PFC Kuban Krasnodar
Full nameProfessional Football Club Kuban
Nickname(s)Ovoschi[1] (Овощи, lit. The Veggies)
Founded4 June 2018; 5 years ago (2018-06-04)
GroundKuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Capacity31,654
OwnersООО Optima Yug (70 %)
ООО Rostagro (30 %)
ManagerVadim Yevseyev
LeagueRussian First League
2022–2314th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Former crest of Kuban Krasnodar

PFC Kuban Krasnodar (Known as FC Urozhay from 2018 to 2020, Russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Кубань») is a Russian football team based in Krasnodar. It was founded on 4 June 2018. For the 2021–22 season, it was promoted to the second-tier Russian First League.

The club is colloquially seen by some to be the successor to FC Kuban Krasnodar, which dissolved in 2018 before being restarted at a regional level, although it is legally not permitted to claim its heritage.

History

Private limited company Football Club Urozhay was officially registered on 4 June 2018.[2] Originally it was to be named Ekaterinodar, but eventually, for unknown reasons, the club was named Urozhay.[3] According to the results of the local web portal's Yuga.ru poll about the team's name that was held from 5 to 14 June, the poll option Urozhay took the last place.[4][5] On 22 June 2018 FC Urozhay received a license for participating in the third-tier Russian Professional Football League in the 2018–19 Russian Professional Football League.[6]

In July 2020 the club was renamed to PFC Kuban. On 24 July 2020, Russian Football Union approved the change of name, with the condition that the club is not the legal successor to former FC Kuban and cannot claim their sporting history.[7]

On 15 June 2021, the club secured the first place in their PFL zone and promotion to Russian Football National League.[8]

Coaching staff

Position Name
Manager Oleg Nechayev
Assistant Manager Yevgeni Varlamov
Goalkeeping coach Yuri Shishkin

Current squad

As of 22 February 2024, according to the First League website.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Russia RUS Yuri Nesterenko
3 DF Russia RUS Islam Zhilov
7 MF Russia RUS Azamat Gurfov
8 MF Russia RUS Georgi Makhatadze
9 MF Russia RUS Bogdan Reikhmen
10 MF Russia RUS Nuri Abdokov
17 MF Russia RUS Ilya Moseychuk (on loan from Akhmat Grozny)
18 DF Russia RUS Arkady Solop
19 DF Russia RUS Yevgeni Osipov
20 MF Cameroon CMR Olivier Kenfack
21 MF Russia RUS Konstantin Kertanov
22 MF Russia RUS Nikita Bakalyuk
23 MF Russia RUS Igor Sokolov (on loan from Strogino Moscow)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 GK Russia RUS Dmitry Ternovsky
28 DF Russia RUS Azat Bayryev
30 DF Russia RUS Soslan Takazov
36 FW Russia RUS Ilya Gruznov
37 DF Russia RUS Maksim Vedeneyev (on loan from Spartak Moscow)
38 MF Russia RUS Leon Musayev (on loan from Rubin Kazan)
56 MF Russia RUS Lenar Fattakhov (on loan from Rubin Kazan)
70 MF Russia RUS Garrik Levin
73 MF Russia RUS Albert Sharipov
77 DF Russia RUS Ivan Temnikov
87 MF Russia RUS Igor Bezdenezhnykh
90 FW Russia RUS Mikhail Gaynov
96 DF Russia RUS Aleksandr Smirnov

References

  1. ^ Спартак стал «овощем» (in Russian). Sports.ru. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  2. ^ Гендиректором ФК «Урожай» стал коллега Крапивки по «Дружбе» (in Russian). Yuga.ru. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  3. ^ Николай Долуда о ФК «Урожай»: «До последнего планировали, что „Кубань“ переименуют в „Екатеринодар“». Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). 15 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  4. ^ ФК «Кубань» станет «Екатеринодаром» (in Russian). Yuga.ru. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  5. ^ В Краснодаре создан ФК «Урожай» (in Russian). Stavki.ru. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  6. ^ ФК «Урожай» получил лицензию для участия в Профессиональной футбольной лиге (in Russian). Kuban24.tv. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  7. ^ "Итоги Исполкома РФС" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 24 July 2020.
  8. ^ ""Кубань" выходит в Олимп-ФНЛ!" (in Russian). FNL. 13 June 2021.

External links

FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018) โ€“ current squad
FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018) โ€“ managers
2023โ€“24 Russian First League teams
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