:''This article refers to the Moscow government team formed in 2004. For the predecessors in the

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, see FC Torpedo-ZIL and FC Torpedo-Metallurg.'' FC Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб Москва) was a Russian

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club based in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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

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. On 14 December 2007,

Oleg Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...

was announced as FC Moscow's new manager with Leonid Slutsky having left at the end of the

season. In February 2010 the club withdrew from the Premier League after their owner and main sponsor,

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, withdrew funding. Their place in the league was taken by

Alania Vladikavkaz FC Alania Vladikavkaz (russian: "Алания" (Владикавказ), os, Футболон клуб "Алани" (Дзæуджыхъæу)) is a Russian football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League ...

.Russian Premier League Review
– Goal.com, 12 March 2010. 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

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, and after that season the team was dissolved altogether on 28 December. Soon after the club was reestablished and continue to compete in the

. During the professional period, E. Streltsov Stadium, in

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

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, beating

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in the qualifying round.

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 (former Moscow mayor

Yuriy Luzhkov Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov ( rus, Ю́рий Миха́йлович Лужко́в, p=ˈjʉrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ lʊˈʂkof; 21 September 1936 – 10 December 2019) was a Russian politician who served as mayor of Moscow from 1992 to 2010 ...

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. ;USSR/Russia * Dmitri Kuznetsov *

Oleg Sergeyev Oleg Vyacheslavovich Sergeyev (russian: Олег Вячеславович Сергеев; born 29 March 1968) is a Russian football coach and a former player. Honours * Soviet Premier League winner: 1991. * Soviet Premier League runner-up: 19 ...

Aleksandr Borodyuk Aleksandr Genrikhovich Borodyuk (russian: Александр Генрихович Бородюк; born 30 November 1962) is a Russian football manager and former international player for USSR (playing one match in 1990 FIFA World Cup) and Russia ...

Sergei Gorlukovich Sergei Vadimovich Gorlukovich (russian: Серге́й Вадимович Горлукович; born 18 November 1961) is a football manager and former player who played as defender. At international level, he represented the Soviet Union and ...

* Sergey Shustikov *

Dmitri Khlestov Dmitri Alekseyevich Khlestov (russian: Дмитрий Алексеевич Хлестов; born 21 January 1971) is a former Russian football player. Club career He played for FC Spartak Moscow, Beşiktaş J.K. (Turkey), FC Torpedo-Metallurg ...

Roman Adamov Roman Stanislavovich Adamov (russian: Роман Станиславович Адамов; born 21 June 1982) is a retired Russian football player. Career Club career Adamov has been prolific in the Russian Premier League since joining FC ...

Dimitri Ananko Dmitri Vasilyevich Ananko (russian: Дмитрий Васильевич Aнaнкo; born 29 September 1973) is a Russian football coach and a former association football player. Honours * Russian Premier League winner in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, ...

* Aleksei Arifullin *

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* Vasili Berezutski * Pyotr Bystrov *

Aleksandr Filimonov Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov (russian: Александр Владимирович Филимонов; born 15 October 1973) is a former association football goalkeeper from Russia. He won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup with the Ru ...

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Oleg Kuzmin Oleg Aleksandrovich Kuzmin (russian: Олег Александрович Кузьмин, born 9 May 1981) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He works as an assistant coach with Rubin Kazan. He played as a right back. Honours Clu ...

Vladimir Lebed Vladimir Anatolyevich Lebed (russian: Владимир Анатольевич Лебедь; born 17 August 1973), known as Volodymyr Lebid in Ukrainian, is a Soviet, Ukrainian, and Russian retired football player. International career Lebed pl ...

Kirill Nababkin Kirill Anatolyevich Nababkin (russian: Кирилл Анатольевич Набабкин; born 8 September 1986) is a Russian football player who plays for Russian Premier League side CSKA Moscow. Career Nabakin began his youth career with FC ...

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* Aleksei Rebko * Aleksandr Ryazantsev *

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Aleksandr Sheshukov Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sheshukov (russian: Александр Сергеевич Шешуков; born 15 April 1983) is a Russian former footballer who played as a midfielder or defender. International career Sheshukov made his debut for the R ...

