FC Kuban Krasnodar

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Full name Football Club
Kuban Krasnodar
Nickname(s) Kazaki (Cossacks), yellow-green
Founded 1928
Ground Kuban Stadium,
Krasnodar
(Capacity 32,000)
Chairman Aleksander Tkachyov
Manager Sergey Pavlov
League Russian First Division,
2007 Russian Premier League 15th
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FC Kuban (Russian: Футбольный клуб "Кубань" Краснодар) is a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. In 2006 they won promotion to the Russian Premier League. Kuban have previously spent two seasons in Russian Premier League and three seasons in Soviet Top League.

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[edit] History

The club was founded as Dynamo in 1928, but was named Neftyanik in 1954, Kuban in 1958, and Spartak in 1960. In 1963 the club was renamed Kuban and has been known by this name ever since.

Kuban and their predecessors mainly played at the lower levels of Soviet football, winning the RSFSR championship four times. Kuban played in the Soviet Top League in 1980-1982, achieving their best result (13th position) in 1981.

In 1992, due to the dissolution of the USSR, Kuban were entitled to play at the top level instead of being relegated to the Second League. They finished 18th out of 20 teams and were relegated. After spending several seasons in First and Second divisions, they won promotion back to the Premier League for 2004, but were again relegated straight away. This happened again in 2006 when they won promotion for the 2006-2007 season and then finished second to bottom.

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[edit] Squad

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Russia GK Aleksandr Filimonov
77 Flag of Russia GK Stanislav Kozyrev
6 Flag of Bulgaria DF Ivaylo Petkov
17 Flag of Russia DF Andrey Ushenin
22 Flag of Russia DF Aslan Zaseev
91 Flag of Russia DF Viktor Dmitrienko
8 Flag of Russia MF Artur Tlisov
33 Flag of Serbia MF Bratislav Ristić
7 Flag of Russia MF Sergey Kuznetsov
20 Flag of Ukraine MF Dmitry Gorbushin
74 Flag of Russia FW Denis Zubko
No. Position Player
35 Flag of Russia GK Igor Kot
23 Flag of Russia DF Georgy Dzhioev
18 Flag of the Czech Republic DF Roman Lengiel
27 Flag of Russia DF Elbrus Zuraev
25 Flag of Russia DF Vitaly Chochiev
4 Flag of Russia MF Azat Bayryev
11 Flag of Russia MF Alan Kasaev
9 Flag of Russia MF Oleg Trifonov
26 Flag of Russia MF Maxim Semakin
10 Flag of Russia MF Andrey Topchu
99 Flag of Russia FW Ilya Dolmatov
5 Flag of Russia FW Sergey Vinogradov

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