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| Full name | Футбольный клуб Краснодар (Futbolnyy Klub Krasnodar) | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Byki (The Bulls), The Black-Greens | ||
| Founded | 22 February 2008 | ||
| Ground | Krasnodar Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 35,179 | ||
| Owner | Sergey Galitsky | ||
| Chairman | Vladimir Khashig[1] | ||
| Manager | Murad Musayev | ||
| League | Russian Premier League | ||
| 2023–24 | Russian Premier League, 2nd of 16 | ||
| Website | http://fckrasnodar.ru | ||
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FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Russian football league system, despite finishing Zone South of Second Division in third. At the end of the 2010 season, they were promoted to the Russian Premier League for the 2011 season, despite finishing fifth in the first division.[2]
In 2013, FC Krasnodar began the construction of the 35,074-seat Krasnodar Stadium[3] which was opened on 9 October 2016. Until the stadium was completed, FC Krasnodar continued playing their home matches in the Kuban Stadium.
After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Club Association suspended the team, along with all other Russian clubs and national teams, from competing in European competitions.[4]
- ^ "Хашиг о назначении Хачатурянца: "Лига идет к лучшему с новым президентом"" (in Russian). sports.ru. 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
- ^ "The Krasnodar Derby". Soccer Football. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
- ^ Сергей Галицкий: «По последним данным вместительность стадиона «Краснодара» будет 36260 мест» (in Russian). Retrieved 2014-09-15.
- ^ "Which sports have banned Russian athletes?" – via www.bbc.com.