FC Sibir Novosibirsk

FC Sibir Novosibirsk (Russian: ФК «Сибирь» Новосибирск) was a Russian association football club based in Novosibirsk, playing at the Spartak Stadium. They played their first-ever season in the Russian Premier League in 2010, and ended with relegation to the Russian First Division.

This article is about the historical club dissolved in 2019. For the current club that was originally called FC Novosibirsk, see FC Sibir Novosibirsk (2019).

FC Sibir Novosibirsk

Full name	Football Club Sibir Novosibirsk
Nickname(s)	Orly (The Eagles)
Founded	1936; 88 years ago (1936)
Dissolved	2019; 5 years ago (2019)
Ground	Spartak Stadium, Novosibirsk
Capacity	12,500
League	N/A
2018–19	FNL, 18th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded in 1936 and has been known as:

• Krylya Sovetov (Soviet Wings) in 1936–1956
• Sibselmash (Siberian Agricultural Machinery) in 1957–1965
• SETM (Siberian Electrical Heavy Engineering) in 1969–1970
• Dzerzhinets (after Felix Dzerzhinsky) in 1971
• Chkalovets (after Valery Chkalov) in 1972–1991 and 1993–1999
• Chkalovets-FoKuMiS in 1992
• Chkalovets-1936 in 2000–2005
• Sibir (Siberia) 2006–2019

The team played in the Soviet leagues in 1937 (Group E), 1946–1947 (Third Group and Second Group), in 1957–1962 (Class B), 1963–1968 (Class A), 1969–1984 (Class B and Second League), and in 1987–1991 (Second League and Second League B).

In 1992 Chkalovets entered the newly formed Russian First League and in 1994 was moved to the Russian Second League after the reduction of the First League. In 1994 Chkalovets were promoted to the First League, where they played in 1995 and 1996. In 1996 Chkalovets finished last among 22 teams and were relegated to the Second League.

In 2000 Chkalovets merged with Olimpik Novosibirsk, keeping their place in the Second League, and the team named Chkalovets-1936 entered the amateur league (KFK). According to Sibir and independent sources , it is Chkalovets-1936 that inherits the history of the Soviet club.

Chkalovets-1936 were promoted to the Second League after the 2000 season, and in 2004 they won promotion to the First Division. They changed their name as Sibir in 2006 and promoted to Russian Premier League once after finishing First League as 2nd in 2009.

On 16 May 2010, Sibir lost in the Russian Cup 2009–10 final against Zenit 0–1, but as Zenit qualified for the Champions League, Sibir gained the right to compete in the Europa League in 2010–11, for the first time in their history, making them the easternmost team to compete in a European competition.

On 19 August 2010, Sibir unexpectedly beat PSV Eindhoven in a home game of Europa League play-off round, 1–0, with a goal in stoppage time. However, the team was eliminated a week later following a 0–5 defeat in Eindhoven.

At the end of the 2018–19 season, the club was relegated to the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. Following the relegation, the club did not apply for the professional license and another club called FC Novosibirsk was organized to represent the city.^[1] On 27 June 2024, FC Novosibirsk announced the club is renamed to FC Sibir Novosibirsk.^[2]

Club honours

• Russian Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2009–10

League history

Russia

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (League)	Head Coach
1992	2nd, "East"	4	30	15	6	9	48	38	36				Kovalyov – 11	Yerkovich
1993	2nd, "East"	14	30	8	7	15	39	43	23	R256			Nikulin – 9	Yerkovich
1994	3rd, "Siberia"	1	22	16	3	3	51	12	35	R256			Nikulin – 12	Shevchenko
1995	2nd	11	42	19	4	19	58	65	61	R32			Galkin – 14	Shevchenko
1996	2nd	22	42	7	6	29	44	102	27	R64			Pimenov – 10	Shevchenko / Zaburdaev
1997	3rd, "East"	6	34	16	8	10	46	32	56	R64			Obgolts – 9	Yerkovich
1998	3rd, "East"	2	30	16	12	2	41	17	60	R512			Nikulin – 9	Iromashvili
1999	3rd, "East"	5	30	16	6	8	60	42	54	R32			Lidrik – 17	Iromashvili
2000	LFL(4th), "Siberia"	1	16	15	1	0	65	6	46	R1024				Iromashvili
2001	3rd, "East"	5	28	12	11	5	36	21	47				Lidrik – 11	Iromashvili
2002	3rd, "East"	2	30	19	6	5	61	28	63	R256			Ragoza – 17	Iromashvili / Yerkovich
2003	3rd, "East"	6	24	11	7	6	38	27	40	R32			Shtyn – 8	Yerkovich / Shmarov
2004	3rd, "East"	1	27	19	5	3	53	19	62	R256			Akimov – 24	Puzanov
2005	2nd	10	42	15	11	16	51	53	56	R512			Akimov – 18	Puzanov / Davydov
2006	2nd	7	42	19	8	15	67	45	65	R64			Akimov – 23	Davydov / Radyukin
2007	2nd	3	42	25	11	6	80	39	86	R16			Akimov – 34	Fayzulin
2008	2nd	14	42	14	16	12	51	41	58	R4			Akimov – 12	Oborin
2009	2nd	2	38	22	7	9	60	21	73	F			Medvedev – 18	Kriushenko
2010	1st	16	30	4	8	18	34	58	20	R8	EU	PO	Medvedev – 6	Kriushenko
2011–12	2nd	7	52	19	19	14	76	57	76	R32			Akimov – 20	Kriushenko / Radyukin / Miller / Kubicki
2012–13	2nd	8	32	12	9	11	34	38	45	R32			Medvedev – 6	Yuran / Kubicki
2013–14	2nd	11	36	13	12	11	38	39	51	R32			Markosov – 5	Kubicki / Balakhnin
2014–15	2nd	11	34	11	9	14	35	46	42	R16			Svezhov – 7	Balakhnin / Gordeyev
2015–16	2nd	11	38	14	9	15	47	50	51	R32			Zhitnev – 16	Stukalov
2016–17	2nd	15	38	9	15	14	31	46	42	R4			Cebotaru – 9	Perevertailo / Kirsanov
2017–18	2nd	7	38	14	11	13	38	31	53	R32
2018–19	2nd	18	38	8	13	17	28	45	37	R32

European campaigns

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Apollon Limassol	1–0	1–2	2–2
		PO	PSV Eindhoven	1–0	0–5	1–5

Reserve squad

FC Sibir reserve team, FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk, played in Russian Second Division (East Zone) in 2008, and then once again from 2011 until 2015–16, and yet again from the 2018–19 season.

References

1. "РФС: ФК "Новосибирск" не является клубом-двойником команды "Сибирь"" [Russian Football Union: FC Novosibirsk is not a doppelganger of FC Sibir] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 26 June 2019.
2. "ФК "НОВОСИБИРСК" ОФИЦИАЛЬНО СМЕНИЛ НАЗВАНИЕ НА "СИБИРЬ"" (in Russian). FC Sibir Novosibirsk. 27 June 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Russian) (archived 5 November 2009)