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FC Krylya Sovetov Samara
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| Full name | Professional Football Club Krylya Sovetov Samara |
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| Nickname(s) | Perya (Feathers), Krysy (Rats) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Metallurg Stadion, Samara (Capacity 33,220[1]) |
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| Chairman | TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Leonid Slutsky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Russian Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Russian Premier League, 13th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Krylya 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.
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FC Krylya Sovetov Samara was founded in 1942.
Krylya 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, Krylya 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 Kuibyshev 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).
Krylya 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 Krylya 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).
- 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)
As of 1 September 2007, according to the Russian Premier League official website.
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Notes:
- Has dual citizenship (second citizenship is Russian)
- Has dual citizenship (second citizenship is French)
- Has dual citizenship (second citizenship is UK)
- Has dual citizenship (second citizenship is Croatian)
- Manager - Leonid Slutsky
- For a complete list of Krylya Sovetov Samara players with a Wikipedia article, see here.
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