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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.

Moscow

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) (refounded 2017)
Ground	Setun Park No. 1, Moscow
Capacity	100
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. 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 call FC Moskva The Citizens (Template:Lang-ru). The colloquial nickname for the club is The Caps (Template:Lang-ru), 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

As of 1 January 2009. Including FC Torpedo-ZIL and FC Torpedo-Metallurg seasons.

Most league games for the club

1. Héctor Bracamonte: 132
2. Konstantin Veselovskiy / Oleg Kuzmin: 115
3. Stanislav Ivanov: 112
4. Radu Rebeja: 110
5. Dmitri Godunok: 100
6. Maksim Beletskiy: 96
7. Yuri Zhevnov: 95
8. Mikhail Sinyov: 94
9. Munever Rizvić: 92
10. Pompiliu Stoica: 88
11. Mariusz Jop: 83
12. Valeri Leonov: 81
13. Aleksei Melyoshin: 78
14. Aleksandr Borodkin / Maksim Mishatkin: 76
15. Sergei Lavrentyev: 74
16. Sergey Shustikov: 73
17. Nikolai Barkalov: 72
18. Emin Agaev / Pyotr Bystrov / Aleksei Snigiryov: 70

Most league goals for the club

1. Aleksei Snigiryov: 52
2. Héctor Bracamonte: 35
3. Gleb Panfyorov: 27
4. Dmitri Kirichenko: 26
5. Roman Adamov: 24
6. Sergei Lavrentyev: 21
7. Aleksandr Smirnov: 20
8. Yuri Yakovenko: 15
9. Konstantin Veselovskiy / Valeri Klimov: 13

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2007-12-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. FC Moscow pull out of Russian league – CNN, 5 February 2010.
3. Russian Premier League confirm FC Moscow withdrawal – ESPN, 16 February 2010.
4. ^ Russian Premier League Review – Goal.com, 12 March 2010.
5. FC Moscow go out of business after owners pull plug on funding – The Guardian, 7 March 2010.
6. ""Москва" прекратила существование". Sovetsky Sport. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

External links

• http://www.fcmoscow.ru – 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