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Full name	Football Club Moscow
Nickname(s)	The Citizens, The Caps
Founded	1 March 2004; 20 years ago (2004-03-01)
Dissolved	2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Ground	Eduard Streltsov Stadium
Capacity	13,450
Home colours Away colours

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.

Domestic history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Top scorer (league)	Head coach
2004	1st	9	30	10	10	10	38	39	40	Round of 32			Bracamonte – 11	Petrakov
2005		5	30	14	8	8	36	26	50	Round of 16			Kirichenko – 14	Petrakov Slutsky
2006		6	30	10	13	7	41	37	43	Round of 16	IC	3rd round	Kirichenko – 12	Slutsky
2007		4	30	15	7	8	40	32	52	Runner-up			Adamov – 14	Slutsky
2008		9	30	9	11	10	34	36	38	Quarterfinals			Bracamonte – 8	Blokhin
2009		6	30	13	9	8	39	28	48	Semifinals	UC	1st round	Jakubko – 8	Božović
2010	4th, Zone Moscow, Division A	3	28	21	1	6	75	28	64				Agaptsev – 21	Vasilyev
2017	4th, Zone Moscow	11	16	4	5	7	43	52	17				Skopin – 5	Zvezdin

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.

As of match played 11 March 2020

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2006	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Second round	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	2–0	1–0	3–0
		Third round	Hertha BSC	0–0	0–2	0–2
2008–09	UEFA Cup	Second round	Legia Warsaw	2–0	2–1	4–1
		Third round	Copenhagen	1–2	1–1	2–3

Nicknames

Fans and journalists called FC Moskva The Citizens (Russian: Горожане). The colloquial nickname for the club is The Caps (Russian: 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.

Managers

Information correct as of match played 29 November 2009. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Notes
Valery Petrakov	Russia	1 January 2004	14 July 2005	50	19	16	15	67	55	038.00
Leonid Slutsky	Russia	15 July 2005	11 November 2007	94	43	26	25	131	108	045.74
Oleg Blokhin	Ukraine	14 December 2007	27 November 2008	36	13	12	11	46	41	036.11
Miodrag Božović	Montenegro	1 January 2009	1 March 2010	34	16	9	9	45	31	047.06

• Notes:

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

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

Club records

Top goalscorers

As of Match played 29 November 2009

	Name	Years	League	Russian Cup	Europe	Total
1	Héctor Bracamonte	2004–2009	30 (136)	5 (13)	1 (8)	36 (157)
2	Dmitri Kirichenko	2005–2007	26 (54)	4 (5)	0 (4)	30 (63)
3	Roman Adamov	2006–2008	23 (63)	3 (9)	2 (4)	28 (76)
4	Sergei Semak	2006–2007	12 (57)	3 (12)	0 (4)	15 (73)
5	Aleksei Melyoshin	2004–2008	10 (78)	1 (5)	0 (0)	11 (83)
6	Pablo Barrientos	2006–2008	6 (33)	4 (9)	0 (0)	10 (42)
6	Stanislav Ivanov	2004–2008	9 (112)	1 (15)	0 (6)	10 (133)
6	Pyotr Bystrov	2006–2008	7 (69)	2 (11)	1 (8)	10 (88)
9	Maxi López	2007–2009	9 (22)	0 (2)	0 (1)	9 (25)
9	Aleksandr Samedov	2008–2009	2 (44)	0 (5)	2 (4)	9 (53)
9	Oleg Kuzmin	2004–2008	6 (115)	2 (15)	1 (7)	9 (137)
9	Edgaras Česnauskis	2008–2009	5 (35)	3 (6)	1 (3)	9 (44)

Most appearances

As of Match played 29 November 2009

	Name	Years	League	Russian Cup	Europe	Total
1	Héctor Bracamonte	2004–2009	136 (30)	13 (5)	8 (1)	157 (36)
2	Yuri Zhevnov	2005–2009	124 (0)	13 (0)	7 (0)	144 (0)
3	Oleg Kuzmin	2004–2008	115 (6)	15 (2)	7 (1)	137 (9)
4	Stanislav Ivanov	2004–2008	112 (9)	15 (1)	6 (0)	133 (10)
5	Radu Rebeja	2004–2008	110 (3)	13 (0)	4 (0)	127 (3)
6	Dmitri Godunok	2005–2008	100 (3)	11 (1)	8 (0)	119 (4)
7	Mariusz Jop	2004–2009	86 (4)	10 (0)	4 (0)	100 (4)
8	Pompiliu Stoica	2004–2008	88 (0)	11 (0)	0 (0)	99 (0)
9	Pyotr Bystrov	2006–2008	69 (7)	15 (2)	4 (1)	88 (10)
10	Alexandru Epureanu	2007–2009	71 (3)	12 (1)	3 (0)	86 (4)

References

1. "Спорт Экспресс - Матч 'Локомотив' - 'Челси' Семин Хотел Бы Провести В Черкизове = 'Торпедо-Металлург' Меняет Название На 'Москву'". Archived from the original on 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
2. ^ "Blokhin takes command at Moskva". uefa.com/. UEFA. 14 December 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
3. FC Moscow pull out of Russian league – CNN, 5 February 2010.
4. Russian Premier League confirm FC Moscow withdrawal Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine – ESPN, 16 February 2010.
5. ^ Russian Premier League Review – Goal.com, 12 March 2010.
6. FC Moscow go out of business after owners pull plug on funding – The Guardian, 7 March 2010.
7. ""Москва" прекратила существование". Sovetsky Sport. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

External links

• http://www.fcmoscow.ru Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine – Official website (in Russian)

• FC Moscow
• Association football clubs established in 2004
• Association football clubs disestablished in 2010
• Defunct football clubs in Moscow
• 2004 establishments in Russia
• 2010 disestablishments in Russia