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Krylya Sovetov
Full name	Professional Football Club; Krylia Sovetov Samara
Nickname(s)	Perya (Feathers), Krysy (Rats)
Founded	1942
Ground	Metallurg Stadion, Samara; (Capacity: 33,220[1])
Chairman	TBD
Manager	Yuri Gazzaev
League	Russian Premier League
2009	10th
Home colours	Away colours

For other uses, see Krylya Sovetov.

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. The name "Kyrlia Sovetov" means "Soviet Wings".

[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 30 July 1944. In the last 16 round, Krylia Sovetov lost to Lokomotiv Moscow 1-5.

Their first game in the Championship of the USSR (second group) took place on 4 June 1945 at Kuybyshev stadium Lokomotiv against Torpedo from Gorky. The game ended in a draw 1-1.

On 21 April 1946 in Alma-Ata the team played its first match in the highest division in the USSR, which they lost to Zenit Leningrad (1-2).

Krylia Sovetov participated in 48 championships of the USSR and 13 Russian Championships, as well as 43 USSR Cups and 13 Russian Cups.

During the second round of the season of 1953 the team bore the name of Zenit.

On 6 July 2002 Krylia Sovetov first played in a European competition, in the second round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. They won this game with Dinaburg (Daugavpils, Latvia) played in Metallurg Stadium, by a score of 3-0. The goals were scored by Andrei Karyaka, Robertas Poškus, and Rogério Gaúcho. In 2005 the team played in UEFA Cup 2005-06 and defeated BATE Borisov in the 2nd qualifying round (2-0, 2-0), but in the 1st round lost to AZ Alkmaar (5-3, 1-3).

In 2009 they were eliminated in the Europa League 3rd qualifying round by St Patrick's Athletic.

[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] League and Cup History

USSR

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Notes	Top Scorer	Head Coach
1944	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Round of 32
1945	2nd	1	17	12	3	2	37	20	27	Round of 32	Promoted	Rumyantsev - 13
1946	1st	10	22	3	8	11	16	52	14	Round of 16		Ratnikov - 5
1947	1st	7	24	8	6	10	32	45	22	Round of 16		Sinyakov - 9	Abramov
1948	1st	11	26	5	9	12	22	40	19	Round of 32		Sinyakov/Karpov/Zaitsev - 5	Abramov
1949	1st	10	34	10	12	12	40	61	32	Round of 16		Gulevsky - 9	Abramov
1950	1st	7	36	15	10	11	44	44	40	Semi-finals		Gulevsky - 17	Abramov
1951	1st	4	28	11	12	5	34	25	34	Quarter-finals		Voroshilov - 10	Abramov
1952	1st	8	13	5	3	5	16	14	13	Round of 64		Voroshilov - 4	Abramov
1953	1st	7	20	6	5	9	22	25	17	Runner-Up		Gulevsky - 7	Burmistrov
1954	1st	11	24	7	6	11	20	28	20	Round of 32		Voroshilov - 8	Burmistrov/Solovyov
1955	1st	11	22	4	5	13	21	39	13	Round of 16	Relegated	Voroshilov - 7	Solovyov
1956	2nd (zone 2)	1	34	26	5	3	84	19	57	-	Promoted	Kirsh - 17	Solovyov
1957	1st	11	22	2	8	12	9	32	12	Round of 16		Redkin - 4	Solovyov
1958	1st	10	22	6	6	10	23	29	18	Round of 16		Guzik/Karpov - 5	Abramov
1959	1st	11	22	6	1	15	26	37	13	-		Brednev/Khusainov/Deinekin - 5	Abramov
1960	1st	16	30	10	8	12	37	39	28	Round of 32	Relegated	A.Kazakov - 9	Abramov
1961	2nd (zone R3)	1	23	17	2	4	68	22	26	-			Karpov
1961	2nd (Final)	1	5	4	0	1	12	5	8	Round of 16	Promoted		Karpov
1962	1st	17	30	11	5	14	39	44	27	Round of 16		A.Kazakov - 16	Karpov
1963	1st	15	38	11	7	20	45	53	29	Round of 32		B.Kazakov - 16	Karpov
1964	1st	10	32	7	14	11	24	35	28	Runner-Up		Kokh - 6	Karpov
1965	1st	13	32	9	9	14	34	44	27	Semi-finals		A.Kazakov/Zhukov - 9	Karpov
1966	1st	18	36	4	17	15	18	40	25	Round of 32		Zhukov - 8	Karpov
1967	1st	11	36	8	18	10	23	28	34	Round of 32		B.Kazakov - 7	Karpov
1968	1st	18	38	9	11	18	24	45	29	Round of 32		B.Kazakov - 8	Karpov
1969	1st	19	34	8	8	18	34	48	24	Round of 32	Relegated	B.Kazakov - 13	Karpov
1970	2nd	7	42	17	13	12	43	32	47	Round of 64		B.Kazakov - 14	Blinkov
1971	2nd	6	42	17	9	16	54	41	43	Round of 32		Aryapov - 14	Blinkov
1972	2nd	4	38	14	17	7	50	35	45	Round of 32		Kraev - 11
1973	2nd	8	38	15	7	16	46	51	34	Round of 32		Kraev - 9	Kirsh
1974	2nd	4	38	20	8	10	65	41	48	Round of 32		Aryapov - 19	Kirsh
1975	2nd	1	38	22	9	7	78	36	53	Round of 32	Promoted	Aryapov - 25	Kirsh
1976(s)	1st	6	15	6	5	4	18	15	17	-		Aryapov - 6	Kirsh
1976(a)	1st	11	15	5	4	6	12	15	14	Round of 16		Aryapov/Smirnov/Filippov - 3	Kirsh
1977	1st	16	30	2	7	21	18	59	11	Round of 32	Relegated	7x players - 2	Kirsh
1978	2nd	1	38	21	14	3	59	25	56	Round of 32	Promoted	Eliseev - 18	Gulevsky
1979	1st	18	34	7	5	22	24	60	19	Quarter-finals	Relegated	R.Sidorov - 7	Kirsh
1980	2nd	22	46	11	16	19	43	62	34	Qualify round	Relegated	Lovchev - 13	Fyodorov
1981	3rd (zone 2)	7	32	11	13	8	41	26	35	-			Streltsov
1982	3rd (zone 2)	4	32	16	7	9	40	25	39	-			Sarychev
1983	3rd (zone 2)	1	28	19	8	1	49	18	46	-		Razveev/V.Sidorov - 15	Sarychev
1983	3rd (final 3)	2	4	2	1	1	3	3	5	-			Sarychev
1984	3rd (zone 2)	1	32	21	5	6	76	24	47	Round of 64		Razveev - 18	Sarychev
1984	3rd (final 1)	1	4	3	1	0	9	3	7	-	Promoted	Razveev - 5	Sarychev
1985	2nd	20	38	10	13	15	36	42	33	-	Relegated	Razveev - 8	Sarychev
1986	3rd (zone 2)	1	33	21	5	7	55	27	47	Round of 64		Babanov - 16	Lukashenko
1986	3rd (final A)	1	4	3	1	0	4	1	7	-	Promoted		Lukashenko
1987	2nd	22	42	10	12	20	40	60	32	Round of 64	Relegated	Popov - 9	Lukashenko
1988	3rd (zone 2)	3	32	15	9	8	50	28	39	Round of 64		Korolev - 11	Lukashenko
1989	3rd (zone 1)	1	42	28	8	6	79	32	64	Round of 32		Korolev - 27	Antikhovich
1989	3rd (final)	4	5	2	0	3	6	17	4	-			Antikhovich
1990	3rd (center)	3	42	19	11	12	53	35	49	Quarter-finals		Korolev - 16	Antikhovich
1991	3rd (center)	2	42	26	8	8	83	41	60	Round of 128		Fakhrutdinov - 19	Antikhovich
1992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Quarter-finals			Antikhovich

