Chayka

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144 Matches

48 wins

39 draws

57 losses

167–204 Goals

−37 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Form L L L L L L

Chayka spent last season back in the National League First Division — promotion via the Second Division South zone in 2018/19, then a second promotion, as runners-up in Second League group A, in 2023/24. The 2025/26 campaign ended the other way: eighteenth place, bottom of the First Division table, and a drop back down.

The club traces itself to 1997, when Andrei Chayka set it up in the village of Peschanokopskoye, in Rostov Oblast. None of that earlier history counts on the club's own books — legally, Chayka starts in 1997.

The side plays in blue and white, with light blue and black as secondary colours, at the Central Stadium named after I. P. Chayka, which holds 3,455. Regionally, the club's strongest spell came at home: champions of the Rostov Oblast in 2004 and again in 2015, runners-up in 2014. Nationally, the best run in the Russian Cup took Chayka to the last sixteen in 2021/22.

Andrei Chayka founded the club and gave it his family name; the stadium in Peschanokopskoye carries it too.

Latest results

All matches

12 Aug	Cup	Izberbash H	0:3	L
16 May	First League	Rotor Volgograd A	0:5	L
8 May	First League	Chernomorets H	0:2	L
3 May	First League	Torpedo Moscow H	0:2	L
26 Apr	First League	KAMAZ A	1:2	L
22 Apr	First League	Volga Ulyanovsk A	1:2	L

Team statistics

matches counted: 144

144 Matches

48 wins

39 draws

57 losses

167–204 Goals

−37 Difference

1.2 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 144

48 39 57

wins losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	144	70	74
Scored	167	84	83
Conceded	204	97	107
Scored per game	1.2	1.2	1.1
Conceded per game	1.4	1.4	1.4
Difference	−37	−13	−24

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Nikolai Pridava Defender 8 Matches

Artem Sokolov Midfielder 8 Matches

Semyon Fadeev Goalkeeper 8 Matches

Yegor Guziev Defender 8 Matches

Aleksandr Gapechkin Defender 8 Matches

Ruslan Chervyakov Midfielder 7 Matches

Artem Krutovskikh Defender 7 Matches

O. Rosputko Midfielder 7 Matches

Squad of Chayka

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Matches
24	Nikolai Pridava	Defender	8
18	Artem Sokolov	Midfielder	8
58	Semyon Fadeev	Goalkeeper	8
74	Yegor Guziev	Defender	8
2	Aleksandr Gapechkin	Defender	8
89	Ruslan Chervyakov	Midfielder	7
27	Artem Krutovskikh	Defender	7
8	O. Rosputko	Midfielder	7
22	R. Chobanov	Midfielder	7
87	A. Filiev	Forward	7
17	G. Popolitov	Forward	6
10	A. Jebov	Midfielder	6
7	Egor Gulyaev	Forward	6
14	Dmitri Kaptilovich	Midfielder	6
35	Nikita Pavlov	Goalkeeper	6
11	M. Kryushichev	Forward	6
12	Dmitri Ivannikov	Defender	6
55	Vadim Gapeev	Midfielder	5
20	Stanislav Biblik	Forward	5
99	Nikita Posmashny	Midfielder	5
4	Aleksey Nikitenkov	Defender	4
9	David Gaga	Midfielder	4
39	Pavel Maslov	Defender	4
95	Arseniy Gerdts	Midfielder	4
19	Ivan Ivanov	Midfielder	3
6	Yuriy Petin	Defender	3
69	Anton Gurylev	Forward	1
46	Vitaliy Dunai	Forward	1
46	V. Dunay	Forward	1