Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk

Krasny Yar
Full name Регбийный клуб "Красный Яр" Красноярск (Regbiynyy klub "Krasniy Yar" Krasnoyarsk)
Founded 1969
Location Krasnoyarsk
Ground(s) Krasny Yar Stadium
(Capacity: 3,600)
Central Stadium
(Capacity: 15,000)
Coach(es) Igor Nikolaychuk
League(s) Professional Rugby League
Team kit
Official website
yar-rugby.ru

Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk is a Russian rugby union club founded in 1969 in the city of Krasnoyarsk. They compete in the Professional Rugby League, the premier league in the country. They have an operating budget of 2.5m Euros. Their main rival is fellow Krasnoyarsk based, Enisey-STM.

Krasny-Yar play in white and green, and moved into their own purpose-built stadium. The stadium holds 3,600 spectators and is the first rugby-specific stadium east of the Urals. The stadium sold out for a game against VVA-Monino (2 August 2010).

History

Krasny Yar was founded in 1969 in the city of Krasnoyarsk. Krasny Yar have been unsuccessful in the Professional Rugby League era. The club has not been champions since the Super League era, with their most recent championship being in 2001. The club's financial resources have also been overtaken by their local rivals, Enisey-STM.

Several New Zealand players signed on to play for Krasny Yar for the 2010 and 2011 Seasons, while the club has also recruited a New Zealand trainer working with the Canterbury Rugby Union.

Krasny Yar in 2013

Honours

  • USSR/Russian Championship (12): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2013, 2015
  • Runner-up (12): 1988, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Russian Cup (10): 1995, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018–19, 2019
  • Russian Supercup (1): 2016
  • Nikolaev Cup (2): 2019, 2020
  • European Rugby Continental Shield runner-up (1): 2016–17

Record in European Games

Opponent Country Competition Played Wins Draws Losses Points For Points Against Points Difference
Mogliano European Rugby Continental Shield 1 1 0 0 48 24 +24
El Salvador European Rugby Continental Shield 1 1 0 0 32 5 +27
Heidelberger RK European Rugby Continental Shield 1 1 0 0 50 21 +29
Rovigo Delta European Rugby Continental Shield 1 1 0 0 42 11 +31
Timișoara Saracens European Rugby Continental Shield 2 1 0 1 39 35 +4
Enisey-STM European Rugby Continental Shield 3 0 0 3 56 110 -54
Stade Francais European Rugby Challenge Cup 2 1 0 1 58 68 -10
Edinburgh Rugby European Rugby Challenge Cup 2 0 0 2 14 151 -137
London Irish European Rugby Challenge Cup 2 0 0 2 34 71 -37

Stadium

Krasny Yar Stadium

Current squad

2022 Russian Rugby Championship

Krasny Yar
Pos. Nat. Name Date of birth (age) Caps Former club
HK Andrey Kondakov 16 April 1987 homegrown player
HK Robert Sutidze 21 June 1989 Slava Moscow
HK Dmitry Kuzero 26 June 1996 homegrown player
HK Artyom Borzenkov 27 May 2002 homegrown player
PR Grigory Tsnobiladze 1 February 1983 22 Metallurg
PR Sione Fukofuka 13 April 1984 2 Tautahi Gold
PR Evgeny Pronenko 6 June 1984 50 Enisei-STM
PR Aleksandr Ageev 29 January 1991 Vladivostok Tigers
PR Evgeny Pronin 12 April 1992 Vladivostok Tigers
PR Kirill Alyuk 21 March 1994 RC Kuban
PR Alexander Kadirov 24 January 1999 Chita
LK Bogdan Fedotko 22 September 1994 27 homegrown player
LK Egor Talalenko 17 April 1998 Vladivostok Tigers
LK Ruslan Bazhenov 1 March 1998 homegrown player
LK Alexander Ilyin 7 November 1997 13 homegrown player
LK Ivan Ivanov 8 November 1999 Lokomotiv Penza
FL Evgeny Golshteyn 29 July 1989 homegrown player
FL Alexander Khudyakov 29 September 1989 11 homegrown player
FL Roman Khodin 9 June 1993 6 Strela
FL Danil Losenkov 31 January 2002 Vladivostok Tigers
FL Semyon Borzenkov 27 May 2002 homegrown player
N8 Victor Arhip 24 February 1990 2 Enisei-STM
SH Vasily Dorofeev 6 August 1990 25 homegrown player
SH Denis Barabantsev 26 April 1993 2 Strela
SH Cornelius Korff 30 January 1999 Free State Cheetahs
FH Dylan Smith 1 January 2001 Griffons
FH Jason Tuamalolo 22 March 2002
CE Igor Galinovskiy 8 November 1985 50 homegrown player
CE Vladimir Rudenko 1 September 1987 26 homegrown player
CE Evgeny Kolomiytsev 16 May 1990 4 homegrown player
CE Kirill Gubin 30 May 1992 1 RC Kuban
CE Giorgi Pruidze 2 June 1994 15 AIA Kutaisi
WG Evgeny Nepeyvoda 15 September 1989 3 RC Kuban
WG Vladimir Chaban 3 November 1994 homegrown player
WG Mikhail Zinin 11 January 1995 RC 80
WG Sunia Latu 23 March 1996
WG Alexander Regner 25 May 1998 homegrown player
WG Konstantin Krivonosov 17 December 1998 homegrown player
WG Denis Tsurupa 12 September 1999 homegrown player
FB Khushnud Sanginov 15 August 2000 homegrown player

Notable players