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Krylia Sovetov (Russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб "Крылья Советов" Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. In 2004 they finished third in the Russian Premier League.
[edit] History
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara was founded in 1942.
Krylia Sovetov first played in a match for the Cup of the USSR. The match was held on July 30, 1944. In 1/16 of the cup-final, Krylia Sovetov lost to Lokomotiv Moscow 1:5.
Their first game in the Championship of the USSR (second group) took place on June 4, 1945 on Kuybyshev stadium Lokomotiv with Torpedo from Gorky. The game ended in a draw 1:1.
On April 21, 1946 in Alma-Ata there was the team’s first match in the higher division of the USSR, which they lost to Zenit Leningrad (1:2).
Krylia Sovetov participated in 48 championships of the USSR and 13 Russian Championships. Participants of 43 cup-ties of the Cup of the USSR and of 13 Russian Cups.
During the second round of the season of 1953 the team bore the name of Zenit.
On July 6, 2002 Krylia Sovetov first played with a European team in the second round of the Intertoto Cup of UEFA. They won this game with Dinaburg (Daugavpils, Latvia) played on Metallurg Stadium with the score of 3:0. The first one to score a goal was Andrei Karyaka. Robertas Poškus and Rogério Gaúcho made the score a proud 3:0. In 2005 the team played in UEFA Cup 2005-06 and defeated BATE Borisov in the 2nd qualifing round (2:0, 2:0), but in the 1st round lost to AZ Alkmaar (5:3, 1:3).
[edit] Achievements
- The highest achievement in the championships of the USSR: 4th place (1951)
- The highest achievement in the championships of Russia: 3rd place (2004)
- Cup of the USSR finalist (1953, 1964)
- Finalist of the Cup of Russia (2003/04)
[edit] Current squad
As of 31 March 2008
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| No. |
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Position |
Player |
| 34 |
 |
GK |
Aleksandr Zvezintsev |
| 35 |
|
DF |
Aleksey Rostokin |
| 36 |
|
DF |
Vadim Tkachenko |
| 37 |
|
MF |
Kirill Kiselev |
| 38 |
|
MF |
Dmitriy Podrezov |
| 39 |
|
FW |
Aleksey Popov |
| 40 |
|
DF |
Sergey Shustikov |
| 41 |
|
MF |
Sergey Andrianov |
| 41 |
|
MF |
Evgeniy Popkov |
| 53 |
 |
MF |
Choe Myong-Ho |
| 55 |
|
GK |
Artem Moskvin |
| 56 |
|
FW |
Aleksandr Khramov |
| 57 |
|
FW |
Artem Butyvskiy |
| 58 |
|
MF |
Sergey Lyskov |
| 63 |
|
DF |
Alexandr Belozerov |
| 69 |
|
DF |
Azamat Zaseyev |
| 77 |
|
GK |
David Yurchenko |
| 88 |
|
MF |
Mihail Kuzmin |
| 90 |
 |
FW |
Vitaliy Rushnitskiy |
| 98 |
|
MF |
Aleksandr Yaroslavtsev |
| 99 |
|
MF |
Oleg Ivanov |
| — |
 |
FW |
Maksim Shatskikh |
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[edit] Incoming Transfers 2008/2009
[edit] Outgoing Transfers 2008/2009
[edit] Coaching staff
[edit] Famous players
- For a complete list of Krylia Sovetov Samara players with a Wikipedia article, see here.
[edit] External links
