FC Rubin Kazan

Rubin Kazan
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Full name Municipal Institution Football Club Rubin Kazan[1]
Nickname(s) Rubínovye (Ruby), Tatáry (Tatars), Volzháne (People from Volga)
Founded 1958
Ground Tsentralnyi Stadion, Kazan
(Capacity: 30,133)
Chairman Alexandr Gusev
Manager Gurban Berdiýew
League Russian Premier League
2009 Russian Premier League, 1st
Home colours
Away colours

FC Rubin Kazan (Russian: Футбольный клуб Рубин Казань, Futbolniy klub Rubin Kazan; Tatar: Рубин Казан футбол клубы) is a Russian football club based in the city of Kazan (Tatarstan republic). Rubin won the Russian Premier League championship for 2009, its second straight league title.

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History

Rubin was previously called "Iskra" from 1958 to 1964, and then "Rubin-TAN" from 1992 to 1993.

Having never played in the Soviet Top League, Rubin were promoted to the Russian Premier League in 2003, finishing third in their debut season to qualify for the UEFA Cup. Their 2004 campaign was less successful as they came 10th, but 2005 saw them finish 4th, again qualifying for the UEFA Cup.

In 2008, Rubin won the league championship to qualify for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage, making them the easternmost team to play in the competition. Their championship season began with a league record seven consecutive wins, including victories against defending champions Zenit Saint Petersburg. Rubin clinched its first championship in club history[2] and became only the third club from outside Moscow to win the Russian Premier League (after Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz and Zenit St Petersburg).

On 20 October 2009, Rubin recorded a shock win over Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League at Camp Nou[3]. This was followed by a 0–0 draw at home two weeks later[4]. On 21 November 2009, Rubin secured a 0–0 draw against Zenit St Petersburg to win the Russian Premier League championship for the second season in a row.[5]

In 2010 Rubin won the CIS Cup, becoming the first Russian team since 2005 to win that title. In the final Rubin had beaten FC Aktobe 5-2.

Transfer fraud incident

In September 2009, Rubin were the unknowing participants in a bizarre transfer saga involving four Levski Sofia players (Zhivko Milanov, Youssef Rabeh, Darko Tasevski and Ze Soares). The Bulgarian champions allegedly received a fax, supposedly from the Kazan team, offering to buy the footballers. The quoted sum was 7 million€. On 20 September 2009, the four players, accompanied by a Levski representative, travelled to Moscow to undergo a medical examination, but the deal allegedly fell through, as the phony Rubin representative offered lower salaries than those originally agreed. Official Rubin representatives denied any knowledge of the whole affair, maintaining that they knew nothing about the players in question. It turned out that Levski had fallen victims to fraudsters. It is thought that the incident was masterminded to defraud bookmakers by placing large bets against Levski in their derby match against city rivals CSKA Sofia.[6][7][8]

Current squad

As of 28 August 2010[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Russia DF Oleg Kuzmin
3 Argentina DF Cristian Ansaldi
4 Spain DF César Navas
5 Russia MF Pyotr Bystrov
6 South Africa MF MacBeth Sibaya (third captain)
8 Russia MF Aleksandr Ryazantsev
9 Georgia (country) DF Lasha Salukvadze
10 Turkey FW Fatih Tekke
14 Russia MF Alan Kasaev
15 Poland MF Rafał Murawski
16 Ecuador MF Christian Noboa (vice-captain)
19 Russia DF Vitali Kaleshin
21 Moldova FW Alexandru Antoniuc
22 Russia DF Aleksandr Orekhov
No. Position Player
23 Russia MF Yevgeni Balyaikin
25 Georgia (country) DF Dato Kvirkvelia
26 Russia FW Aleksei Medvedev
28 Nigeria FW Obafemi Martins
32 Russia MF Andrei Gorbanets
44 Lithuania GK Giedrius Arlauskis
61 Turkey MF Gökdeniz Karadeniz
66 Israel MF Bibras Natkho
76 Russia DF Roman Sharonov (captain)
77 Russia GK Sergei Ryzhikov
87 Brazil MF Carlos Eduardo
88 Belarus FW Syarhey Karnilenka (on loan from Zenit)
97 Russia FW Igor Portnyagin
98 Moldova GK Ilie Cebanu

