FC Khimki

Khimki
Full name	City District Khimki Municipality's Autonomous Institution "Football Club Khimki"
Nickname(s)	Krasno-chyornye (The Red-Blacks)
Founded	1997; 27 years ago
Ground	Arena Khimki
Capacity	18,636
Owner	Khimki
Chairman	Nikolay Olenev
Manager	Franc Artiga
League	Russian Premier League
2023–24	Russian First League, 1st of 18 (promoted)
Website	Club website
	Current season

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.

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	3rd, "Centre"	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

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

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Emin Agaev
Kamran Aliyev

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Czech Republic

Tomas Vychodil

Estonia

Andrei Stepanov
Vladimir Voskoboinikov

Finland

Boris Rotenberg

Georgia

Kazakhstan

Latvia

Oskars Kļava

Lithuania

Moldova

Romania

Florin Costin Șoavă

Serbia

Dragan Mrđa

Slovakia

Martin Jakubko

Slovenia

Nastja Čeh

Sweden

Filip Dagerstål

Ukraine

Asia

Turkmenistan

Vladimir Bayramov

Uzbekistan

Africa

Burkina Faso

Mohamed Konaté

Morocco

Abdelillah Bagui

Nigeria

Senegal

Dame Diop

Club records

As of 3 August 2010^[update]

Most league appearances for Khimki

Most league goals for Khimki

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