Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk

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Krasny Yar

Full name	Регбийный клуб "Красный Яр" Красноярск (Regbiynyy klub "Krasniy Yar" Krasnoyarsk)
Founded	1969
Location	Krasnoyarsk
Ground(s)	Krasny Yar Stadium (Capacity: 3,600) Central Stadium (Capacity: 15,000)
Coach(es)	Igor Nikolaychuk
League(s)	Professional Rugby League
Team kit
Official website
yar-rugby.ru

Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk is a Russian rugby union club founded in 1969 in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the unofficial capital of Russian rugby. They compete in the Professional Rugby League, the premier league in the country. They have an operating budget of 2.5m Euros, making them one of the biggest clubs in the competition. Their main rival is fellow Krasnoyarsk based, Enisey-STM.

Krasny-Yar play in white and green, and recently moved into their own purpose built stadium. The stadium holds 3,600 spectators and is the first rugby-specific stadium east of the Urals. The stadium sold out for a game against VVA-Monino (2 August 2010), emphasising the growing popularity of the sport in Russia.

History[]

Krasny Yar was founded in 1969 in the city of Krasnoyarsk. It takes its name from the fort of Krasny Yar ("Red Steep Riverbank"), built in 1608; the city around the fort became Krasnoyarsk in 1822. A traditional powerhouse of the game in Russia, Krasny Yar is currently tied with VVA Monino as the most successful team in the country with eight championships in the Super League-Professional Rugby League era. The club has also won two Soviet Championships.

Although Krasny Yar remain a powerhouse, they have been unsuccessful in the Professional Rugby League era. The club has not been champions since the Super League era, with their most recent championship being in 2001. The club's financial resources have also been overtaken by their local rivals, Enisey-STM.

However, in an attempt to once again climb back to the top, Krasny Yar have recently (2010) entered into an agreement with the Canterbury Rugby Union and the Canterbury Crusaders to use their facilities for a three-week period during March and April every year. The club will use this base to play warm-up games against local New Zealand sides, receive high quality training and recruit players from New Zealand's endless production line.

The arrangement has already born fruit, with several New Zealand players signing on to play for Krasny Yar for the 2010 and 2011 Seasons, while the club has also recruited a New Zealand trainer working with the Canterbury Rugby Union.^[1]

Krasny Yar in 2013

Honours[]

• USSR/Russian Championship (12): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2013, 2015
• Runner-up (12): 1988, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Russian Cup (10): 1995, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018–19, 2019
• Russian Supercup (1): 2016
• Nikolaev Cup (2): 2019, 2020
• European Rugby Continental Shield runner-up (1): 2016–17

Record in European Games[]

Opponent	Country	Competition	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference
Mogliano		European Rugby Continental Shield	1	1	0	0	48	24	+24
El Salvador		European Rugby Continental Shield	1	1	0	0	32	5	+27
Heidelberger RK		European Rugby Continental Shield	1	1	0	0	50	21	+29
Rovigo Delta		European Rugby Continental Shield	1	1	0	0	42	11	+31
Timișoara Saracens		European Rugby Continental Shield	2	1	0	1	39	35	+4
Enisey-STM		European Rugby Continental Shield	3	0	0	3	56	110	-54
Stade Francais		European Rugby Challenge Cup	2	1	0	1	58	68	-10
Edinburgh Rugby		European Rugby Challenge Cup	2	0	0	2	14	151	-137
London Irish		European Rugby Challenge Cup	2	0	0	2	34	71	-37

Stadium[]

Krasny Yar Stadium

Current squad[]

2021 Russian Rugby Championship

Krasny Yar
Pos.	Nat.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Former club
HK		Andrey Kondakov	(1987-04-16) 16 April 1987 (age 34)		homegrown player
HK		Robert Sutidze	(1989-06-21) 21 June 1989 (age 32)		Slava Moscow
HK		Dmitry Kuzero	(1996-06-26) 26 June 1996 (age 25)		homegrown player
PR		Grigory Tsnobiladze	(1983-02-01) 1 February 1983 (age 38)	22	Metallurg
PR		Sione Fukofuka	(1984-04-13) 13 April 1984 (age 37)	2	Tautahi Gold
PR		Evgeny Pronenko	(1984-06-06) 6 June 1984 (age 37)	50	Enisei-STM
PR		Aleksandr Ageev	(1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 30)		Vladivostok Tigers
PR		Evgeny Pronin	(1992-04-12) 12 April 1992 (age 29)		Vladivostok Tigers
PR		Marzuq Maarman	(1992-09-23) 23 September 1992 (age 28)		Oviedo RC
PR		Kirill Alyuk	(1994-03-21) 21 March 1994 (age 27)		RC Kuban
PR		Alexander Kadirov	(1999-01-24) 24 January 1999 (age 22)		Chita
LK		Bogdan Fedotko	(1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 (age 26)	27	homegrown player
LK		Egor Talalenko	(1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 23)		Vladivostok Tigers
LK		Alexander Ilyin	(1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 (age 23)	13	homegrown player
LK		Gideon van Niekerk	(1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 (age 21)		Southern Kings
LK		Ivan Ivanov	(1999-11-08) 8 November 1999 (age 21)		Lokomotiv Penza
FL		Evgeny Golshteyn	(1989-07-29) 29 July 1989 (age 32)		homegrown player
FL		Alexander Khudyakov	(1989-09-29) 29 September 1989 (age 31)	11	homegrown player
FL		Roman Khodin	(1993-06-09) 9 June 1993 (age 28)	6	Strela
FL		Alwyn Carstens	(1995-07-07) 7 July 1995 (age 26)		Boland Cavaliers
FL		Danil Losenkov	(2002-01-31) 31 January 2002 (age 19)		Vladivostok Tigers
FL		Semyon Borzenkov	(2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 (age 19)		homegrown player
N8		Victor Arhip	(1990-02-24) 24 February 1990 (age 31)	25	Enisei-STM
SH		Vasily Dorofeev	(1990-08-06) 6 August 1990 (age 31)	25	homegrown player
SH		Denis Barabantsev	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 28)	2	Strela
SH		Burkut Toychuev	(2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 (age 20)		homegrown player
FH		Yuri Kushnarev	(1985-06-06) 6 June 1985 (age 36)	116	Enisei-STM
FH		Dylan Smith	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 20)		Griffons
CE		Igor Galinovskiy	(1985-11-08) 8 November 1985 (age 35)	50	homegrown player
CE		Vladimir Rudenko	(1987-09-01) 1 September 1987 (age 34)	26	homegrown player
CE		Evgeny Kolomiytsev	(1990-05-16) 16 May 1990 (age 31)	4	homegrown player
CE		Kirill Gubin	(1992-05-30) 30 May 1992 (age 29)	1	RC Kuban
CE		Giorgi Pruidze	(1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 27)	15	AIA Kutaisi
WG		Evgeny Nepeyvoda	(1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 (age 31)	3	RC Kuban
WG		Vladimir Chaban	(1994-11-03) 3 November 1994 (age 26)		homegrown player
WG		Mikhail Zinin	(1995-01-11) 11 January 1995 (age 26)		RC 80
WG		Sunia Latu	(1996-03-23) 23 March 1996 (age 25)
WG		Alexander Regner	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 23)		homegrown player
WG		Konstantin Krivonosov	(1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 (age 22)		homegrown player
FB		Khushnud Sanginov	(2000-08-15) 15 August 2000 (age 21)		homegrown player

Notable players[]

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