[edit] Current squad

As of 16 December 2009, according to the Official Russian Premier League site. Club's official website lists the main squad players and reserves on the same page without distinguishment. Reserves are eligible to play for the main squad.

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Leilton
5	MF	Vladislav Kulik
7	MF	Anton Bober
8	MF	Ivan Taranov
10	FW	Yevgeni Savin
15	FW	Aleksandr Salugin
18	MF	Yevgeni Pesegov
27	DF	Sergei Politevich

No.	Position	Player
29	DF	Sergei Budylin
31	GK	Eduardo Lobos
40	DF	Sergei Shustikov
63	DF	Aleksandr Belozyorov
71	MF	Sergei Tkachyov
77	GK	David Yurchenko
98	GK	Aleksandr Budakov
99	MF	Oleg Ivanov

[edit] Out on loan

No.		Position	Player
19		MF	Juan Carlos Escobar (on loan to Cúcuta Deportivo until June 2010)

[edit] Reserve squad

No.	Position	Player
24	GK	Sergei Voronin
25	DF	Vladimir Drukovskiy
28	MF	Sergei Andrianov
35	MF	Vladimir Yaroslavtsev
36	DF	Vadim Tkachenko
37	MF	Vitali Kurov
39	MF	Aleksei Popov
41	DF	Viktor Klimeyev
42	DF	Andrei Redya
43	MF	Dmitri Kostyayev

No.	Position	Player
44	MF	Aleksandr Budanov
46	MF	Ibragim Tsallagov
47	MF	Roman Razdelkin
51	DF	Roman Polovov
55	GK	Artyom Moskvin
68	FW	Andrei Chasovskikh
70	MF	Denis Shcherbak
81	MF	Yevgeni Popkov
88	MF	Mikhail Kuzmin
90	FW	Vitali Rushnitsky

Krylia's reserve squad played professionally as FC Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara in the Russian Second Division in 2000.

[edit] Notable players

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