Fc Akhmat Grozny

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). 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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		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

 

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 20 February 2024

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 4 DF   RUS Turpal-Ali Ibishev 5 DF   BIH Miloš Šatara 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 13 FW   BFA Mohamed Konaté 14 MF   MAR Amine Talal 15 DF   RUS Andrei Semyonov (vice-captain) 16 MF   BRA Camilo 18 MF   RUS Vladislav Kamilov 21 MF   RUS Ivan Oleynikov

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF   RUS Anton Shvets 29 FW   RUS Vladimir Ilyin 33 MF   RUS Minkail Matsuyev 36 DF   BRA Lucas Lovat 40 DF   RUS Rizvan Utsiyev (captain) 47 FW   CIV Néné Gbamblé 55 DF   BIH Darko Todorović 59 DF   RUS Yevgeni Kharin 71 MF   RUS Magomed Yakuyev 75 DF   TUN Nader Ghandri 88 GK   RUS Giorgi Sheliya 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 — 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 — DF   RUS Vladislav Volkov (at Leningradets Leningrad Oblast until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   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.

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

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

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

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