FC Kuban Krasnodar
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| Full name | Футбольный клуб Кубань Краснодар (Football Club Kuban Krasnodar) |
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| Nickname(s) |
Kazaki (The Cossacks) Zhelto-zeleniye (The Yellow-Greens) Zhabi (The Toads) |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Ground | Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar |
| Capacity | 35,200 |
| Owner |
Krasnodar Krai (50.001%)/ Industrialny Soyuz Kubani (49.999%) |
| Chairman | Aleksander Tkachyov |
| Manager | Nikolai Yuzhanin |
| League | Russian Football National League |
| 2015–16 | RPL, 14th (relegated) |
FC Kuban (Russian: Футбольный клуб "Кубань" Краснодар) is a Russian football club based in Krasnodar playing in the Russian Football National League. The team began playing in the Russian Premier League in 2011, after it was promoted for winning the Russian First Division. FC Kuban is one of the oldest football clubs in Russia. Founded as Dynamo of the Krasnodar NKVD, FC Kuban has changed its affiliations because of changing politics in the USSR.
Club members and fans are called "Kubantsies" (because of its location) or "yellow-greens" (the club colours). The team is also known as the "Cossacks" by fan. Other nicknames associated with the club colors are "The Canaries" (analogous to the similar colours of the French FC Nantes, the English Norwich City F.C.) and "The Toads" (primarily by opponents and the Kuban Ultras).
Football first appeared in Kuban during the early 20th century, when a number of sports clubs were created in Ekaterinodar. The first matches were intra-club, and football competed with other sports; however, interest gradually grew and friendly matches were played between clubs in different cities. The first intercity football match was played in Ekaterinodar on 6 August (or 9 August) 1912 when the Achilles club (or an Ekaterinodar city team with Achilles players) defeated Novorossiysk Olympia 5–0. Since 1913, when the first city championship was played, matches between city teams (Achilles, Sport and Victoria) have become common.
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