FC Khimki () was a Russian professional football club based in Khimki, about 18 kilometres north west of central Moscow, the capital of Russia.
History The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on 17 May 1997. Of more than 150 amateur teams in the competition, only the champions would be promoted to the Third League. Khimki won the tournament, overcoming Energiya Ulyanovsk in the final match in a penalty shootout.
On 30 January 1997, Khimki became a professional football club. In the Third League regional tournament, Khimki finished second and were promoted to the Second League.
Khimki were promoted to the First Division after the 2000 season. They finished first in the Centre zone of the Second Division, but lost the promotion play-off to Severstal Cherepovets on away goals. After Severstal refused to play in the First Division, their place was given to Khimki.
In 2005, Khimki had a very good run in the Russian Cup, reaching the final. They lost the final match 0–1 to CSKA. In the 2019–20 Russian Cup, they reached the final once again.
On 15 May 2020, FNL season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. As the club was in the 2nd position in the standings, they were promoted to the Russian Premier League for the 2020–21 season, returning to the top level after an 11-year break.
On 22 May 2023, Khimki were relegated from the Russian Premier League after three seasons.
On 20 May 2024, Khimki secured return to the top tier after one season down.
Khimki finished the 2024–25 Russian Premier League season in 12th place, outside of the relegation zone. However, on 24 May 2025 Russian Football Union announced that the club was not issued the 2025–26 RPL license due to accumulated debts, sealing their administrative relegation. Their replacement in the Premier League was FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod. Khimki were officially dissolved on 18 June 2025.
League history {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" align=center style="font-size:90%" ! Season ! Div. ! Pos. ! Pl. ! W ! D ! L ! GS ! GA ! P !Cup !colspan=2|Europe !Top scorer (League) !Head Coach |- |align=center|1997 |align=center|4th, Zone 3 |align=center bgcolor="lightgreen"|2 |align=center|40 |align=center|26 |align=center|6 |align=center|8 |align=center|80 |align=center|38 |align=center|84 |align=center|- |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Kravchuk – 17 |align=left| Shtapov |- |align=center|1998 |align=center|3rd, "West" |align=center|10 |align=center|40 |align=center|15 |align=center|8 |align=center|17 |align=center|63 |align=center|60 |align=center|53 |align=center|- |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Georgievsky – 11 |align=left| Dementyev Bychkov Sabitov |- |align=center|1999 |align=center rowspan="2"|3rd, "Centre" |align=center|6 |align=center|36 |align=center|17 |align=center|11 |align=center|8 |align=center|51 |align=center|35 |align=center|62 |align=center|R256 |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Khamzin – 11 |align=left| Sabitov Kots |- |align=center|2000 |align=center bgcolor="lightgreen"|1 |align=center|38 |align=center|28 |align=center|4 |align=center|6 |align=center|68 |align=center|22 |align=center|88 |align=center|R64 |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Genich – 18 |align=left| Piskaryov Papaev |- |align=center|2001 |align=center rowspan="6"|2nd |align=center|12 |align=center|34 |align=center|13 |align=center|4 |align=center|17 |align=center|42 |align=center|54 |align=center|43 |align=center|R32 |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Shcheglov – 5 Voronkov – 5 Kovardayev – 5 |align=left| Petrushin Sabitov |- |align=center|2002 |align=center|7 |align=center|34 |align=center|14 |align=center|10 |align=center|10 |align=center|38 |align=center|27 |align=center|52 |align=center|R32 |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Kovardayev – 6 |align=left| Sabitov Derkach |- |align=center|2003 |align=center|12 |align=center|42 |align=center|16 |align=center|9 |align=center|17 |align=center|36 |align=center|46 |align=center|57 |align=center|QF |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Kiselyov – 15 |align=left| Derkach Galyamin |- |align=center|2004 |align=center|5 |align=center|42 |align=center|17 |align=center|10 |align=center|15 |align=center|39 |align=center|33 |align=center|61 |align=center|R32 |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Pogrebnyak – 6 |align=left| Shevchuk Yakovenko |- |align=center|2005 |align=center|4 |align=center|42 |align=center|23 |align=center|13 |align=center|6 |align=center|75 |align=center|36 |align=center|82 |align=center bgcolor="silver"|RU |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Tikhonov – 15 |align=left| Yakovenko |- |align=center|2006 |align=center bgcolor="lightgreen"|1 |align=center|42 |align=center|30 |align=center|9 |align=center|3 |align=center|83 |align=center|30 |align=center|99 |align=center|R64 |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Tikhonov – 22 |align=left| Kazachyonok |- |align=center|2007 |align=center rowspan="3"|1st |align=center|9 |align=center|30 |align=center|9 |align=center|10 |align=center|11 |align=center|32 |align=center|33 |align=center|37 |align=center|R32 |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Shirokov – 7 |align=left| Muslin |- |align=center|2008 |align=center|14 |align=center|30 |align=center|6 |align=center|9 |align=center|15 |align=center|34 |align=center|54 |align=center|27 |align=center|R16 |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Nizamutdinov – 9 |align=left| Yuran |- |align=center|2009 |align=center bgcolor="pink"|16 |align=center|30 |align=center|2 |align=center|4 |align=center|24 |align=center|20 |align=center|64 |align=center|10 |align=center|R32 |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Antipenko – 6 |align=left| Sarsaniya Chugainov |- |align=center|2010 |align=center rowspan="3"|2nd |align=center|13 |align=center|38 |align=center|11 |align=center|17 |align=center|10 |align=center|39 |align=center|38 |align=center|50 |align=center|R32 |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Yusupov – 7 Dudchenko – 7 |align=left| Tarkhanov Bushmanov |- |align=center|2011–12 |align=center|13 |align=center|48 |align=center|16 |align=center|11 |align=center|21 |align=center|54 |align=center|74 |align=center|59 |align=center|R32 |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Mamtov – 10 |align=left| Grigoryan Dolmatov Tarkhanov |- align=center |2012–13 |bgcolor=pink|16 |32 |6 |10 |16 |23 |40 |28 |R16 |colspan=2|— |align=left| Komkov – 3 Khatazhyonkov – 3 |align=left| Tarkhanov Tetradze Petrakov |- align=center |2013–14 |rowspan=3|3rd, "West" |3 |32 |16 |10 |6 |67 |37 |58 |R64 |colspan=2|— |align=left| Antonnikov – 9 Zemchenkov – 9 |align=left| Tarkhanov Mukhanov Gridin |- align=center |2014–15 |4 |30 |15 |9 |6 |42 |27 |54 |R256 |colspan=2|— |align=left| Lipatkin – 6 |align=left| Maminov |- align=center |2015–16 |bgcolor="lightgreen"|1 |24 |19 |5 |0 |49 |12 |62 |R16 |colspan=2|— |align=left| Markosov – 11 |align=left| Khafizov |- align=center |align=center|2016–17 |align=center rowspan="4"|2nd |align=center|11 |align=center|38 |align=center|11 |align=center|16 |align=center|11 |align=center|40 |align=center|47 |align=center|49 |align=center|R32 |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Kazaev – 8 |align=left| Irkhin |- align=center |align=center|2017–18 |align=center|13 |align=center|38 |align=center|12 |align=center|7 |align=center|19 |align=center|33 |align=center|49 |align=center|43 |align=center|R64 |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Kuzmichev – 7 |align=left| Irkhin |- align=center |align=center|2018–19 |align=center|9 |align=center|38 |align=center|14 |align=center|11 |align=center|13 |align=center|47 |align=center|49 |align=center|53 |align=center|R32 |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Kukharchuk – 10 |align=left| Shalimov |- align=center |align=center|2019–20 |bgcolor="lightgreen"|2 |align=center|27 |align=center|16 |align=center|6 |align=center|5 |align=center|50 |align=center|19 |align=center|54 |align=center bgcolor="silver"|RU |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Aliyev – 8 |align=left| Yuran |- |align=center|2020–21 | rowspan="2" align="center" |1st |align=center|8 |align=center|30 |align=center|13 |align=center|6 |align=center|11 |align=center|35 |align=center|39 |align=center|45 |align=center|R16 |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Mirzov – 6 |align=left| Yuran |- |align=center|2021–22 |align=center|13 |align=center|30 |align=center|7 |align=center|11 |align=center|12 |align=center|34 |align=center|47 |align=center|32 |align=center|GS |align=center colspan=2|— |align=left| Glushakov – 10 |align=left| Cherevchenko
Reserve team
Notable players Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Khimki.
