FC Krylia Sovetov Samara

Football club infobox
clubname = Krylia Sovetov


fullname = Professional Football Club
Krylia Sovetov Samara
nickname = Perya (Feathers), Krysy (Rats)
founded = 1942
ground = Metallurg Stadion, Samara
capacity = 33,220 [http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/listeuefa2.html]
chairman = "TBD"
manager = Leonid Slutsky
league = Russian Premier League
season = 2007
position = Russian Premier League, 13th
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Krylia Sovetov ( _ru. 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.

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 July 30, 1944. In the 1/16 final, Krylia Sovetov lost to Lokomotiv Moscow 1:5.

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

On April 21, 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 July 6, 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 qualifing round (2:0, 2:0), but in the 1st round lost to AZ Alkmaar (5:3, 1:3).

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)

Current squad

"As of 22 August 2008"

Incoming transfers 2008/2009

*Fs player|no=89|pos=FW|nat=CZE|name=Jan Koller |other=from 1.FC Nürnberg

Outgoing transfers 2008/2009

*Fs player|no=4|pos=DF|nat=POL|name=Krzysztof Łągiewka |other=to FC Kuban Krasnodar
*Fs player|no=19|pos=FW|nat=Belarus|name=Aleksey Skvernyuk

Coaching staff

* Manager - Leonid Slutsky

Famous players

:"For a complete list of Krylia Sovetov Samara players with a Wikipedia article, see .";
*flagicon|GHA Baba Adamu
*flagicon|RUS Aleksandr Anyukov
*flagicon|South Africa Matthew Booth
*flagicon|RUS Aleksandr Borodyuk
*flagicon|CMR Serge Branco
*flagicon|RUS Viktor Bulatov
*flagicon|RUS Yevgeni Bushmanov
*flagicon|ESP Catanha
*flagicon|RUS Vyacheslav Dayev
*flagicon|UKR Andriy Husin
*flagicon|ARM Karen Dokhoyan;
*flagicon|RUS Sergei Ignashevich
*flagicon|RUS Andrei Kanchelskis
*flagicon|RUS Andrei Karyaka
*flagicon|URS Galimzyan Khusainov
*flagicon|RUS Denis Kolodin
*flagicon|SRB Ognjen Koroman
*flagicon|RUS Vladislav Radimov
*flagicon|RUS Andrei Solomatin
*flagicon|RUS Omari Tetradze
*flagicon|RUS Andrey Tikhonov

External links

* [http://www.kc-camapa.ru Official website] ru icon
* [http://eng.kc-camapa.ru/ Official website] en icon