FC SKA Rostov-on-Don
Full name | Football Club Sports Club of the Army Rostov-on-Don | ||
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Nickname(s) | Armeytsy (Military men) | ||
Founded | 1937 | ||
Ground | SKA SKVO Stadium, Rostov-on-Don | ||
Capacity | 27,300 | ||
Owner | Basta | ||
Chairman | Boris Guziev[1] | ||
Manager | Vacant | ||
League | Media Football League | ||
2023 | Russian Second League, Division B, Group 1, 8th | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (Russian: ФК СКА Ростов-на-Дону)[2] is a Russian association football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club's history includes becoming runners-up of the Soviet Top League in 1966 and winning the Soviet Cup in 1981.
History
"SKA"
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In final 1981. |
\The club was founded on 27 August 1937 and was known as RODKA (1937–1953), ODO (1954–1956) and SKVO (1957–1959 and 2013–2015). The team was given its most familiar name back in March 2015.[2]
SKVO entered the Class B of the Soviet league in 1958. Prior to that, the team only played in regional tournaments. SKVO became the champions of Class B in 1958 and were promoted to Class A. They stayed at the top level of Soviet football until 1973, winning silver medals in 1966 and finishing fourth in 1959, 1960, 1963, and 1964.
In the 1970s and 1980s SKA moved between Top and First leagues several times. After relegation 1973, they played in the First League in 1974, 1976–1978, 1982–1983, and 1986–1989, and in the Top League in 1975, 1979–1981, and 1984–1985. SKA spent two last years of the Soviet football (1990 and 1991) in the Second League.
SKA were also successful in the Soviet Cup. They won the trophy in 1981 and were the losing finalists in 1969 and 1971.
After entering the
In October 2019, the rapper Basta (Vasily Vakulenko) became the owner of FC SKA, who paid all the club's debts and invested 10 million rubles in it. Also, Rostec Group of Companies and Alexander Nazarov participated in the revival of the club.
On 25 January 2024, Basta announced that he would move the club to the Media Football League as the club can not afford to participate in the Russian Second League at that time.[3]
Awards
- Soviet Top League
- Runners-up (1): 1966
- Soviet Cup
- Winners (1): 1981
- Runners-up (2): 1969, 1971
- Soviet First League
- Winners (1): 1958
- Runners-up (3): 1974, 1978, 1983
League history
Soviet Union
Russia
European record
- Cup Winners' Cup
Season | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1981–82 | First Round | Ankaragücü | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
Second Round | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
References
- ^ "Интервью генерального директора СКА Ростов" (in Russian). fcskarostov.ru. 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ a b Армейский футбольный клуб Дона вернул историческое название (in Russian). FC SKA Rostov-on-Don. 10 March 2015. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021.
- ^ "СКА Ростов-на-Дону переходит в Winline Медиалигу" (in Russian). FC SKA Rostov-on-Don. 25 January 2024.