WFC Rossiyanka was a Russian

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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 ...

History

The team was founded in 1990 as Nadezhda Krasnoarmeysk, being initially a futsal club. Futsal was played until 1998, when the club left it to concentrate in association football. Nadezhda played for two years in the second tier, attaining 5th and 3rd spots, before being disbanded at the end of the 2000 season, with most players moving to newly founded

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. In 2003 the team was back as Rossiyanka, attaining promotion to the Russian Championship in the first try. Rossiyanka won the 2005 and 2006 championships, preceded by a silver in its 2004 debut. From 2007 to 2009 the team was second to

Zvezda Perm FC Zvezda Perm (russian: link=no, ФК "Звезда" Пермь) was a Russian football team from Perm, established in 1932 and dissolved in 2022. History It played professionally from 1945 to 1949 and 1953 to 1995, and was established first ...

, before winning its third championship in

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. Rossiyanka successfully defended the title in the following season, which ended in 2012 following a short-lived change in the calendar format. After four seasons with no titles, Rossiyanka won its fifth championship in 2016. The following year most of its squad moved to CSKA Moscow and Rossiyanka was merged into CSKA following the end of the 2017 season. The vacant in the championship was filled by Lokomotiv Moscow. Rossiyanka was a regular of the Champions League, where it has reached the quarter-finals in 2008 and 2012. As Russia ranks among the top 8 UEFA Leagues by coefficient, Rossiyanka entered the competition both as the Russian Championship's champion or vice-champion.

Titles

Official

* 5 Russian Leagues: 2005, 2006,

, 2011–12, 2016 * 5 Russian Cups: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010

Invitational

* 2

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s: 2005, 2006

Record in UEFA competitions

Current squad

''As of 6 October 2016''WFC Rossiyanka squad
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Former international players

''For details of current and former players, see :WFC Rossiyanka players.'' * Yael Averbuch *

Georgiana Birțoiu Georgiana Alina Birțoiu is a Romanian international football striker currently playing for WFC Rossiyanka in the Russian league. She previously played for Clujana, with which she played the UEFA Women's Cup, and Kokkinichorion in the Cypriot ...

Tetyana Chorna Tetyana Chorna ( uk, Тетяна Михайлівна Чорна) is a former Ukrainian football midfielder, who played for Rossiyanka in the Russian Championship. She previously played for Lehenda Chernihiv and Metalurg Donetsk in the Ukraini ...

* Park Eun-sun *

Nadezhda Kharchenko Nadezhda Kharchenko (born 27 March 1987) is a former Russian football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that ca ...

* Fabiana da Silva * Cristiane de Souza * Ester dos Santos * Sofia Jacobsson * Christina Julien *

Nompumelelo Nyandeni Nompumelelo "Mpumi" Nyandeni (born 19 August 1987) is a South African women's footballer and plays as a midfielder. She played for WFC Rossiyanka in Russia at a club level before returning to South Africa, where she now plays for JVW FC . Mpumi ...

Aline Pellegrino Aline Pellegrino (born July 6, 1982), commonly known as Aline, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a defender for Russian club WFC Rossiyanka and several clubs in her native Brazil. She was a member of the Brazil national team that w ...

Olga Petrova Olga Petrova (born Muriel Harding; 10 May 1884 – 30 November 1977) was a British-American actress, screenwriter and playwright. Life and career Born Muriel Harding in England, she moved to the United States and became a star of vaudeville u ...

Natalia Russkikh Natalia Russkikh is a former Tajikistani-Russian football defender, who played for Zorky Krasnogorsk in the Russian Championship. A former player of Lada Togliatti, she has won the Championship and played the UEFA Champions League with both team ...

Elena Schegaleva Elena Schegaleva (russian: Елена Викторовна Щегалёва, Yelena Viktorovna Shchegalyova) is a Russian football midfielder, who played for WFC Rossiyanka WFC Rossiyanka was a Russian women's soccer, women's football club from ...

Natalia Shlyapina Natalia Shlyapina ( Mokshanova; born 13 July 1983) is a former Russian football forward, who played for Rossiyanka in the Russian Championship. Before signing for Rossiyanka in 2005 she was a mini football and futsal Futsal is a football-based ...

* Tatyana Skotnikova *

Oksana Yakovyshyn Oksana Yakovyshyn is a Ukrainian football striker, currently playing for Mordovochka Saransk in the Russian Championship. She previously played for Lehenda Chernihiv Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv ( uk, "Легенда-ШВСМ" Чернігів) ...

Iryna Zvarych Iryna Zvarych ( uk, Ірина Михайлівна Зварич; born 8 May 1983 in Chernihiv) is an international Ukrainian football goalkeeper playing for Zvezda Perm. She has won three Leagues and five national Cups with Rossiyanka, where ...

References

External links

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