Krylia Sovetov was founded in Kuybyshev (now Samara) in 1942. On 21 April 1946 the team played its first match in the highest division in the USSR in Alma-Ata, in which they lost 1–2 to Zenit Leningrad. Krylia Sovetov participated in 48 seasons of the Soviet Top League and 13 in the Russian Premier League, as well as 43 USSR Cups and 13 Russian Cups.

On 6 July 2002 Krylia Sovetov first played in a European competition, in the second round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. They won this game with Dinaburg (Daugavpils, Latvia) played in Metallurg Stadium, by a score of 3–0. The goals were scored by Andrei Karyaka, Robertas Poškus and Rogério Gaúcho. In 2005, the team played in 2005–06 UEFA Cup and defeated BATE Borisov in the 2nd qualifying round (2–0, 2–0), but in the 1st round lost to AZ Alkmaar (5–3, 1–3). In 2009, they were eliminated in the Europa League 3rd qualifying round by St Patrick's Athletic.

2010 licensing controversy edit

Krylia Sovetov Samara, who were scheduled to pass licensing on 4 February 2010, asked Russian Football Union to postpone their licensing until 15 February of the same year due to financial problems and debts to players.^[1] The club was reported to be close to liquidation due to shortage of financing.^[2]

It later asked to postpone the licensing again to 19 February, but the RFU only postponed it until 17 February.^[3] On 17 February it was decided to postpone the licensing until 19 February after all.^[4] Krylia Sovetov finally received their license on 19 February after agreeing on new contracts with several companies to sponsor them, some of which might become partial owners of the club.^[5][6]

As the first matchday arrived, Krylia Sovetov were still banned from registering new players because of debts outstanding on old contracts.^[7] They could only register 11 players over 21 years old and several more players from the youth team that were registered for them in 2009. The transfer deadline had to be extended from 11 March to 8 April to accommodate Krylia Sovetov in hope they will pay their outstanding debts shortly.^[8] With injuries on top of that and only 16 players available for both their main squad and the reserve team,^[9] their reserve team had to finish their first game with 9 players on the field as they only had a goalkeeper on the bench after two players were injured,^[10] and the main squad had to play against Zenit St. Petersburg with a heavily diluted roster, so even the loss with the score 0–1 was saluted by the Krylia's fans.^[11] The transfer ban was confirmed again on 16 March, and was to remain in place until Krylia paid back their debts to their former players Jan Koller and Jiří Jarošík.^[12] Krylia lost the second game with the diluted roster 0–3 to Lokomotiv Moscow. The ban was finally lifted on 26 March.^[13]

