F.C. Kuban Krasnodar

The club was founded as Dynamo in 1928, but was named Neftyanik in 1954, Kuban in 1958, and Spartak in 1960. In 1963 the club was renamed Kuban and has been known by this name ever since.

Kuban and their predecessors mainly played at the lower levels of Soviet football, winning the RSFSR championship four times. Kuban played in the Soviet Top League in 1980-1982, achieving their best result (13th position) in 1981.

In 1992, due to the dissolution of the USSR, Kuban were entitled to play at the top level instead of being relegated to the Second League. They finished 18th out of 20 teams and were relegated. After spending several seasons in First and Second divisions, they won promotion back to the Premier League for 2004, but were again relegated straight away. This happened again in 2006 when they won promotion for the 2006-2007 season and then finished second to bottom.

• RSFSR Championship: 4
  • Winners: 1948, 1962, 1973, 1987

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 Aleksandr Filimonov 77 GK   Russia Stanislav Kozyrev 6 DF   Bulgaria Ivaylo Petkov 17 DF   Russia Andrey Ushenin 22 DF   Russia Aslan Zaseev 91 DF   Russia Viktor Dmitrienko 8 MF   Russia Artur Tlisov 33 MF   Serbia Bratislav Ristić 7 MF   Russia Sergey Kuznetsov 20 MF   Ukraine Dmitry Gorbushin 74 FW   Russia Denis Zubko

No. Pos. Nation Player 35 GK   Russia Igor Kot 23 DF   Russia Georgy Dzhioev 18 DF   Czech Republic Roman Lengiel 27 DF   Russia Elbrus Zuraev 25 DF   Russia Vitaly Chochiev 4 MF   Russia Azat Bayryev 11 MF   Russia Alan Kasaev 9 MF   Russia Oleg Trifonov 26 MF   Russia Maxim Semakin 10 MF   Russia Andrey Topchu 99 FW   Russia Ilya Dolmatov 5 FW   Russia Sergey Vinogradov

• Official website (in Russian)