For recent transfers, see List of Russian football transfers summer 2010 and List of Russian football transfers winter 2009–10.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
43 Russia MF Aleksei Kotlyarov (on loan at Khimki until December 2010)
67 Uzbekistan FW Davron Mirzayev (on loan at Khimki until December 2010)
82 Russia DF Mikhail Mischenko (on loan at Ventspils until December 2010)
Russia DF Anri Khagush (on loan at Rostov until December 2010)
Russia FW Roman Adamov (on loan at Rostov until December 2010)
Russia FW Vladimir Dyadyun (on loan at Spartak Nalchik until December 2010)
No. Position Player
Russia DF Aleksandr Kulikov (on loan at Salyut Belgorod until December 2010)
49 Uzbekistan MF Vagiz Galiulin (on loan at Sibir Novosibirsk until December 2010)
30 Russia GK Yevgeni Cheremisin (on loan at Dynamo Saint Petersburg until December 2010)
33 Spain DF Jordi (on loan at Spain Real Valladolid until July 2011)

Reserves

As of 12 August 2010 as registered with the Premier League. The players are eligible to play for the main squad.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
12 Italy MF Valerio Brandi
31 Russia DF Mikhail Badyautdinov
41 Russia MF Ilsur Samigullin
42 Russia DF Marat Doyati
50 Tajikistan MF Parvizchon Umarboev
51 Georgia (country) DF Avtandil Bratchuli
52 Uzbekistan FW Ayubkhon Gapparov
53 Russia DF Serdar Iolomanov
54 Russia MF Almaz Askarov
55 Russia MF Artyom Kuklev
56 Russia MF Ruslan Makhmutov
57 Belarus FW Anton Saroka
No. Position Player
65 Russia DF Maksim Zhestokov (captain)
79 Russia GK Yuri Nesterenko
80 Russia DF Dmitri Tarabrikov
81 Russia FW Ildar Bikchantayev
83 Russia MF Vladimir Chernov
84 Russia MF Iskandar Dzhalilov
85 Russia MF Marat Sitdikov
86 Russia DF Vitali Ustinov
90 Russia MF Artyom Kulesha
92 Turkmenistan FW Vahyt Orazsakhedov
95 Russia MF Alisher Dzhalilov

