Football Club SKA-Khabarovsk () 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 east of Moscow, SKA Khabarovsk are the most Easterly team to have taken part in a UEFA domestic top division.
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.
Domestic history Season League Russian Cup Top goalscorer Manager Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League20082nd8th42171015636061Round of 32 Aleksandr Yarkin2120092nd11th38121115434247Fifth round Vasili Karmazinenko920102nd11th3815815373953Round of 16 Vasili Karmazinenko102011–122nd11th48161418576662Fifth round Fifth round Yevgeni Lutsenko13 Igor Protasov Aleksandr Grigoryan2012–132nd4th3213136362652Round of 16 Yevgeni Lutsenko8 Aleksandr Grigoryan Giorgi Daraselia2013–142nd7th36151110433456Round of 16 Nathan Júnior9 Valdas Ivanauskas2014–152nd14th38131015363549Fourth Round Nathan Júnior6 Valdas Ivanauskas Aleksandr Grigoryan2015–162nd14th38131015363549Round of 16 Konstantin Bazelyuk10 Aleksandr Grigoryan2016–172nd4th3815149453359Round of 16 Ruslan Koryan12 Aleksandr Grigoryan Aleksei Poddubskiy2017–181st16th302721165513Quarterfinal Miroslav Marković4 Aleksei Poddubskiy Rinat Bilyaletdinov Sergei Perednya2018–192nd7th38151310464158Round of 32 Maksim Kazankov7 Sergei Perednya Vadim Evseev Aleksei Poddubskiy2019–202nd6th271278423043Round of 32 Adlan Katsayev9 Aleksei Poddubskiy2020–212nd11th4217916524760Round of 16 Konstantin Bazelyuk12 Aleksei Poddubskiy Sergei Yuran2021–222nd4th3819811483865Qualifying Round 3 David Karayev14 Sergei Yuran Aleksei Poddubskiy2022–232nd10th34111112503944Qualifying Round 4 Ilya Petrov Said Aliyev7 Roman Sharonov2023–242nd13th3411815333641Regions path Quarter-finals Stage 2 Oleg Kozhemyakin Said Aliyev6 Roman Sharonov2024–252nd6th3415811444153Qualifying Round 4 Georgi Gongadze12 Dmitri Voyetskiy Aleksei Poddubskiy Aleksei Poddubskiy2025–262nd12th34101212374542Qualifying Round 4 Jacobo Alcalde9 Aleksei Poddubskiy Mikhail Semyonov
Current squad official First League website
Out on loan
Reserve team
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 Asia Igor Vityutnev Wýaçeslaw Krendelew Vladimir Radkevich
Europe Robert Arzumanyan Ruslan Koryan Gennadi Drozdov Rizvan Umarov Syarhey Kavalchuk Andrey Paryvaew Ventsislav Hristov Mark Švets Kakhaber Aladashvili Gogita Gogua Shota Grigalashvili Gocha Khojava Otar Martsvaladze Giorgi Navalovski Lasha Salukvadze Vitaliy Artemov Qayrat Aymanov Aleksandr Gorbunov Oleg Musin
Aivars Drupass Olegs Karavajevs Darius Miceika Tomas Mikuckis Serghei Alexeev Valeriu Andronic Serghei Chirilov Alexandr Covalenco Iurie Priganiuc Roman Radcenco Serghei Secu Adrian Sosnovschi Denys Dedechko Andriy Dikan Oleksandr Kyryukhin
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
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