FC Rubin Kazan

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Rubin Kazan
Rubin Kazan Logo.png
Full name Municipal Institution Football Club Rubin Kazan[1]
Nickname(s) Tatáry (Tatars), Volzháne (People from Volga), Kamni (Stones)
Founded 1936 (re-established 20 April 1958)
Ground Tsentralnyi Stadion, Kazan, Russia
(capacity: 28.500[2])
Chairman Valery Sorokin
Manager Kurban Berdyev
League Russian Premier League
2012 Russian Premier League, 6th
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Current season

FC Rubin Kazan (Russian: Футбольный клуб Рубин Казань, Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'; Tatar: Рубин Казан футбол төркеме, English: "Kazan ruby") is a Russian association football club based in the city of Kazan in the Republic of Tatarstan.

Founded in 1936 and re-established in 1958, Rubin played its first-ever top flight season in 2003. It has remained there ever since, winning the Russian Premier League championship in 2008 and 2009. The club also won the 2011–12 Russian Cup and has been a regular in European competition in recent seasons.

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History [edit]

FC Rubin Kazan was previously called "Iskra" from 1958 to 1964, and then "Rubin-TAN" from 1992 to 1993.

Having never played in the Soviet Top League, the football club joined the Russian First Division in 1992 and fell to the Russian Second Division in 1994. The mayor of Kazan at the time, Kamil Iskhakov, purchased the team in 1996. Rubin won the Second Division in 1997 and was promoted back to the First Division the following season. The next four seasons, the team consistently finished above eighth place. Finally winning the title in 2002, Rubin was promoted to the Russian Premier League for the first time in 2003. Rubin finished third in its debut season to qualify for the UEFA Cup. The team faced a temporary setback in the 2004 campaign finishing in tenth place, but 2005 saw them finish fourth, again qualifying for the team for the UEFA Cup.

Recovering lost ground (1996–2002) [edit]

The turning point in the modern history of Rubin Kazan came in 1996, when the patron of the club, Kamil Iskhakrov, became the mayor of Kazan, and helped to improve the financial health of the club. In addition, he set up a two-part goal for the club: to first advance to the first league, and then to the Premier League. With the club finances in order, Rubin Kazan were able to prepare for the season under more relaxed circumstances. As head coach, the experienced Igor Volchok was hired; he too devoted himself to the goal set out by Iskharov. Eighteen new players came to Rubin Kazan, including some who had played for the club previously: Sergey Moiseyev, Rashid Zainutdinov, and Oleg Mironov. In addition, two skilled forwards joined the proceedings: Vladimir Pantyushenko and Rustam Zabirov. The result was that Rubin Kazan finished in sixth place in 1996.

In the following year, 1997, the goal to reach the first league became more complicated through the fact that, according to the rules, only one club from the central zone of the second league could qualify. For this year, Rubin Kazin was strengthened by the return of some of its best players: Sergei Kharlamov, Rustem Bulatov, Airat Ahmetgaliev, Rustem Khuzin. Valery Aleskarov from Nizhnekamsk performed duties as goalkeeper, and Andrey Knyazev from Magnitogorsk played at the top. Having taken the lead in their zone after the third round, the club went on to soldify its position and were actually able to finish first, scoring 102 points out of 120 possible. Thus, the goal of returning the club to the first division was fulfilled. Furthermore, adding to the success of the club in this season, Rubin Kazan managed to win 13 games in a row. Andrey Knyazev was the best scorer of the season, scoring 30 goals (25 of them in the championship). The 1997 season is also notable for Rubin Kazan in that it was the first time in 22 years that the club had a reserve team.

Rubin Kazan went on to excel in the Cup of Russia in 1997/98. First, they beat Fakel Saratov, then Lokomotive Nizhniy Novgorod, and then Arsenal from Tula. In the game against Tula, a goal by Airat Ahmetgaliev became decisive, as it was scored only two minutes before the end of the match, delighting the 15,000 fans in the Tsentralny stadium. Later in 1998, Volchok retired as head coach, and was replaced by Alexander Sergeyevich Irkhin, although he would only last for the remainder of the season. In the first division championship of this year, Rubin Kazan finished in 7th place.