Honours

Russian Premier League

Russian Cup

Russian Super Cup

CIS Cup

La Manga Cup

League and Cup history

Soviet Union Soviet Union

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Top Scorer
(League)		 Head Coach
1936
(spring)		 3rd 4 7 3 2 2 14 15 15 R32 —
1936
(autumn)		 1 7 5 1 1 18 9 18 —
1937 2nd 7 12 1 3 8 11 28 17 QF —
1938 R16 —
1939 2nd 23 22 4 1 17 20 50 9 R32 —
1940-1945
1946 3rd, "Povolzhye" 7 —
1947 2nd, RSFSR-1 7 22 8 3 11 34 20 19 R128 —
1948 1 26 20 3 3 71 18 43 R32 —
2nd, Final 5 5 1 2 2 4 6 4
1949 2nd, RSFSR-3 9 24 6 7 11 33 42 19 R128 —
1950-1958
1958 2nd, Group 1 14 30 7 4 19 24 56 18 R256 —
1959 5 28 12 9 7 36 27 33 —
1960 2nd, RSFSR-4 4 28 15 7 6 42 22 37 R256 —
1961 2nd, RSFSR-2 3 24 11 9 4 31 22 31 R32 — Soviet Union Tufatulin - 17
1962 2nd, RSFSR-4 3 30 13 12 5 47 23 38 R256 —
1963 3rd, RSFSR-4 3 30 17 6 7 47 28 40 R64 —
1964 3rd, RSFSR-2 2 32 13 15 4 40 15 41 R1024 —
3rd, Semi-final 4 5 2 1 2 6 5 5
1965 3rd, RSFSR-2 2 36 20 9 7 52 22 49 —
3rd, Semi-final 1 4 4 0 0 9 4 8
3rd, Final 2 3 2 0 1 4 4 4
1966 2nd (Group 1) 5 32 15 9 8 32 23 39 R32 —
1967 4 38 16 12 10 36 26 44 R16 —
1968 2nd (Group 3) 5 40 19 9 12 52 31 47 R256 — Soviet Union Vorobyov - 13 Soviet Union Sentyabryov
1969 2nd (Group 2) 2 34 17 12 5 40 21 46 R16 — Soviet Union Vorobyov - 9 Soviet Union Sentyabryov
1970 2nd 8 42 18 10 14 36 42 46 R128 — Soviet Union Kolotov - 9 Soviet Union Sentyabryov
1971 22 42 9 13 20 31 57 31 R32 — Soviet Union Penzin - 8 Soviet Union Sentyabryov
1972 3rd, Group 5 7 32 11 14 7 24 22 36 — Soviet Union A. Yashin - 8 Soviet Union Kalugin
1973 2 32 21 5 6 58 26 47 — Soviet Union V. Kadyrov - 15 Soviet Union Kalugin
1974 3rd, Group 4 2 40 20 11 9 53 33 51 —
3rd, Semi-final 2 5 3 0 2 7 7 6
3rd, Final 2 5 2 2 1 9 6 6
1975 2nd 11 38 12 13 13 37 51 37 R64 — Soviet Union A. Yashin - 6
Soviet Union Baiguzov - 6		 Soviet Union Batanov
1976 17 38 6 18 14 39 55 30 R64 — Soviet Union Usov - 11 Soviet Union Markov
1977 20 38 6 10 22 40 76 22 R64 — Soviet Union Dzagnidze - 9 Soviet Union Kalugin
1978 3rd, Group 4 6 46 20 12 14 64 50 52 —
1979 19 46 10 16 20 48 56 36 —
1980 3rd, Group 2 10 34 12 11 11 37 27 35 —
1981 5 32 14 8 10 46 30 36 —
1982 2 32 19 8 5 51 28 46 —
1983 5 28 11 10 7 35 27 32 —
1984 10 32 11 9 12 25 33 31 —
1985 7 28 13 4 11 34 32 30 —
1986 5 32 16 8 8 50 33 40 —
1987 5 32 15 8 9 44 29 38 —
1988 7 32 13 5 14 30 28 31 — Soviet Union V. Popov - 7 Soviet Union Semyonov
1989 12 42 18 4 20 42 41 40 R128 — Soviet Union Gavrilov - 15 Soviet Union Navrozov
1990 4th, Group 7 3 32 18 10 4 48 15 46 — Soviet Union O. Mironov - 13 Soviet Union Zolotukhin
1991 1 42 30 8 4 79 20 68 — Soviet Union Gavrilov - 16
Soviet Union Surov - 16		 Soviet Union Zolotukhin

