FC Rubin Kazan

Rubin Kazan

Full name	Municipal Institution Football Club Rubin Kazan
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)
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.

History

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)

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

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

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 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. This was followed by a 0–0 draw at home two weeks, also against Barcelona. 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.

Cups successes (2009-2012)

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

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.

Players

Current squad

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 GK Sergei Ryzhikov 2 DF Oleg Kuzmin 3 DF Cristian Ansaldi 4 DF César Navas 6 MF Pablo Orbaiz 8 MF Aleksandr Ryazantsev 10 MF Alan Kasaev 15 MF Syarhey Kislyak 19 DF Vitali Kaleshin 20 MF Alexei Eremenko 21 MF Bruno Soriano 22 FW Vladimir Dyadyun 23 MF Roman Eremenko 24 GK Giedrius Arlauskis

No. Position Player 25 DF Ivan Marcano 35 DF Ivan Temnikov 40 MF Vagiz Galiulin 55 MF Gökhan Töre 61 MF Gökdeniz Karadeniz 62 DF Solomon Kverkvelia 66 MF Bibras Natkho 76 DF Roman Sharonov (captain) 87 DF Ruslan Abishov 88 GK Alireza Haghighi 89 DF Aleksandr Orekhov 90 MF Yann M'Vila 99 FW Salomón Rondón

Out on loan

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 DF Viktor Kuzmichyov (at Krylia Sovetov until end of 2012-2013 season) DF Maksim Zhestokov (at FC Volgar Astrakhan until end of 2012-2013 season) DF Iskandar Dzhalilov (at CS Turnu Severin until end of 2012-2013 season) MF Carlos Eduardo (at Flamengo until 30 June 2014)

No. Position Player MF Luai Ururu (at FC Volgar Astrakhan until end of 2012-2013 season) FW Sergei Davydov (at Dynamo Moscow until 5 June 2013) FW Igor Portnyagin (at Krylia Sovetov until end of 2012-2013 season)

FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk

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 GK Yuri Nesterenco DF Aleksandr Kulikov DF Vitaly Ustinov DF Mihail Plătică DF Anton Piskunov MF Ruslan Galiakberov MF Parvizdzhon Umarbaev MF Nikita Bocharov

No. Position Player MF Alisher Dzhalilov MF Ruslan Makhmutov MF Ilsur Samigullin FW Davron Mirzaev FW Walter Chala FW Georgi Nurov FW Vahyt Orazsakhedov FW Merabi Uridia

until end of 2012-2013 season

Reserves

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 MF Igor Rogachevsky 31 GK Aleksei Berezin 32 MF Anatoli Savelyev 33 MF Anton Kazanskiy 36 DF Yuri Savosin 37 DF Elmir Nabiullin 38 FW German Sergeev 39 DF Yuri Litke 42 DF Dmitri Boyko 44 DF Aydar Khabibullin 46 FW Nozim Babadzhanov 47 DF Mihail Babichev 49 FW Dzhambulat Kalaev 51 MF Aslanbek Sikoev

No. Position Player 53 MF Arshen Tsagolov 54 FW Vladislav Shpitalny 56 FW Gevorg Arutyunyan 57 MF Nikita Lobanov 67 GK Yaroslav Maloletkov 68 GK Dmitri Volkotrub 69 FW Sardar Azmoun 70 DF Yevgeni Kozlov 71 DF Aleksei Pashchenko 72 MF Nica Kacharava 73 DF Nicolaus Zlobin 75 MF Boris Shavlohov 95 MF Dmitri Prokopenko 98 MF Roman Stepin

Staff of reserve games,.

Out on loan (reserves) FC Rubin-2 Kazan

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 DF Viktor Garayev MF Nikita Khromykh

No. Position Player FW Andrei Vshivtsev FW Konstantin Vasilyev

until end of 2012-2013 season

Honours

League

Russian Premier League

• 1 ! (2) – 2008, 2009;
• 3 ! (2) – 2003, 2010;

Russian First League

• 1 ! (1) – 2002;

Cup

Russian Cup

• (1) – 2012;
• (1) – 2009;

Russian Super Cup

• (2) – 2010, 2012;
• (1) – 2009;

Inter-State

CIS Cup

• (1) – 2010;

Other

La Manga Cup

• (2) – 2005, 2006;

Marbella Cup

• (1) – 2012

League and Cup history

Soviet Union

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	—		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	—		Vorobyov – 13	Sentyabryov
1969	2nd (Group 2)	2	34	17	12	5	40	21	46	R16	—		Vorobyov – 9	Sentyabryov
1970	2nd	8	42	18	10	14	36	42	46	R128	—		Kolotov – 9	Sentyabryov
1971		22	42	9	13	20	31	57	31	R32	—		Penzin – 8	Sentyabryov
1972	3rd, Group 5	7	32	11	14	7	24	22	36		—		A. Yashin – 8	Kalugin
1973		2	32	21	5	6	58	26	47		—		V. Kadyrov – 15	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	—		A. Yashin – 6 Baiguzov – 6	Batanov
1976		17	38	6	18	14	39	55	30	R64	—		Usov – 11	Markov
1977		20	38	6	10	22	40	76	22	R64	—		Dzagnidze – 9	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		—		V. Popov – 7	Semyonov
1989		12	42	18	4	20	42	41	40	R128	—		Gavrilov – 15	Navrozov
1990	4th, Group 7	3	32	18	10	4	48	15	46		—		O. Mironov – 13	Zolotukhin
1991		1	42	30	8	4	79	20	68		—		Gavrilov – 16 Surov – 16	Zolotukhin

Russia

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

European cups history

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.