In December 1998, one of Russia's most acclaimed coaches, Pavel Sadyrin took over training duties from Irkhin. He too, however, would only stay for one contract year, enjoying little success with Rubin Kazan, which again finished in 7th place in the 1999 season. In order to fulfil with ambition of playing in the top division of the Russianc championship, Victor Petrovich Antihovich was hired for the 2000 season. At this point, fifteen players left the team, four of which moved into top division clubs: Okroshidze, Bulatov, and Lysenko transferred to CSKA Sennikov, while Khuzin went to Amkar Perm. During the 2000 season, Saratov "Sokol" was the clear favorite for the first place, while Rubin Kazin struggled with Torpedo-ZIL for the second qualifying slot to the top division. In a dramatic meeting at the end of the season, Kazan was in third place, behind Torpedo by only two points.

The 2001 season did not begin well for Rubin Kazan. As a consequence, there was another change of coaches, as Antihovic was replaced by Kurban Bekievich Berdiyev from Smolensk Kristall. Under his leadership, the club finished the season in 8th place. In the following year, a number of qualified players with experience from the top division were invited to the club: David Chaladze, Gennady Semin, Michail Sinev, and Andrei Konovalov. Overall, the season was a great success, with the club winning 22 of 34 games, and only suffering six defeats. Striker David Chaladze tied with Vyacheslav Kamoltsevym for the title of best scorer; both scored 20 goals. Chaladze became the third player in the club's history to scoring four goals in one game, in the match against Krasnoyarsk Metallurg.

2003–2005 [edit]

Alejandro Domínguez, one of Rubin's most influential players since the team's inception in the Russian Premier League.

2003 saw great changes in Rubin Kazan, as a result of the arrival of a large number of foreign players, including MacBeth Sibaya, Pape Kebe, Andrés Scotti, Tomáš Čížek, and Jiří Novotný. The season began with a defeat against CSKA Moscow. This was followed by the team's first victory in a difficult game against Torpedo-Metallurg. Victories at home over FC Torpedo Moscow (3:1) and FC Spartak Moscow (1:0) pulled the club up to a mid-table position. This was followed by 10 matches without defeat, which took Kazan to second place. Fortune changed quickly when a serious injury to goalkeeper Sergei Kozko led to a losing streak. After a home defeat to FC Zenit, Rubin dropped to fifth place. Winning the last 3 games of the season — against Krylia Sovetov, Torpedo-Metallurg and reigning champions CSKA Moscow — Rubin Kazan unexpectedly snatched third place.

In 2004 Rubin began on an optimistic note. Almost nobody left the team, and incoming transfers looked promising. From SK Slavia Prague came Adam Petrouš and midfielder Richard Dostálek. In addition, Alejandro Domínguez joined from River Plate. Rubin signed experienced goalkeeper Valeri Chizhov from FC Saturn Ramenskoye and Marat Makhmutov from FC Torpedo Moscow.

The first victory in the 2005 season came only in the 8-th round over Spartak (2:0). It allowed Rubin to leave the last place. Then Kazan managed to climb in the standings, but 7 games without a win once again led Rubin in the danger zone, out of which the team managed to climp only at a finish of the season. Tenth place, of course, was seen as a failure after the excellent season-2003. The UEFA Cup ended in the third round, after an 2:0 away victory Rubin lost their home match 0:3.

2006–2009 [edit]

Rubin Kazan — Spartak Moscow

In 2006, Rubin had a new president when the head of the club became Alexander P. Gusev, who replaced Kamil Iskhakov. The team did well enough in the Russian Premier League to take part in European cup competitions. In August Rubin the second time in its history played in UEFA Cup. In the second qualifying round Kazan easily passed Belarusian BATE (3–0 at home and 2–0 away). The next stage Kazan lost to Parma from Italy (both matches 0–1). Russian Championship Rubin finished on fifth position, which allowed it to play next season in Intertoto Cup.

