FC Krasnodar
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| Full name | Футбольный клуб Краснодар (Football Club Krasnodar) |
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| Nickname(s) | Byki (The Bulls), The Black-Greens |
| Founded | 22 February 2008 |
| Ground | Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar |
| Capacity | 34,291 |
| Owner | Sergey Galitsky |
| Chairman | Sergey Galitsky |
| Manager | Igor Shalimov |
| League | Russian Premier League |
| 2015–16 | 4th |
| Website | Club home page |
FC Krasnodar is a Russian association football club from Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Russian football league system, despite finishing Zone South of Second Division in third. And at the end of the 2010 season, they were promoted to the Russian Premier League for the 2011 season, despite finishing fifth in the first division.
In May 2013, FC Krasnodar began the construction on a 36,260-seat stadium which was opened on 9 October 2016. Until the stadium was completed, FC Krasnodar continued playing their home matches in the Kuban Stadium.
The club owner and founder is Sergey Galitsky, a Russian businessman who has been rewarded by the Russian Football Union for his dedication to development of football in Russia.
In February 2008, FC Krasnodar had been granted professional status which allowed them enter Second Division (the third tier of Russian professional football). Its first official match was a 0–0 draw against FC Nika Krasny Sulin. The team was at that time managed by Vladimir Volchek.
FC Krasnodar finished third in the 2008 Second Division season. Although the third place does not grant promotion to the upper tier of Russian football league, FC Krasnodar had been invited by PFL to take part in the 2009 First Division tournament. This happened because SKA Rostov and Sportakademklub refused to take part in the tournament despite finishing high enough to avoid relegation.
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