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 called 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.

1. USSR/Russia

2. Dmitri Kuznetsov

3. Oleg Sergeyev

4. Aleksandr Borodyuk

5. Sergei Gorlukovich

6. Sergey Shustikov

7. Dmitri Khlestov

8. Roman Adamov

9. Dimitri Ananko

10. Aleksei Arifullin

11. Aleksei Berezutski

12. Vasili Berezutski

13. Pyotr Bystrov

14. Aleksandr Filimonov

15. Dmitri Kirichenko

16. Oleg Kornaukhov

17. Oleg Kuzmin

18. Vladimir Lebed

19. Kirill Nababkin

20. Andrei Novosadov

21. Nikolai Pisarev

22. Sergei Podpaly

23. Aleksei Rebko

24. Aleksandr Ryazantsev

25. Aleksandr Samedov

26. Aleksandr Sheshukov

27. Sergei Semak

28. Roman Shirokov

29. Dmitri Tarasov

30. Former Socialist Republic countries

31. Sargis Hovsepyan

    Yervand Krbachyan

32. Andrey Movsisyan

33. Emin Agaev

34. Vyaçeslav Lıçkin

35. Narvik Sirkhayev

36. Anton Amelchenko

37. Barys Haravoy

38. Vladimir Korytko

39. Andrei Ostrovskiy

40. Syarhey Yaskovich

41. Yuri Zhevnov

42. Gia Grigalava

43. Mikheil Jishkariani

44. Alexander Rekhviashvili

45. Ruslan Baltiev

46. Evgeniy Lovchev

47. Alexandru Curtianu

48. Alexandru Epureanu

49. Stanislav Ivanov

50. Alexandru Popovici

51. Radu Rebeja

52. Oleg Shirinbekov

53. Yuri Moroz

54. Oleksandr Pomazun

55. Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov

56. Ulugbek Bakayev

57. Europe

58. Ricardo Baiano

59. Miro Katić

60. Branislav Krunić

61. Munever Rizvić

62. Roman Hubník

63. Vladimirs Koļesņičenko

64. Andris Vaņins

65. Edgaras Česnauskis

66. Ignas Dedura

67. Rolandas Džiaukštas

68. Tadas Gražiūnas

69. Saulius Mikalajūnas

70. Irmantas Stumbrys

71. Giedrius Žutautas

72. Goran Maznov

73. Damian Gorawski

74. Mariusz Jop

75. Pompiliu Stoica

76. Zvonimir Vukić

77. Martin Jakubko

78. Amir Karič

79. Branko Ilič

80. Jonas Wallerstedt

81. South America

82. Pablo Barrientos

83. Héctor Bracamonte

84. Maxi López

85. Maximiliano Moralez

86. Africa

87. Jerry-Christian Tchuissé

88. Baba Adamu

89. Isaac Okoronkwo

90. 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