FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk is an association football club from Dzerzhinsk

Dzerzhinsk, Russia

Dzerzhinsk is a city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, situated along the Oka River, about east of Moscow. Population: The city is named after Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, a Polish Bolshevik leader who was the first head of the Cheka ....

, Russia

Russia

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, founded in 1946. As of 2009, it plays in the Russian Second Division

Russian Second Division

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. It played in the Soviet First League

Soviet First League

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 (second level) from 1947 to 1949 and 1960 to 1962.

Team name history

• 1946 FC Azot Dzerzhinsk
• 1947-1948 FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk
• 1949-1959 FC Zavod im. Sverdlova Dzerzhinsk
• 1960-1961 FC Zarya Dzerzhinsk
• 1962-1963 FC Volna Dzerzhinsk
• 1964-2000 FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk
• 2001-2002 FC Sibur-Khimik Dzerzhinsk
• 2003–present FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk

Notable alumni

Dmitri Cheryshev

Dmitri Cheryshev

Dmitri Nikolayevich Cheryshev is an association football player. Since 2008 to 2010, he worked as a coach for one of children's team in Real Madrid C.F. Currently, he is a manager of FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League...

 represented Russia national football team

Russia national football team

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.

Valeri Popovitch

Valeri Popovitch

Valeri Aleksandrovich Popovitch is a Russian football striker with Finnish nationality. Popovitch is the all-time scoring leader of FC Haka. After his contract ended with HJK in 2010, he joined Ilves Tampere playing in Kakkonen, as a player-coach, signing a two-year contract.He has also capped...

, Aleksandr Shcherbakov and Aleksandr Shevlyakov played in the Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League

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; Aleksei Gerasimov

Aleksei Gerasimov

Aleksei Vladimirovich Gerasimov is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League B in 1990 for FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk. He played 4 games in the UEFA Cup 1996–97 for PFC CSKA Moscow.-References:...

, Igor Gorelov

Igor Gorelov

Igor Yuryevich Gorelov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1990 for FC Znamya Arzamas.-References:...

, Gennadi Maslyayev

Gennadi Maslyayev

Gennadi Aleksandrovich Maslyayev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1985 for FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk.He worked as a referee from 1996 to 2001.-References:...

, Albert Oskolkov

Albert Oskolkov

Albert Nikolayevich Oskolkov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Rusichi Oryol. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1992 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod. He played 2 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 for FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.-External links:...

, Alexey Panin and Oleg Shcherbakov played in the Russian Premier League

Russian Premier League

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 after playing for Khimik.

Igor Egorov

Igor Egorov

Igor Vyacheslavovich Egorov is a Russian football referee and a former player . He has been a FIFA international referee since 2003. He lives in Nizhny Novgorod and is a businessman. He was named best Russian referee by the Sport Express newspaper in 2006 and 2007...

 is a well-known international referee.

Current squad

As of October 19, 2011, according to the official RFU website.

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Out

External links

• Fan website