FC Chertanovo Moscow (russian: «Чертаново» (Москва)) is a Russian professional football club based in

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who play in the FNL 2, the third tier of Russian football. It is the senior team of the Chertanovo Football Academy.

History

They played professionally from 1993 to 1997 before dropping into the amateur leagues and then returning to the professional leagues, the Russian Professional Football League (3rd tier) in the 2014–15 season. The club won the West zone of the PFL in the 2017–18 season and was promoted to the second-tier

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for the first time in their history ahead of the 2018–19 season. In 2019–20, during their second season in the second division, the campaign was cut short by the

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, with the final table showing them in third place, one spot and one point below the promotion zone with more than 10 matches left to play. Before the 2020–21 season, Chertanovo's head coach

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and 8 leading players transferred to

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. As a consequence, Chertanovo finished second from the bottom in the season and was relegated back to PFL. Meanwhile, Krylia Sovetov won the FNL season and were promoted back to

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and also reached the final of the

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Team name history

* 1993: FC SUO Moscow * 1994–present: FC Chertanovo Moscow

Current squad

As of 8 September 2022, according to th
Second League website

Reserve team

External links

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Official site
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Team history at Footballfacts

FC Chertanovo in Soccerway
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