FC Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб Москва) was a Russian

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club based in

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History

The creation of the team was first announced by the Moscow government on 1 March 2004. FC Moscow was formed on the base of FC Torpedo-Metallurg. The team played in the Russian Cup final in 2007. Moscow's best result in Russian Premier League was a 4th position in

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

. On 14 December 2007,

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was announced as FC Moscow's new manager with Leonid Slutsky having left at the end of the

season. In February 2010 the club withdrew from the Premier League after their owner and main sponsor,

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, withdrew funding. Their place in the league was taken by

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.Russian Premier League Review
– Goal.com, 12 March 2010. Subsequently, FC Moscow folded, ceasing to exist as a professional football club. They played in 2010 in the fourth level of the Russian football pyramid, the

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, and after that season the team was dissolved altogether on 28 December. Soon after the club was reestablished and continue to compete in the

. During the professional period, E. Streltsov Stadium, in

was used as home ground.

Domestic history

European history

FC Moscow in its first appearance on the European arena reached the third round of 2006 Intertoto Cup and was eliminated by

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. FC Moscow made their second appearance in Europe in the

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, beating

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in the qualifying round.

Nicknames

Fans and journalists called FC Moskva ''The Citizens'' (). The colloquial nickname for the club is ''The Caps'' (), which refers to Moscow government ownership (former Moscow mayor

Yuriy Luzhkov Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov ( rus, Юрий Михайлович Лужков, p=ˈjʉrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ lʊˈʂkof; 1936 – 10 December 2019) was a Russian politician who served as mayor of Moscow from 1992 to 2010. Before the elect ...

usually wears a cap).

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FC Moscow/Torpedo-ZIL/Torpedo-Metallurg. ;USSR/Russia * Dmitri Kuznetsov *

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* Stanton Fredericks

Managers

''Information correct as of match played 29 November 2009. Only competitive matches are counted.'' *Notes:

Club records

Top goalscorers

Most appearances

References

External links

*http://www.fcmoscow.ru – Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Moscow, FC Association football clubs established in 2004 Association football clubs disestablished in 2010 Defunct football clubs in Moscow 2004 establishments in Russia 2010 disestablishments in Russia