PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara

For other uses, see Krylya Sovetov (disambiguation).

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.

Krylia Sovetov

Full name	Профессиональный футбольный клуб Крылья Советов Самара (Professional Football Club Krylia Sovetov Samara)
Nickname(s)	Krylia (Wings)
Founded	3 May 1942; 83 years ago (1942-05-03)
Ground	Solidarnost Samara Arena
Capacity	44,918
Owner	Samara Oblast
Chairman	Vadim Andreev
Manager	Igor Osinkin
League	Russian Premier League
2023–24	9th of 16
Website	pfcks.ru
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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.^[1]

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.^[2] The club was reported to be close to liquidation due to shortage of financing.^[3]

It later asked to postpone the licensing again to 19 February, but the RFU only postponed it until 17 February.^[4] On 17 February it was decided to postpone the licensing until 19 February after all.^[5] 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.^[6][7]

As the first matchday arrived, Krylia Sovetov were still banned from registering new players because of debts outstanding on old contracts.^[8] 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.^[9] With injuries on top of that and only 16 players available for both their main squad and the reserve team,^[10] 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,^[11] 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.^[12] 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.^[13] Krylia lost the second game with the diluted roster 0–3 to Lokomotiv Moscow. The ban was finally lifted on 26 March.^[14]

League and cup history

USSR

Season[15]	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
	2nd, Final	1	5	4	0	1	12	5	8
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				Aryapov – 3 Smirnov – 3 Filippov – 3
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
	3rd, Final-3	2	4	2	1	1	3	3	5
1984	3rd, Group 2	1	32	21	5	6	76	24	47	R64	—		Razveyev – 23	Sarychev
	3rd, Final-1	1	4	3	1	0	9	3	7
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
	3rd, Final-A	1	4	3	1	0	4	1	7
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
	3rd, Final	4	5	2	0	3	6	17	4
1990	3rd, "Centre"	3	42	19	11	12	53	35	49	QF	—		Korolyov – 16	Antikhovich
1991		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		14	34	9	12	13	37	47	30	R64	—		Remezov – 11	Antikhovich
	Releg. Tourn.	1	5	3	1	1	10	8	7				Valiyev – 5
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		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		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	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Intertoto Cup	4	3	0	1	7	3
UEFA Cup	4	3	0	1	10	6
UEFA Europa League	2	1	0	1	3	3
Total	10	7	0	3	20	12

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R	Dinaburg	3–0	1–0	4–0
		3R	Willem II	3–1	0–2	3–3 (a)
2005–06	UEFA Cup	2QR	BATE Borisov	2–0	2–0	4–0
		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 22 February 2025^[16][17]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Ivan Lomayev 3 DF  CHI Thomas Galdames 4 DF  RUS Aleksandr Soldatenkov 5 DF  CRO Dominik Oroz 6 MF  RUS Sergei Babkin 7 FW  RUS Dmitri Tsypchenko 8 MF  RUS Maksim Vityugov 9 MF  RUS Anton Zinkovsky (on loan from Spartak Moscow) 11 MF  RUS Roman Yezhov 13 FW  RUS Ivan Sergeyev 15 DF  RUS Nikolai Rasskazov 17 FW  RUS Ulvi Babayev (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) 18 MF  RUS Denis Yakuba 19 FW  RUS Ivan Oleynikov 20 MF  BIH Amar Rahmanović

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  UKR Dmytro Ivanisenya 22 MF  BRA Fernando Costanza 23 DF  NED Glenn Bijl 24 DF  RUS Roman Yevgenyev 25 DF  BLR Kiryl Pyachenin 28 MF  RUS Igor Dmitriyev (on loan from Spartak Moscow) 30 GK  RUS Sergei Pesyakov 33 DF  RUS Aleksey Lysov 34 MF  GEO Luka Gagnidze (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) 39 GK  RUS Yevgeny Frolov 73 FW  RUS Vladislav Shitov 76 MF  RUS Ivan Bobyor 81 GK  RUS Bogdan Ovsyannikov 92 FW  RUS Pavel Popov 95 DF  RUS Ilya Gaponov

