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1. Россия – Russia, also officially the Russian Federation, is a country in Eurasia. The European western part of the country is more populated and urbanised than the eastern. Russias capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world, other urban centers include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a range of environments. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk, the East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, in 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Rus ultimately disintegrated into a number of states, most of the Rus lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion. The Soviet Union played a role in the Allied victory in World War II. The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the worlds first human-made satellite and the launching of the first humans in space. By the end of 1990, the Soviet Union had the second largest economy, largest standing military in the world. It is governed as a federal semi-presidential republic, the Russian economy ranks as the twelfth largest by nominal GDP and sixth largest by purchasing power parity in 2015. Russias extensive mineral and energy resources are the largest such reserves in the world, making it one of the producers of oil. The country is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction, Russia is a great power as well as a regional power and has been characterised as a potential superpower. The name Russia is derived from Rus, a state populated mostly by the East Slavs. However, this name became more prominent in the later history, and the country typically was called by its inhabitants Русская Земля. In order to distinguish this state from other states derived from it, it is denoted as Kievan Rus by modern historiography, an old Latin version of the name Rus was Ruthenia, mostly applied to the western and southern regions of Rus that were adjacent to Catholic Europe. The current name of the country, Россия, comes from the Byzantine Greek designation of the Kievan Rus, the standard way to refer to citizens of Russia is Russians in English and rossiyane in Russian. There are two Russian words which are translated into English as Russians
2. Крылья Советов (футбольный клуб, Самара) – Krylia Sovetov is a football club from Russia based in Samara. In 2004 they finished third in the Russian Premier League, the name Krylia Sovetov means Wings of the Soviets. 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 30 July 1944, in the last 16 round, Krylia Sovetov lost to Lokomotiv Moscow 1–5. Their first game in the Championship of the USSR took place on 4 June 1945 at Kuybyshev stadium Lokomotiv against Torpedo from Gorky, the game ended in a draw 1–1. On 21 April 1946 in Alma-Ata the team played its first match in the highest division in the USSR, Krylia Sovetov participated in 48 championships of the USSR and 13 Russian Championships, as well as 43 USSR Cups and 13 Russian Cups. During the second round of the season of 1953 the team bore the name of Zenit, on 6 July 2002 Krylia Sovetov first played in a European competition, in the second round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. They won this game with Dinaburg played in Metallurg Stadium, by a score of 3–0, the goals were scored by Andrei Karyaka, Robertas Poškus and Rogério Gaúcho. In 2005 the team played in UEFA Cup 2005–06 and defeated BATE Borisov in the 2nd qualifying round, in 2009 they were eliminated in the Europa League 3rd qualifying round by St Patricks Athletic. The club was reported to be close to due to shortage of financing. It later asked to postpone the licensing again to 19 February, on 17 February it was decided to postpone the licensing until 19 February after all. Krylia Sovetov finally received their license on 19 February after agreeing on new contracts with companies to sponsor them. As the first matchday arrived, Krylia Sovetov were still banned from registering new players because of outstanding on old contracts. They could only register 11 players over 21 years old and several players from the youth team that were registered for them in 2009. The transfer deadline had to be extended from 11 March to 8 April to accommodate Krylia Sovetov in hope they will pay their outstanding debts shortly, petersburg with a heavily diluted roster, so even the loss with the score 0–1 was saluted by the Krylias fans. The transfer ban was confirmed again on 16 March, and was to remain in place until Krylia paid back their debts to their former players Jan Koller, Krylia lost the second game with the diluted roster 0–3 to Lokomotiv Moscow. The ban was lifted on 26 March. Soviet Cup / Russian Cup, Runners-up,1953,1964,2004 Soviet First League / Russian National Football League,61945,1956,1961,1975,1978, clubs official website lists the main squad players and reserves on the same page without distinguishment
