FC SKA-Khabarovsk

Football Club SKA-Khabarovsk (Russian: Футбольный клуб СКА-Хабаровск) is a Russian professional association football club based in Khabarovsk which plays in the second-tier Russian First League. They played in the Russian Premier League for the first time ever in the 2017–18 season. At more than 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) east of Moscow, SKA Khabarovsk are the most Easterly team to have taken part in a UEFA domestic top division.

SKA-Khabarovsk

Full name	Футбольный клуб СКА-Хабаровск (Football Club SKA-Khabarovsk)
Founded	1946 (1946)
Ground	Lenin Stadium, Khabarovsk, Russia
Capacity	14,800
Owner	Khabarovsk Krai RusHydro (through subsidiary) Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association
Chairman	Mikhail Gusev
Manager	Aleksei Poddubskiy (caretaker)
League	Russian First League
2023–24	13th of 18
Website	http://fcska.ru/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

The club has been known under different names:

• DKA (−1953)
• ODO (1954)
• DO (1955–56)
• OSK (1957)
• SKVO (1957–59)
• SKA (1960–99)
• SKA-Energia (1999–2016)
• SKA-Khabarovsk (2016–)

The club has participated in the Soviet championships since 1957. SKA were the quarter-finalists of the Soviet Cup in 1963. They had never played in the Soviet Top League or Russian Premier League, until 2017.

SKA's best result in the Soviet First League was the 6th position in 1980, and their best result in the Russian First Division was 4th position in 2012–13. This entitled them to a promotion/relegation play-off against FC Rostov, 13th place in the RPL, but they lost 3–0 on aggregate and missed their chance to compete in the top flight.

At the end of the 2016–17 season, SKA equalled their record best finish, at the same time qualifying for a promotion play-off against FC Orenburg. On 28 May 2017, SKA were promoted to the Russian Premier League for the first time in their history, after beating FC Orenburg in the promotion play-off. They won 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out, after 0–0 draws in both the home and away legs.

SKA started their first Premier League season with 4 losses. After improving results in the next stretch of games, the losses starting mounting up again. Aleksei Poddubskiy was replaced as manager by Rinat Bilyaletdinov during the winter break, Bilyaletdinov only lasted four games before being replaced by Sergei Perednya. On 22 April 2018, SKA lost 1–0 to Dynamo Moscow at home (which was their 13th loss in a stretch of 15 winless games) and lost the mathematical chance to avoid relegation back to the second-tier Russian Football National League.

In the 2021–22 season, SKA-Khabarovsk qualified for the Premier League promotion playoffs in which they lost 1–3 on aggregate to FC Khimki therefore remaining in the FNL for at least another season.

Current squad

As of 27 September 2024

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	Aleksey Kuznetsov
3	DF	RUS	Nikolai Poyarkov (on loan from Rostov)
4	MF	ESP	Borja Martínez
5	DF	MKD	Nehar Sadiki
6	MF	RUS	Sadyg Bagiyev
7	MF	ARM	Artyom Simonyan
8	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Gagloyev
9	FW	RUS	Georgi Gongadze
10	FW	RUS	Vladislav Nikiforov
11	FW	RUS	Albek Gongapshev
14	MF	RUS	Yuri Bavin
17	DF	RUS	Nikolai Pokidyshev
18	MF	RUS	Nikita Miroshnichenko
19	FW	RUS	Maksim Kutovoy
20	MF	AZE	Kamran Aliyev
21	DF	BLR	Gleb Gurban
23	FW	RUS	Stepan Burdakov
28	MF	MDA	Marius Iosipoi

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	FW	CIV	Yao Jean Charles
33	DF	RUS	Rustam Khalimbekov
44	DF	RUS	Yuri Zhuravlyov
46	MF	RUS	Nikita Pershin (on loan from Krylia Sovetov Samara)
55	DF	RUS	Artyom Bykov
70	MF	RUS	Ramazan Gadzhimuradov
71	MF	RUS	Yegor Abramov
78	GK	RUS	Islam Imamov
79	DF	RUS	Denis Pershin
80	GK	RUS	Zakhar Badyuk
86	DF	RUS	Kirill Yershov
87	MF	RUS	Artur Kopylov
90	GK	RUS	Maksim Pechyonkin
91	DF	RUS	Yegor Noskov (on loan from CSKA Moscow)
92	MF	RUS	Roman Yemelyanov
93	FW	RUS	German Parfyonov
94	GK	RUS	Vitaly Svyachenovsky
99	FW	RUS	Astemir Khashkulov

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
—	GK	RUS	Vladimir Tsapurin (at Kaluga until 30 June 2025)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	RUS	Zakhar Kravtsov (at Volga Ulyanovsk until 30 June 2025)

Reserve team

Further information: FC SKA-Khabarovsk-2

Notable players

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

USSR and Russia

• Vladimir Astapovsky
• Viktor Bulatov
• Viktor Fayzulin
• Andrey Ivanov
• Boris Kopeikin
• Nikolay Olenikov
• Sergey Olshansky
• Andrei Semyonov
• Aleksandr Tarkhanov
• Akhrik Tsveiba
• Aleksandr Yerokhin

Former USSR countries

• Robert Arzumanyan
• Ruslan Koryan
• Gennadi Drozdov
• Rizvan Umarov
• Syarhey Kavalchuk

• Andrey Paryvaew
• Kakhaber Aladashvili
• Gogita Gogua
• Shota Grigalashvili
• Gocha Khojava
• Otar Martsvaladze
• Giorgi Navalovski
• Lasha Salukvadze
• Vitaliy Artemov
• Qayrat Aymanov
• Aleksandr Gorbunov
• Oleg Musin
• Serghei Alexeev
• Valeriu Andronic
• Serghei Chirilov
• Alexandr Covalenco
• Iurie Priganiuc
• Roman Radcenco
• Serghei Secu

• Adrian Sosnovschi
• Igor Vityutnev
• Wýaçeslaw Krendelew
• Denys Dedechko
• Andriy Dikan
• Oleksandr Kyryukhin
• Vladimir Radkevich

Europe

• Mark Švets
• Ventsislav Hristov
• Aivars Drupass
• Olegs Karavajevs
• Darius Miceika
• Tomas Mikuckis

Africa

• MacDonald Mukansi

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Roman Sharonov
Senior Manager	Alexey Andreevich
Assistant Manager	Yuri Shpiryuk
Goalkeeping Coach	Maxim Ivanovich
Fitness Coach	Oleg Anatolievich Dmitri Gureev
Analyst	Yurievich Vyacheslav
Rehabilitologist	Ruslan Gennadievich
Team Leader	Sergey Vladimirovich
Administrator	Denis Rafailovich
Junior Administrator	Ilshat Marsovich
Doctor	Anatoly Georgievich
Masseur	Marat Ulfatovich Danil Yurievich Marat Ishmurzin
Rehabilitation Specialist	Danil Yurievich

External links

• Official website (in Russian)