In the 2007 season, again there was a major refurbishment of the team. Rubin added a number of players, but many players left the team before 2008, due to the poor performance of the team: 10-th position in the championship of Russia and the defeat in UEFA Intertoto Cup by old rivals Rapid. The season was further marred by the death of defender Lenar Gilmullin, a Kazan native who played for the first team.

Alexander Bukharov

In 2008, Rubin won the league championship to qualify for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage, making them the easternmost team to play in the competition. Their championship season began with a league record seven consecutive wins, including victories against defending champions Zenit Saint Petersburg. Rubin clinched its first championship in club history[3] and became only the third club from outside Moscow to win the Russian Premier League (after Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz and Zenit St Petersburg).

On 20 October 2009, Rubin recorded an upset over Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League at Camp Nou.[4] This was followed by a 0–0 draw at home two weeks, also against Barcelona.[5] On 21 November 2009, Rubin secured a 0–0 draw against Zenit St Petersburg to win the Russian Premier League championship for the second season in a row.[6]

Cups successes (2009-2012) [edit]

In 2010 Kazan Team started the year with the victory in “Commonwealth of Independent States Cup”. In this tournament “Rubin” was presented by Junior team leaded by Yury Utkulbaev. In the final Kazan team won “Aktobe”, the champion of Kazakhstan with the score 5:2.

In March “Rubin” won the Russian Super Cup for the first time. In the frosty “Luzhniki” Kazan team won CSKA with the score 1:0. The sole goal was brought by Alexander Bukharov in the first half.

On UEFA Champions League 2010/2011 “Rubin” got once again in the group with the great team of European football “Barcelona”. The score of the match in Kazan was 1:1. On the return match Spanish Club won with the score 2:0. The victory in the home match with Copenhagen and 3 draws gave a chance to take the 3rd place in the group and had a UEFA Europa League’s qualification for Round of 32, where Kazan team lost to “Twente” from Holland (0:2 and 2:2).

In 2010 “Rubin” took the 3rd place in Russian Championship, so that was the second bronze medal in the history of “Rubin”. Due to the mentioned “Rubin” got a chance to start in UEFA Europa League for the third time, this time from the Qualification Round. There “Rubin” knocked out one of the strongest clubs of East Europe, “Dynamo Kyev” with the score 2:0 and 2:1, but after “Rubin” lost to French “Lyon” (1:3 and 1:1) and went to UEFA Europa League.

In the second most prestigious European club football tournament Kazan team took the second place in the group and reached the Round of 32, where “Rubin” lost to Greek “Olympiacos” (0:1 and 0:1).

Zenit-Rubin. 15 May 2011

The first game of the season was a League of Europe game against the Dutch Twente. The final score was 0–2 in favor of the Dutch. In the next match in Enschede, the score was 2–2 with Rubin's goals scored by Christian Noboa and Cristian Ansaldi

In the end of May 2012 there were the new changes at the management of the Club. Dmitry Samarenkin, the President of the Club, left his post. By the decision of the Supervisory Board Valery Sorokin was appointed to the position. In summer there was another assignment, Andrey Gromov was appointed to the position of Director General.

In July "Rubin" in the match for Russian Super Cup won “Zenit” from Saint Petersburg with the score 2:0 and became the trophy winner.

In the first match of the championship, Rubin defeated Kuban in Krasnodar, with a score of 2–0. Goals were scored by Alan Kasaev and Christian Noboa. The second round was held in Kazan Terek Grozny, with Rubin again winning 2–0. Goals: Gökdeniz Karadeniz and Christian Noboa. In the third round in Makhachkala Rubin lost to local Anji. In the fourth round a match against Spartak Nalchik ended in a draw. In the fifth round, Rubin suffered a major defeat by CSKA 2–0. In the sixth round Rubin played against Amkar Perm to a draw, 1–1, with the only Rubin goal scored by Alexander Ryazantsev. An Amkar player helped the Rubin Captain Roman Sharonov cut the ball into his own net. In the seventh round there was another draw in Samara playing against Krylya Sovetov, with a score of 2–2. In the eighth round, Rubin faced Premier League newcomers FC Krasnodar at home, the score of 2–1 was in favor of Kazan: two goals for Rubin scored by Gökdeniz Karadeniz, while Roman Sharonov again scored an own goal.

