PFK Krylia Sovetov Samara - last updated on 24 January 2008
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Club name: Professional Football Club Krylia Sovetov Samara
(Профессиональный футбольный клуб "Крылья Советов" Самара
)
Foundation: 1942
City: Samara (Самара
)
Colours: Blue and white
Website: www.kc-camapa.ru
Honours:
PFK Krylia Sovetov Samara has currently no honours.
A bit of history:
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara was founded in 1942.
Krylia Sovetov first played in a match for the Cup of the USSR. The match was held on July 30, 1944. In 1/16 of the cup-final, Krylya Sovetov lost to Lokomotiv Moscow 1:5.
Their first game in the Championship of the USSR (second group) took place on June 4, 1945 on Kuibyshev stadium Lokomotiv with Torpedo from Gorky. The game ended in a draw 1:1.
On April 21, 1946 in Alma-Ata there was the team’s first match in the higher division of the USSR, which they lost to Zenit Leningrad (1:2).
Krylia Sovetov participated in 48 championships of the USSR and 13 Russian Championships. Participants of 43 cup-ties of the Cup of the USSR and of 13 Russian Cups.
During the second round of the season of 1953 the team bore the name of Zenit.
On July 6, 2002 Krylia Sovetov first played with a European team in the second round of the Intertoto Cup of UEFA. They won this game with Dinaburg (Daugavpils, Latvia) played on Metallurg Stadium with the score of 3:0. The first one to score a goal was Andrei Karyaka. Robertas Poškus and Rogério Gaúcho made the score a proud 3:0. In 2005 the team played in UEFA Cup 2005-06 and defeated BATE Borisov in the 2nd qualifing round (2:0, 2:0), but in the 1st round lost to AZ Alkmaar (5:3, 1:3).
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PFK Krylia Sovetov Samara