Seasons

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2004–05	UEFA Cup	2nd Qual. Round		Rapid Wien	0–3	2–0	2–3
2006–07	UEFA Cup	2nd Qual. Round		BATE Borisov	3–0	2–0	5–0
		1st Round		Parma	0–1	0–1	0–2
2007	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2nd Round		ZTE	3–0	2–0	5–0
		3rd Round		Rapid Wien	0–0	1–3	1–3
2009–10	UEFA Champions League	Group Stage		Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	1–3
				Internazionale	1–1	0–2
				Barcelona	0–0	2–1
	UEFA Europa League	Round of 32		Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–0	0–0	3–0
		Round of 16		Wolfsburg	1–1	1–2 (aet)	2–3
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	Group Stage		Copenhagen	1–0	0–1
				Barcelona	1–1	0–2
				Panathinaikos	0–0	0–0
	UEFA Europa League	Round of 32		Twente	0–2	2–2	2–4
2011–12	UEFA Champions League	3rd Qual. Round		Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	2–0	4–1
		Play–Off Round		Lyon	1–1	1–3	2–4
	UEFA Europa League	Group Stage (Group A)		Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	0–1
				PAOK	2–2	1–1
				Shamrock Rovers	4–1	3–0
		Round of 32		Olympiacos	0–1	0–1	0–2
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	Group Stage		Internazionale	3–0	2–2
				Partizan	2–0	1–1
				Neftchi Baku	1–0	1–0
		Round of 32		Atlético Madrid	0–1	2–0	2–1
		Round of 16		Levante	2–0 (aet)	0–0	2–0
		Quarter-Finals		Chelsea	3–2	1–3	4–5

• Q= Qualifying rounds
• PO= Play-off round

Notable former and current players

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

USSR/Russia Viktor Kolotov Andrei Chernyshov Roman Adamov Denis Boyarintsev Aleksandr Bukharov Pyotr Bystrov Valeri Chizhov Aleksei Rebko Aleksandr Ryazantsev Sergey Ryzhikov Sergei Semak Dmitri Sennikov Igor Simutenkov Roman Sharonov Roman Shirokov Dmitri Vasilyev Former USSR countries Sargis Hovhannisyan Vardan Khachatryan Eduard Partsikyan Ruslan Abishov Sergey Kislyak Sergey Kornilenko Andrei Kovalenko Mikalay Ryndzyuk Mikheil Ashvetia David Chaladze Georgi Kinkladze Dato Kvirkvelia Nukri Revishvili

Lasha Salukvadze Levan Silagadze Aleksei Popov Vitālijs Astafjevs Edgars Burlakovs Aleksandrs Koļinko Mihails Ziziļevs Giedrius Arlauskis Orestas Buitkus Mindaugas Kalonas Saulius Mikalajūnas Alexandru Antoniuc Alexandru Gaţcan Ilie Cebanu Nazar Baýramow Wladimir Baýramow Pavel Kharchik Oleksandr Hranovsky Serhiy Rebrov Oleksandr Svystunov Marat Bikmaev Fevzi Davletov Andrei Fyodorov Vagiz Galiullin Bahodir Nasimov Europe Cédric Roussel Stjepan Tomas Jiří Novotný Adam Petrouš Alexei Eremenko Roman Eremenko

Yann M'Vila Bibras Natkho Salvatore Bocchetti Rafał Murawski Savo Milošević Veljko Paunović Pablo Orbaiz Hasan Kabze Gökdeniz Karadeniz Fatih Tekke Gökhan Töre South and Central America Cristian Ansaldi Carlos Eduardo Roni Christian Noboa Damani Ralph Nelson Valdez Andrés Scotti Salomón Rondón Africa Ebrima Ebou Sillah Abdelkarim Kissi Obafemi Martins MacBeth Sibaya Selim Ben Achour Asia Kim Dong-Hyun Alireza Haghighi Anas Makhlouf

See also Category:FC Rubin Kazan players.

Fans

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

• Rustam Minnikhanov - is a Tatar politician and the second and current President of Tatarstan, a federal subject of Russia.
• Mintimer Shaimiev - was the first President of Tatarstan, a republic within Russia.
• Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow - has served as the President of Turkmenistan since 21 December 2006.
• Kamil Iskhakov - is currently Russian regional development minister's assistant.
• Yanina Batyrchina - is a former Individual Rhythmic Gymnast.
• Zinetula Bilyaletdinov - is a former Russian ice hockey player and coach of the Russian national ice hockey team.
• Vladimir Chagin - is a Russian rally raid driver.
• MakSim - is a successful Russian-speaking singer.
• Irina Shadrina - TV presenter in Rossiya 2.
• Dina Garipova - russian singer. A participant of Eurovision 2013

Rivalries

See also: Rubin Kazan and Krylia Sovetov Samara derby

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

• against Krylia Sovetov club from neighbouring city of Samara.

Rivalry is called "Volga Derby".

• against KAMAZ club, based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan.

Rivalry is called "Tatarstan Derby".

• against Amkar club from neighbouring city of Perm.

Stadium

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

Year	Reg. Season
2011	16,380
2010	13,077
2009	14,719
2008	18,053
2007	11,633
2006	13,380
2005	11,800

External links

• Official Website (Russian)
• Official Website (English)
• Rubin TV(Russian)