Transfer fraud incident [edit]

In September 2009, Rubin were the unknowing participants in a bizarre transfer saga involving four Levski Sofia players (Zhivko Milanov, Youssef Rabeh, Darko Tasevski and Zé Soares). The Bulgarian champions received a fax, supposedly from the Kazan team, offering to buy the footballers. The quoted sum was 7 million. On 20 September 2009, the four players, accompanied by a Levski representative, travelled to Moscow to undergo a medical examination, but the deal fell through, as the phony Rubin representative offered lower salaries than those originally agreed. Official Rubin representatives denied any knowledge of the whole affair, maintaining that they knew nothing about the players in question. It turned out that Levski had fallen victims to fraudsters. It is thought that the incident was masterminded to defraud bookmakers by placing large bets against Levski in their derby match against city rivals CSKA Sofia.[7][8][9]

Players [edit]

Current squad [edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Russia GK Sergei Ryzhikov
2 Russia DF Oleg Kuzmin
3 Argentina DF Cristian Ansaldi
4 Spain DF César Navas
6 Spain MF Pablo Orbaiz
8 Russia MF Aleksandr Ryazantsev
10 Russia MF Alan Kasaev
15 Belarus MF Syarhey Kislyak
19 Russia DF Vitali Kaleshin
20 Finland MF Alexei Eremenko
21 Spain MF Bruno Soriano
22 Russia FW Vladimir Dyadyun
23 Finland MF Roman Eremenko
24 Lithuania GK Giedrius Arlauskis
No. Position Player
25 Spain DF Ivan Marcano
35 Russia DF Ivan Temnikov
40 Uzbekistan MF Vagiz Galiulin
55 Turkey MF Gökhan Töre
61 Turkey MF Gökdeniz Karadeniz
62 Georgia (country) DF Solomon Kverkvelia
66 Israel MF Bibras Natkho
76 Russia DF Roman Sharonov (captain)
87 Azerbaijan DF Ruslan Abishov
88 Iran GK Alireza Haghighi
89 Russia DF Aleksandr Orekhov
90 France MF Yann M'Vila
99 Venezuela FW Salomón Rondón

Out on loan [edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Russia DF Viktor Kuzmichyov (at Krylia Sovetov until end of 2012-2013 season)
Russia DF Maksim Zhestokov (at FC Volgar Astrakhan until end of 2012-2013 season)
Russia DF Iskandar Dzhalilov (at CS Turnu Severin until end of 2012-2013 season)
Brazil MF Carlos Eduardo (at Flamengo until 30 June 2014)
No. Position Player
Russia MF Luai Ururu (at FC Volgar Astrakhan until end of 2012-2013 season)
Russia FW Sergei Davydov (at Dynamo Moscow until 5 June 2013)
Russia FW Igor Portnyagin (at Krylia Sovetov until end of 2012-2013 season)

FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk [edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Russia GK Yuri Nesterenco
Russia DF Aleksandr Kulikov
Russia DF Vitaly Ustinov
Moldova DF Mihail Plătică
Russia DF Anton Piskunov
Russia MF Ruslan Galiakberov
Russia MF Parvizdzhon Umarbaev
Russia MF Nikita Bocharov
No. Position Player
Russia MF Alisher Dzhalilov
Russia MF Ruslan Makhmutov
Russia MF Ilsur Samigullin
Uzbekistan FW Davron Mirzaev
Ecuador FW Walter Chala
Russia FW Georgi Nurov
Turkmenistan FW Vahyt Orazsakhedov
Russia FW Merabi Uridia

until end of 2012-2013 season[10]

