FC Moscow

Moscow
Full name	Football Club Moscow
Nickname(s)	The Citizens, The Caps
Founded	1997
Ground	E. Streltsov Stadium, Moscow; (Capacity: 13,200)
Chairman	Igor Dmitriev
Manager	Miodrag Božović
League	Russian Premier League
2009	6th
Home colours	Away colours

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This article refers to the Moscow government team formed in 2004. For the predecessors in the Russian Premier League, see FC Torpedo-ZIL and FC Torpedo-Metallurg.

FC Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб Москва), is a Russian football club, based in Moscow. Moscow's best result in Russian Premier League is a 4th position in 2007.

[edit] History

The creation of the team was firstly announced by the Moscow government on 1 March 2004[1]. FC Moscow was formed on the base of FC Torpedo-Metallurg. The team played in the Russian Cup final in 2007.

[edit] League and cup history

As Torpedo-ZIL (1997-2002), Torpedo-Metallurg (2003).

Russia

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Top scorer (league)	Head coach
1997	4th, Zone 3	3	40	23	8	9	77	29	77				Lavrentyev - 17	Petrenko
1998	3rd, "Center"	1	40	28	6	6	90	30	90	Round of 128			Snigiryov - 32	Petrenko Ignatyev
1999	2nd	4	42	23	13	6	67	27	82	Round of 32			Al. Smirnov - 11	Ignatyev
2000	2nd	2	38	24	8	6	62	28	80	Round of 64			Lebed' - 10	Ignatyev
2001	1st	14	30	7	10	13	22	35	31	Round of 32			Piyuk - 6	Kucherevsky
2002		14	30	6	10	14	20	39	28	Quarterfinals			D. A. Smirnov - 7	Nikonov
2003		14	30	8	5	17	25	39	29	Round of 32			Monaryov - 8	Aleinikov Ivanov Ignatenko
2004		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	Petrakov Slutsky
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														Božović

[edit] Nicknames

Fans and journalists call FC Moskva The Citizens (Russian: Горожане). The colloquial nickname for the club is The Caps (Russian: Кепки), which refers to Moscow government ownership (Moscow mayor Yuriy Luzhkov usually wears a cap).

FC Moscow players in 2008.

[edit] FC Moscow in Europe

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 is now making their second appearance in Europe in the 2008-09 UEFA Cup, beating Legia Warsaw in the qualifying round.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Score
2006	Intertoto Cup	2R	FC MTZ-RIPO	2-0 1-0
		3R	Hertha Berlin	0-0 0-2
2008/09	UEFA Cup	2Q	Legia Warsaw	2-1 2-0
		1R	F.C. Copenhagen	1-2 1-1

[edit] Current squad

As of August 31, 2009 according to the Russian Premier League official website.

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Aleksandr Sheshukov
4	DF	Jean Narde
5	DF	Gia Grigalava (on loan from SKA Rostov)
6	DF	Branko Ilič (on loan from Betis)
7	FW	Aleksandr Marenich
10	MF	Zvonimir Vukić
11	FW	Aleksandr Stavpets
13	MF	Aleksei Rebko
16	GK	Anton Amelchenko
17	MF	Pavel Golyshev

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Martin Jakubko
21	MF	Artur Rylov
29	FW	Igor Strelkov
30	GK	Yuri Zhevnov
31	DF	Andrei Vasyanovich
33	DF	Dacosta Goore
	MF	Artyom Varakin
	FW	Pavel Yesikov
	MF	Oleg Aleynik
	MF	Sergei Shudrov

For recent transfers, see List of Russian football transfers summer 2009 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2009–10.

[edit] Out on loan

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Roman Hubník (on loan to Hertha BSC until June 2010)

[edit] Young squad

As of August 28, 2009, as registed with the Russian Premier League. Players are eligible to play for the main squad.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ilya Gavrilov
2	MF	Vladimir Khozin
12	GK	Valeri Polyakov
32	DF	Nikita Korolyov
34	MF	Dmitri Agaptsev
35	FW	Sergei Sipatov
39	MF	Aleksandr Yeliseyev
40	DF	Sergei Shubin
41	MF	Kirill Lapidus
42	DF	Denis Poyarkov
43	DF	Vitali Ustinov
46	DF	Aleksei Kontsedalov
47	MF	Konstantin Belov
48	FW	Sergei Maslov
49	DF	Sergei Kharlamov

No.	Position	Player
50	DF	Andrei Lukanchenkov
51	MF	Vyacheslav Dmitriyev
52	DF	Pavel Golanov
53	MF	Aleksei Rogov
54	MF	Marat Sadikov
55	MF	Dmitri Kutepov
56	MF	Yevgeni Rudyakov
57	GK	Nikita Alekseyev
58	GK	Dmitri Yershov
59	DF	Andrei Prigarin
60	MF	Magomed Kurbanov
66	MF	Aleksandr Kolomeytsev
77	MF	Yuri Petrakov
93	MF	Aleksei Kukhtinov

[edit] Affiliated clubs

[edit] 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.