League and cup history edit

USSR edit

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Top scorer	Head coach
1944	-									R32	—
1945	2nd	1	17	12	3	2	37	20	27	R32	—		Rumyantsev – 13	Novikov
1946	1st	10	22	3	8	11	16	52	14	R16	—		Ratnikov – 5	Novikov
1947		7	24	8	6	10	32	45	22	R16	—		Sinyakov – 9	Abramov
1948		11	26	5	9	12	22	40	19	R32	—		Sinyakov – 5   Karpov – 5   Zaytsev – 5	Abramov
1949		10	34	10	12	12	40	61	32	R16	—		Gulevsky – 9	Abramov
1950		7	36	15	10	11	44	44	40	SF	—		Gulevsky – 17	Abramov
1951		4	28	11	12	5	34	25	34	QF	—		Voroshilov – 10	Abramov
1952		8	13	5	3	5	16	14	13	R64	—		Voroshilov – 4	Abramov
1953		7	20	6	5	9	22	25	17	RU	—		Gulevsky – 7	Burmistrov
1954		11	24	7	6	11	20	28	20	R32	—		Voroshilov – 8	Burmistrov   Solovyov
1955		11	22	4	5	13	21	39	13	R16	—		Voroshilov – 7	Solovyov
1956	2nd, Group 2	1	34	26	5	3	84	19	57	-	—		Kirsh – 17	Solovyov
1957	1st	11	22	2	8	12	9	32	12	R16	—		Redkin – 4	Solovyov
1958		10	22	6	6	10	23	29	18	R16	—		Guzik – 5   Karpov – 5	Abramov
1959		11	22	6	1	15	26	37	13	-	—		Brednev – 5   Khusainov – 5   Deynekin – 5	Abramov
1960		16	30	10	8	12	37	39	28	R32	—		A. Kazakov – 9	Abramov
1961	2nd, RSFSR-3	1	23	17	2	4	68	22	26	R16	—			Karpov
	2nd, Final	1	5	4	0	1	12	5	8
1962	1st	17	30	11	5	14	39	44	27	R16	—		A. Kazakov – 16	Karpov
1963		15	38	11	7	20	45	53	29	R32	—		B. Kazakov – 16	Karpov
1964		10	32	7	14	11	24	35	28	RU	—		Kokh – 6	Karpov
1965		13	32	9	9	14	34	44	27	SF	—		A. Kazakov – 9   Zhukov – 9	Karpov
1966		18	36	4	17	15	18	40	25	R32	—		Zhukov – 8	Karpov
1967		11	36	8	18	10	23	28	34	R32	—		B. Kazakov – 7	Karpov
1968		18	38	9	11	18	24	45	29	R32	—		B. Kazakov – 8	Karpov
1969		19	34	8	8	18	34	48	24	R32	—		B. Kazakov – 13	Karpov
1970	2nd	7	42	17	13	12	43	32	47	R64	—		B. Kazakov – 14	Blinkov
1971		6	42	17	9	16	54	41	43	R32	—		Aryapov – 14	Blinkov
1972		4	38	14	17	7	50	35	45	R32	—		Krayev – 11
1973		8	38	15	7	16	46	51	34	R32	—		Krayev – 9	Kirsh
1974		4	38	20	8	10	65	41	48	R32	—		Aryapov – 19	Kirsh
1975		1	38	22	9	7	78	36	53	R32	—		Aryapov – 25	Kirsh
1976 spring	1st	6	15	6	5	4	18	15	17	R16	—		Aryapov – 6	Kirsh
1976 autumn		11	15	5	4	6	12	15	14				Aryapov – 3   Smirnov – 3   Filippov – 3
1977		16	30	2	7	21	18	59	11	R32	—		7 players – 2	Kirsh
1978	2nd	1	38	21	14	3	59	25	56	R32	—		Yeliseyev – 18	Gulevsky
1979	1st	18	34	7	5	22	24	60	19	QF	—		R. Sidorov – 7	Kirsh
1980	2nd	22	46	11	16	19	43	62	34	Qual.	—		Lovchev – 13	Fyodorov
1981	3rd, Group 2	7	32	11	13	8	41	26	35	-	—			Streltsov
1982		4	32	16	7	9	40	25	39	-	—			Sarychev
1983		1	28	19	8	1	49	18	46	-	—		Razveyev – 15   V. Sidorov – 15	Sarychev
	3rd, Final-3	2	4	2	1	1	3	3	5
1984	3rd, Group 2	1	32	21	5	6	76	24	47	R64	—		Razveyev – 23	Sarychev
	3rd, Final-1	1	4	3	1	0	9	3	7
1985	2nd	20	38	10	13	15	36	42	33	-	—		Razveyev – 8	Sarychev
1986	3rd, Group 2	1	33	21	5	7	55	27	47	R64	—		Babanov – 16	Lukashenko
	3rd, Final-A	1	4	3	1	0	4	1	7
1987	2nd	22	42	10	12	20	40	60	32	R64	—		Popov – 9	Lukashenko
1988	3rd, Group 2	3	32	15	9	8	50	28	39	R64	—		Korolyov – 11	Lukashenko
1989	3rd, Group 1	1	42	28	8	6	79	32	64	R32	—		Korolyov – 27	Antikhovich
	3rd, Final	4	5	2	0	3	6	17	4
1990	3rd, "Centre"	3	42	19	11	12	53	35	49	QF	—		Korolyov – 16	Antikhovich
1991		2	42	26	8	8	83	41	60	R128	—		Fakhrutdinov – 19	Antikhovich
1992	-									QF	—			Antikhovich

