FC SKA-Khabarovsk

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

Out on loan

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

• USSR Vladimir Astapovsky
• Russia Viktor Bulatov
• Russia Viktor Fayzulin
• USSR CIS Russia Andrey Ivanov
• USSR Boris Kopeikin
• Russia Nikolay Olenikov
• USSR Sergey Olshansky
• Russia Andrei Semyonov
• USSR Aleksandr Tarkhanov
• USSRCISRussia Akhrik Tsveiba
• Russia Aleksandr Yerokhin ;Former USSR countries
• Armenia Robert Arzumanyan
• Armenia Ruslan Koryan
• Azerbaijan Gennadi Drozdov
• Azerbaijan Rizvan Umarov
• Belarus Syarhey Kavalchuk
• Belarus Andrey Paryvaew
• Georgia Kakhaber Aladashvili
• Georgia Gogita Gogua
• Georgia Shota Grigalashvili
• Georgia Gocha Khojava
• Georgia Otar Martsvaladze
• Georgia Giorgi Navalovski
• Georgia Lasha Salukvadze
• Kazakhstan Vitaliy Artemov
• Kazakhstan Qayrat Aymanov
• Kazakhstan Aleksandr Gorbunov
• Kazakhstan Oleg Musin
• Moldova Serghei Alexeev
• Moldova Valeriu Andronic
• Moldova Serghei Chirilov
• Moldova Alexandr Covalenco
• Moldova Iurie Priganiuc
• Moldova Roman Radcenco
• Moldova Serghei Secu
• Moldova Adrian Sosnovschi
• Tajikistan Igor Vityutnev
• Turkmenistan Wýaçeslaw Krendelew
• Ukraine Denys Dedechko
• Ukraine Andriy Dikan
• Ukraine Oleksandr Kyryukhin
• Uzbekistan Vladimir Radkevich

;Europe

• Estonia Mark Švets
• Bulgaria Ventsislav Hristov
• Latvia Aivars Drupass
• Latvia Olegs Karavajevs
• Lithuania Darius Miceika
• Lithuania Tomas Mikuckis

;Africa

• South Africa MacDonald Mukansi

Coaching staff

References

References

1. (1 June 2022). "Михаил Гусев назначен генеральным директором «СКА-Хабаровск»".
2. FC SKA-Khabarovsk. link. (2 June 2016)
3. (28 May 2022). ""Химки" сохранили место в РПЛ благодаря победе над "СКА-Хабаровском"". Russian Premier League.
4. [https://fnl.pro/pari/team/20 official First League website]