PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara

Krylia Sovetov
Full name	Профессиональный футбольный клуб Крылья Советов Самара; (Professional Football Club Krylia Sovetov Samara)
Nickname(s)	Krylia (Wings), Krylyshki (a diminutive form of Krylia), Zelyono-belo-sinie (Green-White-Blues)
Founded	12 April 1942
Ground	Solidarnost Arena
Capacity	44,918
Owner	Samara Oblast
Chairman	Vadim Andreev
Manager	Igor Osinkin
League	Russian Premier League
2022–23	12th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (Russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a Russian professional football club based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2021–22 season. In 2004, they finished third in the Russian Premier League.

History

Krylia Sovetov was founded in Kuybyshev (now Samara) in 1942. On 21 April 1946 the team played its first match in the highest division in the USSR in Alma-Ata, in which they lost 1–2 to Zenit Leningrad. Krylia Sovetov participated in 48 seasons of the Soviet Top League and 13 in the Russian Premier League, as well as 43 USSR Cups and 13 Russian Cups.

On 6 July 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 2005–06 UEFA Cup and defeated BATE Borisov in the 2nd qualifying round (2–0, 2–0), but in the 1st round lost to AZ Alkmaar (5–3, 1–3). In 2009, they were eliminated in the Europa League 3rd qualifying round by St Patrick's Athletic.

2010 licensing controversy

Krylia Sovetov Samara, who were scheduled to pass licensing on 4 February 2010, asked Russian Football Union to postpone their licensing until 15 February of the same year due to financial problems and debts to players. The club was reported to be close to liquidation due to shortage of financing.

It later asked to postpone the licensing again to 19 February, but the RFU only postponed it until 17 February. On 17 February it was decided to postpone the licensing until 19 February after all. Krylia Sovetov finally received their license on 19 February after agreeing on new contracts with several companies to sponsor them, some of which might become partial owners of the club.

As the first matchday arrived, Krylia Sovetov were still banned from registering new players because of debts outstanding on old contracts. They could only register 11 players over 21 years old and several more players from the youth team that were registered for them in 2009. The transfer deadline had to be extended from 11 March to 8 April to accommodate Krylia Sovetov in hope they will pay their outstanding debts shortly. With injuries on top of that and only 16 players available for both their main squad and the reserve team, their reserve team had to finish their first game with 9 players on the field as they only had a goalkeeper on the bench after two players were injured, and the main squad had to play against Zenit St. Petersburg with a heavily diluted roster, so even the loss with the score 0–1 was saluted by the Krylia's fans. The transfer ban was confirmed again on 16 March, and was to remain in place until Krylia paid back their debts to their former players Jan Koller and Jiří Jarošík. Krylia lost the second game with the diluted roster 0–3 to Lokomotiv Moscow. The ban was finally lifted on 26 March.

