FC Akhmat Grozny

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.

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).[1] Terek finished 12th in the 2010 Russian Premier League season.

A new stadium has been built for the club.

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]

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

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		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		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		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
2021–22		7	30	13	3	14	36	38	42	GS	—		Utkin – 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

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.

As of 13 September 2023[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  RUS Mikhail Oparin 3 DF  RUS Vladislav Volkov 6 DF  BIH Jasmin Čeliković (on loan from Tuzla City) 7 MF  KOS Bernard Berisha (3rd captain) 8 DF  SRB Miroslav Bogosavac 9 FW  RUS Gamid Agalarov 10 MF  RUS Lechi Sadulayev 11 MF  BRA Daniel Júnior (on loan from Cruzeiro) 13 FW  BFA Mohamed Konaté 15 DF  RUS Andrei Semyonov (vice-captain) 16 MF  BRA Camilo 18 MF  RUS Vladislav Kamilov 19 DF  KAZ Marat Bystrov 21 MF  RUS Ivan Oleynikov

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  RUS Anton Shvets 29 FW  RUS Vladimir Ilyin 33 MF  RUS Minkail Matsuyev 35 GK  RUS Rizvan Tashayev 40 DF  RUS Rizvan Utsiyev (captain) 47 FW  CIV Néné Gbamblé 48 MF  RUS Mikail Akhmedov 55 DF  BIH Darko Todorović 59 DF  RUS Yevgeni Kharin 71 MF  RUS Magomed Yakuyev 88 GK  RUS Giorgi Sheliya 92 MF  RUS Abubakar Inalkayev 94 MF  RUS Artyom Timofeyev 98 MF  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 — DF  BIH Miloš Šatara

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  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 — GK  RUS Magomed-Deni Tsutsulayev (at Chayka Peschanokopskoye until 30 June 2024) — DF  RUS Turpal-Ali Ibishev (at Druzhba Maykop until 30 November 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  RUS Islam Alsultanov (at Volga Ulyanovsk until 30 June 2024) — FW  RUS Ilya Moseychuk (at Kuban Krasnodar until 30 June 2024)

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

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

• Luke Wilkshire
• Milad Mohammadi

South and Central America

• Juan Carlos Arce
• Ewerthon
• Wilker Ángel
• Andrés Ponce

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