Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian professional

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club based in Grozny that plays in the Russian Premier League. The team was named ''Terek'' between 1958 and 2017.

History

It was founded in 1946, as ''Dynamo''; it changed its name in 1948 to ''Neftyanik'' and in 1958 to ''Terek'', it changed the name again in 2017 to ''Akhmat''. The club is named after

Akhmat Kadyrov Akhmad-Khadzhi Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov ce, Къадири Ӏабдулхьамидан кӀант Ахьмад-Хьажи, Q̇adiri Jabdulẋamidan khant Aẋmad-Ẋaƶi (23 August 1951 – 9 May 2004) was a Russian politician and revolutionar ...

. In the 1990s the club was disbanded for some time due to the war in

Chechnya Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...

. From the 1990s to 2007 the club played its home games in the neighbouring resort city of Pyatigorsk,

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. Before the start of the 2008 Premier League season, the

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granted Terek the right to host Premier League matches in Grozny. They won the Russian Cup by beating

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in the final and the

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in 2004. In 2004 they advanced through the UEFA Cup qualification by beating the Polish team

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1–0 in both legs but lost to

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outfit FC Basel in the first round. They played in the Russian Premier League in 2005 but were relegated after finishing last. Terek finished second in the First Division in 2007 and were promoted back into the Premier League. On 3 July 2008, Terek signed three Romanian players at once: Andrei Margaritescu ( Dinamo București), Florentin Petre ( CSKA Sofia) and Daniel Pancu (

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). Terek finished 12th in the 2010 Russian Premier League season. A new stadium has been built for the club. Cameroonian

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, founded by Terek player

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and coached by

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, is a farm team of the Russian club. In January 2011 the club signed former Dutch international Ruud Gullit to an 18-month contract to manage the club. On 14 June 2011 Gullit was sacked for poor results. On 7 June 2017, the team was renamed from FC Terek to FC Akhmat, after Akhmad Kadyrov, former President of the Chechen Republic. On 30 October 2017, manager

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resigned, with

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taking over in a caretaker capacity, before being announced as Akhmat's permanent manager on 14 December 2017. On 30 September 2019, after a 2–0 away defeat to

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, Rashid Rakhimov resigned as manager, with

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being appointed as Rakhimov's replacement the same day. On 26 July 2020, Igor Shalimov's contract as manager expired and he left Akhmat Grozny, to be replaced by

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. On 11 September 2022, Andrei Talalayev was relieved of his duties as Head Coach, with

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taking over in a caretaker capacity. On 22 September 2022,

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was announced as Akhmat Grozny's new permanent Head Coach.

League

USSR

Russia

European

Stadium

Between the 1990s and the 2007 Season, Akhmat Grozny played their home games at the Central Stadium in the neighbouring resort city of Pyatigorsk in

. At the start of the 2008 season they moved to the

Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium is a stadium in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of FC Terek-2 Grozny. The stadium holds 10,200 seats. Before the start of the 2008 Premier League season, the Ru ...

, playing their home games there until the opening of Akhmat-Arena on 20 May 2011, when they beat Anzhi Makhachkala 1–0 in the Russian Premier League.

Players

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Terek-2 Grozny

In 2013, a professional farm club called

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was created. It played in the third-tier

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until they were dissolved after the 2015–16 season.

Honours

Russian Cup *Champions (1): 2003–04 Russian Super Cup *Runners-up (1):

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Club officials

Management

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Managerial history

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2006 * Talgayev 2006 to 07 *

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Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose names are listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Akhmat or Terek. ;Russia ;Other former USSR countries ;Europe ;Africa ;Asia * Luke Wilkshire *

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;South and Central America * Juan Carlos Arce * Ewerthon *

Wilker Ángel Wilker José Ángel Romero (born 18 March 1993) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Venezuela national team and Aucas. Career Club Trujillanos FC Before he was 18, Angel won the Primera División with T ...

Andrés Ponce Andrés Fabián Ponce Núñez (born 11 November 1996) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays for Russian First League club FC Akron Tolyatti. Career Club On 27 July 2018, Ponce signed with the Russian Premier League club FC Anzhi M ...

References

External links

Official website
{{Russian Premier League Association football clubs established in 1958

Akhmat Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

1958 establishments in Russia