Krylia Sovetov

PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (Russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It was return 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. The name Krylia Sovetov means "Wings of the Soviets".

Krylia Sovetov first played in a match for the Cup of the USSR. The match was held on 30 July 1944. In the last 16 round, Krylia Sovetov lost to Lokomotiv Moscow 1–5.

Their first game in the Championship of the USSR took place on 4 June 1945 against Torpedo Gorky. The game ended in a draw 1–1.

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.

During the second round of the season of 1953 the team bore the name of Zenit.

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 Poskus and Rogerio Gaucho. In 2005, the team played in UEFA Cup 2005–06 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

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