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.[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]

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

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 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.

As of 14 February 2020[11]

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

No. Position Player 3 DF Maksim Nenakhov 4 DF Wilker Ángel 5 DF Magomed Musalov 7 FW Magomed Mitrishev 8 DF Miroslav Bogosavac (on loan from Čukarički) 10 MF Khalid Kadyrov 11 MF Ismael 13 MF Roland Gigolayev 14 MF Ravanelli 15 DF Andrei Semyonov 16 GK Yevgeni Gorodov 17 FW Ablaye Mbengue 18 FW Andrés Ponce 19 MF Oleg Ivanov (vice-captain)

No. Position Player 20 DF Zoran Nižić 21 MF Odise Roshi 22 MF Lechi Sadulayev 23 MF Anton Shvets 27 FW Felipe Vizeu (on loan from Udinese) 29 FW Vladimir Ilyin 33 GK Vitali Gudiyev 40 DF Rizvan Utsiyev (captain) 42 GK Aleksandr Melikhov 59 MF Yevgeni Kharin 77 MF Bernard Berisha 88 MF Denis Glushakov 95 FW Abubakar Kadyrov

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player MF Konrad Michalak (at Ankaragücü)

No. Position Player MF Damian Szymański (at AEK Athens)

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. Position Player DF Pavel Kaloshin MF Mikhail Gashchenkov

No. Position Player FW Idris Umayev

Russian Cup

• Champions (1): 2003–04

Russian Super Cup

• Runners-up (1): 2005

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

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