League and cup history

USSR

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe	Top scorer	Head coach
1944	-									R32	—
1945	2nd	1	17	12	3	2	37	20	27	R32	—	Rumyantsev – 13	Novikov
1946	1st	10	22	3	8	11	16	52	14	R16	—	Ratnikov – 5	Novikov
1947		7	24	8	6	10	32	45	22	R16	—	Sinyakov – 9	Abramov
1948		11	26	5	9	12	22	40	19	R32	—	Sinyakov – 5 Karpov – 5 Zaytsev – 5	Abramov
1949		10	34	10	12	12	40	61	32	R16	—	Gulevsky – 9	Abramov
1950		7	36	15	10	11	44	44	40	SF	—	Gulevsky – 17	Abramov
1951		4	28	11	12	5	34	25	34	QF	—	Voroshilov – 10	Abramov
1952		8	13	5	3	5	16	14	13	R64	—	Voroshilov – 4	Abramov
1953		7	20	6	5	9	22	25	17	RU	—	Gulevsky – 7	Burmistrov
1954		11	24	7	6	11	20	28	20	R32	—	Voroshilov – 8	Burmistrov Solovyov
1955		11	22	4	5	13	21	39	13	R16	—	Voroshilov – 7	Solovyov
1956	2nd, Group 2	1	34	26	5	3	84	19	57	-	—	Kirsh – 17	Solovyov
1957	1st	11	22	2	8	12	9	32	12	R16	—	Redkin – 4	Solovyov
1958		10	22	6	6	10	23	29	18	R16	—	Guzik – 5 Karpov – 5	Abramov
1959		11	22	6	1	15	26	37	13	-	—	Brednev – 5 Khusainov – 5 Deynekin – 5	Abramov
1960		16	30	10	8	12	37	39	28	R32	—	A. Kazakov – 9	Abramov
1961	2nd, RSFSR-3	1	23	17	2	4	68	22	26	R16	—		Karpov
1961	2nd, Final	1	5	4	0	1	12	5	8	R16	—		Karpov
1962	1st	17	30	11	5	14	39	44	27	R16	—	A. Kazakov – 16	Karpov
1963		15	38	11	7	20	45	53	29	R32	—	B. Kazakov – 16	Karpov
1964		10	32	7	14	11	24	35	28	RU	—	Kokh – 6	Karpov
1965		13	32	9	9	14	34	44	27	SF	—	A. Kazakov – 9 Zhukov – 9	Karpov
1966		18	36	4	17	15	18	40	25	R32	—	Zhukov – 8	Karpov
1967		11	36	8	18	10	23	28	34	R32	—	B. Kazakov – 7	Karpov
1968		18	38	9	11	18	24	45	29	R32	—	B. Kazakov – 8	Karpov
1969		19	34	8	8	18	34	48	24	R32	—	B. Kazakov – 13	Karpov
1970	2nd	7	42	17	13	12	43	32	47	R64	—	B. Kazakov – 14	Blinkov
1971		6	42	17	9	16	54	41	43	R32	—	Aryapov – 14	Blinkov
1972		4	38	14	17	7	50	35	45	R32	—	Krayev – 11
1973		8	38	15	7	16	46	51	34	R32	—	Krayev – 9	Kirsh
1974		4	38	20	8	10	65	41	48	R32	—	Aryapov – 19	Kirsh
1975		1	38	22	9	7	78	36	53	R32	—	Aryapov – 25	Kirsh
1976 spring	1st	6	15	6	5	4	18	15	17	R16	—	Aryapov – 6	Kirsh
1976 autumn		11	15	5	4	6	12	15	14	R16	—	Aryapov – 3 Smirnov – 3 Filippov – 3	Kirsh
1977		16	30	2	7	21	18	59	11	R32	—	7 players – 2	Kirsh
1978	2nd	1	38	21	14	3	59	25	56	R32	—	Yeliseyev – 18	Gulevsky
1979	1st	18	34	7	5	22	24	60	19	QF	—	R. Sidorov – 7	Kirsh
1980	2nd	22	46	11	16	19	43	62	34	Qual.	—	Lovchev – 13	Fyodorov
1981	3rd, Group 2	7	32	11	13	8	41	26	35	-	—		Streltsov
1982		4	32	16	7	9	40	25	39	-	—		Sarychev
1983		1	28	19	8	1	49	18	46	-	—	Razveyev – 15 V. Sidorov – 15	Sarychev
1983	3rd, Final-3	2	4	2	1	1	3	3	5	-	—	Razveyev – 15 V. Sidorov – 15	Sarychev
1984	3rd, Group 2	1	32	21	5	6	76	24	47	R64	—	Razveyev – 23	Sarychev
1984	3rd, Final-1	1	4	3	1	0	9	3	7	R64	—	Razveyev – 23	Sarychev
1985	2nd	20	38	10	13	15	36	42	33	-	—	Razveyev – 8	Sarychev
1986	3rd, Group 2	1	33	21	5	7	55	27	47	R64	—	Babanov – 16	Lukashenko
1986	3rd, Final-A	1	4	3	1	0	4	1	7	R64	—	Babanov – 16	Lukashenko
1987	2nd	22	42	10	12	20	40	60	32	R64	—	Popov – 9	Lukashenko
1988	3rd, Group 2	3	32	15	9	8	50	28	39	R64	—	Korolyov – 11	Lukashenko
1989	3rd, Group 1	1	42	28	8	6	79	32	64	R32	—	Korolyov – 27	Antikhovich
1989	3rd, Final	4	5	2	0	3	6	17	4	R32	—	Korolyov – 27	Antikhovich
1990	3rd, "Centre"	3	42	19	11	12	53	35	49	QF	—	Korolyov – 16	Antikhovich
1991	3rd, "Centre"	2	42	26	8	8	83	41	60	R128	—	Fakhrutdinov – 19	Antikhovich
1992	-									QF	—		Antikhovich

