# FC Baltika Kaliningrad

FC Baltika (Russian: Акционерное Общество «Футбольный клуб «Балтика») is a professional association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. The club will return to the Russian First League in the 2024–25 season.

## History

The club was founded on 22 December 1954 as Pishchevik Kaliningrad. In 1958 the club was renamed Baltika.
The team entered the Soviet League in 1957 and played in Class B (1957–1965), Class A, Group 2 (1966–1970), and Second League (1971–1991). The best result was achieved in 1984, when Baltika won the regional group tournament.
In 1992 Baltika entered the Russian Second Division and won the regional tournament and promotion to the First Division. After a fourth-place finish in 1993 and third position in 1994 Baltika won the division in 1995. In 1996 Baltika achieved the best result in club's history, finishing 7th in the Top Division, the Russian Premier League. Baltika were relegated in 1998, spending a total of three seasons in the top flight. In 1998 Baltika participated in the Intertoto Cup and reached the third round.
Since then, Baltika played in the First Division, except for the 2002 and 2005 seasons which they spent in the Second Division.
In 2018–19 Russian Football National League, they finished 16th (a relegation spot). However, PFL zone East winners FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk did not apply for the FNL license, keeping Baltika in the league.
On 19 May 2023, Baltika secured a promotion to the Russian Premier League for the first time in 25 years.
In the 2023–24 Russian Cup, Baltika advanced to the Superfinal.
Baltika finished 15th in the league season and was relegated back to second tier after one year in the Premier League.
On 2 June 2024, Baltika lost the 2024 Russian Cup final to Zenit St. Petersburg with the score of 1–2, Baltika initially led 1–0 and conceded two goals in the 81st minute and in the 5th added minute.

## Current squad

As of 28 February 2025, according to the official Russian First League website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Sergey Varatynov |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Nathan Gassama |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Osipov |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Oleg Isayenko (on loan from Khimki) |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Andrei Mendel |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Ilya Stefanovich |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Ilya Petrov |
| 11 | MF | BLR | Yury Kavalyow |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Denis Terentyev |
| 14 | FW | RUS | Khyzyr Appayev |
| 16 | DF | COL | Kevin Andrade |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Saus |
| 18 | FW | RUS | Kirill Nikishin |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Sergei Pryakhin |
| 22 | MF | RUS | Nikolai Titkov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 23 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Chernov (on loan from Rostov) |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Nikita Bozov |
| 27 | MF | RUS | Ruslan Ozdoyev |
| 32 | DF | RUS | Fyodor Skok |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Kirill Peredery |
| 36 | GK | RUS | Andrey Tsitsilin |
| 40 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Nikitin |
| 42 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Pospelov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 44 | GK | RUS | Yegor Lyubakov |
| 47 | DF | RUS | Ivan Savitsky |
| 53 | MF | RUS | Kirill Nikolayev |
| 64 | DF | RUS | Osman Gasanbekov |
| 67 | GK | RUS | Maksim Borisko |
| 69 | FW | RUS | Artyom Afanasyev |
| 70 | FW | RUS | Abu-Said Eldarushev |
| 71 | FW | BLR | Mark Mokin |
| 73 | MF | RUS | Maksim Petrov |
| 74 | DF | RUS | David Cherkasov |
| 75 | MF | RUS | Artyom Babchuk |
| 76 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Angutayev |
| 80 | MF | RUS | Denis Makarov |
| 81 | GK | RUS | Ivan Kukushkin (on loan from Pari Nizhny Novgorod) |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Artyom Isik |
| 88 | DF | RUS | Timofey Shchelkunov |
| 89 | DF | RUS | Pavel Gorbachyov |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Nikolay Kamayev |
| 91 | FW | SLV | Brayan Gil |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Ivan Salikhov |
| 96 | DF | RUS | Amir Mokhammad |
| 97 | MF | RUS | Arseny Popushoy |
| 99 | FW | BLR | Vitaly Lisakovich |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | RUS | Ilya Svinov (at Ufa until 30 June 2025) |
| — | DF | RUS | Dmitry Begun (at Sokol Saratov until 30 June 2025) |
| — | DF | VEN | Diego Luna (at Khimki until 30 June 2025) |
| — | MF | RUS | Yaroslav Arbuzov (at Chayka Peschanokopskoye until 30 June 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | RUS | Nikita Glushkov (at Maxline Vitebsk until 31 December 2025) |
| — | MF | POR | João Lameira (at Oțelul Galați until 30 June 2025) |
| — | MF | RUS | Vladislav Lazarev (at Chayka Peschanokopskoye until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | BRA | Alex Fernandes (at Neftçi until 30 June 2025) |

### Reserve team
## Reserve team

Baltika's reserve team played professionally in the Russian Third League in 1994 as FC Baltika-d Kaliningrad and in the Russian Second Division in 2006 and 2007 as FC Baltika-2 Kaliningrad.

## Notable players

These players had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Baltika.

## Club staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Andrey Talalayev |
| Assistant Manager | Dmitri Michkov |
| First-Team Coach | Leonid Tkachenko |
| First-Team Coach | Artsyom Buloychyk |
| Fitness Coach | Mikhail Solovey |
| Club Doctor | Ruslan Zasiev |
| Team Manager | Evgeniy Buda |