FC Baltika Kaliningrad
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| Full name | Football Club Baltika Kaliningrad |
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| Founded | 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Baltika Stadium, Kaliningrad (Capacity 14,500) |
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| Chairman | Aleksandr Fadin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Aleksandr Ignatenko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Russian First Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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] Current Squad
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[edit] External links
- Official website (Russian)
