FC Presnya Moscow
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FC Presnya Moscow was a Russia
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 club based in Moscow
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Colours are red for home games, and black away.

1920s – Krasnaya Presnya and Tryokhgorka

In 1922 a stadium was built at the Presnya Gate and a team was formed to play in it. Originally called MKS , the team was soon renamed Krasnaya Presnya ("Red Presnya"). There was no national championship in Russia and USSR at the time, and Krasnaya Presnya played in the Moscow league, winning it in 1923 (spring) and 1924 (spring). In 1925 the team was renamed Pishcheviki and moved to another stadium, eventually becoming what is now known as Spartak Moscow
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After Krasnaya Presnya moved, another team, Tryokhgorka, emerged at Presnya. This team existed in 1926-1930 and won the Moscow championship in 1927 (spring), 1929 (autumn), and 1930 (spring).

1980s and 1990s – Krasnaya Presnya and Asmaral

In 1978 a new team called Krasnaya Presnya was formed. It played in the Soviet Second League. Krasnaya Presnya was intended to provide experience for young Moscow players. Some famous footballers like Alexandr Mostovoi and Sergey Rodionov
Sergey Rodionov
Sergei Yurievich Rodionov is a Russian football coach. Previously, he was a footballer who played most of his career as a striker for Spartak Moscow....

 have played for Krasnaya Presnya. Georgi Yartsev
Georgi Yartsev
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 and Oleg Romantsev have been the managers of the team. In 1986 the team won the regional tournament of the Second League.

In 1990, after relegation from the Second League, the club became a private company named Asmaral and owned by an Iraqi-British businessman Husam Al-Khalidi. In 1990 Asmaral were promoted to the Second League and won their group in 1991, earning the right to enter the newly formed Russian Top Division in 1992. In 1992 the club achieved their best result in history, finishing 7th in the top flight.

In 1991 and 1992 a separate team acting as a farm club of Asmaral and called FC Presnya Moscow played in the Soviet Second League B
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 and Russian Second Division
Russian Second Division
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 respectively. It was renamed to FC Asmaral-d Moscow and played under that name in Russian Second Division
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 in 1993 and Russian Third League in 1994-1995.

In the following years, Asmaral suffered a number of relegations: from the Top Division in 1993, from the First Division in 1995, and from the Second Division
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 in 1996. Thanks to the reorganization of the league system, Asmaral entered the Second Division in 1998 but were relegated again. The team spent the 1999 season in the amateur league and have not played in 2000.

2000s – Presnya

In 2001 the club named Presnya was organized again. They played in the Amateur football league until winning their group in 2004 and receiving promotion to the Second Division. In 2005, Presnya finished 15 in the West zone. Presnya withdrew from the league in 2006, after playing 10 rounds. In 2003 the club was named Presnya-Burevestnik due to a temporary merger with another Moscow club.

Notable past players

Had international caps for their respective countries.

Yuri Gavrilov
Yuri Gavrilov
Yuri Vasilyevich Gavrilov is a Russian football manager and a former midfielder who played for Dynamo Moscow and Spartak Moscow. He made 46 appearances for the USSR national football team and scored 10 goals. He also competed for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1982 FIFA...

 Sergei Grishin
Sergei Grishin
Sergei Sergeyevich Grishin is a retired professional association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1997.* Russian Cup runner-up: 1997, 1999.* Kazakhstan Cup winner: 2005....


Sergei Semak
Sergei Semak
Sergei Bogdanovich Semak is a Russian international football midfielder of Ukrainian origins.-Early life:Semak was born in the selo Sychanskoye in the Voroshilovgradskaya Oblast into a peasant family of modest economical background. He was an excellent student and had an ideal behavior...

 Aleksandr Tochilin
Aleksandr Tochilin
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Tochilin is a retired Russian football player who played the most of his career for FC Dynamo Moscow and once represented Russia...


Algimantas Briaunis
Algimantas Briaunis
Algimantas Briaunis is a Lithuanian professional footballer/goalkeeper coach, who currently works as a coach in the Meistriliiga, the highest level of Estonian football pyramid, for FC Levadia Tallinn. He played the position of goalkeeper and is 1.80 m tall and weighs 79 kg...

 Vladimir Cosse

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