Russia

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Top scorer (league)	Head coach
1992	1st	14	30	10	11	9	27	27	31	-	—		Fakhrutdinov – 10	Antikhovich
1993	1st	14	34	9	12	13	37	47	30	R64	—		Remezov – 11	Antikhovich
1993	Releg. Tourn.	1	5	3	1	1	10	8	7	R64	—		Valiyev – 5	Antikhovich
1994	1st	13	30	6	12	12	30	51	24	R32	—		Safronov – 7	Bogdanov Kikin Averyanov
1995		15	30	6	8	16	34	65	26	R32	—		Avalyan – 10	Averyanov
1996		9	34	12	9	13	31	38	45	R32	—		Makhlouf – 6	Averyanov
1997		7	34	14	7	13	32	30	49	SF	—		S. Bulatov – 9	Averyanov
1998		12	30	9	8	13	25	37	35	QF	—		Tsiklauri – 6	Averyanov
1999		12	30	8	7	15	39	49	31	R32	—		Mikaelyan – 8	Tarkhanov
2000		14	30	8	5	17	25	45	29	R32	—		Qosimov – 5	Tarkhanov
2001		5	30	14	7	9	38	23	49	SF	—		Karyaka – 9	Tarkhanov
2002		5	30	15	4	11	39	32	49	QF	IC	QF	Poškus – 11	Tarkhanov
2003		9	30	11	9	10	38	33	42	QF	—		Karyaka – 9 Tikhonov – 9	Tarkhanov Gadzhiyev
2004		3	30	17	5	8	50	41	56	RU	—		Karyaka – 17	Gadzhiyev
2005		14	30	7	8	15	29	44	29	QF	—		Gusin – 7	Gadzhiyev
2006		10	30	10	8	12	37	35	38	R16	UC	1st Rnd.	Topić – 7	Gadzhiyev
2007		13	30	8	8	14	35	46	32	QF	—		Mujiri – 9	Tarkhanov
2008		6	30	12	12	6	46	28	48	R32	—		Bobyor – 8	Slutsky
2009		10	30	10	6	14	32	42	36	R16	—		Koller – 9	Slutsky Gazzaev
2010		13	30	7	10	13	28	40	31	R32	EL	3rd QR	Yakovlev – 4	Gazzaev Tarkhanov
2011–12		12	44	12	15	17	33	50	51	R32 R32	—		Kornilenko – 10	Tarkhanov Kobelev
2012–13		14	30	7	7	16	31	52	28	R16	—		Caballero – 8	Kobelev Tsygankov Gadzhiyev
2013–14		14	30	6	11	13	27	46	29	R32	—		Caballero – 6	Tsygankov Kukhlevsky
2014–15	2nd	1	34	22	7	5	54	19	73	QF	—		Jahović – 12	Vercauteren
2015–16	1st	9	30	9	8	13	19	31	35	R16	—		Gabulov Kornilenko – 12	Vercauteren
2016–17	1st	15	30	6	10	14	31	39	28	R16	—		Kornilenko – 8	Vercauteren Visser (caretaker) Skripchenko
2017–18	2nd	2	38	26	4	8	60	23	82	QF	—		Kornilenko – 10	Tikhonov
2018–19	1st	13	30	8	4	18	25	46	28	R16	—		Kanunnikov – 5	Tikhonov Božović
2019–20	1st	15	30	8	7	15	33	40	31	R16	—		Sobolev – 10	Božović Talalayev
2020–21	2nd	1	42	32	5	5	100	26	101	RU	—		Ivan Sergeyev – 40	Igor Osinkin
2021–22	1st	8	30	12	5	13	39	36	41	R32	—		Vladislav Sarveli – 9	Igor Osinkin

