FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018)

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.

PFC Kuban Krasnodar
Full nameProfessional Football Club Kuban
Nickname(s)Ovoschi[1] (Овощи, lit. The Veggies)
Founded4 June 2018 (2018-06-04)
GroundKuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Capacity31,654
OwnersООО Optima Yug (70 %)
ООО Rostagro (30 %)
ManagerAndrei Sosnitskiy
LeagueRussian First League
2021–2212th
WebsiteClub website
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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 2023, 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
23 MF Russia RUS Igor Bezdenezhnykh
2 DF Russia RUS Aleksei Rybin
5 DF Belarus BLR Aleksandr Poznyak (on loan from Dinamo Minsk)
6 MF Russia RUS Daniil Rodin
7 MF Russia RUS Azamat Gurfov
8 MF Russia RUS Georgi Makhatadze
9 FW Russia RUS Artyom Arkhipov
10 MF Russia RUS Nuri Abdokov
17 DF Russia RUS Ilya Golosov (on loan from Spartak Moscow)
18 DF Russia RUS Arkady Solop
19 MF Russia RUS Ilya Moseychuk (on loan from Akhmat Grozny)
21 FW Russia RUS Ivan Repyakh
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF Russia RUS Andrey Shereshkov
28 DF Russia RUS Azat Bayryev
30 DF Russia RUS Soslan Takazov
31 GK Russia RUS Sergei Yeshchenko
55 FW Russia RUS Maksim Lauk
70 MF Russia RUS Aslan Mutaliyev
77 MF Russia RUS Vladimir Lobkaryov
81 MF Russia RUS Maksim Sidorov
91 MF Russia RUS Dzambolat Tsallagov
96 DF Russia RUS Aleksandr Smirnov
99 FW Kazakhstan KAZ Aleksey Shchyotkin

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Russia RUS Vadim Karev (at Amkar Perm until 31 May 2023)

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.


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