FC Akhmat Grozny

Akhmat Grozny
Full name	Республиканский футбольный клуб «Ахмат»; Republican Football Club; Akhmat
Founded	1946; 78 years ago
Ground	Akhmat Arena
Capacity	30,597
President	Akhmat Kadyrov
Head coach	Sergei Tashuyev
League	Russian Premier League
2023–24	10th of 16
Website	http://fc-akhmat.ru/
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, 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	—	—		Masudov – 13	Dyachenko
1991	2nd, "Center"	5	42	19	11	12	55	40	49	—	—		Gilagaev – 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	K. Alkhanov
1993	2nd, "West"	11	42	20	4	18	76	63	44	R16	—			K. Alkhanov
1994	3rd, "South"	21	40	7	5	28	22	83	19	R32	—		Neduev – 8	Mikheev
1995	—									R512	—
1995–2001: disbanded due to war
2001	3rd, "South"	5	38	22	7	9	57	29	73	—	—		Mazaev – 12	Diniyev Dzaitiev
2002	3rd, "South"	1	40	36	1	3	98	20	109	R128	—		Mazaev – 26	Platonov Mikheev Koreshkov
2003	2nd	4	42	25	10	7	56	21	85	R256	—		Bayramov – 8 Zernov – 8	Talgayev
2004	2nd	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	2nd	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
2021–22		7	30	13	3	14	36	38	42	GS	—		Utkin – 9	Talalayev
2022–23		5	30	15	5	10	51	39	50	Regions path QF Stage 2	—		Konaté – 11	Talalayev Nagaytsev (Caretaker) Tashuyev
2023–24		10	30	10	5	15	33	45	35	Regions path QF Stage 2	—		Konaté – 11	Tashuyev Baytiyev (Caretaker) Romaschenko Adiyev

European

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

Stadium

The 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 11 September 2024^[13]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	RUS	Mikhail Oparin
2	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Zhirov
4	DF	RUS	Turpal-Ali Ibishev
5	DF	BIH	Miloš Šatara
7	MF	KOS	Bernard Berisha (3rd captain)
8	DF	SRB	Miroslav Bogosavac
10	MF	RUS	Lechi Sadulayev
11	MF	BRA	Ismael Silva
13	MF	RUS	Minkail Matsuyev
14	MF	MAR	Amine Talal
15	MF	BRA	Camilo
18	MF	RUS	Vladislav Kamilov
19	MF	ARG	Mauro Luna Diale


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	KAZ	Maksim Samorodov
23	MF	RUS	Anton Shvets
24	MF	MNE	Zaim Divanović
30	FW	BRA	Felippe Cardoso
36	DF	BRA	Lucas Lovat
40	DF	RUS	Rizvan Utsiyev (captain)
47	MF	RUS	Daniil Utkin (on loan from Rostov)
55	DF	BIH	Darko Todorović
71	MF	RUS	Magomed Yakuyev
75	DF	TUN	Nader Ghandri
88	GK	RUS	Giorgi Sheliya
95	DF	RUS	Arsen Adamov (on loan from Zenit St. Petersburg)
98	MF	BUL	Svetoslav Kovachev

Other players under contract

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	RUS	Yevgeni Kharin (long-term injury)

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	RUS	Rizvan Tashayev (at Sokol Kazan until 31 December 2024)
—	DF	BIH	Jasmin Čeliković (at Panetolikos until 30 June 2025)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	RUS	Vladislav Volkov (at Volgar Astrakhan until 31 December 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

Russian Cup
- Champions (1): 2003–04
Russian Super Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2005

Club officials

Management

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

Source: Russian Premier League club profile

Managerial history

Fyodorov 1968
Smirnov 1969
Zagretsky 1969
Morozov 1971
Belousov 1972 to 73
Dudayev 1976 to 77
Frolov 1979
Kirichenko 1979
Yeskov 1981
Mikheyev 1982
L. Shevchenko 1984 to 85
Dyachenko 1989 to 90
Adiyev 1990
Tarkhanov 1991
Alkhanov 1992 to 93
Mikheyev 1994
Diniyev 2001
Dzaitiyev^c 2001
Platonov 2002
Mikheyev^c 2002
Koreshkov 2002
Talgayev 2003 to 05
Tarkhanov^c 2005 to 06
Gaisumov^c 2006
V. Shevchenko 2006
Talgayev 2006 to 07
Nazarenko 2008

As of match played 2 October 2022

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	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.