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FC Khimki () was a Russian professional football club based in Khimki.

The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on 17 May 1997. Of more than 150 amateur teams in the competition, only the champions would be promoted to the Third League. Khimki won the tournament, overcoming Energiya Ulyanovsk in the final match in a penalty shootout.

On 30 January 1997, Khimki became a professional football club. In the Third League regional tournament, Khimki finished second and were promoted to the Second League.

Khimki were promoted to the First Division after the 2000 season. They finished first in the Centre zone of the Second Division, but lost the promotion play-off to Severstal Cherepovets on away goals. After Severstal refused to play in the First Division, their place was given to Khimki.

In 2005, Khimki had a very good run in the Russian Cup, reaching the final. They lost the final match 0–1 to CSKA. In the 2019–20 Russian Cup, they reached the final once again.

On 15 May 2020, FNL season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. As the club was in the 2nd position in the standings, they were promoted to the Russian Premier League for the 2020–21 season, returning to the top level after an 11-year break.

On 22 May 2023, Khimki were relegated from the Russian Premier League after three seasons.

On 20 May 2024, Khimki secured return to the top tier after one season down.

Khimki finished the 2024–25 Russian Premier League season in 12th place, outside of the relegation zone. However, on 24 May 2025 Russian Football Union announced that the club was not issued the 2025–26 RPL license due to accumulated debts, sealing their administrative relegation. Their replacement in the Premier League was FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod. Khimki were officially dissolved on 18 June 2025.

League history

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1997	4th, Zone 3	2	40	26	6	8	80	38	84
—		Sergei Kravchuk – 17	Vladimir Shtapov
1998	3rd, "West"	10	40	15	8	17	63	60	53
—		Yuri Georgievsky – 11	Dementyev Bychkov Ravil Sabitov
1999	3rd, "Centre"	6	36	17	11	8	51	35	62	R256	—	Sabir Khamzin – 11	Ravil Sabitov Vadim Kots
2000	3rd, "Centre"	1	38	28	4	6	68	22	88	R64	—	Genich – 18	Piskaryov Viktor Papaev
2001	2nd	12	34	13	4	17	42	54	43	R32	—	Sergei Shcheglov – 5 Viktor Voronkov – 5 Kovardayev – 5	Petrushin Ravil Sabitov
2002		7	34	14	10	10	38	27	52	R32	—	Kovardayev – 6	Ravil Sabitov Sergei Derkach
2003		12	42	16	9	17	36	46	57	QF	—	Denis Kiselyov – 15	Sergei Derkach Dmitri Galyamin
2004		5	42	17	10	15	39	33	61	R32	—	Pavel Pogrebnyak – 6	Shevchuk Pavel Yakovenko
2005		4	42	23	13	6	75	36	82	RU	—	Tikhonov – 15	Pavel Yakovenko
2006		1	42	30	9	3	83	30	99	R64	—	Tikhonov – 22	Kazachyonok
2007	1st	9	30	9	10	11	32	33	37	R32	—	Roman Shirokov – 7	Slavoljub Muslin
2008		14	30	6	9	15	34	54	27	R16	—	Nizamutdinov – 9	Sergei Yuran
2009		16	30	2	4	24	20	64	10	R32	—	Antipenko – 6	Sarsaniya Igor Chugainov
2010	2nd	13	38	11	17	10	39	38	50	R32	—	Yusupov – 7 Dudchenko – 7	Tarkhanov Bushmanov
2011–12		13	48	16	11	21	54	74	59	R32	—	Khasan Mamtov – 10	Grigoryan Oleg Dolmatov Tarkhanov
2012–13		16	32	6	10	16	23	40	28	R16	—	Mikhail Komkov – 3 Khatazhyonkov – 3	Tarkhanov Omari Tetradze Valeriy Petrakov
2013–14	3rd, "West"	3	32	16	10	6	67	37	58	R64	—	Antonnikov – 9 Zemchenkov – 9	Tarkhanov Mukhanov Gennady Gridin
2014–15		4	30	15	9	6	42	27	54	R256	—	Nikolay Lipatkin – 6	Vladimir Maminov
2015–16		1	24	19	5	0	49	12	62	R16	—	Mikhail Markosov – 11	Vadim Khafizov
2016–17	2nd	11	38	11	16	11	40	47	49	R32	—	Yan Kazayev – 8	Aleksandr Irkhin
2017–18		13	38	12	7	19	33	49	43	R64	—	Kuzmichev – 7	Aleksandr Irkhin
2018–19		9	38	14	11	13	47	49	53	R32	—	Ilya Kukharchuk – 10	Igor Shalimov
2019–20		2	27	16	6	5	50	19	54	RU	—	Kamran Aliyev – 8	Sergei Yuran
2020–21	1st	8	30	13	6	11	35	39	45	R16	—	Reziuan Mirzov – 6	Sergei Yuran
2021–22	1st	13	30	7	11	12	34	47	32	GS	—	Denis Glushakov – 10	Cherevchenko