Salavat Yulaev Ufa

Salavat Yulaev Ufa
City	Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia
League	KHL 2008–present RSL 1996–2008 IHL 1992–1996 Soviet League Class A2 1964–1978, 1979–1980, 1981–1982, 1983–1985, 1987–1992 Soviet League Class A 1978–1979, 1980–1981, 1982–1983, 1985–1987 Soviet League Class B 1958–1964
Conference	Eastern
Division	Chernyshev
Founded	1957; 67 years ago (1957) as SK Gastello Ufa
Home arena	Ufa Arena (capacity: 8,250)
Colours
General manager	Rinat Bashirov[1]
Head coach	Viktor Kozlov
Captain	Grigori Panin
Affiliates	Toros Neftekamsk (VHL) Tolpar Ufa (MHL)
Website	hcsalavat.ru
Current season

Hockey Club Salavat Yulaev (Russian: Хоккейный клуб «Салават Юлаев», romanized: Hokkejnyj klub «Salavat Julajev»; Bashkir: «Салауат Юлаев» хоккей клубы, romanized: «Salawat Yulayev» xokkey klubı), commonly referred as Salavat Yulaev Ufa, is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Ufa. They are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.

Established in 1957, Salavat Yulaev spent the Soviet era mainly in the lower divisions, only appearing in the top league for five seasons, though since the dissolution of the Soviet Union they have been in the top league in Russia.

They have won the Gagarin Cup as the KHL champion once, in 2011, and have won the regular season championship twice, in 2009 and 2010, winning the inaugural Continental Cup for the latter. They also won the final Russian Superleague title, in 2008.