Russia Russia

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Top Scorer
(League)		 Head Coach
1992 2nd, "Centre" 5 34 15 9 10 43 30 39 — Russia Mulashev - 18 Russia Ivchenko
1993 8 38 19 6 13 48 46 44 R256 — Russia Tatarkin - 11 Ukraine V. Lukashenko
Russia Zadikashvili
1994 3rd, "Centre" 15 32 6 4 22 15 65 16 R256 — Russia Tatarkin - 5 Russia Zadikashvili
1995 17 40 12 6 22 32 56 42 R256 — Russia Tatarkin - 8 Russia Zadikashvili
1996 6 42 24 7 11 66 34 79 R512 — Russia Pantyushenko - 20 Russia Volchok
1997 1 40 32 6 2 88 22 102 R64 — Russia Knyazev - 25 Russia Volchok
1998 2nd 7 42 19 6 17 56 50 63 QF — Russia Kuzmichyov - 15 Russia Volchok
Russia Irkhin
1999 7 42 18 12 12 56 49 66 R64 — Russia Nechaev - 10 Russia Sadyrin
2000 3 38 24 6 8 61 28 78 R64 — Russia Filippov - 12 Russia Antikhovich
2001 8 34 13 7 14 44 44 46 R64 — Croatia Ljubobratović - 9 Russia Antikhovich
Turkmenistan Berdyev
2002 1 34 22 6 6 51 14 72 R16 — Georgia (country) Chaladze - 20 Turkmenistan Berdyev
2003 1st 3 30 15 8 7 44 29 53 R16 — Brazil Roni - 11 Turkmenistan Berdyev
2004 10 30 7 12 11 32 31 33 R16 — Brazil Roni - 5 Turkmenistan Berdyev
2005 4 30 14 9 7 45 31 51 R32 UC 2nd QR Czech Republic Čížek - 7 Turkmenistan Berdyev
2006 5 30 13 7 10 43 37 46 R16 — Argentina Domínguez - 13 Turkmenistan Berdyev
2007 10 30 10 5 15 31 39 35 R16 UC
IC		 1st Rnd.
3rd Rnd.		 Russia Ryazantsev - 5 Turkmenistan Berdyev
2008 1 30 18 6 6 44 26 60 R16 — Russia Bukharov - 6
Turkey Gökdeniz - 6
Ecuador Noboa - 6		 Turkmenistan Berdyev
2009 1 30 19 6 5 62 21 63 RU — Russia Bukharov - 16
Argentina Domínguez - 16		 Turkmenistan Berdyev
2010 TBD R32 ECL
EL		 Group St.
R16		 Turkmenistan Berdyev

European cups history

As of July 24, 2010 Rubin Kazan holds 72nd place in UEFA Team Ranking.[10]

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2004–05 UEFA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round Austria SK Rapid Wien 0–3 2–0 2–3
2006–07 UEFA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round Belarus BATE 3–0 2–0 5–0
1st Round Italy Parma F.C. 0–1 0–1 0–2
2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2nd Round Hungary Zalaegerszegi TE 3–0 2–0 5–0
3rd Round Austria SK Rapid Wien 0–0 1–3 1–3
2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Ukraine FC Dynamo Kyiv 0–0 1–3
Italy FC Internazionale Milano 1–1 0-2
Spain FC Barcelona 0–0 2–1
2009–10 UEFA Europa League Round of 32 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–0 0–0 3–0
Round of 16 Germany VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 1-2 et 2-3

Notable former players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Rubin.

