# 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.

## 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.
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.
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.
In 2005, Khimki had a very good run in the Russian Cup, reaching the final. They lost the final match 0–1 to CSKA. In the 2019–20 Russian Cup, they reached the final once again.
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.
On 22 May 2023, Khimki were relegated from the Russian Premier League after three seasons.
On 20 May 2024, Khimki secured return to the top tier after one season down.

### 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 1 February 2025, according to the official Premier 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 | SRB | Petar Golubović |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Irakli Chezhiya |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Danil Stepanov |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Stefan Melentijević |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Ilya Sadygov |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Rudenko |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Reziuan Mirzov |
| 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) |
| 22 | MF | COL | Robert Mejía (on loan from Once Caldas) |
| 24 | DF | PAN | Edgardo Fariña |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Filin |
| 29 | MF | CIV | Boni Amian |
| 32 | MF | ARG | Lucas Vera |
| 55 | MF | BLR | Kirill Kaplenko |
| 68 | MF | RUS | Pavel Malozemov |
| 72 | DF | ESP | Dani Fernández |
| 77 | MF | ESP | Álex Corredera |
| 85 | DF | RUS | Artyom Beskibalny |
| 87 | GK | RUS | Nikita Kokarev |
| 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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 | 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 | RUS | Timur Kasimov (at Rotor Volgograd until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | RUS | Ilya Porokhov (at Sokol Saratov 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.

## Club records

As of 3 August 2010

### Most league appearances for Khimki

* Miodrag Jovanović: 224
* Roman Berezovsky: 175
* Nikolai Barkalov: 164
* Sergei Kravchuk: 145
* Aleksandr Shulenin: 140
* Andrey Tikhonov: 124
* Aleksandr Makarov: 119
* Aleksandr Shvetsov: 116
* Igor Nekrasov: 115
* Sergei Shcheglov: 112

### Most league goals for Khimki

* Sergei Kravchuk: 46
* Andrey Tikhonov: 43
* Yuri Georgiyevsky: 30
* Konstantin Genich: 29
* Nikolai Kovardayev: 27
* Vadim Shatalin: 23
* Aleksandr Antipenko: 20
* Denis Kiselyov: 18
* 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)