaced as manager by

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during the winter break, Bilyaletdinov only lasted 4 games before being replaced by

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. On 22 April 2018, SKA lost 0–1 to FC Dynamo Moscow at home (which was their 13th loss in a stretch of 15 winless games) and lost the mathematical chance to avoid relegation back to the second-tier Russian Football National League. In the 2021–22 season, SKA-Khabarovsk qualified for the Premier League promotion playoffs in which they lost 1–3 on aggregate to

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and remained in the FNL.

Domestic history

Current squad

''As of 21 November 2022, according to th
official First League website
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Out on loan

Reserve team

Notable players

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Coaching staff

References

External links

Official club website
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