Reserves [edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
30 Russia MF Igor Rogachevsky
31 Russia GK Aleksei Berezin
32 Russia MF Anatoli Savelyev
33 Russia MF Anton Kazanskiy
36 Russia DF Yuri Savosin
37 Russia DF Elmir Nabiullin
38 Russia FW German Sergeev
39 Russia DF Yuri Litke
42 Russia DF Dmitri Boyko
44 Russia DF Aydar Khabibullin
46 Russia FW Nozim Babadzhanov
47 Russia DF Mihail Babichev
49 Russia FW Dzhambulat Kalaev
51 Russia MF Aslanbek Sikoev
No. Position Player
53 Russia MF Arshen Tsagolov
54 Russia FW Vladislav Shpitalny
56 Russia FW Gevorg Arutyunyan
57 Russia MF Nikita Lobanov
67 Russia GK Yaroslav Maloletkov
68 Russia GK Dmitri Volkotrub
69 Iran FW Sardar Azmoun
70 Russia DF Yevgeni Kozlov
71 Russia DF Aleksei Pashchenko
72 Georgia (country) MF Nica Kacharava
73 Russia DF Nicolaus Zlobin
75 Russia MF Boris Shavlohov
95 Russia MF Dmitri Prokopenko
98 Russia MF Roman Stepin

Staff of reserve games,.[11][12]

Out on loan (reserves) FC Rubin-2 Kazan [edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Russia DF Viktor Garayev
Russia MF Nikita Khromykh
No. Position Player
Russia FW Andrei Vshivtsev
Russia FW Konstantin Vasilyev

until end of 2012-2013 season[10]

Honours [edit]

League [edit]

Russian Premier League

Russian First League

  • 1 (1) – 2002;

Cup [edit]

Russian Cup

Russian Super Cup

Inter-State [edit]

CIS Cup

Other [edit]

La Manga Cup

  • Cup Winner.png (2) – 2005, 2006;

Marbella Cup

  • Cup Winner.png (1) – 2012

League and Cup history [edit]

Soviet Union Soviet Union [edit]

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Top Scorer
(League)
Head Coach
1936
(spring)
3rd 4 7 3 2 2 14 15 15 R32
1936
(autumn)
1 7 5 1 1 18 9 18
1937 2nd 7 12 1 3 8 11 28 17 QF
1938 R16
1939 2nd 23 22 4 1 17 20 50 9 R32
1940–1945
1946 3rd, "Povolzhye" 7
1947 2nd, RSFSR-1 7 22 8 3 11 34 20 19 R128
1948 1 26 20 3 3 71 18 43 R32
2nd, Final 5 5 1 2 2 4 6 4
1949 2nd, RSFSR-3 9 24 6 7 11 33 42 19 R128
1950–1958
1958 2nd, Group 1 14 30 7 4 19 24 56 18 R256
1959 5 28 12 9 7 36 27 33
1960 2nd, RSFSR-4 4 28 15 7 6 42 22 37 R256
1961 2nd, RSFSR-2 3 24 11 9 4 31 22 31 R32 Soviet Union Tufatulin – 17
1962 2nd, RSFSR-4 3 30 13 12 5 47 23 38 R256
1963 3rd, RSFSR-4 3 30 17 6 7 47 28 40 R64
1964 3rd, RSFSR-2 2 32 13 15 4 40 15 41 R1024
3rd, Semi-final 4 5 2 1 2 6 5 5
1965 3rd, RSFSR-2 2 36 20 9 7 52 22 49
3rd, Semi-final 1 4 4 0 0 9 4 8
3rd, Final 2 3 2 0 1 4 4 4
1966 2nd (Group 1) 5 32 15 9 8 32 23 39 R32
1967 4 38 16 12 10 36 26 44 R16
1968 2nd (Group 3) 5 40 19 9 12 52 31 47 R256 Soviet Union Vorobyov – 13 Soviet Union Sentyabryov
1969 2nd (Group 2) 2 34 17 12 5 40 21 46 R16 Soviet Union Vorobyov – 9 Soviet Union Sentyabryov
1970 2nd 8 42 18 10 14 36 42 46 R128 Soviet Union Kolotov – 9 Soviet Union Sentyabryov
1971 22 42 9 13 20 31 57 31 R32 Soviet Union Penzin – 8 Soviet Union Sentyabryov
1972 3rd, Group 5 7 32 11 14 7 24 22 36 Soviet Union A. Yashin – 8 Soviet Union Kalugin
1973 2 32 21 5 6 58 26 47 Soviet Union V. Kadyrov – 15 Soviet Union Kalugin
1974 3rd, Group 4 2 40 20 11 9 53 33 51
3rd, Semi-final 2 5 3 0 2 7 7 6
3rd, Final 2 5 2 2 1 9 6 6
1975 2nd 11 38 12 13 13 37 51 37 R64 Soviet Union A. Yashin – 6
Soviet Union Baiguzov – 6
Soviet Union Batanov
1976 17 38 6 18 14 39 55 30 R64 Soviet Union Usov – 11 Soviet Union Markov
1977 20 38 6 10 22 40 76 22 R64 Soviet Union Dzagnidze – 9 Soviet Union Kalugin
1978 3rd, Group 4 6 46 20 12 14 64 50 52
1979 19 46 10 16 20 48 56 36
1980 3rd, Group 2 10 34 12 11 11 37 27 35
1981 5 32 14 8 10 46 30 36
1982 2 32 19 8 5 51 28 46
1983 5 28 11 10 7 35 27 32
1984 10 32 11 9 12 25 33 31
1985 7 28 13 4 11 34 32 30
1986 5 32 16 8 8 50 33 40
1987 5 32 15 8 9 44 29 38
1988 7 32 13 5 14 30 28 31 Soviet Union V. Popov – 7 Soviet Union Semyonov
1989 12 42 18 4 20 42 41 40 R128 Soviet Union Gavrilov – 15 Soviet Union Navrozov
1990 4th, Group 7 3 32 18 10 4 48 15 46 Soviet Union O. Mironov – 13 Soviet Union Zolotukhin
1991 1 42 30 8 4 79 20 68 Soviet Union Gavrilov – 16
Soviet Union Surov – 16
Soviet Union Zolotukhin