USSR/Russia
  • Soviet Union Viktor Kolotov
  • Soviet Union Russia Andrei Chernyshov
  • Russia Roman Adamov
  • Russia Denis Boyarintsev
  • Russia Aleksandr Bukharov
  • Russia Pyotr Bystrov
  • Russia Valeri Chizhov
  • Russia Vitali Kaleshin
  • Russia Aleksei Medvedev
  • Russia Aleksei Rebko
  • Russia Aleksandr Ryazantsev
  • Russia Sergey Ryzhikov
  • Russia Sergei Semak
  • Russia Dmitri Sennikov
  • Russia Igor Simutenkov
  • Russia Roman Sharonov
  • Russia Roman Shirokov
  • Russia Dmitri Vasilyev
Former USSR countries
  • Armenia Sargis Hovhannisyan
  • Armenia Vardan Khachatryan
  • Armenia Eduard Partsikyan
  • Belarus Syarhey Karnilenka
  • Belarus Andrei Kovalenko
  • Belarus Mikalay Ryndzyuk
  • Georgia (country) Mikheil Ashvetia
  • Georgia (country) David Chaladze
  • Georgia (country) Georgi Kinkladze
  • Georgia (country) Dato Kvirkvelia
  • Georgia (country) Nukri Revishvili
  • Georgia (country) Lasha Salukvadze
  • Georgia (country) Levan Silagadze
  • Latvia Vitālijs Astafjevs
  • Latvia Edgars Burlakovs
  • Latvia Aleksandrs Koļinko
  • Latvia Mihails Ziziļevs
  • Lithuania Giedrius Arlauskis
  • Lithuania Orestas Buitkus
  • Lithuania Mindaugas Kalonas
  • Lithuania Saulius Mikalajūnas
  • Moldova Alexandru Gaţcan
  • Moldova Ilie Cebanu
  • Turkmenistan Nazar Baýramow
  • Turkmenistan Wladimir Baýramow
  • Turkmenistan Pavel Kharchik
  • Ukraine Oleksandr Hranovsky
  • Ukraine Serhiy Rebrov
  • Ukraine Oleksandr Svystunov
  • Uzbekistan Fevzi Davletov
  • Uzbekistan Andrei Fyodorov
  • Uzbekistan Vagiz Galiullin
  • Uzbekistan Bahodir Nasimov
Europe
  • Belgium Cédric Roussel
  • Croatia Stjepan Tomas
  • Czech Republic Jiří Novotný
  • Czech Republic Adam Petrouš
  • Israel Bibras Natkho
  • Italy Salvatore Bocchetti
  • Poland Rafał Murawski
  • Serbia Savo Milošević
  • Serbia Veljko Paunović
  • Spain César Navas
  • Spain Jordi
  • Turkey Hasan Kabze
  • Turkey Fatih Tekke
  • Turkey Gökdeniz Karadeniz
  • Romania Gabriel Giurgiu
South and Central America
  • Argentina Alejandro Domínguez
  • Argentina Cristian Ansaldi
  • Brazil Aloísio
  • Brazil Carlos Eduardo
  • Brazil Roni
  • Costa Rica Carlos Castro Mora
  • Ecuador Christian Noboa
  • Jamaica Damani Ralph
  • Uruguay Andrés Scotti
Africa
  • The Gambia Ebrima Ebou Sillah
  • Morocco Abdelkarim Kissi
  • Nigeria Obafemi Martins
  • South Africa MacBeth Sibaya
  • Tunisia Selim Ben Achour
Asia
  • South Korea Kim Dong Hyun
See also Category:FC Rubin Kazan players.

Stadium

The main home ground of the Rubin is Central stadium, capacity 30,133. The stadium is situated in the central part of Kazan, near the Kremlin. The home ground of the youth squad is Rubin Stadium (capacity 10,000), which is situated on the north of the city. Also, new arena with capacity 45,000 is under construction and has to be ready in 2012.

Average attendance

Year Reg. Season
2009 14,719[11]
2008 18,053[12]
2007 11,633[13]
2006 13,380[14]
2005 11,800

References

  1. ↑ Official Russian Premier League website
  2. ↑ Neu in der Champions League: Rubin Kasan
  3. ↑ FC Barcelona 1–2 FC Rubin Kazan
  4. ↑ Barca frozen out in Kazan
  5. ↑ "Jubilant Rubin reclaim Russian title". uefa.com. 2009-11-21. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=922347.html. Retrieved 2009-11-21. 
  6. ↑ Levski Sofia reeling after bizarre transfer saga
  7. ↑ Who is behind Bulgarian derby oddity?
  8. ↑ Кто подставил казанский «Рубин»?
  9. ↑ Official Russian Football Premier League site
  10. ↑ Bert Kassies. "UEFA Team Ranking 2011". http://kassiesa.com/uefabackup/data/method4/trank2011.html. Retrieved 25 July 2010. 
  11. ↑ [1]
  12. ↑ [2]
  13. ↑ [3]
  14. ↑ [4]

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