Juan Diaz leaves Rodina as head coach after nine league rounds
Rodina part ways with Juan Diaz, the first managerial exit of the Russian Premier League season, with the club 15th; Barseg Kirakosyan is interim coach.
Football team
Rodina Moskva
Club · Russia · First League
«The Birds»
201
Matches
82
wins
59
draws
60
losses
290–235
Goals
+55
Difference
1.4
Scored per game
Form
L
30 Aug · Home Baltika · 0:3
L
2 Sep · Away Spartak Moscow · 1:3
L
6 Sep · Away Makhachkala · 0:2
L
11 Sep · Away Krylya Sovetov · 1:2
D
16 Sep · Home Rubin · 1:1
W
27 Sep · Away FK Partizan · 3:2
Fifth place in the First League had put them into the play-offs against Nizhny Novgorod, and the tie went badly at once: 3-0 down in the first leg, then a 2-0 win in the second that settled nothing.
The academy came first, and everything else followed from it. A private football school opened in 2007; in 2015 it was renamed Rodina and registered as a club. An adult team played one season of amateur football in 2016, then the club dropped it and went back to producing players. Only on 30 June 2019 did the board decide to build a professional side, which entered the Professional Football League's western group that autumn.
Promotion out of the third tier came in 2021/22, as winners of group 3. The First League title arrived in 2025/26 — the first time Rodina finished top of the second tier, and the first time the club will start a season in the Premier League.
The money behind all this belongs to Sergey Lomakin, co-founder of the Fix Price retail chain, who has funded the academy and the professional team since the club took its present name.
Home matches are played at Arena Khimki, a ground Rodina rent rather than own, north-west of the city beyond the Moscow ring road.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 11 Oct | Premier League |
CSKA Moscow
A
|
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| 4 Oct | Friendlies Clubs |
Dinamo Moscow
A
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| 27 Sep | Friendlies Clubs |
FK Partizan
A
|
3:2 | W |
| 16 Sep | Premier League |
Rubin
H
|
1:1 | D |
| 11 Sep | Premier League |
Krylya Sovetov
A
|
1:2 | L |
| 6 Sep | Premier League |
Makhachkala
A
|
0:2 | L |
Standing
Premier League| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 |
 FC Rostov
|
9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10:17 | 8 |
| 13 |
 Akron
|
9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11:18 | 8 |
| 14 |
 Lokomotiv Moscow
|
9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8:11 | 7 |
| 15 |
 Rodina Moskva
|
9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10:22 | 5 |
| 16 |
 Fakel Voronezh
|
9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6:13 | 3 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 201
201
Matches
82
wins
59
draws
60
losses
290–235
Goals
+55
Difference
1.4
Scored per game
wins
draws
losses
scored — above the line
conceded — below the line
| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 201 | 94 | 107 |
| Scored | 290 | 142 | 148 |
| Conceded | 235 | 110 | 125 |
| Scored per game | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Conceded per game | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Difference | +55 | +32 | +23 |
Key players
by appearances over the last yearSquad of Rodina Moskva
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Age | Matches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | |
 Ilya Dyatlov |
Defender | 22 | 18 |
| 26 | |
 Artem Meshchaninov |
Defender | 30 | 18 |
| 99 | |
 Ivan Timoshenko |
Forward | 27 | 18 |
| 9 | |
 Artem Maksimenko |
Forward | 28 | 18 |
| 13 | |
 Sergey Volkov |
Goalkeeper | 31 | 18 |
| 5 | |
 Andrey Egorychev |
Midfielder | 33 | 17 |
| 55 |  |
 Mitja Križan |
Defender | 29 | 17 |
| 10 |  |
 José Yordy Reyna Serna |
Midfielder | 33 | 17 |
| 6 | |
 Ruslan Fishchenko |
Midfielder | 26 | 17 |
| 38 | |
 Leon Musaev |
Midfielder | 27 | 16 |
| 1 | |
 Sergey Aydarov |
Goalkeeper | 28 | 16 |
| 23 | |
 Kirill Ushatov |
Midfielder | 26 | 16 |
| 80 | |
 Stanislav Bessmertny |
Defender | 22 | 16 |
| 88 |  Artem Sokol |
Defender | 15 | ||
| 18 | |
 Magomedkhabib Abdusalamov |
Forward | 23 | 15 |
| 77 |  |
 A. Garibyan |
Forward | 20 | 15 |
| 17 | |
 Soltmurad Bakaev |
Midfielder | 27 | 15 |
| 95 |  |
 Kerfala Cissoko |
Forward | 27 | 14 |
| 72 | |
 Astemir Gordyushenko |
Midfielder | 29 | 12 |
| 3 | |
 Leo Goglichidze |
Defender | 29 | 11 |
| 19 | |
 Dmitri Tananeev |
Defender | 28 | 10 |
| 8 |  |
 Iker Pozo La Rosa |
Midfielder | 26 | 10 |
| 71 | |
 Ilya Svinov |
Goalkeeper | 26 | 10 |
| 21 | |
 Georgi Yudintsev |
Defender | 25 | 5 |
| 77 |  Arshak Koryan |
Forward | 5 | ||
| 7 |  Teodoro Arce |
Midfielder | 5 | ||
| 11 |  |
 Brian Mansilla |
Midfielder | 29 | 4 |
| 75 |  Mickaël Nadé |
Defender | 4 | ||
| 7 |  German Onugkha |
Forward | 4 | ||
| 22 |  Artem Beskibalny |
Defender | 4 | ||
| 15 |  Dmitri Shadrintsev |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 20 |  Deiver Machado |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 50 |  Rodrigo Nascimento França |
Defender | 1 | ||
| 82 | |
 Alexander Alekhine |
Defender | 21 | 1 |
| 19 |  Denis Tikhonov |
Midfielder | 1 |
Fixtures of Rodina Moskva
-
19 Oct · 17:30
Orenburg
H
Premier League
-
24 Oct · 13:00
Fakel Voronezh
A
Premier League
-
31 Oct · 16:45
Krasnodar
H
Premier League
-
7 Nov · 13:30
Akhmat Grozny
A
Premier League
-
22 Nov · 16:00
Lokomotiv Moscow
H
Premier League
-
29 Nov · 10:00
Orenburg
A
Premier League
-
5 Dec · 12:15
CSKA Moscow
H
Premier League
-
11 Oct
CSKA Moscow
A
-
4 Oct
Dinamo Moscow
A
-
27 Sep
FK Partizan
A
3:2
W
-
16 Sep
Rubin
H
1:1
D
-
11 Sep
Krylya Sovetov
A
1:2
L
-
6 Sep
Makhachkala
A
0:2
L
-
2 Sep
Spartak Moscow
A
1:3
L
-
30 Aug
Baltika
H
0:3
L
Honours of Rodina Moskva
- Winner of the Second League, Group 3 2022 1
- Winner of the First League 2026 1