FC Akhmat Grozny

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 (Russia), that plays in the Russian Premier League. The team was named Terek between 1958 and 2017.

For other uses, see Terek (disambiguation).

RFC Akhmat
Full nameРеспубликанский футбольный клуб «Ахмат»
Republican Football Club
Akhmat
Nickname(s)The Wolves
Founded1958 (1958)
GroundAkhmat Arena
Capacity30,597
General directorMagomed Daudov
Head coachAndrei Talalayev
LeagueRussian Premier League
2019–20Russian Premier League, 13th of 16
WebsiteClub website

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 FC Lotus-Terek Yaoundé, 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]

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 5 42 19 11 12 55 40 49 — — Gilagaev – 11 Tarkhanov

Russia

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
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 the moved to the Sultan Bilimkhanov Stadium, playing their home games their 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 20 January 2021[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
3 FW  RUS Georgi Melkadze (on loan from Spartak Moscow)
4 DF  VEN Wilker Ángel
6 MF  RUS Amir Adouyev
7 MF  KVX Bernard Berisha (captain)
8 DF  SRB Miroslav Bogosavac
9 FW  ROU Gabriel Iancu
10 MF  RUS Khalid Kadyrov
11 MF  BRA Ismael
15 DF  RUS Andrei Semyonov
18 FW  SVK Ladislav Almási (on loan from MFK Ružomberok)
20 DF  CRO Zoran Nižić
21 MF  ALB Odise Roshi
23 MF  RUS Anton Shvets
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF  RUS Maksim Nenakhov
29 FW  RUS Vladimir Ilyin
33 GK  RUS Vitali Gudiyev
40 DF  RUS Rizvan Utsiyev (vice-captain)
42 GK  RUS Aleksandr Melikhov
52 GK  RUS Akhmed Bunkhoev
55 DF  RUS Aleksandr Putsko
59 MF  RUS Yevgeni Kharin
88 GK  RUS Giorgi Shelia
90 FW  RUS Islam Alsultanov
94 MF  RUS Artyom Timofeyev (on loan from Spartak Moscow)
96 DF  KAZ Marat Bystrov
99 MF  RUS Lechi Sadulayev

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
— MF  POL Konrad Michalak (at Çaykur Rizespor until end of 2020–21 season)
— MF  BRA Ravanelli (at Athletico Paranaense until February 2021)
— FW  RUS Magomed Mitrishev (at Chayka Peschanokopskoye until end of 2020–21 season)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  RUS Ilya Moseychuk (at Tekstilshchik Ivanovo until end of 2020–21 season)
— FW  VEN Andrés Ponce (at Rotor Volgograd until end of 2020–21 season)
— FW  RUS Idris Umayev (at Chayka Peschanokopskoye until end of 2020–21 season)

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
— DF  RUS Pavel Kaloshin
— FW  SEN Ablaye Mbengue
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  RUS Zaur Sadayev

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
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 7 November 2020
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] 16 8 3 5 21 17 050.00

Notable players

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

References
  1. Sputnik. "Grozny to host Russian Premier League soccer". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  2. "РФК "Терек" Грозный им. А. А. Кадырова". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  3. "У "Терека" появился фарм – клуб в Африке" (in Russian). FC Terek Grozny. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  4. "Ex-Newcastle and Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit joins Terek Grozny". The Guardian. London. 19 January 2011.
  5. "РФК "Терек" Грозный им. А. А. Кадырова". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  6. Главная футбольная команда Чеченской Республики будет переименована в «АХМАТ» (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 7 June 2017.
  7. Олег Кононов подал в отставку с поста главного тренера (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 30 October 2017.
  8. Михаил Галактионов подписал долгосрочный контракт с ФК «АХМАТ». FC Akhmat Grozny. 14 December 2017.
  9. "Рашид Рахимов покидает пост главного тренера футбольного клуба Ахмат". fc-akhmat.ru/ (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  10. "Игорь Шалимов возглавит Ахмат". fc-akhmat.ru/ (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  11. "Андрей Талалаев назначен главным тренером ФК «Ахмат»" (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 26 July 2020.
  12. "Republican football club "Terek" Grozny named after AA Kadyrov". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
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