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FC Kazanka Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб "Казанка" Москва, ''FK Kazanka Moskva'') is a Russian
association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
club based in
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 ...
. Kazanka participated in the FNL 2 and acts as the farm club of
Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москв ...
. The club play on the amateur level, in the championship of Moscow in 2022.


History


Lokomotiv-d Moscow

In 1992, Lokomotiv-d Moscow was established to act as Lokomotiv's first farm club ever. In their first season, Lokomotiv-d participated in the 1992 Russian Second League, Zone 3 and, overall, greatly disappointed as they have only managed to beat the drop. In the following season, ''Lokomotiv-d's'' performances deteriorated and ended-up rock bottom of the league, thereby ensuring that the club's relegation was not only consequent to the reorganisation made by the Russian Football Authorities. ''Lokomotiv'd's'' performances in the Russian fourth tier did not improve as the club ended in the wrong part of the table in both
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. In the following season
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, Lokomotiv-d rocked the bottom of the league once again but owing to the relegation of three other clubs, the club was not relegated. In the next and last edition of the Russian Third League, Lokomotiv-d were promoted to the
Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football (soccer), football. History In 1998–2010, it ...
. The club's promotion was down to Lokomotiv's-d own merit as the club languished at the wrong end of the table once again but the second reorganisation made by the Russian Football Authorities ensured that Lokomotiv-d were promoted to the third tier.


Lokomotiv-2 Moscow

Following their promotion to the third tier, Lokomotiv-d were renamed to Lokomotiv-2 Moscow but the re-branding was not match with any improvements on the pitch as Lokomotiv-2 Moscow ended up at the lower echelons of the Russian Second Division in both
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and
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. In the following season, Lokomotiv-2's performances improved marginally but at the end of the season the club was disbanded.


Lokomotiv-2 Moscow (Re-founded)

On 13 February 2008, Lokomotiv-2 Moscow was re-founded with the aim of participating in the
Russian Amateur Football League Russian championship among amateur football clubs (III division) (russian: Первенство России среди любительских футбольных клубов (III дивизион)) is the fourth overall tier of the Russian fo ...
and gain promotion to the
Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football (soccer), football. History In 1998–2010, it ...
. Lokomotiv-2's performances in the 2008 championship was overall a success as the club secured the bronze medals by beating Zenit Moscow on the final day in front of a sizeable crowd. Financial problems of clubs which participated in the
2008 Russian Second Division The Russian Second Division 2008 was the third strongest Division in Russian football. The Second Division is geographically divided into 5 zones. The winners of each zone are automatically promoted into the First Division. The bottom finishers of ...
resulted in Lokomotiv-2 being promoted to the said division. The first season was overall a success as the club ended in the upper parts of the table. Despite the positive performances which followed, the fact that the club did not remain connected to Lokomotiv notwithstanding it being Lokomotiv's farm club, took its toll on Lokomotiv-2 and following the conclusion of the 2013-2014 Russian Second Division championship, the club was disbanded.


Kazanka Moscow

On 24 May 2017, Lokomotiv's president Mr Ilya Herkus announced the foundation of ''Lokomotiv-Kazanka'' with the purpose of acting as Lokomotiv's farm club once again. Denis Klyuyev was appointed as the club's head coach and
Sapsan Arena Sapsan Arena (russian: «Сапсан Арена») is a football stadium situated in Moscow, Russia. It hosts Kazanka Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow's farm club, and Lokomotiv Moscow's youth team. It seats 10,000 people. History The stadium was ...
was chosen as Lokomotiv-Kazanka's home stadium. On 5 July 2017, Lokomotiv-Kazanka was officially launched but in reversal of the original statement, ''Lokomotiv'' was dropped and the club was named Kazanka. On 17 June 2022, Lokomotiv announced that Kazanka will not enter the 2022–23 FNL2 season and will play on the amateur level, in the championship of Moscow.


Stadium

The club played its home games at the
Sapsan Arena Sapsan Arena (russian: «Сапсан Арена») is a football stadium situated in Moscow, Russia. It hosts Kazanka Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow's farm club, and Lokomotiv Moscow's youth team. It seats 10,000 people. History The stadium was ...
, which is situated a few metres away from Lokomotiv's main stadium, the
RZD Arena RZD Arena (russian: «РЖД Арена») is a football stadium in Moscow, Russia. Formerly known as ''Lokomotiv Stadium'', it is the home stadium of Lokomotiv Moscow and was the home ground of the Russian national team for the 2010 FIFA Wor ...
.


See also

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FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...
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WFC Lokomotiv Moscow WFC Lokomotiv Moscow (russian: Женский футбольный клуб "Локомоти́в" Москва́, ''ZhFK Lokomotiv Moskva'') is a Russian Women's association football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv participates in the Russian Wom ...
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RC Lokomotiv Moscow RC Lokomotiv Moscow is a professional Russian rugby football club based in Moscow, which from 2010 will field teams in both rugby league and rugby union. The club is one of the oldest in Russia. Originally a club for those who worked on the railw ...


References


External links


Kazanka Moscow official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kazanka Moscow, FC Association football clubs established in 2008 FC Lokomotiv Moscow Football clubs in Moscow 2008 establishments in Russia