**FC Kuban** (Russian: Футбольный клуб "Кубань" Краснодар) is a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. In 2006 they won promotion to the Russian Premier League. Kuban have previously spent two seasons in Russian Premier League and three seasons in Soviet Top League.

History
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The club was founded as Dynamo in 1928, but was named Neftyanik in 1954, Kuban in 1958, and Spartak in 1960. In 1963 the club was renamed Kuban and has been known by this name ever since.

Kuban and their predecessors mainly played at the lower levels of Soviet football, winning the RSFSR championship four times. Kuban played in the Soviet Top League in 1980-1982, achieving their best result (13th position) in 1981.

In 1992, due to the dissolution of the USSR, Kuban were entitled to play at the top level instead of being relegated to the Second League. They finished 18th out of 20 teams and were relegated. After spending several seasons in First and Second divisions, they won promotion back to the Premier League for 2004, but were again relegated straight away. This happened again in 2006 when they won promotion for the 2006-2007 season and then finished second to bottom.

Honours
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* **RSFSR Championship: 4**
	+ Winners: 1948, 1962, 1973, 1987

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

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| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
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| 1 | GK | Russia Russia | Aleksandr Filimonov |
| 77 | GK | Russia Russia | Stanislav Kozyrev |
| 6 | DF | Bulgaria Bulgaria | Ivaylo Petkov |
| 17 | DF | Russia Russia | Andrey Ushenin |
| 22 | DF | Russia Russia | Aslan Zaseev |
| 91 | DF | Russia Russia | Viktor Dmitrienko |
| 8 | MF | Russia Russia | Artur Tlisov |
| 33 | MF | Serbia Serbia | Bratislav Ristić |
| 7 | MF | Russia Russia | Sergey Kuznetsov |
| 20 | MF | Ukraine Ukraine | Dmitry Gorbushin |
| 74 | FW | Russia Russia | Denis Zubko |

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| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
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| 35 | GK | Russia Russia | Igor Kot |
| 23 | DF | Russia Russia | Georgy Dzhioev |
| 18 | DF | Czech Republic Czech Republic | Roman Lengiel |
| 27 | DF | Russia Russia | Elbrus Zuraev |
| 25 | DF | Russia Russia | Vitaly Chochiev |
| 4 | MF | Russia Russia | Azat Bayryev |
| 11 | MF | Russia Russia | Alan Kasaev |
| 9 | MF | Russia Russia | Oleg Trifonov |
| 26 | MF | Russia Russia | Maxim Semakin |
| 10 | MF | Russia Russia | Andrey Topchu |
| 99 | FW | Russia Russia | Ilya Dolmatov |
| 5 | FW | Russia Russia | Sergey Vinogradov |

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Other websites
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* Official website (in Russian)