Europe
Russia Zelimkhan Bakayev Vladimir Beschastnykh Viktor Budyanskiy Aleksei Bugayev Andrei Chichkin Denis Davydov Yuri Drozdov Georgi Dzhikiya Denis Glushakov Maksim Glushenkov Valeri Kleimyonov Andrei Kondrashov Fyodor Kudryashov Ilya Lantratov Arseniy Logashov Ilya Maksimov Pavel Mamayev Anton Mitryushkin Pavel Mogilevets Andrei Mostovoy Elmir Nabiullin Sergei Nekrasov Pavel Pogrebnyak Denis Popov Igor Portnyagin Aleksandr Ryazantsev Roman Shirokov Sergei Terekhov Andrey Tikhonov Yegor Titov Roman Vorobyov Renat Yanbayev Andrey Yeshchenko Artur Yusupov Anton Zabolotny Yuri Zhirkov
Armenia Artak Aleksanyan Roman Berezovsky Barsegh Kirakosyan Arshak Koryan Artur Yedigaryan Robert Zebelyan
Azerbaijan Emin Agaev Kamran Aliyev
Belarus Dmitry Aliseiko Timofei Kalachev Kirill Kaplenko Dzyanis Kowba Artsyom Radzkow Maksim Romaschenko
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Blatnjak Ricardo Santos Lago Vule Trivunović Zoran Amidžić
Czech Republic Tomas Vychodil
Estonia Andrei Stepanov Vladimir Voskoboinikov
Finland Boris Rotenberg
Georgia Valeri Abramidze Gogita Gogua Giorgi Lomaia Giorgi Navalovski Edik Sadzhaya Georgi Mikadze Vladimir Gogberashvili
Kazakhstan Islambek Kuat Dmitriy Lyapkin Roman Uzdenov
Latvia Oskars Kļava
Lithuania Darius Miceika Mantas Samusiovas Valdas Trakys
Moldova Victor Golovatenco Oleg Hromtov Iurie Priganiuc Radu Rebeja Oleg Shishkin
Romania Florin Costin Șoavă
Serbia Dragan Mrđa
Slovakia Martin Jakubko
Slovenia Nastja Čeh
Sweden Filip Dagerstål
Ukraine Serhiy Danylovskyi Dmytro Parfenov
Asia
Turkmenistan Vladimir Bayramov
Uzbekistan Igor Golban Vladimir Shishelov Ilya Telegin
Africa
Burkina Faso Mohamed Konaté
Morocco Abdelillah Bagui
Nigeria Richard Eromoigbe Brian Idowu Chidi Osuchukwu
Senegal Dame Diop
South & Central America
Panama Edgardo Fariña
Club records
Most league appearances Miodrag Jovanović: 224 Roman Berezovsky: 175 Nikolai Barkalov: 164 Sergei Kravchuk: 145 Aleksandr Shulenin: 140 Andrey Tikhonov: 124 Aleksandr Makarov: 119 Aleksandr Shvetsov: 116 Igor Nekrasov: 115 Sergei Shcheglov: 112
Most league goals Sergei Kravchuk: 46 Andrey Tikhonov: 43 Yuri Georgiyevsky: 30 Konstantin Genich: 29 Nikolai Kovardayev: 27 Vadim Shatalin: 23 Aleksandr Antipenko: 20 Denis Kiselyov: 18 Anton Arkhipov: 16
Final coaching staff PositionStaff Manager Magomed Adiyev Assistant manager Aleksandr Alkhazov Assistant manager Filipp Sokolinskiy Goalkeeper coach Aleksandr Guteyev Fitness coach Yerlan Ibraim Doctor Nikita Konovalov Masseur Aleksey Lyashchenko
Managers Vladimir Shtapov (1996–97) Igor Bychkov (1997, interim) Ravil Sabitov (1997–99), (2001–02) Alexandr Piskarev (2000) Viktor Papayev (2000) Aleksei Petrushin (2001) Sergey Derkach (2002–03) Dmitry Galyamin (2003) Vasily Kulkov (2004) Vladimir Shevchuk (2004) Pavel Yakovenko (2004–05) Vladimir Kazachyonok (2006–07) Slavoljub Muslin (2007–08) Sergei Yuran (2008) Konstantin Sarsania (2009) Igor Chugainov (2009) Alexander Tarkhanov (2009–10) Oleg Dolmatov (2011–12) Alexander Tarkhanov (2012) Valeriy Petrakov (2012–13)