FC SKA-Khabarovsk

FC SKA-Khabarovsk
Football Club SKA-Khabarovsk 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 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
Current squad
As of 27 October 2023, according to the official First League website.
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.
USSR and Russia
Vladimir Astapovsky
Viktor Bulatov
Viktor Fayzulin
Andrey Ivanov
Boris Kopeikin
Nikolay Olenikov
Sergey Olshansky
Andrei Semyonov
Aleksandr Tarkhanov
Akhrik Tsveiba
Aleksandr Yerokhin
Former USSR countries
Robert Arzumanyan
Ruslan Koryan
Gennadi Drozdov
Rizvan Umarov
Syarhey Kavalchuk
Andrey Paryvaew
Kakhaber Aladashvili
Gogita Gogua
Shota Grigalashvili
Gocha Khojava
Otar Martsvaladze
Giorgi Navalovski
Lasha Salukvadze
Vitaliy Artemov
Qayrat Aymanov
Aleksandr Gorbunov
Oleg Musin
Serghei Alexeev
Valeriu Andronic
Serghei Chirilov
Alexandr Covalenco
Iurie Priganiuc
Roman Radcenco
Serghei Secu
Adrian Sosnovschi
Igor Vityutnev
Wýaçeslaw Krendelew
Denys Dedechko
Andriy Dikan
Oleksandr Kyryukhin
Vladimir Radkevich
Europe
Mark Švets
Ventsislav Hristov
Aivars Drupass
Olegs Karavajevs
Darius Miceika
Tomas Mikuckis
Africa
MacDonald Mukansi
Coaching staff
References
External links
Official club website
Association football clubs established in 1946
Football clubs in Russia
Sport in Khabarovsk
Armed Forces sports society
1946 establishments in Russia
Military association football clubs in Russia