FC Baltika Kaliningrad

FC Baltika is an association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. Currently the club plays in the Russian Football National League, the second tier of the Russian football pyramid.

Baltika
Full nameFootball Club
Baltika Kaliningrad
Nickname(s)Balda
Founded1954 (1954)
GroundKaliningrad Stadium
Capacity35,212
OwnerKaliningrad/Kaliningrad Oblast
ChairmanTazhutdin Kachukayev
ManagerYevgeni Kaleshin
LeagueFNL
2019–207th
WebsiteClub website
1997—2018 logo
2000—2004 logo

History

The club was founded on 22 December 1954 as Pishchevik Kaliningrad. In 1958 the club was renamed Baltika.

The team entered the Soviet League in 1957 and played in Class B (1957–1965), Class A, Group 2 (1966–1970), and Second League (1971–1991). The best result was achieved in 1984, when Baltika won the regional group tournament.

In 1992 Baltika entered the Russian Second Division and won the regional tournament and promotion to the First Division. After a fourth-place finish in 1993 and third position in 1994 Baltika won the division in 1995. In 1996 Baltika achieved the best result in club's history, finishing 7th in the Top Division, the Russian Premier League. Baltika were relegated in 1998, spending a total of three seasons in the top flight. In 1998 Baltika participated in the Intertoto Cup and reached the third round.

Since then, Baltika played in the First Division, except for the 2002 and 2005 seasons which they spent in the Second Division.

In 2018–19 Russian Football National League, they finished 16th (a relegation spot). However, PFL zone East winners FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk did not apply for the FNL license, keeping Baltika in the league.[1]

League results
Russian Premier League

Current squad

As of 31 July 2020, according to the official FNL website.

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 Yevgeni Latyshonok
2 DF  BRA Nailson
3 DF  RUS Maksim Plopa
6 MF  RUS Maksim Kuzmin
7 MF  RUS Sultan Dzhamilov
8 MF  RUS Aslan Dudiyev
9 MF  RUS Artyom Makarchuk
10 MF  RUS Ilnur Alshin
11 FW  RUS Mikhail Markin
14 MF  RUS Viktor Demyanov
16 GK  RUS Nikolai Prisyazhnenko
17 MF  RUS Alan Chochiyev
18 MF  MNE Mladen Kašćelan
19 MF  RUS Alikhan Shavayev
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF  RUS Artyom Doyev
26 DF  RUS Artyom Meshchaninov
27 DF  RUS Ivan Maklakov
33 FW  BRA Allef
38 MF  RUS Yan Kazayev
39 MF  RUS Yevgeni Butakov
44 DF  RUS Maksim Tishkin
60 FW  RUS Tamerlan Musayev
66 MF  RUS Denis Fedorenko
67 GK  RUS Maksim Borisko
85 FW  RUS Aleksandr Shcherbatyuk
88 MF  RUS Yaroslav Frolov
89 MF  RUS Vladislav Lazarev
90 MF  RUS Vitali Zhironkin (on loan from CSKA Moscow)

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 Mutalip Alibekov (at Smolevichi)
— DF  RUS Danila Zhemaytis (at Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  RUS Dmitri Zakharov (at Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo)

Reserve team

Baltika's reserve team played professionally in the Russian Third League in 1994 as FC Baltika-d Kaliningrad and in the Russian Second Division in 2006 and 2007 as FC Baltika-2 Kaliningrad.

Notable players

These players had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Baltika.

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References
  1. "Сахалин" выиграл первенство ПФЛ в зоне "Восток", но не сыграет в ФНЛ [Sakhalin won the PFL East zone, but will not play in the FNL] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 28 May 2019.
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