FC Khimki

FC Khimki (Russian: ФК "Химки") is a Russian professional football club based in Khimki. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2024–25 season.

Khimki

Full name	City District Khimki Municipality's Autonomous Institution "Football Club Khimki"[1]
Nickname(s)	Krasno-chyornye (The Red-Blacks)
Founded	1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Ground	Arena Khimki
Capacity	18,636
Owner	Khimki
Chairman	Nikolay Olenev[2]
Manager	Franc Artiga
League	Russian Premier League
2023–24	Russian First League, 1st of 18 (promoted)
Website	http://www.fckhimki.ru/
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on 17 May 1997. Of more than 150 amateur teams in the competition, only the champions would be promoted to the Third League. Khimki won the tournament, overcoming Energiya Ulyanovsk in the final match in a penalty shootout.^{[citation needed]}

On 30 January 1997, Khimki became a professional football club. In the Third League regional tournament, Khimki finished second and were promoted to the Second League.^{[citation needed]}

Khimki were promoted to the First Division after the 2000 season. They finished first in the Centre zone of the Second Division, but lost the promotion play-off to Severstal Cherepovets on away goals. After Severstal refused to play in the First Division, their place was given to Khimki.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, Khimki had a very good run in the Russian Cup, reaching the final. They lost the final match 0–1 to CSKA.^{[citation needed]} In the 2019–20 Russian Cup, they reached the final once again.^{[citation needed]}

On 15 May 2020, FNL season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. As the club was in the 2nd position in the standings, they were promoted to the Russian Premier League for the 2020–21 season, returning to the top level after an 11-year break.^[3]

On 22 May 2023, Khimki were relegated from the Russian Premier League after three seasons.^[4]

On 20 May 2024, Khimki secured return to the top tier after one season down.^[5]

League history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (League)	Head Coach
1997	4th, Zone 3	2	40	26	6	8	80	38	84	-	—		Kravchuk – 17	Shtapov
1998	3rd, "West"	10	40	15	8	17	63	60	53	-	—		Georgievsky – 11	Dementyev Bychkov Sabitov
1999	3rd, "Centre"	6	36	17	11	8	51	35	62	R256	—		Khamzin – 11	Sabitov Kots
2000		1	38	28	4	6	68	22	88	R64	—		Genich – 18	Piskaryov Papaev
2001	2nd	12	34	13	4	17	42	54	43	R32	—		Shcheglov – 5 Voronkov – 5 Kovardayev – 5	Petrushin Sabitov
2002		7	34	14	10	10	38	27	52	R32	—		Kovardayev – 6	Sabitov Derkach
2003		12	42	16	9	17	36	46	57	QF	—		Kiselyov – 15	Derkach Galyamin
2004		5	42	17	10	15	39	33	61	R32	—		Pogrebnyak – 6	Shevchuk Yakovenko
2005		4	42	23	13	6	75	36	82	RU	—		Tikhonov – 15	Yakovenko
2006		1	42	30	9	3	83	30	99	R64	—		Tikhonov – 22	Kazachyonok
2007	1st	9	30	9	10	11	32	33	37	R32	—		Shirokov – 7	Muslin
2008		14	30	6	9	15	34	54	27	R16	—		Nizamutdinov – 9	Yuran
2009		16	30	2	4	24	20	64	10	R32	—		Antipenko – 6	Sarsaniya Chugainov
2010	2nd	13	38	11	17	10	39	38	50	R32	—		Yusupov – 7 Dudchenko – 7	Tarkhanov Bushmanov
2011–12		13	48	16	11	21	54	74	59	R32	—		Mamtov – 10	Grigoryan Dolmatov Tarkhanov
2012–13		16	32	6	10	16	23	40	28	R16	—		Komkov – 3 Khatazhyonkov – 3	Tarkhanov Tetradze Petrakov
2013–14	3rd, "West"	3	32	16	10	6	67	37	58	R64	—		Antonnikov – 9 Zemchenkov – 9	Tarkhanov Mukhanov Gridin
2014–15		4	30	15	9	6	42	27	54	R256	—		Lipatkin – 6	Maminov
2015–16		1	24	19	5	0	49	12	62	R16	—		Markosov – 11	Khafizov
2016–17	2nd	11	38	11	16	11	40	47	49	R32	—		Kazaev – 8	Irkhin
2017–18		13	38	12	7	19	33	49	43	R64	—		Kuzmichev – 7	Irkhin
2018–19		9	38	14	11	13	47	49	53	R32	—		Kukharchuk – 10	Shalimov
2019–20		2	27	16	6	5	50	19	54	RU	—		Aliyev – 8	Yuran
2020–21	1st	8	30	13	6	11	35	39	45	R16	—		Mirzov – 6	Yuran
2021–22	1st	13	30	7	11	12	34	47	32	GS	—		Glushakov – 10	Cherevchenko

