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.
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, Class A, Group 2, and Second League. 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. However, PFL zone East winners FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk did not apply for the FNL license, keeping Baltika in the league.
League results
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Current squad
As of 31 July 2020, according to the .Out on loan
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.;Russia/USSR
- Sergei Shvetsov
- Oleg Sergeyev
- Maksim Buznikin
- Nikita Chernov
- Vyacheslav Dayev
- Andrei Fedkov
- Lyubomir Kantonistov
- Yevgeni Kharlachyov
- Andrei Kondrashov
- Pavel Pogrebnyak
- Dmitry Stotsky
- Vladislav Lemish
- Artak Aleksanyan
- Aram Voskanyan
- Robert Zebelyan
- Emin Agaev
- Gurban Gurbanov
- Aslan Kerimov
- Dmitriy Kramarenko
- Yuri Muzika
- Vasili Baranov
- Syarhyey Hyerasimets
- Alyaksandr Klimenka
- Andrei Lavrik
- Uladzimir Makowski
- Valer Shantalosau
- Yuri Shukanov
- Maksim Skavysh
- Sergey Vekhtev
- Taavi Rähn
- Zaza Janashia
- Zviad Jeladze
- Levan Mikadze
- Tengiz Sichinava
- Renat Dubinskiy
- Dmitriy Galich
- Dmitriy Lyapkin
- Maksim Nizovtsev
- Aleksandr Sklyarov
- Aleksandrs Koļinko
- Mihails Miholaps
- Igors Troickis
- Aleksejs Višņakovs
- Maksims Rafaļskis
- Artūrs Zjuzins
- Vidas Alunderis
- Vytautas Apanavičius
- Ričardas Beniušis
- Orestas Buitkus
- Rolandas Džiaukštas
- Andrius Jokšas
- Kestutis Kumza
- Viktoras Olšanskis
- Goran Maznov
- Valeriu Andronic
- Vyacheslav Krendelyov
- Oleksandr Pomazun
- Vladyslav Prudius
- Serhiy Shyshchenko
- Dmytro Topchiev
- Andrei Fyodorov
- Maksim Shatskikh
- Andrei Vlasichev