FC Moscow
FC Moscow 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.
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| UEFA Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
Nicknames
Fans and journalists called FC Moskva The Citizens. The colloquial nickname for the club is The Caps, which refers to Moscow government ownership.[Image:fcmoscow.jpg|center|664px|thumb|FC Moscow players in 2008.]
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 KhlestovRoman Adamov
- Dimitri Ananko
- Aleksei Arifullin
- Aleksei Berezutski
- Vasili Berezutski
- Pyotr Bystrov
- Aleksandr FilimonovDmitri Kirichenko
- Oleg Kornaukhov
- Oleg Kuzmin
- Vladimir Lebed
- Kirill Nababkin
- Andrei Novosadov
- Nikolai Pisarev
- Sergei PodpalyAleksei Rebko
- Aleksandr Ryazantsev
- Aleksandr Samedov
- Aleksandr SheshukovSergei Semak
- Roman Shirokov
- Dmitri Tarasov
- Narvik SirkhayevAnton Amelchenko
- Barys Haravoy
- Vladimir KorytkoAndrei OstrovskiySyarhey YaskovichYuri Zhevnov
- Gia Grigalava
- Mikheil JishkarianiAlexander RekhviashviliRuslan Baltiev
- Evgeniy LovchevAlexandru CurtianuAlexandru EpureanuStanislav IvanovAlexandru PopoviciRadu RebejaOleg Shirinbekov
- Yuri Moroz
- Oleksandr PomazunBakhtiyor AshurmatovUlugbek Bakayev
- Ricardo Baiano
- Miro KatićBranislav KrunićMunever Rizvić
- Roman HubníkVladimirs KoļesņičenkoAndris VaņinsEdgaras ČesnauskisIgnas DeduraRolandas DžiaukštasTadas GražiūnasSaulius MikalajūnasIrmantas Stumbrys
- Giedrius ŽutautasGoran MaznovDamian GorawskiMariusz JopPompiliu Stoica
- Zvonimir VukićMartin JakubkoAmir KaričBranko Ilič
- Jonas Wallerstedt
;AfricaJerry-Christian Tchuissé
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 | 1 January 2004 | 14 July 2005 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Leonid Slutsky | 15 July 2005 | 11 November 2007 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Oleg Blokhin | 14 December 2007 | 27 November 2008 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Miodrag Božović | 1 January 2009 | 1 March 2010 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- '''Notes:'''
Club records
Top goalscorers
| Name | Years | League | Russian Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
| 1 |  sort|30|30 sort|5|5 sort|1|1 sort|36|'''36'''Most appearances
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