Current squad

As of 12 September 2024, according to the official Premier League website.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  SRB Petar Golubović 3 DF  RUS Irakli Chezhiya 5 DF  RUS Danil Stepanov 6 DF  SRB Stefan Melentijević 7 FW  RUS Ilya Sadygov 8 FW  RUS Kirill Panchenko 9 FW  RUS Aleksandr Rudenko 10 MF  NGA Saminu Abdullahi 11 FW  RUS Reziuan Mirzov 13 DF  RUS Sergey Terekhov 14 MF  RUS Georgi Dzhikiya 15 DF  VEN Diego Luna (on loan from Baltika Kaliningrad) 17 MF  RUS Ilya Berkovsky 18 MF  RUS Zelimkhan Bakayev (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg) 21 FW  UZB Alisher Odilov 22 MF  COL Robert Mejía (on loan from Once Caldas) 24 DF  PAN Edgardo Fariña

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  RUS Aleksandr Filin 26 DF  SRB Nemanja Anđelković 27 DF  CIV Cédric Gogoua 32 MF  ARG Lucas Vera 44 GK  RUS Yaroslav Burychenkov 55 MF  BLR Kirill Kaplenko 68 MF  RUS Pavel Malozemov 72 DF  ESP Dani Fernández 77 MF  ESP Álex Corredera 80 MF  RUS Khetag Khosonov 85 DF  RUS Artyom Beskibalny 87 GK  RUS Nikita Kokarev 88 MF  RUS Denis Glushakov 91 FW  RUS Anton Zabolotny 96 GK  RUS Igor Obukhov 97 MF  RUS Butta Magomedov 99 DF  BRA Orinho

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  RUS Ilya Dyatlov (at Volga Ulyanovsk until 30 June 2025) — DF  RUS Oleg Isayenko (at Baltika Kaliningrad until 30 June 2025) — DF  RUS Stanislav Poroykov (at Tyumen until 30 June 2025) — DF  KAZ Lev Skvortsov (at Shinnik Yaroslavl until 30 June 2025) — DF  BLR Zakhar Volkov (at Arsenal Tula until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  BLR Roman Yuzepchuk (at Sokol Saratov until 30 June 2025) — MF  CIV Boni Amian (at Dinamo Minsk until 31 December 2024) — MF  RUS Timur Kasimov (at Rotor Volgograd until 30 June 2025) — FW  RUS Ilya Porokhov (at Ural Yekaterinburg until 30 June 2025)

Reserve team

Further information: FC Khimki-M

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Khimki.

Europe Russia Vladimir Beschastnykh Viktor Budyanskiy Aleksei Bugayev Andrei Chichkin Denis Davydov Yuri Drozdov Georgi Dzhikiya Denis Glushakov Maksim Glushenkov Valeri Kleimyonov Andrei Kondrashov Fyodor Kudryashov Ilya Lantratov Arseniy Logashov Ilya Maksimov Pavel Mamayev Pavel Mogilevets Andrei Mostovoy Elmir Nabiullin Sergei Nekrasov Pavel Pogrebnyak Denis Popov Igor Portnyagin Aleksandr Ryazantsev Roman Shirokov Sergei Terekhov Andrey Tikhonov Yegor Titov Roman Vorobyov Renat Yanbayev Andrey Yeshchenko Artur Yusupov Anton Zabolotny Yuri Zhirkov Armenia Artak Aleksanyan Roman Berezovsky Barsegh Kirakosyan Arshak Koryan Artur Yedigaryan Robert Zebelyan Azerbaijan Emin Agaev Kamran Aliyev Belarus Dmitry Aliseiko Timofei Kalachev Dzyanis Kowba Artsyom Radzkow Maksim Romaschenko Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Blatnjak Ricardo Santos Lago Vule Trivunović Zoran Amidžić Czech Republic Tomas Vychodil Estonia Andrei Stepanov Vladimir Voskoboinikov

