FC SKA-Khabarovsk

SKA-Khabarovsk
Full nameФутбольный клуб СКА-Хабаровск
(Football Club SKA-Khabarovsk)
Nickname(s) Krasno-siniye (The red-blues)
Armeytsy (Army men)
Founded1946 (1946)
GroundLenin Stadium,
Khabarovsk, Russia
Capacity14,800
OwnerKhabarovsk Krai
RusHydro (through subsidiary)
Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association
ChairmanMikhail Gusev[1]
ManagerAleksei Poddubskiy (caretaker)
LeagueRussian First League
2024–256th of 18
Websitehttp://fcska.ru/

Football Club SKA-Khabarovsk (Russian: Футбольный клуб СКА-Хабаровск) is a Russian professional association football club based in Khabarovsk which plays in the second-tier Russian First League. They played in the Russian Premier League for the first time ever in the 2017–18 season. At more than 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) east of Moscow, SKA Khabarovsk are the most Easterly team to have taken part in a UEFA domestic top division.

History

The club has been known under different names:

  • DKA (−1953)
  • ODO (1954)
  • DO (1955–56)
  • OSK (1957)
  • SKVO (1957–59)
  • SKA (1960–99)
  • SKA-Energia (1999–2016)
  • SKA-Khabarovsk (2016–)[2]

The club has participated in the Soviet championships since 1957. SKA were the quarter-finalists of the Soviet Cup in 1963. They had never played in the Soviet Top League or Russian Premier League, until 2017.

SKA's best result in the Soviet First League was the 6th position in 1980, and their best result in the Russian First Division was 4th position in 2012–13. This entitled them to a promotion/relegation play-off against FC Rostov, 13th place in the RPL, but they lost 3–0 on aggregate and missed their chance to compete in the top flight.

At the end of the 2016–17 season, SKA equalled their record best finish, at the same time qualifying for a promotion play-off against FC Orenburg. On 28 May 2017, SKA were promoted to the Russian Premier League for the first time in their history, after beating FC Orenburg in the promotion play-off. They won 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out, after 0–0 draws in both the home and away legs.

SKA started their first Premier League season with 4 losses. After improving results in the next stretch of games, the losses starting mounting up again. Aleksei Poddubskiy was replaced as manager by Rinat Bilyaletdinov during the winter break, Bilyaletdinov only lasted four games before being replaced by Sergei Perednya. On 22 April 2018, SKA lost 1–0 to Dynamo Moscow at home (which was their 13th loss in a stretch of 15 winless games) and lost the mathematical chance to avoid relegation back to the second-tier Russian Football National League.

In the 2021–22 season, SKA-Khabarovsk qualified for the Premier League promotion playoffs in which they lost 1–3 on aggregate to FC Khimki therefore remaining in the FNL for at least another season.[3]