3. Жемчужина-Сочи – FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi is a Russian association football club based in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai founded in 1991 and dissolved in 2013. Zhemchuzhina Sochi was founded in 1991 and named after a hotel which was one of the founders, Zhemchuzhina is Russian for a pearl. Zhemchuzhina spent one season in the Soviet Second League B, but were entitled to enter Russian First Division in 1992, Zhemchuzhina won the tournament in their zone and were promoted to the Russian Top Division. They spent 7 seasons there, from 1993 to 1999, after another season in the First Division in 2000 Zhemchuzhina went straight down to the Second Division. The club was disbanded after the 2003 season due to financial problems, in 2004 a new club, Sochi-04, was formed in place of Zhemchuzhina. The former head of Zhemchuzhina, Oleg Shinkaryov, became a chairman of Sochi-04, in 2007, club was re-established under name Zhemchuzhina-A. Arsen Naydyonov became manager and vice-president of club. Zhemchuzhina-A played in Amateur Football League South zone, the 4th highest-level in 2007 and it finished 2nd this league and promoted to South Zone of Russian Second Division for 2008 season. In 2008 it was renamed to FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi and it promoted to the Russian First Division the 2010 season as champions of South Zone after 9 seasons of absence. In August 2011 the team withdrew from Russian First Division, zhemchuzhinas reserve squad played professionally as FC Zhemchuzhina-d Sochi and FC Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi. In 1992-1993 the reserves team was based in Adler and played under the name of FC Torpedo Adler, another farm club called FC Dynamo-Zhemchuzhina-2 Sochi played professionally in Russian Third League in 1996 and Russian Second League in 1997. Had international caps for their respective countries, players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Zhemchuzhina. Official website Zhemchuzhina memorial website Official fan site
4. Витязь (футбольный клуб, Подольск) – FC Vityaz Podolsk is a Russian football club based in Podolsk that played in the Russian First Division in 2009. The club was founded in 1996 as a non-professional team, the current team was formed in 2000 and in 2001 it turned professional. The uniforms are all black for home and away games, the club was promoted from the Center Zone of the Russian Second Division as champions in the 2007 season. On 23 December 2009 they gave up their spot in the Russian First Division due to financial difficulties and they played in the Russian Second Division in 2010. In December 2010 Vityaz merged with FC Avangard Podolsk, the club is named Vityaz. As of 24 February 2017, according to the official PFL website, note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality
5. КАМАЗ (футбольный клуб) – KAMAZ is a Russian football club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan. The club is currently in the second-tier Russian First Division, the club was founded on 11 November 1981 at the KAMAZ plant under the name Trud-PRZ. The team played in tournaments until 1988, when they entered Soviet Second League. KAMAZ stayed in this league until 1992, when following the collapse of the Soviet Union they were entitled to play in the Russian First League and they won the Centre Zone tournament and were promoted into the Top League. The best result achieved by KAMAZ in the Top League was a 6th position in 1994 and it allowed the club to participate in the Intertoto Cup, where KAMAZ reached the semifinals, defeating München 1860 in the group stage. KAMAZ stayed in the top flight from 1993 to 1997, when the troubles of their owner, KAMAZ plant, forced them into the First Division. The team played in the Ural Zone of the Second Division from 1999 to 2003, KAMAZ became one of the leaders of the First Division recently, finishing 4th in 2004,2006,2007, and 2010 and 3rd in 2005 and 2008. The club has known as Trud-PRZ, Torpedo, and KAMAZ-Chally. UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 Semi-finals FC KAMAZ 2–0, 0–4 En Avant Guingamp As of 22 February 2017, note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality, kAMAZs reserve squad played professionally as FC KAMAZ-d Naberezhnye Chelny and as FC KAMAZ-Chally-d Naberezhnye Chelny. Had international caps for their respective countries, players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for KAMAZ
6. СКА (футбольный клуб, Ростов-на-Дону) – FC SKA Rostov-on-Don is a Russian association football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The clubs rich history includes becoming runners-up of the Soviet Top League in 1966, the club was founded on 27 August 1937 and was known as RODKA, ODO and SKVO. The team was given its most familiar name back in March 2015, SKVO entered the Class B of the Soviet league in 1958. Prior to that, the only played in regional tournaments. SKVO became the champions of Class B in 1958 and were promoted to Class A and they stayed at the top level of Soviet football until 1973, winning silver medals in 1966 and finishing fourth in 1959,1960,1963, and 1964. In the 1970s and 1980s SKA moved between Top and First leagues several times, after relegation 1973, they played in the First League in 1974, 1976–1978, 1982–1983, and 1986–1989, and in the Top League in 1975, 1979–1981, and 1984–1985. SKA spent two last years of the Soviet