FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018)

PFC Kuban Krasnodar (Known as FC Urozhay from 2018 to 2020, Russian: Футбольный клуб «Урожай») is a Russian football team based in Krasnodar. It was founded on 4 June 2018. In the 2021–22 season, it will play in the second-tier FNL. 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.

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 %)
ManagerRobert Yevdokimov
LeagueFNL
2020–21PFL, Group 1, 1st (promoted)
WebsiteClub website
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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 Andriy Yudin
Assistant Manager Aleksandr Kayvanov
Goalkeeping coach Sergey Podgorny

Current squad

As of 17 March 2022, according to the FNL 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  RUS Yuri Nesterenko
2 DF  RUS Aleksei Rybin
4 DF  RUS Nikita Karmayev (on loan from Akhmat Grozny)
5 DF  RUS Ismail Ediyev
7 MF  RUS Azamat Gurfov
9 FW  RUS Andrei Kozlov
10 MF  RUS Nuri Abdokov
11 FW  ARM Artur Sarkisov
16 GK  RUS Artyom Poplevchenkov
17 DF  RUS Danila Vedernikov (on loan from Rostov)
22 DF  RUS Ivan Khomukha
27 DF  RUS Aleksei Gritsayenko (on loan from Rubin Kazan)
30 DF  RUS Soslan Takazov
31 DF  RUS Kirill Bolshakov (on loan from Khimki)
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 MF  RUS Artyom Kulishev
38 MF  RUS Vasili Aleynikov
41 MF  RUS Aleksandr Sapeta (on loan from Nizhny Novgorod)
54 GK  BLR Andrey Klimovich
55 MF  RUS Maksim Lauk
61 MF  RUS Vadim Karev
77 MF  RUS Vladimir Lobkaryov
81 DF  RUS Maksim Sidorov
87 MF  RUS Igor Bezdenezhnykh
90 MF  RUS Georgy Meskhi
95 MF  RUS Ilya Petrov
99 FW  RUS Mikhail Markin
— MF  MDA Valeriu Ciupercă

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  RUS Sergei Arkhipov
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  RUS Anton Demenshchin

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  RUS Aslan Dyshekov (at SKA Rostov-on-Don)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  RUS Artyom Arkhipov (at Akhmat Grozny)

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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