Domestic history

Season League Russian Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2008 2nd 8th 42 17 10 15 63 60 61 Round of 32 Aleksandr Yarkin 21
2009 2nd 11th 38 12 11 15 43 42 47 Fifth round Vasili Karmazinenko 9
2010 2nd 11th 38 15 8 15 37 39 53 Round of 16 Vasili Karmazinenko 10
2011–12 2nd 11th 48 16 14 18 57 66 62 Fifth round
Fifth round
Yevgeni Lutsenko 13 Igor Protasov
Aleksandr Grigoryan
2012–13 2nd 4th 32 13 13 6 36 26 52 Round of 16 Yevgeni Lutsenko 8 Aleksandr Grigoryan
Giorgi Daraselia
2013–14 2nd 7th 36 15 11 10 43 34 56 Round of 16 Nathan Júnior 9 Valdas Ivanauskas
2014–15 2nd 14th 38 13 10 15 36 35 49 Fourth Round Nathan Júnior 6 Valdas Ivanauskas
Aleksandr Grigoryan
2015–16 2nd 14th 38 13 10 15 36 35 49 Round of 16 Konstantin Bazelyuk 10 Aleksandr Grigoryan
2016–17 2nd 4th 38 15 14 9 45 33 59 Round of 16 Ruslan Koryan 12 Aleksandr Grigoryan
Aleksei Poddubskiy
2017–18 1st 16th 30 2 7 21 16 55 13 Quarterfinal Miroslav Marković 4 Aleksei Poddubskiy
Rinat Bilyaletdinov
Sergei Perednya
2018–19 2nd 7th 38 15 13 10 46 41 58 Round of 32 Maksim Kazankov 7 Sergei Perednya
Vadim Evseev
Aleksei Poddubskiy
2019–20 2nd 6th 27 12 7 8 42 30 43 Round of 32 Adlan Katsayev 9 Aleksei Poddubskiy
2020–21 2nd 11th 42 17 9 16 52 47 60 Round of 16 Konstantin Bazelyuk 12 Aleksei Poddubskiy
Sergei Yuran
2021–22 2nd 4th 38 19 8 11 48 38 65 Qualifying Round 3 David Karayev 14 Sergei Yuran
Aleksei Poddubskiy
2022–23 2nd 10th 34 11 11 12 50 39 44 Qualifying Round 4 Ilya Petrov
Said Aliyev
7 Roman Sharonov
2023–24 2nd 13th 34 11 8 15 33 36 41 Regions path Quarter-finals Stage 2 Oleg Kozhemyakin
Said Aliyev
6 Roman Sharonov
2024–25 2nd 6th 34 15 8 11 44 41 53 Qualifying Round 4 Georgi Gongadze 12 Roman Sharonov

Current squad

As of 9 July 2025[4]

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 Aleksey Kuznetsov
6 MF  RUS Sadyg Bagiyev
8 MF  RUS Aleksandr Gagloyev
10 FW  RUS Vladislav Nikiforov
18 MF  RUS David Bolatayev
19 FW  RUS Maksim Kutovoy
20 MF  AZE Kamran Aliyev
21 DF  BLR Gleb Gurban
23 FW  RUS Stepan Burdakov
65 GK  RUS Andrey Boyko
71 MF  RUS Yegor Abramov
78 GK  RUS Islam Imamov
No. Pos. Nation Player
84 DF  RUS Yaroslav Grebyonkin
87 MF  RUS Artur Kopylov
90 GK  RUS Maksim Pechyonkin
92 MF  RUS Roman Yemelyanov
94 GK  RUS Vitaly Svyachenovsky
96 MF  RUS Aleksandr Maksimenko
DF  RUS Yegor Noskov
DF  RUS David Shavlokhov
MF  RUS Andrey Anisimov
MF  RUS Zakhar Kravtsov
FW  RUS Batraz Gurtsiyev

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 Vladimir Tsapurin (at Torpedo Miass until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  RUS Kirill Yershov (at Kaluga until 31 December 2025)

Reserve team

Notable players

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

Coaching staff

Position Name
Manager Roman Sharonov
Senior Manager Alexey Andreevich
Assistant Manager Yuri Shpiryuk
Goalkeeping Coach Maxim Ivanovich
Fitness Coach Oleg Anatolievich
Dmitri Gureev
Analyst Yurievich Vyacheslav
Rehabilitologist Ruslan Gennadievich
Team Leader Sergey Vladimirovich
Administrator Denis Rafailovich
Junior Administrator Ilshat Marsovich
Doctor Anatoly Georgievich
Masseur Marat Ulfatovich
Danil Yurievich
Marat Ishmurzin
Rehabilitation Specialist Danil Yurievich

References

  1. ^ "Михаил Гусев назначен генеральным директором «СКА-Хабаровск»" (in Russian). 1 June 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. ^ С 1 июня мы – ФК "СКА-Хабаровск"! (in Russian). FC SKA-Khabarovsk. 2 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016.
  3. ^ ""Химки" сохранили место в РПЛ благодаря победе над "СКА-Хабаровском"" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 28 May 2022.
  4. ^ official First League website