# FC Sibir Novosibirsk

FC Sibir Novosibirsk (Russian: ФК «Сибирь» Новосибирск) was a Russian association football club based in Novosibirsk, playing at the Spartak Stadium. They played their first-ever season in the Russian Premier League in 2010, and ended with relegation to the Russian First Division.

## History

The club was founded in 1936 and has been known as:
* Krylya Sovetov (Soviet Wings) in 1936–1956
* Sibselmash (Siberian Agricultural Machinery) in 1957–1965
* SETM (Siberian Electrical Heavy Engineering) in 1969–1970
* Dzerzhinets (after Felix Dzerzhinsky) in 1971
* Chkalovets (after Valery Chkalov) in 1972–1991 and 1993–1999
* Chkalovets-FoKuMiS in 1992
* Chkalovets-1936 in 2000–2005
* Sibir (Siberia) 2006–2019
The team played in the Soviet leagues in 1937 (Group E), 1946–1947 (Third Group and Second Group), in 1957–1962 (Class B), 1963–1968 (Class A), 1969–1984 (Class B and Second League), and in 1987–1991 (Second League and Second League B).
In 1992 Chkalovets entered the newly formed Russian First League and in 1994 was moved to the Russian Second League after the reduction of the First League. In 1994 Chkalovets were promoted to the First League, where they played in 1995 and 1996. In 1996 Chkalovets finished last among 22 teams and were relegated to the Second League.
In 2000 Chkalovets merged with Olimpik Novosibirsk, keeping their place in the Second League, and the team named Chkalovets-1936 entered the amateur league (KFK). According to Sibir and independent sources , it is Chkalovets-1936 that inherits the history of the Soviet club.
Chkalovets-1936 were promoted to the Second League after the 2000 season, and in 2004 they won promotion to the First Division. They changed their name as Sibir in 2006 and promoted to Russian Premier League once after finishing First League as 2nd in 2009.
On 16 May 2010, Sibir lost in the Russian Cup 2009–10 final against Zenit 0–1, but as Zenit qualified for the Champions League, Sibir gained the right to compete in the Europa League in 2010–11, for the first time in their history, making them the easternmost team to compete in a European competition.
On 19 August 2010, Sibir unexpectedly beat PSV Eindhoven in a home game of Europa League play-off round, 1–0, with a goal in stoppage time. However, the team was eliminated a week later following a 0–5 defeat in Eindhoven.
At the end of the 2018–19 season, the club was relegated to the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. Following the relegation, the club did not apply for the professional license and another club called FC Novosibirsk was organized to represent the city. On 27 June 2024, FC Novosibirsk announced the club is renamed to FC Sibir Novosibirsk.

## Club honours

* Russian Cup
** Runners-up (1): 2009–10

## League history
### Russia

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Top Scorer (League) Head Coach 1992 2nd, "East" 4 30 15 6 9 48 38 36 Kovalyov – 11 Yerkovich 1993 2nd, "East" 14 30 8 7 15 39 43 23 R256 Nikulin – 9 Yerkovich 1994 3rd, "Siberia" 1 22 16 3 3 51 12 35 R256 Nikulin – 12 Shevchenko 1995 2nd 11 42 19 4 19 58 65 61 R32 Galkin – 14 Shevchenko 1996 2nd 22 42 7 6 29 44 102 27 R64 Pimenov – 10 Shevchenko / Zaburdaev 1997 3rd, "East" 6 34 16 8 10 46 32 56 R64 Obgolts – 9 Yerkovich 1998 3rd, "East" 2 30 16 12 2 41 17 60 R512 Nikulin – 9 Iromashvili 1999 3rd, "East" 5 30 16 6 8 60 42 54 R32 Lidrik – 17 Iromashvili 2000 LFL(4th), "Siberia" 1 16 15 1 0 65 6 46 R1024 Iromashvili 2001 3rd, "East" 5 28 12 11 5 36 21 47 Lidrik – 11 Iromashvili 2002 3rd, "East" 2 30 19 6 5 61 28 63 R256 Ragoza – 17 Iromashvili / Yerkovich 2003 3rd, "East" 6 24 11 7 6 38 27 40 R32 Shtyn – 8 Yerkovich / Shmarov 2004 3rd, "East" 1 27 19 5 3 53 19 62 R256 Akimov – 24 Puzanov 2005 2nd 10 42 15 11 16 51 53 56 R512 Akimov – 18 Puzanov / Davydov 2006 2nd 7 42 19 8 15 67 45 65 R64 Akimov – 23 Davydov / Radyukin 2007 2nd 3 42 25 11 6 80 39 86 R16 Akimov – 34 Fayzulin 2008 2nd 14 42 14 16 12 51 41 58 R4 Akimov – 12 Oborin 2009 2nd 2 38 22 7 9 60 21 73 F Medvedev – 18 Kriushenko 2010 1st 16 30 4 8 18 34 58 20 R8 EU PO Medvedev – 6 Kriushenko 2011–12 2nd 7 52 19 19 14 76 57 76 R32 Akimov – 20 Kriushenko / Radyukin / Miller / Kubicki 2012–13 2nd 8 32 12 9 11 34 38 45 R32 Medvedev – 6 Yuran / Kubicki 2013–14 2nd 11 36 13 12 11 38 39 51 R32 Markosov – 5 Kubicki / Balakhnin 2014–15 2nd 11 34 11 9 14 35 46 42 R16 Svezhov – 7 Balakhnin / Gordeyev 2015–16 2nd 11 38 14 9 15 47 50 51 R32 Zhitnev – 16 Stukalov 2016–17 2nd 15 38 9 15 14 31 46 42 R4 Cebotaru – 9 Perevertailo / Kirsanov 2017–18 2nd 7 38 14 11 13 38 31 53 R32 2018–19 2nd 18 38 8 13 17 28 45 37 R32

## European campaigns

| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | 3Q | Apollon Limassol | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | PO | PSV Eindhoven | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–5 |

## Reserve squad

FC Sibir reserve team, FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk, played in Russian Second Division (East Zone) in 2008, and then once again from 2011 until 2015–16, and yet again from the 2018–19 season.