Russia Russia [edit]

Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Top Scorer
(League)
Head Coach
1992 2nd, "Centre" 5 34 15 9 10 43 30 39 Russia Mulashev – 18 Russia Ivchenko
1993 8 38 19 6 13 48 46 44 R256 Russia Tatarkin – 11 Ukraine V. Lukashenko
Russia Zadikashvili
1994 3rd, "Centre" 15 32 6 4 22 15 65 16 R256 Russia Tatarkin – 5 Russia Zadikashvili
1995 17 40 12 6 22 32 56 42 R256 Russia Tatarkin – 8 Russia Zadikashvili
1996 6 42 24 7 11 66 34 79 R512 Russia Pantyushenko – 20 Russia Volchok
1997 1 40 32 6 2 88 22 102 R64 Russia Knyazev – 25 Russia Volchok
1998 2nd 7 42 19 6 17 56 50 63 QF Russia Kuzmichyov – 15 Russia Volchok
Russia Irkhin
1999 7 42 18 12 12 56 49 66 R64 Russia Nechaev – 10 Russia Sadyrin
2000 3 38 24 6 8 61 28 78 R64 Russia Filippov – 12 Russia Antikhovich
2001 8 34 13 7 14 44 44 46 R64 Croatia Ljubobratović – 9 Russia Antikhovich
Turkmenistan Berdyev
2002 1 34 22 6 6 51 14 72 R16 Georgia (country) Chaladze – 20 Turkmenistan Berdyev
2003 1st 3 30 15 8 7 44 29 53 R16 Brazil Roni – 11 Turkmenistan Berdyev
2004 10 30 7 12 11 32 31 33 R16 Brazil Roni – 5 Turkmenistan Berdyev
2005 4 30 14 9 7 45 31 51 R32 UC 2nd QR Czech Republic Čížek – 7 Turkmenistan Berdyev
2006 5 30 13 7 10 43 37 46 R16 Argentina Domínguez – 13 Turkmenistan Berdyev
2007 10 30 10 5 15 31 39 35 R16 UC
IC
1st Rnd.
3rd Rnd.
Russia Ryazantsev – 5 Turkmenistan Berdyev
2008 1 30 18 6 6 44 26 60 R16 Russia Bukharov – 6
Turkey Gökdeniz – 6
Ecuador Noboa – 6
Turkmenistan Berdyev
2009 1 30 19 6 5 62 21 63 RU Russia Bukharov – 16
Argentina Domínguez – 16
Turkmenistan Berdyev
2010 3 30 15 13 2 37 16 58 R32 ECL
EL
Group St.
R16
Ecuador Noboa – 8 Turkmenistan Berdyev
2011–12 6 44 17 17 10 55 41 68 W ECL
EL
ECL
EL
Group St.
R32
Play-off round
R32
Israel Natkho – 9 Turkmenistan Berdyev