European history

As of match played 6 August 2009

Competition	Pld	W	L	GF	GA
UEFA Intertoto Cup	4	3	1	7	3
UEFA Cup	4	3	1	10	6
UEFA Europa League	2	1	1	3	3
Total	10	7	3	20	12

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	Dinaburg	3–0	1–0	4–0
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	3R	Willem II	3–1	0–2	3–3 (a)
2005–06	UEFA Cup	2QR	BATE Borisov	2–0	2–0	4–0
2005–06	UEFA Cup	3QR	AZ	5–3	1–3	6–6 (a)
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	3QR	St Patrick's Athletic	3–2	0–1	3–3 (a)

Current squad

As of December 2023

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	RUS	Ivan Lomayev
4	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Soldatenkov
5	DF	RUS	Yuri Gorshkov
6	MF	RUS	Sergei Babkin
7	FW	RUS	Dmitri Tsypchenko
8	MF	RUS	Maksim Vityugov
9	MF	RUS	Vladimir Khubulov
10	FW	ARG	Benjamín Garré
11	MF	RUS	Roman Yezhov
14	MF	RUS	Nikita Saltykov
15	DF	RUS	Nikolai Rasskazov
17	FW	BLR	Yegor Karpitsky
18	MF	RUS	Denis Yakuba
20	MF	BIH	Amar Rahmanović
21	MF	UKR	Dmytro Ivanisenya


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	BRA	Fernando Costanza
23	DF	NED	Glenn Bijl
24	DF	RUS	Roman Yevgenyev
30	MF	RUS	Artyom Sokolov
31	DF	RUS	Georgi Zotov
33	DF	RUS	Aleksey Lysov
39	GK	RUS	Yevgeny Frolov
41	MF	RUS	Yegor Ushakov (on loan from CSKA Moscow)
44	DF	CRO	Mateo Barać
73	FW	RUS	Vladislav Shitov
76	MF	RUS	Ivan Bobyor
77	FW	RUS	Vladimir Pisarsky
81	GK	RUS	Bogdan Ovsyannikov
95	DF	RUS	Ilya Gaponov
—	FW	RUS	Nikita Khlusov

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
—	GK	RUS	Daniil Veselov (on loan to Chelyabinsk until 30 June 2024)
—	GK	RUS	Nikita Yavorsky (on loan to Tekstilshchik Ivanovo until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	RUS	Leonid Gerchikov (on loan to Chelyabinsk until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	RUS	Yan Gudkov (on loan to Sokol Saratov until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	RUS	Aleksei Nikitenkov (on loan to Chelyabinsk until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	SRB	Aleksandar Ćirković (on loan to TSC until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	RUS	Ilya Gribakin (on loan to Chertanovo Moscow until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	RUS	Danil Lipovoy (on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	RUS	Nikita Pershin (on loan to Chelyabinsk until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	RUS	Pavel Popov (on loan to Chertanovo Moscow until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	RUS	Dmitri Velikorodny (on loan to Chelyabinsk until 30 June 2024)

Reserve squad

Coaching staff

Head coach – Igor Osinkin
Assistant coaches – Sergei Bulatov, Sergei Kornilenko, Mikhail Semernya
Goalkeeping coach – Viktor Gaus

Honours

Domestic tournaments

Soviet Cup/Russian Cup
- Runners-up (4): 1953, 1964, 2004, 2020–21
Soviet First League/Russian National Football League
- Champions (7): 1945, 1956, 1961, 1975, 1978, 2014–15, 2020–21

Other honours

Progress Cup
- Winners (1): 1976 (spring)

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Krylia Sovetov.

Maksim Glushenkov