Football in Moscow

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Football is the most popular sport, both in terms of participants and spectators, in Moscow. Moscow has several of Russia's significant football clubs, and the city is home to many football clubs.

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History

Clubs

Moscow map MKAD.svg
Location of Moscow football club teams. Luzhniki Stadium is also marked.

There are many successful football clubs in Moscow including FC Spartak Moscow, PFC CSKA Moscow, [1] FC Dynamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, and Torpedo Moscow.

The table below lists all Moscow's clubs.

Moscow City

DivisionClubFoundedStatusNote
Russian Premier League PFC CSKA Moscow 1911Professional
Russian Premier League FC Spartak Moscow 1922Professional
Russian Premier League FC Dynamo Moscow 1923Professional
Russian Premier League FC Lokomotiv Moscow 1923Professional
Russian First League FC Torpedo Moscow 1924Professional
Russian First League FC Rodina Moscow 2016Professional
Russian Second League Division A FC Dynamo-2 Moscow 1986Professional
Russian Second League Division A FC Veles Moscow 2016Professional
Russian Second League Division A FC Rodina-2 Moscow 2022Professional
Russian Second League Division B FC Strogino Moscow 1990Professional
Russian Second League Division B FC Chertanovo Moscow 1993Professional
Russian Second League Division B FC Spartak-2 Moscow 2013Professional
Russian Second League Division B FC Rodina-M Moscow 2022Professional
Russian Amateur Football League FC Serp i Molot Moscow 1923Amateur
Russian Amateur Football League FC FShM Moscow 1950Amateur
Russian Amateur Football League FC Sportakademklub Moscow 1992Amateur
Russian Amateur Football League FC Nika Moscow 1999Amateur
Russian Amateur Football League FC Zelenograd 2002Amateur
Russian Amateur Football League FC Kazanka Moscow 2008Amateur
Dissolved in 1923 Zamoskvoretsky Sports Club 1910Professional
Dissolved in 1934 FC Dukat Moscow 1924Professional
Dissolved in 1952 VVS Moscow 1945Professional
Dissolved in 1953 FC MVO Moscow 1945Professional
Dissolved in 1992 FC Agtala Moscow 1992Professional
Dissolved in 1993 FC Pele Moscow 1992Professional
Dissolved in 1993 FC Trestar Ostankino 1992Professional
Dissolved in 1998 FC Roda Moscow 1995Professional
Dissolved in 1998 FC MEPhI Moscow 1996Professional
Dissolved in 1999 FC Krasnogvardeyets Moscow 1994Professional
Dissolved in 2000 FC Monolit Moscow 1993Professional
Dissolved in 2000 FC Spartak-Chukotka Moscow 1998Professional
Dissolved in 2001 FC Servis-Kholod-Smena Moscow 1994Professional
Dissolved in 2003 FC Uralan Plus Moscow 1997Professional
Dissolved in 2003 FC Mostransgaz Gazoprovod 2000Professional
Dissolved in 2004 FC Almaz Moscow 1972Professional
Dissolved in 2004 FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow 1997Professional
Dissolved in 2006 FC Presnya Moscow
FC Asmaral Moscow
1978Professional
Dissolved in 2010 Maccabi Moscow 2003Professional
Dissolved in 2010 FC Moscow 2004Professional
Dissolved in 2011 FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow (2003) 2003Professional
Dissolved in 2012 FC MVD Rossii Moscow 2007Professional
Dissolved in 2017 FC Solyaris Moscow 2014Professional
Dissolved in 2019 FC Chertanovo-2 Moscow 2018Professional
Dissolved in 2020 FC Ararat Moscow 2017Professional
Dissolved in 2022 FC Kairat Moscow 2021Professional
Dissolved in 2022 FC Krasava 2021Professional
Dissolved in 2024 FC Sakhalinets Moscow 2022Professional
Dissolved in 2024 FC Torpedo-2 2022Professional

Moscow Oblast

DivisionClubFoundedStatusNote
Russian Second League Division B FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo 1909Professional
Russian Second League Division B FC Saturn Ramenskoye 1946Professional
Dissolved in 2025 FC Khimki 1997Professional

Honours

Moscow derby

Stadia

Introduction

Luzhniki Stadium, It was the home venue of the Russia national football team.

References

See also