FC Amkar Perm

1994–1999: Third and second league

The Amkar football club was created to represent the Perm Inorganic Fertilizer Company. The club's "birthday" is 8 May 1993, although it was only registered officially on 6 December 1994. The name "Amkar" derives from a combination of parts of the Russian words "AMmiak" (ammonia) and "KARbamid (carbamide, urea) – these two substances being the main products of the plant. The team owes the choice of club colours (red and black) to its Italian trade partners from the city of Milan, who responded to a request for help by offering equipment from A.C. Milan. And so the club colours became red and black. The basis of the new team was made up of company employees. In 1994, Amkar, strengthened by amateur players from other city teams and a few former professionals, became champion of the city of Perm and the Perm region and also won the regional Cup. The club was officially registered on 6 December 1994 and applied to participate in the Russian football league. Amkar was included in the third league of the Russian Championship. In 1995, the team, reinforced by former players of Zvezda Perm, was second in the sixth group of the third league and qualified for the second league. In 1996, Amkar finished in third place in the central group of the second league and in 1997, the club was second in the tournament.

On 12 September 1998, Spartak Moscow paid a visit to Amkar for a Russian Cup tie. Spartak's previous visit to the Western Urals was in…

1993–94: Viktor Zasulsky 1995–06: Sergei Oborin (1 January 1995 – 31 December 2006) 2006: Igor Uralyov (acting) 2006–07: Rashid Rakhimov (4 September 2006 – 31 December 2007) 2008: Miodrag Božović (1 January 2008 – 31 December 2008) 2009: Dimitar Dimitrov (1 January 2009 – 1 September 2009) 2009–11: Rashid Rakhimov (5 September 2009 – 28 September 2011) 2011–12: Miodrag Božović (29 September 2011 – 11 June 2012) 2012–13: Nikolai Trubachov 2012–13: Rustem Khuzin (interim) (11 June 2012 – 16 January 2013) 2013: Rustem Khuzin (17 January 2013 – 30 June 2013) 2013–14: Stanislav Cherchesov (1 July 2013 – 9 April 2014) 2014: Konstantin Paramonov (interim) (10 April 2014 – 16 June 2014) 2014: Slavoljub Muslin (17 June 2014 – 9 December 2014) 2014–2018: Gadzhi Gadzhiyev (30 December 2014 – 2 March 2018) 2018: Vadim Evseev (interim) (2 March 2018 – 13 June 2018) 2020–2021: Erik Ashurbekov (7 August 2020 – 1 June 2021) 2021–2023: Rustem Khuzin (1 July 2021 – 5 April 2023) 2023: Ivan Cherenchikov (5 April 2023 – 15 November 2023) 2024–2025: Andrey Blazhko (12 January 2024 – 13 July 2025) 2025: Aleksandr Kulchiy (14 July 2025 – 9 September 2025) 2025–: Yaroslav Mochalov (9 September 2025 – present; acting until 1 December 2025)