FC Moscow

FC Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб Москва) was a Russian football club based in Moscow.

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 2007.

On 14 December 2007, Oleg Blokhin was announced as FC Moscow's new manager with Leonid Slutsky having left at the end of the 2007 season. In February 2010 the club withdrew from the Premier League after their owner and main sponsor, MMC Norilsk Nickel, withdrew funding. Their place in the league was taken by Alania Vladikavkaz. 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 Amateur Football League, and after that season the team was dissolved altogether on 28 December. Soon after the club was reestablished and continue to compete in the Amateur Football League.

During the professional period, E. Streltsov Stadium, in Moscow was used as home ground.

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 2008–09 UEFA Cup, beating Legia Warsaw in the qualifying round.

Nicknames
Fans and journalists called FC Moskva The Citizens (Горожане). The colloquial nickname for the club is The Caps (Кепки), which refers to Moscow government ownership (former Moscow mayor Yuriy Luzhkov 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
 * 🇷🇺 Aleksandr Borodyuk
 * 🇷🇺 Sergei Gorlukovich
 * Sergey Shustikov
 * 🇷🇺 Dmitri Khlestov
 * 🇷🇺 Roman Adamov
 * 🇷🇺 Dimitri Ananko
 * 🇷🇺 Aleksei Arifullin
 * 🇷🇺 Aleksei Berezutski
 * 🇷🇺 Vasili Berezutski
 * 🇷🇺 Pyotr Bystrov
 * 🇷🇺 Aleksandr Filimonov
 * 🇷🇺 Dmitri Kirichenko
 * 🇷🇺 Oleg Kornaukhov
 * 🇷🇺 Oleg Kuzmin
 * 🇷🇺 Vladimir Lebed
 * 🇷🇺 Kirill Nababkin
 * 🇷🇺 Andrei Novosadov
 * 🇷🇺 Nikolai Pisarev
 * 🇷🇺 Sergei Podpaly
 * 🇷🇺 Aleksei Rebko
 * 🇷🇺 Aleksandr Ryazantsev
 * 🇷🇺 Aleksandr Samedov
 * 🇷🇺 Aleksandr Sheshukov
 * 🇷🇺 Sergei Semak
 * 🇷🇺 Roman Shirokov
 * 🇷🇺 Dmitri Tarasov
 * Former Socialist Republic countries
 * 🇦🇲 Sargis Hovsepyan


 * 🇦🇲 Yervand Krbachyan
 * 🇦🇲 Andrey Movsisyan
 * 🇦🇿 Emin Agaev
 * 🇦🇿 Vyaçeslav Lıçkin
 * 🇦🇿 Narvik Sirkhayev
 * 🇧🇾 Anton Amelchenko
 * 🇧🇾 Barys Haravoy
 * 🇧🇾 Vladimir Korytko
 * 🇧🇾 Andrei Ostrovskiy
 * 🇧🇾 Syarhey Yaskovich
 * 🇧🇾 Yuri Zhevnov
 * Gia Grigalava
 * Mikheil Jishkariani
 * Alexander Rekhviashvili
 * 🇰🇿 Ruslan Baltiev
 * 🇰🇿 Evgeniy Lovchev
 * 🇲🇩 Alexandru Curtianu
 * 🇲🇩 Alexandru Epureanu
 * 🇲🇩 Stanislav Ivanov
 * 🇲🇩 Alexandru Popovici
 * 🇲🇩 Radu Rebeja
 * 🇹🇯 Oleg Shirinbekov
 * 🇺🇦 Yuri Moroz
 * 🇺🇦 Oleksandr Pomazun
 * 🇺🇿 Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov
 * 🇺🇿 Ulugbek Bakayev


 * Europe
 * 🇧🇦 Ricardo Baiano
 * 🇧🇦 Miro Katić
 * 🇧🇦 Branislav Krunić


 * 🇧🇦 Munever Rizvić
 * 🇨🇿 Roman Hubník
 * 🇱🇻 Vladimirs Koļesņičenko
 * 🇱🇻 Andris Vaņins
 * 🇱🇹 Edgaras Česnauskis
 * 🇱🇹 Ignas Dedura
 * 🇱🇹 Rolandas Džiaukštas
 * 🇱🇹 Tadas Gražiūnas
 * 🇱🇹 Saulius Mikalajūnas
 * 🇱🇹 Irmantas Stumbrys
 * 🇱🇹 Giedrius Žutautas
 * 🇲🇰 Goran Maznov
 * 🇵🇱 Damian Gorawski
 * 🇵🇱 Mariusz Jop
 * 🇷🇴 Pompiliu Stoica
 * 🇷🇸 Zvonimir Vukić
 * 🇸🇰 Martin Jakubko
 * 🇸🇮 Amir Karič
 * 🇸🇮 Branko Ilič
 * 🇸🇪 Jonas Wallerstedt


 * South America
 * 🇦🇷 Pablo Barrientos
 * 🇦🇷 Héctor Bracamonte
 * 🇦🇷 Maxi López
 * 🇦🇷 Maximiliano Moralez


 * Africa
 * 🇨🇲 Jerry-Christian Tchuissé
 * 🇬🇭 Baba Adamu
 * 🇳🇬 Isaac Okoronkwo
 * 🇿🇦 Stanton Fredericks

Managers
''Information correct as of match played 29 November 2009. Only competitive matches are counted.'' P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against %W – Percentage of matches won
 * Notes:

Nationality is indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code(s).