FC Akhmat Grozny

Akhmat Grozny

Full name	Республиканский футбольный клуб «Ахмат» Republican Football Club Akhmat
Founded	1946; 76 years ago (1946)
Ground	Akhmat Arena
Capacity	30,597
General director	Magomed Daudov
Head coach	Andrei Talalayev
League	Russian Premier League
2020–21	Russian Premier League, 11th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Republican Football Club Akhmat (Chechen: футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; Russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian professional football club from Grozny, Chechnya that plays in the Russian Premier League. The team was named Terek between 1958 and 2017.

History[]

It was founded in 1946, as Dynamo; it changed its name in 1948 to Neftyanik and in 1958 to Terek, it changed the name again in 2017 to Akhmat. The club is named after Akhmat Kadyrov.

In the 1990s the club was disbanded for some time due to the war in Chechnya. From the 1990s to 2007 the club played its home games in the neighbouring resort city of Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai. Before the start of the 2008 Premier League season, the Russian Football Union granted Terek the right to host Premier League matches in Grozny.^[1]

They won the Russian Cup by beating Krylya Sovetov Samara in the final and the Russian First Division in 2004. In 2004 they advanced through the UEFA Cup qualification by beating the Polish team Lech Poznań 1–0 in both legs but lost to Swiss outfit FC Basel in the first round. They played in the Russian Premier League in 2005 but were relegated after finishing last. Terek finished second in the First Division in 2007 and were promoted back into the Premier League.

On 3 July 2008, Terek signed three Romanian players at once: Andrei Margaritescu (Dinamo București), Florentin Petre (CSKA Sofia) and Daniel Pancu (Rapid București).^[2] Terek finished 12th in the 2010 Russian Premier League season.

A new stadium has been built for the club with a capacity of 30,000.

Cameroonian , founded by Terek player Guy Stephane Essame and coached by Thomas Libiih, is a farm team of the Russian club.^[3]

In January 2011 the club signed former Dutch international Ruud Gullit to an 18-month contract to manage the club.^[4] On 14 June 2011 Gullit was sacked for poor results.^[5]

On 7 June 2017, the team was renamed from FC Terek to FC Akhmat, after Akhmad Kadyrov, former President of the Chechen Republic.^[6]

On 30 October 2017, manager Oleg Kononov resigned,^[7] with Mikhail Galaktionov taking over in a caretaker capacity, before being announced as Akhmat's permanent manager on 14 December 2017.^[8]

On 30 September 2019, after a 2-0 away defeat to Sochi, Rashid Rakhimov resigned as manager,^[9] with Igor Shalimov being appointed as Rakhimov's replacement the same day.^[10] On 26 July 2020, Igor Shalimov's contract as manager expired and he left Akhmat Grozny, to be replaced by Andrei Talalayev.^[11]

League[]

USSR[]

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Europe		Top scorer (league)	Head coach
		13	42	17	7	18	51	52	41	—	—		– 13
		5	42	19	11	12	55	40	49	—	—		– 11	Tarkhanov

Russia[]

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Top scorer (league)	Head coach
1992	2nd, "West"	5	34	18	5	11	63	43	41	—	—		Kamnev – 16
1993		11	42	20	4	18	76	63	44	R16	—
1994	3rd, "South"	21	40	7	5	28	22	83	19	R32	—		– 8
1995	—									R512	—
1995–2001: disbanded due to war
2001	3rd, "South"	5	38	22	7	9	57	29	73	—	—		Mazaev – 12	Diniyev
2002		1	40	36	1	3	98	20	109	R128	—		Mazaev – 26	Platonov Koreshkov
2003	2nd	4	42	25	10	7	56	21	85	R256	—		Bayramov – 8 Zernov – 8	Talgayev
2004		1	42	32	4	6	70	22	100	W	—		Fedkov – 38	Talgayev
2005	1st	16	30	5	5	20	20	50	14 (−6)	R32	UC	1R	Adamov – 7	Talgayev Tarkhanov
2006	2nd	8	42	18	8	16	48	47	62	R16	—		4 players – 5	Tarkhanov V. Shevchenko Talgayev
2007		2	42	28	6	8	69	27	90	R32	—		Zubko – 8	Talgayev
2008	1st	10	30	9	8	13	28	42	35	R16	—		Kuzmichyov – 5	Nazarenko Grozny
2009		12	30	9	6	15	33	48	33	R16	—		Lakhiyalov – 11	Grozny Diniyev
2010		12	30	8	9	13	28	34	33	R16	—		Asildarov – 9	Baidachny
2011–12		11	44	14	10	20	45	62	52	QF	—		Maurício – 9	Gullit Baytiyev Cherchesov
2012–13		8	30	14	6	10	38	40	48	QF	—		Aílton – 7	Cherchesov
2013–14		12	30	8	9	13	27	33	33	QF	—		Aílton – 8	Krasnozhan Talgayev Cherchesov
2014–15		9	30	10	7	13	30	30	37	R32	—		Aílton – 5	Rakhimov
2015–16		7	30	11	11	8	35	30	44	QF	—		Rybus – 8	Rakhimov
2016–17		5	30	14	6	10	38	35	48	R16	—		Balaj – 9	Rakhimov
2017–18		9	30	10	9	11	30	34	39	R32	—		Mitrishev – 5	Kononov Galaktionov Lediakhov
2018–19		8	30	11	9	10	29	30	42	R16	—		Ivanov – 5 Mbengue – 5	Lediakhov İdiqov Rakhimov
2019–20		13	30	7	10	13	27	46	31	QF	—		Roshi – 7	Rakhimov Shalimov
2020��21		11	30	11	7	12	36	38	40	SF	—		Ilyin – 9	Talalayev

European[]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2004–05	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	Lech Poznań	1–0	1–0	2–0
		First round	Basel	1–1	0–2	1–3

Stadium[]

Between the 1990s and the 2007 Season, Akhmat Grozny played their home games at the Central Stadium in the neighbouring resort city of Pyatigorsk in Stavropol Krai. At the start of the 2008 season they moved to the Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium, playing their home games there until the opening of Akhmat-Arena on 20 May 2011, when they beat Anzhi Makhachkala 1-0 in the Russian Premier League.

