FC Baltika Kaliningrad

Baltika
	File:FC Baltika Kaliningrad logo.png
Full name	Football Club; Baltika Kaliningrad
Nickname(s)	Balda
Founded	1954; 71 years ago
Ground	Kaliningrad Stadium
Capacity	35,016
Owner	Kaliningrad/Kaliningrad Oblast
General director	Ravil Izmaylov
Manager	Andrey Talalayev
League	Russian First League
2023–24	Russian Premier League, 15th of 16th (relegated)
Website	Club website
	Current season

FC Baltika (‹See Tfd›Russian: Акционерное Общество «Футбольный клуб «Балтика») is a professional association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. The club will return to the Russian First League in the 2024–25 season.

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]

On 19 May 2023, Baltika secured a promotion to the Russian Premier League for the first time in 25 years.^[2]

In the 2023–24 Russian Cup, Baltika advanced to the Superfinal.^[3]

Baltika finished 15th in the league season and was relegated back to second tier after one year in the Premier League.^[4]

On 2 June 2024, Baltika lost the 2024 Russian Cup final to Zenit St. Petersburg with the score of 1–2, Baltika initially led 1–0 and conceded two goals in the 81st minute and in the 5th added minute.^[5]

League results

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Current squad

As of 12 September 2024, according to the official Russian First League 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	Ilya Svinov
2	DF	RUS	Sergey Varatynov
3	DF	RUS	Ilya Kalachyov
4	DF	FRA	Nathan Gassama
5	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Osipov
6	DF	RUS	Oleg Isayenko (on loan from Khimki)
7	MF	RUS	Kirill Malyarov
8	MF	RUS	Andrei Mendel
9	FW	RUS	Ilya Stefanovich
10	FW	BRA	Alex Fernandes
11	MF	BLR	Yury Kavalyow
13	MF	RUS	Denis Terentyev
14	FW	RUS	Khyzyr Appayev
16	DF	COL	Kevin Andrade
17	MF	RUS	Vladislav Saus
18	FW	RUS	Kirill Nikishin
19	MF	RUS	Sergei Pryakhin
21	MF	RUS	Ivan Zazvonkin (on loan from Dynamo Moscow)
22	MF	RUS	Nikolai Titkov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
23	MF	RUS	Nikita Glushkov
25	MF	RUS	Nikita Bozov
36	GK	RUS	Gleb Kosteley
39	FW	RUS	Kirill Stepanov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
44	GK	RUS	Yegor Lyubakov
47	DF	RUS	Ivan Savitsky
52	MF	RUS	Eldzhat Mamedov
57	DF	RUS	Dmitry Begun
59	MF	ARM	Tigran Avanesyan
60	FW	RUS	Gocha Gogrichiani
64	DF	RUS	Osman Gasanbekov
66	FW	RUS	Nikita Tereshchuk
67	GK	RUS	Maksim Borisko
70	FW	RUS	Abu-Said Eldarushev
71	FW	BLR	Mark Mokin
73	MF	RUS	Ignat Dmitriyev
74	DF	RUS	David Cherkasov
87	MF	RUS	Artyom Isik
88	DF	RUS	Timofey Shchelkunov
89	DF	RUS	Pavel Gorbachyov
90	MF	RUS	Nikolay Kamayev
91	MF	RUS	Vadim Vshivkov
94	GK	RUS	Vladimir Malyshev
95	MF	RUS	Ilya Petrov
96	DF	RUS	Amir Mokhammad
97	MF	RUS	Yury Petrovsky
99	FW	BLR	Vitaly Lisakovich

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	VEN	Diego Luna (at Khimki until 30 June 2025)
—	MF	RUS	Yaroslav Arbuzov (at Chayka Peschanokopskoye until 30 June 2025)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	POR	João Lameira (at Oțelul Galați until 30 June 2025)
—	MF	RUS	Vladislav Lazarev (at Sochi until 30 June 2025)

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.

USSR/Russia

Europe

South America

Africa

Joel Fameyeh

Asia

Club staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Sergei Ignashevich
Assistant Manager	Dmitri Michkov
First-Team Coach	Leonid Tkachenko
First-Team Coach	Artsyom Buloychyk
Fitness Coach	Mikhail Solovey
Club Doctor	Ruslan Zasiev
Team Manager	Evgeniy Buda

External links

Official website (in Russian)

References

^ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ ""Балтика" завоевала право участия в Мир РПЛ" [Baltika secured the right to participate in Mir RPL] (in русский). Russian Premier League. 19 May 2023.
^ ""Балтика" вышла в Суперфинал FONBET Кубка России" (in русский). Russian Football Union. 14 May 2024.
^ ""Пари НН" и "Урал" – участники переходных матчей за места в Мир РПЛ" [Pari NN and Ural will play in the relegation play-offs] (in русский). Russian Premier League. 25 May 2024.
^ "Суперфинал FONBET Кубка России LIVE. Гол Алипа приносит "Зениту" победу" [Russian Cup Superfinal: Alip goal gives Zenit the victory] (in русский). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2024.

[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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[RPL202324-2] ""Балтика" завоевала право участия в Мир РПЛ" [Baltika secured the right to participate in Mir RPL] (in русский). Russian Premier League. 19 May 2023.

[3] ""Балтика" вышла в Суперфинал FONBET Кубка России" (in русский). Russian Football Union. 14 May 2024.

[4] ""Пари НН" и "Урал" – участники переходных матчей за места в Мир РПЛ" [Pari NN and Ural will play in the relegation play-offs] (in русский). Russian Premier League. 25 May 2024.

[5] "Суперфинал FONBET Кубка России LIVE. Гол Алипа приносит "Зениту" победу" [Russian Cup Superfinal: Alip goal gives Zenit the victory] (in русский). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2024.

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Information	Club Players Managers
Stadia	Baltika Stadium (1954–2018) Kaliningrad Stadium (2018–present)
Seasons	2019–20