FC Baltika Kaliningrad

Football club infobox
clubname = Baltika


fullname = Football Club
Baltika Kaliningrad
nickname = "Balda"
founded = 1954
ground = Baltika Stadium,
Kaliningrad
capacity = 14,500
chairman = Yevgeni Tivanenkov
manager = Zurab Sanaya
league = Russian First Division
season = 2007
position = 15th
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Baltika is a Russian football club based in Kaliningrad. Currently the club plays in the Russian First Division.

History

The club was founded on 22 December 1954 as "Pishchevik Kaliningrad". In 1958 the club was renamed "Baltika".

The team entered the Soviet League in 1957 and played in Class B (1957-1965), Class A, Group 2 (1966-1970), and Second League (1971-1991). The best result was achieved in 1984, when Baltika won the regional group tournament.

In 1992 Baltika entered the Russian Second Division and won the regional tournament and promotion to the First Division. After fourth-place finish in 1993 and third position in 1994 Baltika won the division in 1995. In 1996 Baltika achieved the best result in club's history, finishing 7th in the Top Division. Baltika were relegated in 1998, spending a total of three seasons in the top flight. In 1998 Baltika participated in the Intertoto Cup and reached the third round.

Since then, Baltika played in the First Division, except 2002 and 2005 seasons spent in the Second Division. On both occasions Baltika won promotion at the first time of asking.

The best player ever played in Baltika was Dmitry Gurevich , his nickname was Tulen.

League results

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from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1992 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1993 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/1993 till:01/07/1994 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/1994 till:01/07/1995 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1996 shift:(0,-4) text:7 from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1997 shift:(0,-4) text:9 from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/1998 shift:(0,-4) text:15 from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/1999 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 shift:(0,-4) text:12 from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2001 shift:(0,-4) text:17 from:01/07/2001 till:01/07/2002 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2002 till:01/07/2003 shift:(0,-4) text:7 from:01/07/2003 till:01/07/2004 shift:(0,-4) text:20 from:01/07/2004 till:01/07/2005 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2005 till:01/07/2006 shift:(0,-4) text:14 from:01/07/2006 till:01/07/2007 shift:(0,-4) text:15 from:01/07/2007 till:01/07/2008 shift:(0,-4) text:

from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1992 color:rs shift:(0,13) text: "D2" from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1995 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "D1" from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1998 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "RFPL" from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/2001 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "D1" from:01/07/2001 till:01/07/2002 color:rs shift:(0,13) text: "D2" from:01/07/2002 till:01/07/2004 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "D1" from:01/07/2004 till:01/07/2005 color:rs shift:(0,13) text: "D2" from:01/07/2005 till:01/07/2008 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "D1"

Current Squad

Notable past players

;Russia
*flagicon|Russia Vyacheslav Dayev
*flagicon|Russia Andrei Fedkov
*flagicon|Russia Yevgeni Kharlachyov
*flagicon|Russia Andrei Kondrashov
*flagicon|Russia Eldar Nizamutdinov
*flagicon|Russia Pavel Pogrebnyak
*flagicon|Russia Oleg Sergeyev;Georgia
*flagicon|Georgia Roman Akhalkatsi
*flagicon|Georgia Zaza Janashia;Lithuania
*flagicon|Lithuania Rolandas Džiaukštas;Republic of Macedonia
*flagicon|Macedonia Goran Maznov;Uzbekistan
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Andrei Fyodorov
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh

External links

* [http://www.fc-baltika.ru Official website] ru icon