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
2008	RPL, 9th
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		Notes
1997	3rd (Zone 3)	3	40	23	8	9	77	29	77
1998	3rd (Zone "Center")	1	40	28	6	6	90	30	90	Round of 128			Promoted
1999	2nd	4	42	23	13	6	67	27	82	Round of 32
2000	2nd	2	38	24	8	6	62	28	80	Round of 64			Promoted
2001	1st	14	30	7	10	13	22	35	31	Round of 32
2002	1st	14	30	6	10	14	20	39	28	Quarterfinals
2003	1st	14	30	8	5	17	25	39	29	Round of 32
2004	1st	9	30	10	10	10	38	39	40	Round of 32
2005	1st	5	30	14	8	8	36	26	50	Round of 16
2006	1st	6	30	10	13	7	41	37	43	Round of 16	IC	3rd Round
2007	1st	4	30	15	7	8	40	32	52	Runner-Up
2008	1st	9	30	9	11	10	34	36	38	Quarterfinals

[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 March 2, 2009 according to the Russian Premier League official website.

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Aleksandr Sheshukov
5	DF	Gia Grigalava (on loan from FC SKA Rostov-on-Don)
7	FW	Aleksandr Marenich
8	MF	Dmitri Tarasov
10	MF	Zvonimir Vukić
11	FW	Aleksandr Stavpets
13	MF	Aleksei Rebko
14	DF	Kirill Nababkin
15	DF	Alexandru Epureanu
16	GK	Anton Amelchenko
17	MF	Pavel Golyshev
19	MF	Aleksandr Samedov

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Martin Jakubko
21	MF	Artur Rylov
23	DF	Isaac Okoronkwo
25	DF	Mariusz Jop
28	MF	Branislav Krunić
29	FW	Igor Strelkov
30	GK	Yuri Zhevnov
31	DF	Andrei Vasyanovich
33	DF	Dacosta Goore
69	FW	Héctor Bracamonte
88	MF	Edgaras Česnauskis

[edit] Out on loan

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Roman Hubník (on loan to Sparta Prague until December 2009)
		MF	Vitali Kaleshin (on loan to FC Rubin Kazan until December 2009)
		FW	Maxi López (on loan to Grêmio until December 2009)
		DF	Andrei Lukanchenkov (on loan to FC Nosta Novotroitsk until December 2009)
		MF	Artyom Varakin (on loan to FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan until December 2009)

[edit] Young squad

As of March 12, 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
36	MF	Sergei Shudrov
37	FW	Igor Kuzmin
38	FW	Andrei Andriyevsky
39	MF	Aleksandr Yeliseyev
40	DF	Sergei Shubin
41	MF	Kirill Lapidus
42	DF	Denis Poyarkov
43	DF	Vitali Ustinov
44	MF	Oleg Aleinik

No.	Position	Player
45	FW	Pavel Yesikov
46	DF	Aleksei Kontsedalov
48	FW	Sergei Maslov
49	DF	Sergei Kharlamov
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

[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.