FC Baltika Kaliningrad
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| Full name | Football Club Baltika Kaliningrad |
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| Founded | 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | Baltika Stadium, Kaliningrad |
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| Capacity | 14,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Aleksandr Fadin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Leonid Tkachenko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Russian First Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Russian Second Division, West zone, 1st |
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Baltika is a Russian football club based in Kaliningrad. Currently the club plays in the Russian First Division.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Squad
As of 3 July 2006, according to the Professional Football League official website.
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Note: players in the First Division do not have fixed numbers.
[edit] External links
- Official website (Russian)
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Alania Vladikavkaz | Anzhi Makhachkala | Avangard Kursk | Baltika Kaliningrad | Dynamo Bryansk | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk | Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk | Mordovia Saransk | Nosta Novotroitsk | Salyut-Energia Belgorod | Shinnik Yaroslavl | Sibir Novosibirsk | SKA Rostov-on-Don | SKA-Energia Khabarovsk | Sodovik Sterlitamak | Spartak-MZhK Ryazan | Tekstilshchik-Telekom Ivanovo | Terek Grozny | Torpedo Moscow | Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast | Zvezda Irkutsk |
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