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| Full name | Football Club Moscow | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicknames | The Citizens,The Caps | ||
| Founded | 1 March 2004; 21 years ago (2004-03-01) | ||
| Dissolved | 2010; 15 years ago (2010) | ||
| Ground | Eduard Streltsov Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 13,450 | ||
FC Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб Москва) was a Russianfootball club based inMoscow.
The creation of the team was first announced by the Moscow government on 1 March 2004.[1] FC Moscow was formed on the base ofFC Torpedo-Metallurg. The team played in theRussian Cup final in 2007.
Moscow's best result in Russian Premier League was a 4th position in2007.
On 14 December 2007,Oleg Blokhin was announced as FC Moscow's new manager withLeonid Slutsky having left at the end of the2007 season.[2]In February 2010 the club withdrew from the Premier League after their owner and main sponsor,MMC Norilsk Nickel, withdrew funding.[3][4] Their place in the league was taken byAlania Vladikavkaz.[5] Subsequently, FC Moscow folded, ceasing to exist as a professional football club.[5][6] They played in 2010 in the fourth level of the Russian football pyramid, theAmateur Football League, and after that season the team was dissolved altogether on 28 December.[7] Soon after the club was reestablished and continue to compete in theAmateur Football League.
During the professional period,E. Streltsov Stadium, inMoscow was used as home ground.
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup | Europe | Top scorer (league) | Head coach | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1st | 9 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 39 | 40 | Round of 32 |  Bracamonte – 11 |  Petrakov | ||
| 2005 | 5 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 26 | 50 | Round of 16 | Kirichenko – 14 | PetrakovSlutsky | |||
| 2006 | 6 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 41 | 37 | 43 | Round of 16 | IC | 3rd round | Kirichenko – 12 | Slutsky | |
| 2007 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 52 | Runner-up | Adamov – 14 | Slutsky | |||
| 2008 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 36 | 38 | Quarterfinals | Bracamonte – 8 |  Blokhin | |||
| 2009 | 6 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 28 | 48 | Semifinals | UC | 1st round |  Jakubko – 8 |  Božović | |
| 2010 | 4th, Zone Moscow, Division A | 3 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 75 | 28 | 64 | Agaptsev – 21 | Vasilyev | |||
| 2017 | 4th, Zone Moscow | 11 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 52 | 17 | Skopin – 5 | Zvezdin | |||
FC Moscow in its first appearance on the European arena reached the third round of 2006 Intertoto Cup and was eliminated byHertha BSC Berlin.FC Moscow made their second appearance in Europe in the2008–09 UEFA Cup, beatingLegia Warsaw in the qualifying round.
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| UEFA Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Second round |  MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Third round |  Hertha BSC | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | ||
| 2008–09 | UEFA Cup | Second round |  Legia Warsaw | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Third round |  Copenhagen | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
Fans and journalists called FC MoskvaThe Citizens (Russian:Горожане). The colloquial nickname for the club isThe Caps (Russian:Кепки), which refers to Moscow government ownership (former Moscow mayorYuriy Luzhkov usually wears a cap).
Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed inbold represented their countries while playing for FC Moscow/Torpedo-ZIL/Torpedo-Metallurg.
Information correct as of match played 29 November 2009. Only competitive matches are counted.
| Name | Nat. | From | To | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | %W | Honours | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valery Petrakov | Russia | 1 January 2004 | 14 July 2005 | 50 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 67 | 55 | 038.00 | ||
| Leonid Slutsky | Russia | 15 July 2005 | 11 November 2007 | 94 | 43 | 26 | 25 | 131 | 108 | 045.74 | ||
| Oleg Blokhin | Ukraine | 14 December 2007[2] | 27 November 2008 | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 46 | 41 | 036.11 | ||
| Miodrag Božović | Montenegro | 1 January 2009 | 1 March 2010 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 31 | 047.06 |
P – Total of played matchesW – Won matchesD – Drawn matchesL – Lost matchesGS – Goal scoredGA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won
Nationality is indicated by the correspondingFIFA country code(s).
| Name | Years | League | Russian Cup | Europe | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Héctor Bracamonte | 2004–2009 | 30 (136) | 5 (13) | 1 (8) | 36 (157) |
| 2 | Dmitri Kirichenko | 2005–2007 | 26 (54) | 4 (5) | 0 (4) | 30 (63) |
| 3 | Roman Adamov | 2006–2008 | 23 (63) | 3 (9) | 2 (4) | 28 (76) |
| 4 | Sergei Semak | 2006–2007 | 12 (57) | 3 (12) | 0 (4) | 15 (73) |
| 5 | Aleksei Melyoshin | 2004–2008 | 10 (78) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 11 (83) |
| 6 | Pablo Barrientos | 2006–2008 | 6 (33) | 4 (9) | 0 (0) | 10 (42) |
| 6 |  Stanislav Ivanov | 2004–2008 | 9 (112) | 1 (15) | 0 (6) | 10 (133) |
| 6 | Pyotr Bystrov | 2006–2008 | 7 (69) | 2 (11) | 1 (8) | 10 (88) |
| 9 | Maxi López | 2007–2009 | 9 (22) | 0 (2) | 0 (1) | 9 (25) |
| 9 | Aleksandr Samedov | 2008–2009 | 2 (44) | 0 (5) | 2 (4) | 9 (53) |
| 9 | Oleg Kuzmin | 2004–2008 | 6 (115) | 2 (15) | 1 (7) | 9 (137) |
| 9 |  Edgaras Česnauskis | 2008–2009 | 5 (35) | 3 (6) | 1 (3) | 9 (44) |
| Name | Years | League | Russian Cup | Europe | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Héctor Bracamonte | 2004–2009 | 136 (30) | 13 (5) | 8 (1) | 157 (36) |
| 2 | Yuri Zhevnov | 2005–2009 | 124 (0) | 13 (0) | 7 (0) | 144 (0) |
| 3 | Oleg Kuzmin | 2004–2008 | 115 (6) | 15 (2) | 7 (1) | 137 (9) |
| 4 | Stanislav Ivanov | 2004–2008 | 112 (9) | 15 (1) | 6 (0) | 133 (10) |
| 5 | Radu Rebeja | 2004–2008 | 110 (3) | 13 (0) | 4 (0) | 127 (3) |
| 6 | Dmitri Godunok | 2005–2008 | 100 (3) | 11 (1) | 8 (0) | 119 (4) |
| 7 | Mariusz Jop | 2004–2009 | 86 (4) | 10 (0) | 4 (0) | 100 (4) |
| 8 |  Pompiliu Stoica | 2004–2008 | 88 (0) | 11 (0) | 0 (0) | 99 (0) |
| 9 | Pyotr Bystrov | 2006–2008 | 69 (7) | 15 (2) | 4 (1) | 88 (10) |
| 10 | Alexandru Epureanu | 2007–2009 | 71 (3) | 12 (1) | 3 (0) | 86 (4) |
