FC SKA Rostov-on-Don

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SKA Rostov

Full name

Football Club
Sports Club of Army
Rostov-on-Don

Founded

1937

Ground

SKA SKVO Stadium,
Rostov-on-Don
(Capacity 27,300)

Chairman

Ivan Savvidi

Manager

Gennadiy Stepushkin (acting)

League

Russian First Division

2007

17th





Home colours





Away colours

FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (Russian: ФК СКА Ростов-на-Дону) is a Russian football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club's rich history includes becoming runners-up of the Soviet Top League in 1966 and winning the Soviet Cup in 1981.

[edit] History

The club was founded on 27 August 1937 and was known as RODKA (1937-1953), ODO (1954-1956), SKVO (1957-1959). The team was given its present name in 1960.

SKVO entered the Class B of the Soviet league in 1958. Prior to that, the team only played in regional tournaments. SKVO became the champions of Class B in 1958 and were promoted to Class A. They stayed at the top level of Soviet football until 1973, winning silver medals in 1966 and finishing fourth in 1959, 1960, 1963, and 1964.

In 1970s and 1980s SKA moved between Top and First leagues several times. After relegation 1973, they played in the First League in 1974, 1976-1978, 1982-1983, and 1986-1989, and in the Top League in 1975, 1979-1981, and 1984-1985. SKA spent two last years of the Soviet football (1990 and 1991) in the Second League.

SKA were also successful in the Soviet Cup. They won the trophy in 1981 and were the losing finalists in 1969 and 1971.

After entering the Russian Second Division, SKA have been playing there with a few exceptions: they played in the Third Division in 1994, in the Amateur Football League in 1998, and in the First Division in 2002. In 2002 SKA finished 17th in the First Division, going straight back down but recording the best result in Russian football. She finished 2nd South Zone of Second Division but returned First Division after relegations of Dynamo Makhachkala, Volgar Gazprom Astrahan and Lada Togliatti due to their licences were refused. She finished 17th in 2007 season.