Salavat Yulaev Ufa
| Salavat Yulaev Ufa Салават Юлаев Уфа |
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| City | Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia |
| League |
KHL
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| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | Chernyshev |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Home arena |
Ufa Arena (capacity: 8,250) |
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| General manager | Leonid Weissfeld |
| Head coach | Igor Zakharkin |
| Captain | Igor Grigorenko |
| Affiliate(s) |
Toros Neftekamsk (VHL) Tolpar Ufa (MHL) |
| Website | www.hcsalavat.ru |
KHL
2008-present
Hockey Club Salavat Yulaev (Russian: Хоккейный клуб «Салават Юлаев», Bashkir: «Салауат Юлаев» хоккей клубы), commonly referred as Salavat Yulaev Ufa, is a professional ice hockey team based in Ufa in the Republic of Bashkortostan, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. They are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.
The club is named after Salavat Yulaev, a national hero of Bashkortostan. After years of competing in the low-level divisions the team was invited to the second level of the Soviet League "Class A" in 1964, subsequently getting promotion to the elite group for the 1978-1979, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1985-1986 and 1986-1987 seasons. But it wasn't until the rise of pro hockey in post-Soviet Russia that Salavat became a recognizable major club.
Salavat Yulaev was one of the founding clubs of the International Hockey League and later the Russian Superleague normally advancing to playoff stages since the first seasons. The club reached its first Russian championship semifinals in 1996-97 and eventually won its first Champion title in 2007-08 beating Lokomotiv Yaroslavl by three matches to two.
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