Akhmat Grozny
Full nameРеспубликанский футбольный клуб «Ахмат»
Republican Football Club
Akhmat
Founded1958; 66 years ago (1958)
GroundAkhmat Arena
Capacity30,597
PresidentMagomed Daudov
Head coachMagomed Adiyev
LeagueRussian Premier League
2022–23Russian Premier League, 5th of 16
WebsiteClub website
Current season

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

History

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

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

On 3 July 2008, Terek signed three Romanian players at once: Andrei Margaritescu (Dinamo București), Florentin Petre (CSKA Sofia) and Daniel Pancu (Rapid București).[1] Terek finished 12th in the 2010 Russian Premier League season.[citation needed]

A new stadium has been built for the club.[citation needed]

Cameroonian FC Lotus-Terek Yaoundé, founded by Terek player Guy Stephane Essame and coached by Thomas Libiih, is a farm team of the Russian club.[2]

In January 2011 the club signed former Dutch international Ruud Gullit to an 18-month contract to manage the club.[3] On 14 June 2011 Gullit was sacked for poor results.[4]

On 7 June 2017, the team was renamed from FC Terek to FC Akhmat, after Akhmad Kadyrov, former President of the Chechen Republic.[5]

On 30 October 2017, manager Oleg Kononov resigned,[6] with Mikhail Galaktionov taking over in a caretaker capacity, before being announced as Akhmat's permanent manager on 14 December 2017.[7]

On 30 September 2019, after a 2–0 away defeat to Sochi, Rashid Rakhimov resigned as manager,[8] with Igor Shalimov being appointed as Rakhimov's replacement the same day.[9] On 26 July 2020, Igor Shalimov's contract as manager expired and he left Akhmat Grozny, to be replaced by Andrei Talalayev.[10]

On 11 September 2022, Andrei Talalayev was relieved of his duties as Head Coach, with Yury Nagaytsev taking over in a caretaker capacity.[11] On 22 September 2022, Sergei Tashuyev was announced as Akhmat Grozny's new permanent Head Coach.[12]

League

USSR

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Top scorer
(league) 		Head coach
1990 2nd,
"Center" 		13 42 17 7 18 51 52 41 — — Soviet Union Masudov – 13 Soviet Union Dyachenko
1991 5 42 19 11 12 55 40 49 — — Soviet Union Gilagaev – 11 Soviet Union Tarkhanov

Russia

European

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

Stadium

The Akhmat-Arena

Main articles: Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium and Akhmat-Arena

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.

Players

As of 20 February 2024[13]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Russia RUS Mikhail Oparin
4 DF Russia RUS Turpal-Ali Ibishev
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Miloš Šatara
6 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Jasmin Čeliković (on loan from Tuzla City)
7 MF Kosovo KOS Bernard Berisha (3rd captain)
8 DF Serbia SRB Miroslav Bogosavac
9 FW Russia RUS Gamid Agalarov
10 MF Russia RUS Lechi Sadulayev
13 FW Burkina Faso BFA Mohamed Konaté
14 MF Morocco MAR Amine Talal
15 DF Russia RUS Andrei Semyonov (vice-captain)
16 MF Brazil BRA Camilo
18 MF Russia RUS Vladislav Kamilov
21 MF Russia RUS Ivan Oleynikov
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Russia RUS Anton Shvets
29 FW Russia RUS Vladimir Ilyin
33 MF Russia RUS Minkail Matsuyev
36 DF Brazil BRA Lucas Lovat
40 DF Russia RUS Rizvan Utsiyev (captain)
47 FW Ivory Coast CIV Néné Gbamblé
55 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Darko Todorović
59 DF Russia RUS Yevgeni Kharin
71 MF Russia RUS Magomed Yakuyev
75 DF Tunisia TUN Nader Ghandri
88 GK Russia RUS Giorgi Sheliya
94 MF Russia RUS Artyom Timofeyev
98 MF Bulgaria BUL Svetoslav Kovachev (on loan from Arda Kardzhali)

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
— MF Montenegro MNE Zaim Divanović

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 Russia RUS Vladislav Volkov (at Leningradets Leningrad Oblast until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Russia RUS Ilya Moseychuk (at Kuban Krasnodar until 30 June 2024)

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

Club officials

Management

Manager Belarus Miroslav Romaschenko
Assistant manager Russia Yevgeni Knyazhev
Assistant manager Italy Sergio Giovani
Goalkeeping coach Russia Ramzan Tsutsulayev
Doctor Russia Magomedtagir Sugaipov
Team director Russia Ruslan Serbiyev

Source: Russian Premier League club profile

Managerial history

As of match played 2 October 2022
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[8] 38 11 13 14 34 46 028.95
Igor Shalimov  Russia 30 September 2019[9] 26 July 2020[10] 19 5 7 7 20 29 026.32
Andrei Talalayev  Russia 26 July 2020[10] 11 September 2022[11] 75 31 14 30 97 94 041.33
Yury Nagaytsev (c)  Latvia 11 September 2022[11] 22 September 2022[12] 2 1 0 1 3 3 050.00 Caretaker
Sergei Tashuyev  Russia 22 September 2022[12] 2 2 0 0 5 2 100.00

Notable players

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

Russia
Other former USSR countries
Europe
Africa
Asia
South and Central America

References

  1. ^ "РФК "Терек" Грозный им. А. А. Кадырова". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  2. ^ "У "Терека" появился фарм – клуб в Африке" (in Russian). FC Terek Grozny. 17 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Ex-Newcastle and Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit joins Terek Grozny". The Guardian. London. 19 January 2011.
  4. ^ "РФК "Терек" Грозный им. А. А. Кадырова". Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  5. ^ Главная футбольная команда Чеченской Республики будет переименована в «АХМАТ» (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 7 June 2017.
  6. ^ Олег Кононов подал в отставку с поста главного тренера (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 30 October 2017.
  7. ^ Михаил Галактионов подписал долгосрочный контракт с ФК «АХМАТ». FC Akhmat Grozny. 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Рашид Рахимов покидает пост главного тренера футбольного клуба Ахмат". fc-akhmat.ru/ (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Игорь Шалимов возглавит Ахмат". fc-akhmat.ru/ (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 30 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  10. ^ a b c "Андрей Талалаев назначен главным тренером ФК "Ахмат"" (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 26 July 2020. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  11. ^ a b c "Андрей Талалаев уволен с должности главного тренера" (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 11 September 2022. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  12. ^ a b c "Сергей Ташуев назначен главным тренером ФК "Ахмат"" (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 22 September 2022. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Команда" [Team] (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

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