football in the Second League, SKA were also successful in the Soviet Cup. They won the trophy in 1981 and were the finalists in 1969 and 1971. In 2002 SKA finished 17th in the First Division, going back down. It finished 2nd South Zone of Second Division but returned First Division after relegations of Dynamo Makhachkala, FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan and it finished 17th in 2007 and 13th in 2008. Despite finishing outside of relegation zone in 2008, the club could not afford to play in the First Division for 2009, after playing on that level from 2009 to 2013–14 seasons, the club failed professional licensing and began the 2014–15 season in the Russian Amateur Football League. It returned back to the third-tier Russian Professional Football League for the 2015–16 season, note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality, official website SKA Rostov-on-Don at KLISF
7. Динамо (футбольный клуб, Ставрополь, 1924) – FC Dynamo Stavropol is an association football club from Stavropol, south Russia, best known for winning the 1949 RSFSR championship in one of the 9 zones. In recent years it played mostly in Russian Professional Football League, due to severe financial difficulties, Dynamo missed the opportunity to be promoted to the First Division in 2005. After that, it was liquidated two times and resurrected again as an amateur team, eventually redeeming the professional status. As of the season 2013-14, the played in the amateur championship of Stavropol krai under the name Dynamo UOR. A separate club was renamed to FC Dynamo GTS Stavropol for the 2014-15 season in the Russian Professional Football League, before the 2015–16 season, FC Dynamo GTS was renamed to FC Dynamo Stavropol. The clubs most significant victory was achieved in 1949, when it earned the title of Champion of Russia, from 1957 to 2004, Dynamo played in various leagues of the Soviet Union and Russia. In 1957, it was called FC Trudovye Rezervy Stavropol and from 1958 to 1961 it was called FC Spartak Stavropol, in 1980–1981 and 1985–1991, Dynamo played in the USSR First League. The best result was a 4th position in 1989, in 1992, Dynamo were entitled to play in the Russian Top League and finished 15th. Dynamos 12th position in 1993 is their best ever result in professional football, in 1994, Dynamo finished 15th and were relegated from the Top Division. From 1995 to 1999, Dynamo played in the Russian First Division, the best position achieved was 5th in 1996. From 2000 to 2004, Dynamo played in the South Zone of Russian Second Division and won the tournament in 2004, Dynamo also won the Professional Football League Cup, a competition between zonal tournament winners, and became the champions of the Second Division. In January 2005, the club was denied professional license due to financial difficulties, since 2006, club has been playing in Russian Second Division again. It finished 2nd in 2007 season and it experienced financial difficulties in 2009 and did not play in the Second Division. Dynamos license was taken over by FC Stavropolye-2009,6 players from the 2008 Dynamo roster transferred to FC Stavropol for the 2009 season and 5 transferred to FC Stavropolye-2009. The club was resurrected in 2010, taking over another Stavropol team, FC Stavropolye-2009, a separate club was renamed to FC Dynamo GTS Stavropol for the 2014-15 season in the Russian Professional Football League. Before the 2015–16 season, FC Dynamo GTS was renamed to FC Dynamo Stavropol, as of 24 February 2017, according to the PFL website. Note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Dynamos reserve squad played professionally as FC Dynamo-d Stavropol from 1994 to 1997 in the Russian Third League, had international caps for their respective countries
8. Динамо (футбольный клуб, Махачкала) – FC Dynamo Makhachkala was a Russian football club based in Makhachkala. In the 2006 season Dynamo finished 16th in the Russian First Division, however, the club was denied the professional licence and thus relegated to amateur level. Colours are all white or white shirt with blue stripe. The club was founded in 1946 and debuted in the North Caucasus zone of the Soviet Group 3, following this, Dynamo would not play in the Soviet League until 1958, when they entered Class B. In 1958–1960 the team was known as Temp, in 1967, Dynamo became the winners of Class B and were promoted to Class A, Group 2. After the reorganization of the league in 1971, Dynamo Makhachkala played in the Second League and they stayed at that level until 1990, when they were moved to Second League B. The best Dynamos achievement in the league was the top finish in their zone, Dynamo Makhachkala entered the Russian Second League in 1993, and after 1994 season they moved to the Third League. In 1996–1997 the team was known as Dynamo-Imamat, in 1998, following the reform of the league, Dynamo entered the Second Division and stayed there until winning in the South zone in 2003. Dynamo played in the First Division from 2004 to 2006, darko Spalević Mark Švets Shamil Burziyev † Trayan Dyankov Dynamo Official website Another Dynamo website Club history at KLISF
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