2024–25 FC Khimki season

FC Khimki
2024–25 season
Stadium	Arena Khimki
Russian Premier League	13th
Russian Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Edgardo Fariña; Anton Zabolotny (2); All: ; Edgardo Fariña; Anton Zabolotny (2)
Highest home attendance	4,405 vs. CSKA Moscow, 31 August 2024, Russian Premier League
Lowest home attendance	1,186 vs. Orenburg, 31 July 2024, Russian Cup
Average home league attendance	2,795
Biggest defeat	Lokomotiv Moscow 4–0 Khimki
	← 2023–24
	All statistics correct as of 31 August 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 28th season in the history of FC Khimki, and the club's first season back in the Russian Premier League after 1 year. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Russian Cup.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Nikita Kokarev	Arsenal Tula	Undisclosed	5 July 2024	^[1]
MF	Lucas Vera	Orenburg		10 July 2024	^[2]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Boni Amian	Dinamo Minsk	Loan	3 July 2024	^[3]
FW	Ilya Porokhov	Ural Yekaterinburg	Loan	11 July 2024	^[4]

Friendlies

Pre-season

28 June 2024 Friendly	Khimki	4–1	SKA-Khabarovsk	Moscow
12:00				Stadium: UTC Kratovo

2 July 2024 Friendly	Khimki	0–0	Veles Moscow	Moscow
11:00			Magomadov 7'	Stadium: UTC Kratovo

2 July 2024 Friendly	Khimki	3–0	Arsenal Tula	Moscow
18:00	Mirzov 14' Rudenko 86' Panchenko 90+1'			Stadium: UTC Kratovo

9 July 2024 Friendly	Khimki	2–3	OFK Beograd
17:00

13 July 2024 Friendly	Khimki	2–2	Krylia Sovetov Samara
17:00 UTC+3

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Russian Premier League	21 July 2024	24 May 2025	Matchday 1	7	1	3	3	9	3	+6	014.29
Russian Cup	31 July 2024			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				7	1	3	3	9	3	+6	014.29

Last updated: 31 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

Russian Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
11	Pari Nizhny Novgorod	12	3	3	6	12	22	−10	12^[a]
12	Dynamo Makhachkala	12	2	5	5	5	10	−5	11^[b]
13	Khimki	12	2	5	5	11	20	−9	11^[b]	Qualification to relegation play-offs
14	Fakel Voronezh	12	2	4	6	8	20	−12	10	Qualification to relegation play-offs
15	Orenburg	12	1	5	6	14	22	−8	8	Relegation to First League

Updated to match(es) played on 20 October 2024. Source: Premier Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) 2023–24 position (not applicable to final standings); 10) Play-off. Note: if teams tied on points did not play an equal number of head-to-head games, head-to-head results are not considered for the standings.^[5]
Notes:

^ Akron 2–2 Pari NN, Krylia Sovetov 3–1 Pari NN
^ ^a ^b Khimki 1–1 Dynamo Makhachkala

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
7	1	3	3	9	13	−4	6	0	2	2	3	7	−4	1	1	1	6	6	0

Last updated: 31 August 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	L	D	D	L
Position	8	13	6	11	10	9	13

Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 20 June 2024.^[6]

21 July 2024 1	Khimki	1–1	Dynamo Makhachkala	Khimki
20:00 UTC+3	Anđelković 45+1' Zabolotny 52'	Report	Shumakov 33'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 1,923 Referee: Yegor Yegorov

28 July 2024 2	Khimki	1–3	Spartak Moscow	Khimki
15:00 UTC+3	Anđelković 62' Zabolotnyi 73' Magomedov 90'	Report	Barco 49' Ugalde 55' Babić 72' Zobnin 90+4'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 6,305 Referee: Vasili Kazartsev

3 August 2024 3	Rubin Kazan	2–3	Khimki	Kazan
20:00 UTC+3	Daku 45+1' Jukić 65'	Report	Mirzov 25' Anđelković 33' Khosonov 50' Fariña 67', 70' Vera 85' (pen.) Golubović 90+2'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 5,738 Referee: Pavel Kukuyan

9 August 2024 4	Pari NN	1–0	Khimki	Nizhny Novgorod
18:30 UTC+3	Ožegović 18' Gotsuk 20' Ektov 60' Correia 70' Aleksandrov 71' Bozhenov 83'	Report	Fariña 73'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 5,804 Referee: Vitali Meshkov

18 August 2024 5	Khimki	1–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Khimki
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zabolotnyi 39' Fariña 56' Rudenko 70'	Report	Mostovoy 89'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 4,238 Referee: Aleksey Sukhoy

24 August 2024 6	Akhmat Grozny	3–3	Khimki	Grozny
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Zhirov 31', 73' Felippe 75' Ghandri 82' Lovat 90+3', 90+4'	Report	Fariña 26' Mirzov 31' Rudenko 67' Butta Magomedov 90+2' Zabolotnyi 90+8'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 4,489 Referee: Yan Bobrovsky

31 August 2024 7	Khimki	0–2	CSKA Moscow	Khimki
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Report	Musaev 38' Moisés 63'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 4,405 Referee: Vasily Kazartsev

15 September 2024 8	Akron Tolyatti	v	Khimki	Samara
17:30 SAMT (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Samara Arena Referee: Sergey Tsyganok

Russian Cup

Group stage

31 July 2024 1	Khimki	v	Orenburg	Khimki
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Khimki Arena

References

^ "Лучший молодой вратарь Первой лиги Никита Кокарев покинул «Арсенал» ради «Химок»". 5 July 2024.
^ "«Химки» подтвердили переход Веры: «Планируем контракт «2+1». Медобследование Лукас прошел»". Sports.ru. July 10, 2024.
^ "Бони Амиан — Футболист".
^ RPL Sky (2024-07-11). "✅Porokhov joins Ural I'm really looking forward to the Dmitriev/Ishkov/Porokhov trio". Twitter.
^ "2024–25 Premier League regulations article 17" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian Premier League.
^ РПЛ опубликовала календарь чемпионата России сезона-2024/25

[table_hth_KRY0.51539690537164-5] Akron 2–2 Pari NN, Krylia Sovetov 3–1 Pari NN

[table_hth_DMA0.51539690537164-6] Khimki 1–1 Dynamo Makhachkala

[1] "Лучший молодой вратарь Первой лиги Никита Кокарев покинул «Арсенал» ради «Химок»". 5 July 2024.

[2] "«Химки» подтвердили переход Веры: «Планируем контракт «2+1». Медобследование Лукас прошел»". Sports.ru. July 10, 2024.

[3] "Бони Амиан — Футболист".

[4] RPL Sky (2024-07-11). "✅Porokhov joins Ural I'm really looking forward to the Dmitriev/Ishkov/Porokhov trio". Twitter.

[7] "2024–25 Premier League regulations article 17" (PDF) (in Russian). Russian Premier League.

[8] РПЛ опубликовала календарь чемпионата России сезона-2024/25

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