FC Kuban Krasnodar

FC Kuban () is a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. In 2011 will play in the Russian Premier League after having won the Russian First Division in 2010.

FC Kuban is one of the oldest football clubs in Russia, leading its history since the founding team Dynamo in Krasnodar NKVD, then repeatedly changing institutional affiliation because of political expediency in the USSR.

All members of the club and the fans are called kubantsy (on the name of the club and historical and geographic area Kuban), or yellow-green (according to the official club colours).

Also among a large part of the fans club popular name Cossacks. In addition, there are several informal names associated with the club colours: The Canaries (by analogy with the similar colors of French FC Nantes and English Norwich City F.C.) and The Toads (used mainly foes Club as well as part of kuban ultras).

Chronology of club names

• Dynamo (1928–53)
• Neftyanik (1954–57)
• Kuban (1958–60)
• Spartak (1960–62)
• Kuban (1963-)

History

Origins

At the Kuban football appeared in the early 20th century, when they were seized members of various sports clubs in Ekaterinodar. At first matches were held exclusively within the clubs, competition on an equal footing with other sports, but gradually new game motivate more people, therefore, have been held and occasional friendly meeting between the clubs in different cities. The first intercity match was played in Ekaterinodar on 6 August (on other data on 9...
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