WFC Rossiyanka was a Russian women's football club from Khimki.

History The team was founded in 1990 as Nadezhda Krasnoarmeysk, being initially a futsal club. Futsal was played until 1998, when the club left it to concentrate in association football. Nadezhda played for two years in the second tier, attaining 5th and 3rd spots, before being disbanded at the end of the 2000 season, with most players moving to newly founded Nadezhda Noginsk.

In 2003 the team was back as Rossiyanka, attaining promotion to the Russian Championship in the first try. Rossiyanka won the 2005 and 2006 championships, preceded by a silver in its 2004 debut. From 2007 to 2009 the team was second to Zvezda Perm, before winning its third championship in 2010. Rossiyanka successfully defended the title in the following season, which ended in 2012 following a short-lived change in the calendar format.

After four seasons with no titles, Rossiyanka won its fifth championship in 2016. The following year most of its squad moved to CSKA Moscow and Rossiyanka was merged into CSKA following the end of the 2017 season. The vacant in the championship was filled by Lokomotiv Moscow.

Rossiyanka was a regular of the Champions League, where it has reached the quarter-finals in 2008 and 2012. As Russia ranks among the top 8 UEFA Leagues by coefficient,UEFA Rankings Rossiyanka entered the competition both as the Russian Championship's champion or vice-champion.

Titles Official 5 Russian Leagues: 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011–12, 2016 5 Russian Cups: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010

Invitational 2 Albena Cups: 2005, 2006

Record in UEFA competitions

Season Competition Stage Result Opponent 2006–07 UEFA Women's Cup Qualifying Stage 5–2 Alma KTZh 7–0 Clujana 6–1 Slovan Duslo Šaľa Group Stage 4–5 Arsenal 1–2 Brøndby 4–2 Femina Budapest 2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup Qualifying Stage 7–0 Napredak Kruševac 18–0 Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 Arsenal Kharkiv Group Stage 3–1 Universitet Vitebsk 2–1 Clujana 2–2 Umeå Quarter-finals 0–0, 1–2 Frankfurt 2009–10 Champions League Qualifying Stage 11–0 St. Francis 1–0 Apollon Limassol 7–0 Maccabi Holon Round of 32 3–1, 2–1 Rayo Vallecano Round of 16 0–1, 1–1 Umeå 2010–11 Champions League Qualifying Stage 5–0 Osijek 9–0 St. Francis 4–1 1º Dezembro Round of 32 3–1, 4–0 Lehenda Chernihiv Round of 16 1–6, 0–5 Lyon 2011–12 Champions League Round of 32 2–0, 1–0 Twente Round of 16 4–0, 3–3 Energiya Voronezh Quarter-finals 0–2, 0–3 Turbine Potsdam 2012–13 Champions League Round of 32 4–1, 1–2 Den Haag Round of 16 1–0, 2–2 Sparta Praha Quarter-finals 1–2, 0–2 Wolfsburg 2013–14 Champions League Round of 32 4–2, 1–1 Spartak Subotica Round of 16 1–0, 0–2 Torres 2016–17 Champions League Round of 32 0–0, 2–1 SFK 2000 Round of 16 0–4, 0–4 Bayern Munich

Current squad As of 6 October 2016

Former international players For details of current and former players, see :Category:WFC Rossiyanka players.

Yael Averbuch Georgiana Birțoiu Tetyana Chorna Park Eun-sun Nadezhda Kharchenko Fabiana da Silva Cristiane de Souza Ester dos Santos Sofia Jacobsson Christina Julien Nompumelelo Nyandeni Aline Pellegrino Olga Petrova Natalia Russkikh Elena Schegaleva Natalia Shlyapina Tatyana Skotnikova Oksana Yakovyshyn Iryna Zvarych

See also WFC CSKA

References

External links Official Website Official Twitter profile