BSC Kristall
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| Full name | BSC Kristall | ||
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| Ground | Nova Arena | ||
| Capacity | 2,000[1] | ||
| Chairman |  Oleg Barinov | ||
| Manager | Vadim Novgorodtsev | ||
| Coach |  Angelo Schirinzi Alexander Elizarov Vladimir Gavrilov Alexey Ivanov Gennady Tumilovich | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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| Medal record | ||
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| Beach soccer | ||
| Representing Russia
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| Euro Winners Cup | ||
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2014 Catania | |
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2015 Catania | |
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2020 Nazaré | |
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2018 Nazaré | |
| Nazaré Cup | ||
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2018 Nazaré | |
| Russian Championships | ||
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2013 Moscow | |
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2015 Sochi | |
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2016 St. Petersburg | |
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2018 Moscow | |
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2019 Samara | |
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2012 St. Petersburg | |
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2014 Volgograd | |
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2017 Saratov | |
| Russian Cup | ||
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2015 Sochi | |
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2017 Samara | |
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2018 Sochi | |
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2019 Sochi | |
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2020 Moscow | |
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2012 Moscow | |
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2016 Sochi | |
| Russian Super Cup | ||
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2018 Moscow | |
| Inter Cup | ||
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2017 St. Petersburg | |
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2018 St. Petersburg | |
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2019 St. Petersburg | |
| Open Indoor Beach Soccer League | ||
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2015 St. Petersburg | |
| St. Petersburg Championships | ||
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2018 St. Petersburg | |
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2019 St. Petersburg | |
| St. Petersburg Indoor Championships | ||
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2017 St. Petersburg | |
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2018 St. Petersburg | |
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2016 St. Petersburg | |
BSC Kristall (Russian: ПФК «Кристалл»), or simply Kristall, is a professional beach soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Russia. Kristall is the most successful Russian club at the Euro Winners Cup, having won thrice in 2014, 2015 and 2020. Kristall are a fivefold Russian Nationals and Russian Beach Soccer Cup champions. Additionally, the team won the 2nd Russian Super Cup in 2018, defeating arch-rival BSC Lokomotiv.
The club's Brazilian forward, Mauricinho, has described Kristall as the "Real Madrid of beach soccer".[2]
History
Kristall was founded in 2006 on the basis of the Research and Production Center "Polyus" for the participation at the Saint Petersburg Championship and Cup. Since 2011, Kristall is playing in the national elite division. In the same year, Kristall won the OBSL Grand-Prix Winter, and a year later they joined the holding company NOVA Group, leading to its popularization within Russia.[3] Kristall became runner-up at the Russian Championships and third-place finisher at the Russian Cup. The next year the Petersburg club improved by winning the OBSL Grand-Prix Spring and the Russian Championships, although they failed to defend the OBSL Grand-Prix Winter Cup.[4]
Squads
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coach: Angelo Schirinzi
Honours
International competitions
- Winners (1): 2018
- Open Indoor Beach Soccer League
- Winners (1): 2015
- Inter Cup
- Winners (2): 2017, 2018
National competitions
- Winners (5): 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
- Russian Cup
- Winners (3): 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Russian Super Cup
- Winners (1): 2018
Notable former players
André- Betinho
- Bruno Xavier da Silva
- Elinton Andrade
- Jorginho
- Nelito Oliveira da Silva
Anatoly Peremitin- Pavel Bazhenov
Llorenç
References
- ^ АРЕНА ПЛЯЖНЫХ ВИДОВ СПОРТА. bsc-kristall.ru
- ^ Beach Soccer: Melhor jogador do mundo, Mauricinho é a arma do Vasco para conseguir o bi da Libertadores (in Portuguese). NetVasco. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "About". Archived from the original on 2018-05-27. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
- ^ Петербург готов всегда помогать пляжному футболу
External links
- (in Russian) Official website
- (in Russian) Profile at bsrussia.ru
- (in Russian) Official vkontakte page
- Official Facebook page