* Sergei Semak *

Roman Shirokov Roman Nikolayevich Shirokov (russian: Роман Николаевич Широ́ков ; born 6 July 1981) is a Russian international football official and a former player. As a player, he was described as "a deep-lying midfielder with an aptitu ...

* Dmitri Tarasov ;Former Socialist Republic countries *

Sargis Hovsepyan Sargis Hovsepyan ( hy, Սարգիս Հովսեփյան; born on 2 November 1972) is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Hovsepyan was the long-time captain of the Armenia national team. He participated in 133 ...

Yervand Krbachyan Yervand Mesropi Krbachyan ( hy, Երվանդ Մեսրոպի Կռբաշյան, born 1 October 1971) is an Armenian former football defender and current manager. He was also capped for the USSR U-20 team at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship ...

Andrey Movsisyan Andrey Movsisyan ( hy, Անդրեյ Մովսիսյան, born on 27 October 1975) is a Russia-born former Armenian Association football, football Striker (association football), striker. He was a member of the Armenia national football team, Armen ...

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* Vyaçeslav Lıçkin * Narvik Sirkhayev *

Anton Amelchenko Anton Amelchenko ( be, Антон Амельчанка (Anton Amelchanka); russian: Антон Амельченко; born 27 March 1985) is a Belarusian football coach and a former player. He works as a goalkeeping coach with Slavia Mozyr. He ...

Barys Haravoy Boris Olegovich Gorovoy ( be, Барыс Алегавіч Гаравы; russian: Борис Олегович Горовой; born 8 April 1974) is a Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Russian club ...

* Vladimir Korytko * Andrei Ostrovskiy *

Syarhey Yaskovich Syarhey Yaskovich ( be, Сяргей Ясковіч; russian: Серге́й Иванович Яскович; born 14 January 1972) is a Belarusian professional football coach and former player. His son Denis Yaskovich is also a professional fo ...

Yuri Zhevnov Yuri Zhevnov ( be, Юры Жаўноў; born 17 April 1981) is a professional football coach and a former player from Belarus. He is the goalkeepers' coach with Zenit St. Petersburg. Career Zhevnov started his career at third division. In 20 ...

Gia Grigalava Gia Aleksandrovich Grigalava ( ka, გია გრიგალავა, tr, ; russian: Гиа Александрович Григалава; born 5 August 1989) is a Georgia (country), Georgian professional association football, footballer. He a ...

* Mikheil Jishkariani * Alexander Rekhviashvili * Ruslan Baltiev * Evgeniy Lovchev * Alexandru Curtianu *

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* Stanislav Ivanov * Alexandru Popovici * Radu Rebeja * Oleg Shirinbekov * Yuri Moroz *

Oleksandr Pomazun Aleksandr Vasil'evich Pomazun (russian: Александр Васильевич Помазун; uk, Олександр Васильович Помазун; born 11 October 1971) is a Russian-Ukrainian former goalkeeper and a Russian football c ...

* Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov *

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;Europe * Ricardo Baiano * Miro Katić *

Branislav Krunić Branislav Krunić ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав Крунић; born 28 January 1979) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. International career Krunić made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina on 11 October 2002, against ...

* Munever Rizvić *

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* Ignas Dedura *

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* Tadas Gražiūnas * Saulius Mikalajūnas * Irmantas Stumbrys * Giedrius Žutautas * Goran Maznov * Damian Gorawski *

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* Pompiliu Stoica *

Zvonimir Vukić Zvonimir Vukić (; born 19 July 1979) is a Serbian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. A former Serbia and Montenegro international, Vukić appeared at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Club career Vukić started out at his hometow ...

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* Amir Karič *

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;South America * Pablo Barrientos * Héctor Bracamonte *

Maxi López Maximiliano Gastón López (born 3 April 1984) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a second striker. He holds both an Argentine and an Italian passport. He is known as ''El Rubio'' ("The Blonde"), and ''La Gallina de Oro ...

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;Africa *

Jerry-Christian Tchuissé Jerry-Christian Tchuissé (russian: Жерри-Кристиан Тчуйсе; born 13 January 1975) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a fullback. He played club football in Russia for Chernomorets Novorossiysk, Sp ...

* Baba Adamu *

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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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Moscow, FC Association football clubs established in 2004 Association football clubs disestablished in 2010 Defunct football clubs in Moscow 2004 establishments in Russia 2010 disestablishments in Russia