FC Baltika Kaliningrad

FC Baltika (Акционерное Общество «Футбольный клуб «Балтика») is a professional association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. The club will return to the Russian First League in the 2024–25 season.

History
The club was founded on 22 December 1954 as Pishchevik Kaliningrad. In 1958 the club was renamed Baltika.

The team entered the Soviet League in 1957 and played in Class B (1957–1965), Class A, Group 2 (1966–1970), and Second League (1971–1991). The best result was achieved in 1984, when Baltika won the regional group tournament.

In 1992 Baltika entered the Russian Second Division and won the regional tournament and promotion to the First Division. After a fourth-place finish in 1993 and third position in 1994 Baltika won the division in 1995. In 1996 Baltika achieved the best result in club's history, finishing 7th in the Top Division, the Russian Premier League. Baltika were relegated in 1998, spending a total of three seasons in the top flight. In 1998 Baltika participated in the Intertoto Cup and reached the third round.

Since then, Baltika played in the First Division, except for the 2002 and 2005 seasons which they spent in the Second Division.

In 2018–19 Russian Football National League, they finished 16th (a relegation spot). However, PFL zone East winners FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk did not apply for the FNL license, keeping Baltika in the league.

On 19 May 2023, Baltika secured a promotion to the Russian Premier League for the first time in 25 years.

In the 2023–24 Russian Cup, Baltika advanced to the Superfinal.

Baltika finished 15th in the league season and was relegated back to second tier after one year in the Premier League.

On 2 June 2024, Baltika lost the 2024 Russian Cup final to Zenit St. Petersburg with the score of 1–2, Baltika initially led 1–0 and conceded two goals in the 81st minute and in the 5th added minute.

Current squad
As of 18 July 2024, according to the official Russian First League website.

Reserve team
Baltika's reserve team played professionally in the Russian Third League in 1994 as FC Baltika-d Kaliningrad and in the Russian Second Division in 2006 and 2007 as FC Baltika-2 Kaliningrad.

Notable players
These players had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Baltika.


 * Russia/USSR
 * Sergei Shvetsov
 * 🇷🇺 Oleg Sergeyev
 * 🇷🇺 Maksim Buznikin
 * 🇷🇺 Nikita Chernov
 * 🇷🇺 Vyacheslav Dayev
 * 🇷🇺 Soslan Dzhanayev
 * 🇷🇺 Andrei Fedkov
 * 🇷🇺 Lyubomir Kantonistov
 * 🇷🇺 Yevgeni Kharlachyov
 * 🇷🇺 Andrei Kondrashov
 * 🇷🇺 Ilya Lantratov
 * 🇷🇺 Artyom Makarchuk
 * 🇷🇺 Pavel Pogrebnyak
 * 🇷🇺 Dmitri Skopintsev
 * 🇷🇺 Dmitry Stotsky
 * 🇷🇺 Sergei Terekhov
 * 🇷🇺 🇦🇿 Vladislav Lemish


 * Former USSR countries
 * 🇦🇲 Artak Aleksanyan
 * 🇦🇲 Aram Voskanyan
 * 🇦🇲 Robert Zebelyan
 * 🇦🇿 Emin Agaev
 * 🇦🇿 Gurban Gurbanov
 * 🇦🇿 Mehdi Jannatov


 * 🇦🇿 Aslan Kerimov
 * 🇦🇿 Dmitriy Kramarenko
 * 🇦🇿 Yuri Muzika
 * 🇧🇾 Vasili Baranov
 * 🇧🇾 Syarhey Herasimets
 * 🇧🇾 Kirill Kaplenko
 * 🇧🇾 Yury Kavalyow
 * 🇧🇾 Alyaksandr Klimenka
 * 🇧🇾 Andrei Lavrik
 * 🇧🇾 Vitaly Lisakovich
 * 🇧🇾 Uladzimir Makowski
 * 🇧🇾 Valer Shantalosau
 * 🇧🇾 Yuri Shukanov
 * 🇧🇾 Maksim Skavysh
 * 🇧🇾 Sergey Vekhtev
 * 🇪🇪 Taavi Rähn
 * Zaza Janashia
 * Zviad Jeladze
 * Levan Mikadze
 * Tengiz Sichinava
 * 🇰🇿 Renat Dubinskiy
 * 🇰🇿 Dmitriy Galich
 * 🇰🇿 Dmitriy Lyapkin
 * 🇰🇿 Maksim Nizovtsev
 * 🇰🇿 Aleksandr Sklyarov
 * 🇱🇻 Aleksandrs Koliņko
 * 🇱🇻 Mihails Miholaps


 * 🇱🇻 Igors Troickis
 * 🇱🇻 Aleksejs Višņakovs
 * 🇱🇻 Maksims Rafaļskis
 * 🇱🇻 Artūrs Zjuzins
 * 🇱🇹 Vidas Alunderis
 * 🇱🇹 Vytautas Apanavičius
 * 🇱🇹 Ričardas Beniušis
 * 🇱🇹 Orestas Buitkus
 * 🇱🇹 Rolandas Džiaukštas
 * 🇱🇹 Andrius Jokšas
 * 🇱🇹 Kestutis Kumza
 * 🇱🇹 Viktoras Olšanskis
 * 🇲🇩 Valeriu Andronic
 * 🇹🇲 Vyacheslav Krendelyov
 * 🇺🇦 Oleksandr Pomazun
 * 🇺🇦 Vladyslav Prudius
 * 🇺🇦 Serhiy Shyshchenko
 * 🇺🇦 Dmytro Topchiev
 * 🇺🇿 Andrei Fyodorov
 * 🇺🇿 Maksim Shatskikh
 * 🇺🇿 Andrei Vlasichev
 * Other countries
 * 🇧🇴 Roberto Fernández
 * 🇨🇱 Ángelo Henríquez
 * 🇬🇭 Joel Fameyeh
 * 🇲🇰 Goran Maznov

Club staff

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