Current squad[]

As of 31 January 2022^[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  BIH Darko Todorović (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) 5 DF  RUS Vitali Lystsov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) 6 MF  RUS Amir Aduyev 7 MF  KVX Bernard Berisha (captain) 8 DF  SRB Miroslav Bogosavac 10 MF  RUS Khalid Kadyrov 11 MF  RUS Igor Konovalov (on loan from Rubin Kazan) 13 FW  BFA Mohamed Konaté 14 FW  UKR Artem Polyarus 15 DF  RUS Andrei Semyonov 17 MF  RUS Lechi Sadulayev 18 FW  CIV Senin Sebai 20 DF  CRO Zoran Nižić 23 MF  RUS Anton Shvets

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 GK  RUS Vitali Gudiyev 40 DF  RUS Rizvan Utsiyev (vice-captain) 42 GK  RUS Aleksandr Melikhov 47 MF  RUS Daniil Utkin (on loan from Krasnodar) 55 DF  RUS Aleksandr Putsko 59 MF  RUS Yevgeni Kharin 68 FW  RUS Artyom Arkhipov (on loan from Kuban Krasnodar) 77 MF  RUS Vladislav Karapuzov (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) 79 DF  RUS Turpal-Ali Ibishev 88 GK  RUS Giorgi Sheliya 90 FW  RUS Islam Alsultanov 92 MF  RUS Abubakar Inalkayev 94 MF  RUS Artyom Timofeyev 96 DF  KAZ Marat Bystrov

Other players under contract[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  RUS Idris Umayev

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  RUS Nikita Karmayev (at Kuban Krasnodar until June 2022) — MF  POL Konrad Michalak (at Konyaspor until June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ROU Gabriel Iancu (at Farul Constanța until June 2022) — FW  RUS Ilya Moseychuk (at Tekstilshchik Ivanovo until June 2022)

Terek-2 Grozny[]

In 2013, a professional farm club called FC Terek-2 Grozny was created. It played in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League until they were dissolved after the 2015–16 season.

Honours[]

Russian Cup

• Champions (1):

Russian Super Cup

• Runners-up (1): 2005

Club officials[]

Management[]

Head coach	Andrei Talalayev
Assistant coach	Yuri Nagaytsev
Assistant coach	Yevgeni Knyazhev
Assistant coach	Sergio Giovani
Goalkeeping coach	Ramzan Tsutsulayev
Doctor	Magomedtagir Sugaipov
Team director	Ruslan Serbiyev

Source: Russian Premier League club profile

Managerial History[]

As of match played 16 May 2021

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Notes
Vyacheslav Hroznyi	Ukraine	1 June 2008	20 October 2009	45	14	14	17	50	64	031.11
Shahin Diniyev (c)	Azerbaijan	20 October 2009	December 2009	5	0	0	5	2	10	000.00		Caretaker
Anatoly Baidachny	Russia	January 2010	December 2011	31	8	9	14	28	38	025.81
Víctor Muñoz	Spain	December 2010	January 2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—
Ruud Gullit	Netherlands	18 January 2011	14 June 2011	13	3	3	7	9	17	023.08
Isa Baytiyev (c)	Russia	15 June 2011	27 September 2011	14	5	3	6	18	23	035.71		Caretaker
Stanislav Cherchesov	Russia	27 September 2011	26 May 2013	53	24	10	19	67	66	045.28
Yuri Krasnozhan	Russia	26 May 2013	28 October 2017	14	1	6	7	7	14	007.14
Vait Talgayev (c)	Kazakhstan	29 October 2013	7 November 2013	1	0	0	1	0	1	000.00		Caretaker
Rashid Rakhimov	Tajikistan	7 November 2013	22 May 2017	113	45	29	39	133	122	039.82
Oleg Kononov	Belarus	22 May 2017	30 October 2017	16	5	3	8	16	24	031.25
Mikhail Galaktionov (c)	Russia	30 October 2017	14 December 2017	5	2	2	1	6	5	040.00		Caretaker
Mikhail Galaktionov	Russia	14 December 2017	7 April 2018	4	0	1	3	2	7	000.00
Igor Lediakhov	Russia	7 April 2018	2 September 2018	12	5	4	3	12	9	041.67
Ruslan İdiqov (c)	Azerbaijan	2 September 2018	5 September 2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—		Caretaker
Rashid Rakhimov	Tajikistan	5 September 2018	30 September 2019[9]	38	11	13	14	34	46	028.95
Igor Shalimov	Russia	30 September 2019[10]	26 July 2020[11]	19	5	7	7	20	29	026.32
Andrei Talalayev	Russia	26 July 2020[11]		33	13	8	12	41	39	039.39

Notable players[]

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Akhmat or Terek.

References[]

External links[]

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