FC Baltika Kaliningrad

FC Baltika Kaliningrad
FC Baltika is a professional association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. The club will be promoted to the Russian Premier League for the 2023–24 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.
League results
Current squad
As of 14 September 2023, according to the official Russian Premier League website.
Out on loan
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.
Russia/USSR
Sergei Shvetsov
Oleg Sergeyev
Maksim Buznikin
Nikita Chernov
Vyacheslav Dayev
Andrei Fedkov
Lyubomir Kantonistov
Yevgeni Kharlachyov
Andrei Kondrashov
Ilya Lantratov
Artyom Makarchuk
Pavel Pogrebnyak
Dmitri Skopintsev
Dmitry Stotsky
Sergei Terekhov
Vladislav Lemish
Former USSR countries
Artak Aleksanyan
Aram Voskanyan
Robert Zebelyan
Emin Agaev
Gurban Gurbanov
Mehdi Jannatov
Aslan Kerimov
Dmitriy Kramarenko
Yuri Muzika
Vasili Baranov
Syarhey Herasimets
Alyaksandr Klimenka
Andrei Lavrik
Uladzimir Makowski
Valer Shantalosau
Yuri Shukanov
Maksim Skavysh
Sergey Vekhtev
Taavi Rähn
Zaza Janashia
Zviad Jeladze
Levan Mikadze
Tengiz Sichinava
Renat Dubinskiy
Dmitriy Galich
Dmitriy Lyapkin
Maksim Nizovtsev
Aleksandr Sklyarov
Aleksandrs Koliņko
Mihails Miholaps
Igors Troickis
Aleksejs Višņakovs
Maksims Rafaļskis
Artūrs Zjuzins
Vidas Alunderis
Vytautas Apanavičius
Ričardas Beniušis
Orestas Buitkus
Rolandas Džiaukštas
Andrius Jokšas
Kestutis Kumza
Viktoras Olšanskis
Valeriu Andronic
Vyacheslav Krendelyov
Oleksandr Pomazun
Vladyslav Prudius
Serhiy Shyshchenko
Dmytro Topchiev
Andrei Fyodorov
Maksim Shatskikh
Andrei Vlasichev
Other countries
Goran Maznov
Club staff
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External links
References
Association football clubs established in 1954
Football clubs in Russia
Sport in Kaliningrad
1954 establishments in Russia