Salavat Yulaev Ufa
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Salavat Yulaev Ufa | |
Founded | 1957 |
Home ice | Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev |
Based in | Ufa, Russia |
Colours | White, green, blue |
League | Russian Hockey Super League |
Head coach | Rafail Ishmatov |
Salavat Yulaev Ufa (ru: Салават Юлаев Уфа) is a Russian professional ice hockey team.
[edit] History
The team is named after Salavat Yulaev, a national hero of Bashkiria who was from Ufa. Previously, it was known as Trud Ufa (1957 to 1959) and Gastello Ufa (1959-1962). The team qualified for the final round of the Continental Cup in 1997. Although they have not yet won the Russian Super League championship, in 1992 they won the Vysshaya Liga championship thus winning promotion to the Super League.