{{short description|Russian football club}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = FC Chelyabinsk | image = FC_Chelyabinsk_new_logo.png | upright = 0.8 | fullname = Football Club Chelyabinsk | nickname = | website = {{URL|https://fc-chel.ru/|fc-chel.ru}} | founded = 1977 | dissolved = | ground = Central Stadium | capacity = 15,000 | chairman = Konstantin Arestov | manager = Roman Pylypchuk | league = Russian First League | season=2025–26 | position=10th of 18 | pattern_la1=_blueshoulders|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=_blueshoulders| leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=0000FF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=0000FF|socks1=0000FF| pattern_la2=_whiteshoulders|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=_whiteshoulders| leftarm2=0000FF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=0000FF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF| }}
'''Football Club Chelyabinsk''' ({{langx|ru|ФК «Челябинск»}}) is a Russian football club from Chelyabinsk that plays in the Russian First League, the second tier of the Russian football league system.
It played professionally from 1989 to 1993 and from 1997 on. The club was called Strela Chelyabinsk (1977–1989) and Zenit Chelyabinsk (1990–2008). It played on the second-highest level, Russian First Division, in 1992 and 1993.
== History == The club was founded in 1977 as Strela Chelyabinsk. From 1977 to 1989 the club played in the regional leagues, and won the league title in 1980. The club also played the regional final 5 times, winning it in 1986 and 1987. In 1990 the club was renamed to Zenit Chelyabinsk. It was promoted to the second-highest level, Russian First Division, in 1992. The following year, the club was relegated.
In 2009 the club was renamed to its current name, FC Chelyabinsk. The club made a great run in the 2009–10 Russian Cup, reaching the round of 16. Chelyabinsk entered the competition in the second round, where they beat FC Tyumen. In the third round, they defeated Gornyak Uchaly, and in the fourth round, they eliminated Gazovik Orenburg 4–1. In the fifth round, they defeated second division club FC KAMAZ. Now in the round of 32, the club produced a massive upset when they beat Russian Premier League club PFC Krylia. Their run came to an end in the round of 16, where Mordovia Saransk defeated them 2–0.<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 September 2018|title=История ФК "Челябинск"|trans-title=History of FC Chelyabinsk|url=http://fc-chel.ru/content/istoriya-fk-chelyabinsk|access-date=29 November 2021|website=Футбольный клуб "Челябинск" - официальный сайт (FC-Chel.ru)|language=ru}}</ref>
In the 2024–25 Second League Division A season, Chelyabinsk qualified to the promotion play-offs, where they defeated Volgar Astrakhan in a penalty shoot-out (after 1–1 aggregate tie), earning promotion to the Russian First League.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sports.ru|url=https://www.sports.ru/football/1116797407-leon-vtoraya-liga-a-chelyabinsk-sygraet-s-volgarem-v-otvetnom-perexodn.html|title="Челябинск" вышел в Первую лигу, обыграв "Волгарь" в серии пенальти после переходных матчей|date=28 June 2025|language=ru}}</ref>
==Current squad== {{Updated|19 February 2026}}, according to the [https://fnl.pro/pari/team/159 First League website].
{{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= 2|pos=DF|nat=RUS|name=Aleksandr Zhirov}} {{Fs player|no= 5|pos=DF|nat=RUS|name=Bulat Gatin}} {{Fs player|no= 7|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Nikita Malyarov}} {{Fs player|no= 9|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Nikita Zyryanov}} {{Fs player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Ramazan Gadzhimuradov}} {{Fs player|no=11|pos=FW|nat=RUS|name=Georgi Gongadze|other={{small|on loan from Fakel Voronezh}}}} {{Fs player|no=12|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Aleksandr Novosad}} {{Fs player|no=13|pos=DF|nat=RUS|name=Artyom Tushin}} {{Fs player|no=14|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Vasily Palkin}} {{Fs player|no=15|pos=FW|nat=RUS|name=Denis Pushkaryov}} {{Fs player|no=16|pos=GK|nat=RUS|name=Aleksandr Melezhechkin}} {{Fs player|no=17|pos=MF|nat=CIV|name=Baba N'Diaye}} {{Fs player|no=18|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Konstantin Kertanov}} {{Fs player|no=19|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Timofey Komissarov}} {{Fs player|no=21|pos=DF|nat=RUS|name=Aleksei Berdnikov}} {{Fs player|no=27|pos=DF|nat=RUS|name=Khetag Kochiyev}} {{Fs player|no=33|pos=DF|nat=RUS|name=Alan Agayev|other={{small|on loan from Rodina Moscow}}}} {{Fs player|no=34|pos=GK|nat=RUS|name=Daniil Golikov|other={{small|on loan from Krasnodar}}}} {{Fs player|no=44|pos=DF|nat=RUS|name=Igor Rusyayev}} {{Fs player|no=46|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Nikita Pershin|other={{small|on loan from Krylia Sovetov}}}} {{Fs player|no=47|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Yelizar Glukhov}} {{fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=51|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Feliks Chapliyev}} {{Fs player|no=57|pos=GK|nat=RUS|name=Timofey Shlyaktichenko}} {{Fs player|no=66|pos=DF|nat=RUS|name=Yan Gudkov}} {{Fs player|no=67|pos=FW|nat=RUS|name=Aleksandr Pashkov}} {{Fs player|no=68|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Mark Kaptinar}} {{Fs player|no=70|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Garrik Levin}} {{Fs player|no=71|pos=FW|nat=RUS|name=Vsevolod Buradzhiyev}} {{Fs player|no=72|pos=GK|nat=RUS|name=Oleg Novikov}} {{Fs player|no=74|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Yefim Stanislavchuk}} {{Fs player|no=75|pos=FW|nat=RUS|name=Timur Zhamaletdinov}} {{Fs player|no=76|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Nikolay Kozlov}} {{Fs player|no=77|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Denis Samoylov}} {{Fs player|no=82|pos=DF|nat=RUS|name=Artyom Ignatyev}} {{Fs player|no=84|pos=DF|nat=RUS|name=Denis Firsov}} {{Fs player|no=85|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Danil Shageyev}} {{Fs player|no=88|pos=FW|nat=CIV|name=Wilfried Eza}} {{Fs player|no=89|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Ilya Yurin}} {{Fs player|no=91|pos=DF|nat=RUS|name=Ruslan Baytukov}} {{Fs player|no=92|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Dmitry Yudin}} {{Fs player|no=93|pos=GK|nat=RUS|name=Ilya Tuseyev}} {{Fs player|no=97|pos=FW|nat=RUS|name=Aleksandr Chemasov}} {{Fs end}}
===Out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=RUS|name=Bogdan Rogochy|other={{small|at Tekstilshchik Ivanovo until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Denis Pokotylo|other={{small|at Sibir Novosibirsk until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=RUS|name=Danila Yemelyanov|other={{small|at Leningradets until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|pos=FW|nat=RUS|name=Vladimir Ulyanovsky|other={{small|at Dynamo Vladivostok until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs end}}
===Reserve team=== {{further|FC Chelyabinsk-2}}
== References == <references />
==External links== * {{official website|http://www.fc-chel.ru/}} {{in lang|ru}}
{{Russian First League}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chelyabinsk}} Category:Association football clubs established in 1977 Category:Football clubs in Russia Category:Sport in Chelyabinsk Category:1977 establishments in Russia