European cups history [edit]

Competition Seasons Games Wins Draws Losses GS GA GD
UEFA Champions League 3 16 4 7 5 12 16 –4
UEFA Europa League 4 26 11 8 7 36 23 +13
UEFA Cup 2 6 3 0 3 8 5 +3
UEFA Intertoto Cup 1 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3
Total 7 52 20 16 16 62 47 +15

As of 15 March 2013 Rubin Kazan holds 37th place in UEFA Team Ranking.[13]

Seasons [edit]

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
2004–05 UEFA Cup 2nd Qual. Round Austria Rapid Wien 0–3 2–0 2–3
2006–07 UEFA Cup 2nd Qual. Round Belarus BATE Borisov 3–0 2–0 5–0
1st Round Italy Parma 0–1 0–1 0–2
2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2nd Round Hungary ZTE 3–0 2–0 5–0
3rd Round Austria Rapid Wien 0–0 1–3 1–3
2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 0–0 1–3
Italy Internazionale 1–1 0–2
Spain Barcelona 0–0 2–1
UEFA Europa League Round of 32 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–0 0–0 3–0
Round of 16 Germany Wolfsburg 1–1 1–2 (aet) 2–3
2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Denmark Copenhagen 1–0 0–1
Spain Barcelona 1–1 0–2
Greece Panathinaikos 0–0 0–0
UEFA Europa League Round of 32 Netherlands Twente 0–2 2–2 2–4
2011–12 UEFA Champions League 3rd Qual. Round Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 2–0 4–1
Play–Off Round France Lyon 1–1 1–3 2–4
UEFA Europa League Group Stage
(Group A)
England Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 0–1
Greece PAOK 2–2 1–1
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 4–1 3–0
Round of 32 Greece Olympiacos 0–1 0–1 0–2
2012–13 UEFA Europa League Group Stage Italy Internazionale 3–0 2–2
Serbia Partizan 2–0 1–1
Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku 1–0 1–0
Round of 32 Spain Atlético Madrid 0–1 2–0 2–1
Round of 16 Spain Levante 2–0 (aet) 0–0 2–0
Quarter-Finals England Chelsea 3–2 1–3 4–5
  • Q= Qualifying rounds
  • PO= Play-off round

Notable former and current players [edit]

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Rubin.

USSR/Russia
Former USSR countries
Europe
South and Central America
Africa
Asia
See also Category:FC Rubin Kazan players.

Fans [edit]

Fans Rubin winter in Moscow
Supporter from Turkmenistan

Rubin - one of the most popular football clubs in the country. Official group of fans called "Rubin Ultras". "Rubin Ultras" - a few thousand fans behind the goal that all match continuously support the team.

Rubin is popular in the former Soviet Union and Central Asia. The club there are official fan clubs in Russian cities.

Notable supporters [edit]

Rivalries [edit]

Historically, Rubin has 3 strong rivalries accompanied with fans conflicts:

Rivalry is called "Volga Derby".

Rivalry is called "Tatarstan Derby".

  • against Amkar club from neighbouring city of Perm.

Stadium [edit]

New Rubin Kazan stadium. January 2013

The main home ground of the Rubin is Central stadium, capacity 30,133. The stadium is situated in Kazan. The home ground of the youth squad is Rubin Stadium (capacity 10,000), which is situated on the north of the city. Also, new arena with capacity 45,000 is under construction and has to be ready in 2012.

Average attendance [edit]

Year Reg. Season
2011 16,380[21]
2010 13,077[22]
2009 14,719[23]
2008 18,053[24]
2007 11,633[25]
2006 13,380[26]
2005 11,800

References [edit]

External links [edit]