FC Baltika Kaliningrad

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Baltika

Full name

Football Club
Baltika Kaliningrad

Founded

1954

Ground

Baltika Stadium,
Kaliningrad
(Capacity 14,500)

Chairman

Aleksandr Fadin

Manager

Aleksandr Ignatenko

League

Russian First Division

2006

15th





Home colours





Away colours

Baltika is a Russian football club based in Kaliningrad. Currently the club plays in the Russian First Division.

[edit] 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 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. 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 2002 and 2005 seasons spent in the Second Division. On both occasions Baltika won promotion at the first time of asking.

[edit] Current Squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Aleksey Rogachev
2	DF	Dmitriy Lyapkin
4	MF	Evgeni Tsymbal
5	DF	Egor Krystafovich
7	MF	Ansar Ayupov
8	MF	Vladimir Bondarenko
9	MF	Anzur Sadirov
10	MF	Aleksandr Tymenko
11	FW	Anzor Sanaya
12	DF	Denis Matiola
14	MF	Aleksey Kolomijchenko
15	DF	Georgi Mikadze

No.	Position	Player
16	GK	Mikhail Baranovski
17	FW	Ivan Zavaliy
21	MF	Hamlet Siukaev
22	MF	Vitali Timofeev
23	FW	Aldin Djidic
25	DF	Aleksey Revyakin
27	MF	Vitali Kuznetsov
30	GK	Anton Gavrilov
85	DF	Mikhail Popov
77	FW	Sergey Korovushkin
99	FW	Robert Zebelyan