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  RUS Nikita Yavorsky (at Metallurg Lipetsk until 30 June 2025) — DF  RUS Leonid Gerchikov (at Murom until 30 June 2025) — MF  RUS Nikita Pershin (at SKA-Khabarovsk until 30 June 2025) — MF  RUS Vladimir Khubulov (at Akron Tolyatti until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  RUS Artyom Sokolov (at Chelyabinsk until 30 June 2025) — FW  BLR Yegor Karpitsky (at Sokol Saratov until 30 June 2025) — FW  RUS Vladimir Pisarsky (at Sochi until 30 June 2025)

Reserve squad

Further information: FC Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara

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

Further information: Category:PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara 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 USSR/Russia Ravil Aryapov Aleksandr Babanov Galimzyan Khusainov Vladimir Kornilov Yuri Korotkikh Konstantin Krizhevsky Evgeny Lovchev Fyodor Novikov Mykola Pavlov Vladimir Sakharov Viktor Voroshilov Yuriy Yeliseyev Vasili Zhupikov Aleksandr Borodyuk Andrei Kanchelskis Vasili Kulkov Omari Tetradze Roman Adamov Aleksandr Anyukov Aleksei Arifullin Anton Bobyor Viktor Bulatov Taras Burlak Yevgeni Bushmanov Nikita Chernov Andrei Chichkin Vyacheslav Dayev Maksim Demenko Maksim Glushenkov Yuri Gorshkov Sergei Ignashevich Vladislav Ignatyev Oleg Ivanov Maksim Kanunnikov Andrei Karyaka Yevgeni Kharlachyov Denis Kolodin Dmitri Kombarov Aleksandr Kovalenko Ilya Maksimov Ramiz Mamedov Sergei Petrov Sergei Pinyayev Vladimir Pisarsky Igor Portnyagin Danil Prutsev Vladislav Radimov Sergey Ryzhikov Aleksandr Samedov Igor Semshov Ivan Sergeyev Roman Shishkin Aleksandr Sobolev Aleksandr Soldatenkov Andrei Solomatin Andrey Tikhonov Roman Vorobyov Dmitry Yefremov Roman Yevgenyev Roman Yezhov Anton Zinkovsky Former USSR countries Armenia Garnik Avalyan Karen Dokhoyan Karapet Mikaelyan Arthur Mkrtchyan Tigran Petrosyan David Yurchenko Azerbaijan Ramil Sheydayev

Belarus Vital Bulyha Alyaksandr Chayka Stanislaw Drahun Aliaksandr Hleb Andrey Hlebasolaw Timofei Kalachev Sergey Kornilenko Denis Kovba Dmitry Molosh Aliaksandr Oreshnikov Uladzimir Shuneyka Aleksey Skvernyuk Dmitry Verkhovtsov Syarhey Vyeramko Georgia Aleksandre Amisulashvili Jano Ananidze Gia Grigalava Davit Gvaramadze Gela Inalishvili Giorgi Loria Davit Mujiri Zurab Popkhadze Giorgi Revazishvili Lithuania Nerijus Barasa Andrius Jokšas Robertas Poškus Robertas Ringys Moldova Vasile Coşelev Alexandru Epureanu Alexandru Gațcan Radu Gînsari Stanislav Ivanov Tajikistan Farkhod Vosiyev Ukraine Andriy Husin Dmytro Ivanisenya Oleksandr Kyryukhin Yuriy Sak Serhiy Shmatovalenko Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov Sergey Andreyev Marat Bikmoev Sergey Lushan Aleksey Polyakov Mirjalol Qosimov Andrei Rezantsev Europe Belgium Jeroen Simaeys Bosnia and Herzegovina Marko Topić Danijel Majkić Amar Rahmanović Bulgaria Dimitar Makriev Tenyo Minchev Croatia Mateo Barać Czech Republic Jiří Jarošík Jan Koller Finland Berat Sadik

