FC Akhmat Grozny


Republican Football Club Akhmat, commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian professional football club from Grozny, Chechnya, that plays in the Russian Premier League. The team was named Terek between 1958 and 2017.

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.
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, Florentin Petre and Daniel Pancu. 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.
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.

League

USSR

Russia

European

Stadium

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

Out on loan

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
;Russian Super Cup

Management

Managerial History

NameNat.FromToPWDLGSGA%WHonoursNotes
Vyacheslav Hroznyi1 June 200820 October 2009
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Shahin Diniyev 20 October 2009December 2009
Caretaker-------
Anatoly BaidachnyJanuary 2010December 2011
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Víctor MuñozDecember 2010January 2011
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Ruud Gullit18 January 201114 June 2011
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Isa Baytiyev 15 June 201127 September 2011
Caretaker-------
Stanislav Cherchesov27 September 201126 May 2013
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Yuri Krasnozhan26 May 201328 October 2017
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Vait Talgayev 29 October 20137 November 2013
Caretaker-------
Rashid Rakhimov7 November 201322 May 2017
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Oleg Kononov22 May 201730 October 2017
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Mikhail Galaktionov 30 October 201714 December 2017
Caretaker-------
Mikhail Galaktionov14 December 20177 April 2018
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Igor Lediakhov7 April 20182 September 2018
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Ruslan İdiqov 2 September 20185 September 2018
Caretaker-------
Rashid Rakhimov5 September 201830 September 2019
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Igor Shalimov30 September 201926 July 2020
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Andrei Talalayev26 July 2020
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Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Terek.
;Russia
;Other former USSR countries
;Europe
;South and Central America
;Africa
;Asia