FC Khimki

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.

Khimki finished the 2024–25 Russian Premier League season in 12th place, outside of the relegation zone. However, on 24 May 2025 Russian Football Union announced that the club was not issued the 2025–26 RPL license due to accumulated debts, sealing their administrative relegation. Their replacement in the Premier League was FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod. Khimki were officially dissolved on 18 June 2025.

League history

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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. ;Europe

;Russia

• Russia Zelimkhan Bakayev
• Russia Vladimir Beschastnykh
• Russia Viktor Budyanskiy
• Russia Aleksei Bugayev
• Russia Andrei Chichkin
• Russia Denis Davydov
• Russia Yuri Drozdov
• Russia Georgi Dzhikiya
• Russia Denis Glushakov
• Russia Maksim Glushenkov
• Russia Valeri Kleimyonov
• Russia Andrei Kondrashov
• Russia Fyodor Kudryashov
• Russia Ilya Lantratov
• Russia Arseniy Logashov
• Russia Ilya Maksimov
• Russia Pavel Mamayev
• Russia Pavel Mogilevets
• Russia Andrei Mostovoy
• Russia Elmir Nabiullin
• Russia Sergei Nekrasov
• Russia Pavel Pogrebnyak
• Russia Denis Popov
• Russia Igor Portnyagin
• Russia Aleksandr Ryazantsev
• Russia Roman Shirokov
• Russia Sergei Terekhov
• Russia Andrey Tikhonov
• Russia Yegor Titov
• Russia Roman Vorobyov
• Russia Renat Yanbayev
• Russia Andrey Yeshchenko
• Russia Artur Yusupov
• Russia Anton Zabolotny
• Russia Yuri Zhirkov

;Armenia

• Armenia Artak Aleksanyan
• Armenia Roman Berezovsky
• Armenia Barsegh Kirakosyan
• Armenia Arshak Koryan
• Armenia Artur Yedigaryan
• Armenia Robert Zebelyan

;Azerbaijan

• Azerbaijan Emin Agaev
• Azerbaijan Kamran Aliyev

;Belarus

• Belarus Dmitry Aliseiko
• Belarus Timofei Kalachev
• Belarus Kirill Kaplenko
• Belarus Dzyanis Kowba
• Belarus Artsyom Radzkow
• Belarus Maksim Romaschenko

;Bosnia and Herzegovina

• BIH Dragan Blatnjak
• BIH Ricardo Santos Lago
• BIH Vule Trivunović
• BIH Zoran Amidžić

;Czech Republic

• CZE Tomas Vychodil

;Estonia

• Estonia Andrei Stepanov
• Estonia Vladimir Voskoboinikov

;Finland

• Finland Boris Rotenberg

;Georgia

• Georgia Valeri Abramidze
• Georgia Gogita Gogua
• Georgia Giorgi Lomaia
• Georgia Giorgi Navalovski
• Georgia Edik Sadzhaya
• Georgia Georgi Mikadze
• Georgia Vladimir Gogberashvili

;Kazakhstan

• Kazakhstan Islambek Kuat
• Kazakhstan Dmitriy Lyapkin
• Kazakhstan Roman Uzdenov

;Latvia

• Latvia Oskars Kļava

;Lithuania

• Lithuania Darius Miceika
• Lithuania Mantas Samusiovas
• Lithuania Valdas Trakys

;Moldova

• Moldova Victor Golovatenco
• Moldova Oleg Hromtov
• Moldova Iurie Priganiuc
• Moldova Radu Rebeja
• Moldova Oleg Shishkin

;Romania

• Romania Florin Costin Șoavă

;Serbia

• Serbia Dragan Mrđa

;Slovakia

• Slovakia Martin Jakubko

;Slovenia

• Slovenia Nastja Čeh

;Sweden

• Sweden Filip Dagerstål

;Ukraine

• Ukraine Serhiy Danylovskyi
• Ukraine Dmytro Parfenov

;Asia

;Turkmenistan

• Turkmenistan Vladimir Bayramov

;Uzbekistan

• Uzbekistan Igor Golban
• Uzbekistan Vladimir Shishelov
• Uzbekistan Ilya Telegin

;Africa

;Burkina Faso

• BFA Mohamed Konaté

;Morocco

• Morocco Abdelillah Bagui

;Nigeria

• Nigeria Richard Eromoigbe
• Nigeria Brian Idowu
• Nigeria Chidi Osuchukwu

;Senegal

• Senegal Dame Diop

;South & Central America

;Panama

• Panama Edgardo Fariña

Club records

Most league appearances for Khimki

1. SRB Miodrag Jovanović: 224
2. ARM Roman Berezovsky: 175
3. RUS Nikolai Barkalov: 164
4. RUS Sergei Kravchuk: 145
5. RUS Aleksandr Shulenin: 140
6. RUS Andrey Tikhonov: 124
7. RUS Aleksandr Makarov: 119
8. RUS Aleksandr Shvetsov: 116
9. RUS Igor Nekrasov: 115
10. UKR RUS Sergei Shcheglov: 112

Most league goals for Khimki

1. Sergei Kravchuk: 46
2. Andrey Tikhonov: 43
3. Yuri Georgiyevsky: 30
4. Konstantin Genich: 29
5. Nikolai Kovardayev: 27
6. Vadim Shatalin: 23
7. Aleksandr Antipenko: 20
8. Denis Kiselyov: 18
9. Anton Arkhipov: 16

Coaching staff

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)

References

References

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3. (22 May 2023). ""Химки" вылетели из РПЛ после трех сезонов в лиге". Sports.ru.
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5. (24 May 2025). "«Химки» и «Черноморец» не получили лицензии для участия в РПЛ 2025/26". Russian Football Union.
6. (16 June 2025). ""Пари НН" сыграет в Мир РПЛ 2025/2026". Russian Football Union.
7. (18 June 2025). ""Химки" приостанавливают свою деятельность". FC Khimki.