FC Moscow

FC Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб Москва) was a Russian football club based in Moscow.
History
The creation of the team was first announced by the Moscow government on 1 March 2004. FC Moscow was formed on the base of FC Torpedo-Metallurg. The team played in the Russian Cup final in 2007.
Moscow's best result in Russian Premier League was a 4th position in 2007.
On 14 December 2007, Oleg Blokhin was announced as FC Moscow's new manager with Leonid Slutsky having left at the end of the 2007 season.
In February 2010 the club withdrew from the Premier League after their owner and main sponsor, MMC Norilsk Nickel, withdrew funding. Their place in the league was taken by Alania Vladikavkaz. Subsequently, FC Moscow folded, ceasing to exist as a professional football club. They played in 2010 in the fourth level of the Russian football pyramid, the Amateur Football League, and after that season the team was dissolved altogether on 28 December. Soon after the club was reestablished and continue to compete in the Amateur Football League.
During the professional period, E. Streltsov Stadium, in Moscow was used as home ground.
Domestic history
European history
FC Moscow in its first appearance on the European arena reached the third round of 2006 Intertoto Cup and was eliminated by Hertha BSC Berlin.
FC Moscow made their second appearance in Europe in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, beating Legia Warsaw in the qualifying round.
Nicknames
Fans and journalists call FC Moskva The Citizens. The colloquial nickname for the club is The Caps, which refers to Moscow government ownership (former Moscow mayor Yuriy Luzhkov usually wears a cap).
Notable players
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FC Moscow/Torpedo-ZIL/Torpedo-Metallurg.
USSR/Russia
Dmitri Kuznetsov
Oleg Sergeyev
Aleksandr Borodyuk
Sergei Gorlukovich
Sergey Shustikov
Dmitri Khlestov
Roman Adamov
Dimitri Ananko
Aleksei Arifullin
Aleksei Berezutski
Vasili Berezutski
Pyotr Bystrov
Aleksandr Filimonov
Dmitri Kirichenko
Oleg Kornaukhov
Oleg Kuzmin
Vladimir Lebed
Kirill Nababkin
Andrei Novosadov
Nikolai Pisarev
Sergei Podpaly
Aleksei Rebko
Aleksandr Ryazantsev
Aleksandr Samedov
Aleksandr Sheshukov
Sergei Semak
Roman Shirokov
Dmitri Tarasov
Former Socialist Republic countries
Sargis Hovsepyan
Yervand Krbachyan
Andrey Movsisyan
Emin Agaev
Vyaçeslav Lıçkin
Narvik Sirkhayev
Anton Amelchenko
Barys Haravoy
Vladimir Korytko
Andrei Ostrovskiy
Syarhey Yaskovich
Yuri Zhevnov
Gia Grigalava
Mikheil Jishkariani
Alexander Rekhviashvili
Ruslan Baltiev
Evgeniy Lovchev
Alexandru Curtianu
Alexandru Epureanu
Stanislav Ivanov
Alexandru Popovici
Radu Rebeja
Oleg Shirinbekov
Yuri Moroz
Oleksandr Pomazun
Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov
Ulugbek Bakayev
Europe
Ricardo Baiano
Miro Katić
Branislav Krunić
Munever Rizvić
Roman Hubník
Vladimirs Koļesņičenko
Andris Vaņins
Edgaras Česnauskis
Ignas Dedura
Rolandas Džiaukštas
Tadas Gražiūnas
Saulius Mikalajūnas
Irmantas Stumbrys
Giedrius Žutautas
Goran Maznov
Damian Gorawski
Mariusz Jop
Pompiliu Stoica
Zvonimir Vukić
Martin Jakubko
Amir Karič
Branko Ilič
Jonas Wallerstedt
South America
Pablo Barrientos
Héctor Bracamonte
Maxi López
Maximiliano Moralez
Africa
Jerry-Christian Tchuissé
Baba Adamu
Isaac Okoronkwo
Stanton Fredericks
Managers
Information correct as of match played 29 November 2009. Only competitive matches are counted.
Notes:
Club records
Top goalscorers
Most appearances
References
External links
http://www.fcmoscow.ru – Official website
Association football clubs established in 2004
Association football clubs disestablished in 2010
Defunct football clubs in Moscow
2004 establishments in Russia
2010 disestablishments in Russia