Macedonia Adis Jahović Romania Paul Anton Cosmin Bărcăuan Florin Şoavă Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Đorđević Vuk Rašović Ognjen Koroman Slovakia Ján Mucha Slovenia Suad Filekovič Nejc Pečnik Miral Samardžić Spain Catanha North and Central America Haiti Reginal Goreux Trinidad and Tobago Sheldon Bateau South America Brazil Roni Souza Chile Nicolás Canales Eduardo Lobos Víctor Méndez Raúl Muñoz Colombia Juan Carlos Escobar Carlos Quintero Costa Rica Felicio Brown Forbes Paraguay Luis Nery Caballero Pablo Zeballos Africa Algeria Raïs M'Bolhi Cameroon Benoît Angbwa Serge Branco Ghana Baba Adamu Laryea Kingston Mohammed Rabiu Nigeria Patrick Ovie Duke Udi South Africa Matthew Booth Zambia Chaswe Nsofwa Asia Iraq Safaa Hadi North Korea Choe Myong-Ho South Korea Oh Beom-Seok

Club records

Most league games for Krylia Sovetov

Source:^[18][19]

1. Ravil Aryapov: 362
2. Valeryan Panfilov: 359
3. Aleksandr Kupriyanov: 328
4. Gennadi Sakharov / Boris Valkov: 299
5. Ravil Valiyev: 290
6. Aleksandr Tsygankov: 279
7. Viktor Karpov: 268
8. Gennadi Platonov: 247
9. Anatoli Blokhin: 242
10. Yevgeny Mayorov: 233
11. Boris Kazakov: 224
12. Sergei Marushko / Ivan Shiryayev: 228
13. Nikolai Martynov: 220
14. Alfred Fyodorov: 219
15. Denis Kovba: 215
16. Anatoli Fetisov / Dinar Sharipov: 211
17. Viktor Gaus: 209

Most league goals for Krylia Sovetov

1. Ravil Aryapov: 105
2. Boris Kazakov: 76
3. Anatoli Kazakov: 72
4. Aleksandr Kupriyanov: 59
5. Vladimir Korolyov: 57
6. Aleksandr Gulevsky / Ravil Valiyev: 51
7. Andrei Karyaka: 49
8. Viktor Razveev: 46
9. Viktor Voroshilov: 44
10. Vladimir Filippov / Sergei Krayev: 41
11. Aleksandr Babanov / Valeryan Panfilov / Ivan Sergeyev: 40
12. Rustyam Fakhrutdinov / Dmitri Sinyakov / Anatoli Zhukov: 33
13. Viktor Karpov / Vadim Redkin: 32
14. Garnik Avalyan / Viktor Filippov: 28

Manager history

• Viktor Novikov (1945–1946)
• Aleksandr Abramov (1947–1952)
• Pyotr Burmistrov (1953–1954)
• Vyacheslav Solovyov (1954–1957)
• Aleksandr Abramov (1958–1960)
• Viktor Karpov (1961–1969)
• Nikolay Glebov (1969)
• Vsevolod Blinkov (1970–1971)
• Gennady Sarychev (1972)
• Viktor Kirsh (1973–1977)
• Aleksandr Gulevsky (1978)
• Viktor Kirsh (1979)
• Alfred Fyodorov (1980)
• Boris Streltsov (1981)
• Gennady Sarychev (1981–1985)
• Viktor Lukashenko (1986–1988)
• Viktor Antikhovich (1989–1993)
• Valery Bogdanov (1994)
• Anatoly Kikin (1994)
• Aleksandr Averyanov (1994–1998)
• Aleksandr Tarkhanov (1 Jan 1999 – 31 Dec 2003)
• Gadzhi Gadzhiyev (20 Nov 2003–2006)
• Vladimir Kukhlevsky (2006)
• Sergei Oborin (13 March 2007 – 31 Aug 2007)
• Aleksandr Tarkhanov (31 Aug 2007 – 11 Nov 2007)
• Leonid Slutsky (1 Jan 2008 – 26 Oct 2009)
• Yuri Gazzaev (26 Oct 2009 – 25 July 2010)
• Aleksandr Tarkhanov (27 July 2010 – 28 June 2011)
• Andrey Kobelev (30 June 2011 – 15 Nov 2012)
• A. Tsygankov (interim) (15 Nov 2012 – 29 Dec 2012)
• Gadzhi Gadzhiyev (27 Jan 2013 – 7 Aug 2013)
• A. Tsygankov (interim) (6 Aug 2013 – 28 Aug 2013)
• Aleksandr Tsygankov (29 Aug 2013 – 4 May 2014)
• V. Kukhlevsky (interim) (5 May 2014 – 7 June 2014)
• Franky Vercauteren (8 June 2014 – 31 October 2016)