Finland Boris Rotenberg Georgia Valeri Abramidze Gogita Gogua Giorgi Lomaia Giorgi Navalovski Edik Sadzhaya Georgi Mikadze Vladimir Gogberashvili Kazakhstan Islambek Kuat Dmitriy Lyapkin Roman Uzdenov Latvia Oskars Kļava Lithuania Darius Miceika Mantas Samusiovas Valdas Trakys Moldova Victor Golovatenco Oleg Hromtov Iurie Priganiuc Radu Rebeja Oleg Shishkin Romania Florin Costin Șoavă Serbia Dragan Mrđa Slovakia Martin Jakubko Slovenia Nastja Čeh Sweden Filip Dagerstål Ukraine Serhiy Danylovskyi Dmytro Parfenov Asia Turkmenistan Vladimir Bayramov Uzbekistan Igor Golban Vladimir Shishelov Ilya Telegin Africa Burkina Faso Mohamed Konaté Morocco Abdelillah Bagui Nigeria Richard Eromoigbe Brian Idowu Chidi Osuchukwu Senegal Dame Diop

Club records

As of 3 August 2010^[update]

Most league appearances for Khimki

1. Miodrag Jovanović: 224
2. Roman Berezovsky: 175
3. Nikolai Barkalov: 164
4. Sergei Kravchuk: 145
5. Aleksandr Shulenin: 140
6. Andrey Tikhonov: 124
7. Aleksandr Makarov: 119
8. Aleksandr Shvetsov: 116
9. Igor Nekrasov: 115
10. Sergei Shcheglov: 112

Most league goals for Khimki

1. Sergei Kravchuk: 46
2. Andrey Tikhonov: 43
3. Yuri Georgiyevsky: 30
4. Konstantin Genich: 29
5. Nikolai Kovardayev: 27
6. Vadim Shatalin: 23
7. Aleksandr Antipenko: 20
8. Denis Kiselyov: 18
9. Anton Arkhipov: 16

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
First-Team Manager	Spartak Gogniyev
First-Team Assistant Manager	Dmitri Vyazmikin Andrey Shatov
First-Team Coach	Branimir Petrović
Goalkeeper Coach	Aleksandr Guteev
Fitness Coach	Evgeniy Bondarenko
Doctor	Nikita Konovalov
Masseur	Aleksey Lyashchenko

Managers

• Vladimir Shtapov (1996–97)
• Igor Bychkov (1997, interim)
• Ravil Sabitov (1997–99), (2001–02)
• Alexandr Piskarev (2000)
• Viktor Papayev (2000)
• Aleksei Petrushin (2001)
• Sergey Derkach (2002–03)
• Dmitry Galyamin (2003)
• Vasily Kulkov (2004)
• Vladimir Shevchuk (2004)
• Pavel Yakovenko (2004–05)
• Vladimir Kazachyonok (2006–07)
• Slavoljub Muslin (2007–08)
• Sergei Yuran (2008)
• Konstantin Sarsania (2009)
• Igor Chugainov (2009)
• Alexander Tarkhanov (2009–10)
• Oleg Dolmatov (2011–12)
• Alexander Tarkhanov (2012)
• Valeriy Petrakov (2012–13)
• Alexander Tarkhanov (2013)
• Vladimir Mukhanov (2013–14)
• Vladimir Maminov (2014–15)
• Vadim Khafizov (2015–16)
• Aleksandr Irkhin (2016–18)
• Igor Shalimov (2018–19)
• Andrei Talalayev (2019–20)
• Sergei Yuran (2020)
• Dmitri Gunko (2020)
• Igor Cherevchenko (2020–Now)

Honours

• Russian National Football League
  • Winners: 2006
• Russian Professional Football League
  • Winners: 2000 (Centre), 2015–16 (West)

References

1. Official Russian Premier League website Archived 26 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Заместитель министра спорта Московской области Оленев стал генеральным директором "Химок"" (in Russian). championat.com. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
3. "Исполком РФС утвердил итоги Олимп-Первенства ФНЛ-2019/20. "Ротор" и "Химки" выходят в Тинькофф-РПЛ" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 15 May 2020.
4. ""Химки" вылетели из РПЛ после трех сезонов в лиге" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 22 May 2023.
5. ""Динамо" Махачкала впервые сыграет в РПЛ. "Химки" вернулись в высший дивизион" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 20 May 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Russian)
• History at KLISF
• The official fan club (in Russian)