Arena Khimki ( Russian : «Арена Химки» ) is a football stadium in Khimki , Russia. Located 300 metres north of the MKAD highway , it lies on the Moscow Oblast side of the border with Moscow . It is the home stadium of FC Khimki .
6-604: The stadium holds 18,636 spectators and was opened in 2008 to become the home stadium of FC Khimki . Since 2009 Dynamo Moscow have also been playing at the Arena Khimki as their home, Dynamo Stadium , has been undergoing reconstruction. When FC Khimki were relegated from the Russian Premier League, they left for Rodina Stadium and CSKA moved to the Arena Khimki from the Luzhniki . Besides Russian Premier League matches,
12-595: A Russian sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . FC Khimki FC Khimki ( Russian : ФК "Химки" ) is a Russian professional football club based in Khimki . It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2024–25 season. 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
18-623: 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
24-574: The Arena Khimki hosted Champions League Matches (Dynamo-Celtic), Europa League Matches, Russian Cup final in 2009 and matches of Russian national team U-21 in 2009. CSKA moved to their own stadium in 2016, and Dynamo's was complete in 2019. FC Khimki returned to the Russian Premier League in 2018, and have used the stadium as their home ground since then. Other stadiums in Khimki: 55°53′07″N 37°27′15″E / 55.8853°N 37.4542°E / 55.8853; 37.4542 This article about
30-566: 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
36-524: 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
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