# FC SKA-Khabarovsk

Football Club SKA-Khabarovsk (Russian: Футбольный клуб СКА-Хабаровск) is a Russian professional association football club based in Khabarovsk which plays in the second-tier Russian First League. They played in the Russian Premier League for the first time ever in the 2017–18 season. At more than 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) east of Moscow, SKA Khabarovsk are the most Easterly team to have taken part in a UEFA domestic top division.

## History

The club has been known under different names:
* DKA (−1953)
* ODO (1954)
* DO (1955–56)
* OSK (1957)
* SKVO (1957–59)
* SKA (1960–99)
* SKA-Energia (1999–2016)
* SKA-Khabarovsk (2016–)
The club has participated in the Soviet championships since 1957. SKA were the quarter-finalists of the Soviet Cup in 1963. They had never played in the Soviet Top League or Russian Premier League, until 2017.
SKA's best result in the Soviet First League was the 6th position in 1980, and their best result in the Russian First Division was 4th position in 2012–13. This entitled them to a promotion/relegation play-off against FC Rostov, 13th place in the RPL, but they lost 3–0 on aggregate and missed their chance to compete in the top flight.
At the end of the 2016–17 season, SKA equalled their record best finish, at the same time qualifying for a promotion play-off against FC Orenburg. On 28 May 2017, SKA were promoted to the Russian Premier League for the first time in their history, after beating FC Orenburg in the promotion play-off. They won 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out, after 0–0 draws in both the home and away legs.
SKA started their first Premier League season with 4 losses. After improving results in the next stretch of games, the losses starting mounting up again. Aleksei Poddubskiy was replaced as manager by Rinat Bilyaletdinov during the winter break, Bilyaletdinov only lasted four games before being replaced by Sergei Perednya. On 22 April 2018, SKA lost 1–0 to Dynamo Moscow at home (which was their 13th loss in a stretch of 15 winless games) and lost the mathematical chance to avoid relegation back to the second-tier Russian Football National League.
In the 2021–22 season, SKA-Khabarovsk qualified for the Premier League promotion playoffs in which they lost 1–3 on aggregate to FC Khimki therefore remaining in the FNL for at least another season.

### Domestic history

| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Russian Cup | Top goalscorer | Top goalscorer | Manager |
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Russian Cup | Name | League | Manager |
| 2008 | 2nd | 8th | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 63 | 60 | 61 | Round of 32 | Aleksandr Yarkin | 21 | |
| 2009 | 2nd | 11th | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 43 | 42 | 47 | Fifth round | Vasili Karmazinenko | 9 | |
| 2010 | 2nd | 11th | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 39 | 53 | Round of 16 | Vasili Karmazinenko | 10 | |
| 2011–12 | 2nd | 11th | 48 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 57 | 66 | 62 | Fifth round Fifth round | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 13 | Igor Protasov Aleksandr Grigoryan |
| 2012–13 | 2nd | 4th | 32 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 52 | Round of 16 | Yevgeni Lutsenko | 8 | Aleksandr Grigoryan Giorgi Daraselia |
| 2013–14 | 2nd | 7th | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 34 | 56 | Round of 16 | Nathan Júnior | 9 | Valdas Ivanauskas |
| 2014–15 | 2nd | 14th | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 35 | 49 | Fourth Round | Nathan Júnior | 6 | Valdas Ivanauskas Aleksandr Grigoryan |
| 2015–16 | 2nd | 14th | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 35 | 49 | Round of 16 | Konstantin Bazelyuk | 10 | Aleksandr Grigoryan |
| 2016–17 | 2nd | 4th | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 45 | 33 | 59 | Round of 16 | Ruslan Koryan | 12 | Aleksandr Grigoryan Aleksei Poddubskiy |
| 2017–18 | 1st | 16th | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 55 | 13 | Quarterfinal | Miroslav Marković | 4 | Aleksei Poddubskiy Rinat Bilyaletdinov Sergei Perednya |
| 2018–19 | 2nd | 7th | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 46 | 41 | 58 | Round of 32 | Maksim Kazankov | 7 | Sergei Perednya Vadim Evseev Aleksei Poddubskiy |
| 2019–20 | 2nd | 6th | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 43 | Round of 32 | Adlan Katsayev | 9 | Aleksei Poddubskiy |
| 2020–21 | 2nd | 11th | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 52 | 47 | 60 | Round of 16 | Konstantin Bazelyuk | 12 | Aleksei Poddubskiy Sergei Yuran |
| 2021–22 | 2nd | 4th | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 38 | 65 | Qualifying Round 3 | David Karayev | 14 | Sergei Yuran Aleksei Poddubskiy |
| 2022–23 | 2nd | 10th | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 39 | 44 | Qualifying Round 4 | Ilya Petrov Said Aliyev | 7 | Roman Sharonov |
| 2023–24 | 2nd | 13th | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 36 | 41 | Qualifying Round 3 | Oleg Kozhemyakin Said Aliyev | 6 | Roman Sharonov |

## Current squad

    As of 5 March 2025
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 |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Aleksey Kuznetsov |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Borja Martínez |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Sadyg Bagiyev |
| 7 | MF | ARM | Artyom Simonyan |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Gagloyev |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Georgi Gongadze |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Vladislav Nikiforov |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Albek Gongapshev |
| 14 | DF | ECU | Jean Quiñónez |
| 17 | DF | RUS | Nikolai Pokidyshev |
| 18 | MF | RUS | David Bolatayev |
| 19 | FW | RUS | Maksim Kutovoy |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Kamran Aliyev |
| 21 | DF | BLR | Gleb Gurban |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Stepan Burdakov |
| 28 | MF | MDA | Marius Iosipoi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Yuri Zhuravlyov |
| 46 | MF | RUS | Nikita Pershin (on loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara) |
| 55 | DF | RUS | Artyom Bykov |
| 65 | GK | RUS | Andrey Boyko |
| 70 | MF | RUS | Ramazan Gadzhimuradov |
| 71 | MF | RUS | Yegor Abramov |
| 78 | GK | RUS | Islam Imamov |
| 79 | DF | RUS | Denis Pershin |
| 84 | DF | RUS | Yaroslav Grebyonkin |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Artur Kopylov |
| 90 | GK | RUS | Maksim Pechyonkin |
| 91 | DF | RUS | Yegor Noskov (on loan from CSKA Moscow) |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Roman Yemelyanov |
| 94 | GK | RUS | Vitaly Svyachenovsky |
| 96 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Maksimenko |

### 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 | Vladimir Tsapurin (at Torpedo Miass until 30 June 2025) |
| — | DF | RUS | Kirill Yershov (at Kaluga until 31 December 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | RUS | Zakhar Kravtsov (at Volga Ulyanovsk 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 SKA-Khabarovsk.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Roman Sharonov |
| Senior Manager | Alexey Andreevich |
| Assistant Manager | Yuri Shpiryuk |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Maxim Ivanovich |
| Fitness Coach | Oleg Anatolievich Dmitri Gureev |
| Analyst | Yurievich Vyacheslav |
| Rehabilitologist | Ruslan Gennadievich |
| Team Leader | Sergey Vladimirovich |
| Administrator | Denis Rafailovich |
| Junior Administrator | Ilshat Marsovich |
| Doctor | Anatoly Georgievich |
| Masseur | Marat Ulfatovich Danil Yurievich Marat Ishmurzin |
| Rehabilitation Specialist | Danil Yurievich |