Russia edit

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Top scorer (league)	Head coach
1992	1st	14	30	10	11	9	27	27	31	-	—		Fakhrutdinov – 10	Antikhovich
1993		14	34	9	12	13	37	47	30	R64	—		Remezov – 11	Antikhovich
	Releg. Tourn.	1	5	3	1	1	10	8	7				Valiyev – 5
1994	1st	13	30	6	12	12	30	51	24	R32	—		Safronov – 7	Bogdanov   Kikin   Averyanov
1995		15	30	6	8	16	34	65	26	R32	—		Avalyan – 10	Averyanov
1996		9	34	12	9	13	31	38	45	R32	—		Makhlouf – 6	Averyanov
1997		7	34	14	7	13	32	30	49	SF	—		S. Bulatov – 9	Averyanov
1998		12	30	9	8	13	25	37	35	QF	—		Tsiklauri – 6	Averyanov
1999		12	30	8	7	15	39	49	31	R32	—		Mikaelyan – 8	Tarkhanov
2000		14	30	8	5	17	25	45	29	R32	—		Qosimov – 5	Tarkhanov
2001		5	30	14	7	9	38	23	49	SF	—		Karyaka – 9	Tarkhanov
2002		5	30	15	4	11	39	32	49	QF	IC	QF	Poškus – 11	Tarkhanov
2003		9	30	11	9	10	38	33	42	QF	—		Karyaka – 9   Tikhonov – 9	Tarkhanov   Gadzhiyev
2004		3	30	17	5	8	50	41	56	RU	—		Karyaka – 17	Gadzhiyev
2005		14	30	7	8	15	29	44	29	QF	—		Gusin – 7	Gadzhiyev
2006		10	30	10	8	12	37	35	38	R16	UC	1st Rnd.	Topić – 7	Gadzhiyev
2007		13	30	8	8	14	35	46	32	QF	—		Mujiri – 9	Tarkhanov
2008		6	30	12	12	6	46	28	48	R32	—		Bobyor – 8	Slutsky
2009		10	30	10	6	14	32	42	36	R16	—		Koller – 9	Slutsky   Gazzaev
2010		13	30	7	10	13	28	40	31	R32	EL	3rd QR	Yakovlev – 4	Gazzaev   Tarkhanov
2011–12		12	44	12	15	17	33	50	51	R32 R32	—		Kornilenko – 10	Tarkhanov   Kobelev
2012–13		14	30	7	7	16	31	52	28	R16	—		Caballero – 8	Kobelev   Tsygankov   Gadzhiyev
2013–14		14	30	6	11	13	27	46	29	R32	—		Caballero – 6	Tsygankov   Kukhlevsky
2014–15	2nd	1	34	22	7	5	54	19	73	QF	—		Jahović – 12	Vercauteren
2015–16	1st	9	30	9	8	13	19	31	35	R16	—		Gabulov   Kornilenko – 12	Vercauteren
2016–17		15	30	6	10	14	31	39	28	R16	—		Kornilenko – 8	Vercauteren   Visser (caretaker)   Skripchenko
2017–18	2nd	2	38	26	4	8	60	23	82	QF	—		Kornilenko – 10	Tikhonov
2018–19	1st	13	30	8	4	18	25	46	28	R16	—		Kanunnikov – 5	Tikhonov   Božović
2019–20		15	30	8	7	15	33	40	31	R16	—		Sobolev – 10	Božović   Talalayev
2020–21	2nd	1	42	32	5	5	100	26	101	RU	—		Ivan Sergeyev – 40	Igor Osinkin
2021–22	1st	8	30	12	5	13	39	36	41	R32	—		Vladislav Sarveli – 9	Igor Osinkin

European history edit

As of match played 6 August 2009

As of 22 February 2024^[14][15]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Out on loan edit

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Reserve squad edit

• Head coach – Igor Osinkin
• Assistant coaches – Sergei Bulatov,   Sergei Kornilenko, Mikhail Semernya
• Goalkeeping coach – Viktor Gaus

Domestic tournaments edit

• Soviet Cup/Russian Cup
  • Runners-up (4): 1953, 1964, 2004, 2020–21
• Soviet First League/Russian National Football League
  • Champions (7): 1945, 1956, 1961, 1975, 1978, 2014–15, 2020–21

Other honours edit

• Progress Cup
  • Winners (1): 1976 (spring)

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Krylia Sovetov.

Most league games for Krylia Sovetov edit

1.   Ravil Aryapov: 362
2.   Valeryan Panfilov: 359
3.   Aleksandr Kupriyanov: 328
4. Gennadi Sakharov / Boris Valkov: 299
5.   Ravil Valiyev: 290
6.   Aleksandr Tsygankov: 279
7.   Viktor Karpov: 268
8. Gennadi Platonov: 247
9. Anatoli Blokhin: 242
10.   Yevgeny Mayorov: 233
11.   Boris Kazakov: 224
12.     Sergei Marushko / Ivan Shiryayev: 228
13. Nikolai Martynov: 220
14.   Alfred Fyodorov: 219
15.   Denis Kovba: 215
16. Anatoli Fetisov /     Dinar Sharipov: 211
17.     Viktor Gaus: 209

Most league goals for Krylia Sovetov edit

1.   Ravil Aryapov: 105
2.   Boris Kazakov: 76
3.   Anatoli Kazakov: 72
4.   Aleksandr Kupriyanov: 59
5.   Vladimir Korolyov: 57
6.   Aleksandr Gulevsky /   Ravil Valiyev: 51
7.   Andrei Karyaka: 49
8.   Viktor Razveev: 46
9.   Viktor Voroshilov: 44
10.     Vladimir Filippov /   Sergei Krayev: 41
11.   Aleksandr Babanov /   Valeryan Panfilov /   Ivan Sergeyev: 40
12.     Rustyam Fakhrutdinov /   Dmitri Sinyakov /   Anatoli Zhukov: 33
13.   Viktor Karpov /   Vadim Redkin: 32
14.   Garnik Avalyan /   Viktor Filippov: 28

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