FC Ufa
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| Full name | Football Club Ufa |
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| Nickname(s) | Gorozhane (Townspeople) |
| Founded | 23 December 2010 |
| Ground | Neftyanik Stadium, Ufa |
| Capacity | 15,234 |
| Owner | Bashkortostan/Rostelecom |
| Chairman | Marat Magadeyev |
| Manager | Sergei Semak |
| League | Russian Premier League |
| 2015–16 | 12th |
| Website | Club home page |
FC Ufa (Russian: ФК «Уфа», Bashkir: Өфө, Öfö) is a Russian football club based in Ufa that currently plays in the Russian Premier League.
During the summer of 2010, Rustem Khamitov, the second President of the Republic of Bashkortostan, began considering the establishment of a football club with the intention to represent the city of Ufa and also the Republic in the Russian Premier League.
On 23 December 2010, FC Ufa was formed on the base of FC Bashinformsvyaz-Dynamo Ufa, which then plied their trade in the Russian Professional Football League, the third tier of the Russian football league system. The head coaching position of the team was first assigned to two-time English Premier League winner Andrei Kanchelskis, who was tasked with leading the club to the Russian first division.
The first official match of the club was against FC Syzran-2003 in the second round of the Russian Cup, which after a stalemate Ufa lost on penalties.
Ufa made their debut in the Russian league system on 24 April 2011 with a home match against FC Tyumen. Ufa ran out winners, 3–1, with Konstantin Ionov scoring a hat-trick for the hosts.
Ufa continued to build on their initial success to the extent that, coming to the end of the season, they were deadlocked with Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk at the top of the table with 86 points. However, Ufa's loss away to Nefthekhimik following the stalemate at Dynamo Stadium meant that the latter had a better head-to-head record; Ufa had to postpone promotion to the Russian first division for another year.
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