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FC Ufa (Russian: ФК «Уфа», Bashkir: Өфө, romanized: Öfö) is a Russian football club based in Ufa that will play in the second-tier Russian First League in the 2022–23 season.

Ufa

Full name	Football Club Ufa
Nickname(s)	The Citizens (Горожане)
Founded	2009; 13 years ago (2009)[1][2]
Ground	BetBoom Arena, Ufa
Capacity	15,234
General director	Marat Magadeyev
Head coach	Arslan Khalimbekov
League	Russian First League
2021–22	Russian Premier League 14th of 16, relegated through play-offs
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

During the summer of 2010, Rustem Khamitov, the second President of the Republic of Bashkortostan, began considering the establishment of a football club with the intention to represent the city of Ufa and also the Republic in the Russian Premier League.

On 23 December 2010, FC Ufa was formed on the base of FC Bashinformsvyaz-Dynamo Ufa, which then plied their trade in the Russian Professional Football League, the third tier of the Russian football league system. The head coaching position of the team was first assigned to Andrei Kanchelskis, who was tasked with leading the club to the Russian First Division.

First season

The first official match of the club was against FC Syzran-2003 in the second round of the Russian Cup, which after extra time Ufa lost on penalties.

Ufa made their debut in the Russian league system on 24 April 2011 with a home match against FC Tyumen. Ufa ran out winners, 3–1, with Konstantin Ionov scoring a hat-trick for the hosts.

Ufa continued to build on their initial success to the extent that, coming to the end of the season, they were equal with Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk at the top of the table with 86 points. However, Ufa's loss away to Nefthekhimik following the draw at Dynamo Stadium meant that Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk had a better head-to-head record; Ufa had to postpone promotion to the Russian First Division for another year.

However, Dynamo Bryansk's failure to meet the licensing requirements for the 2012–13 Russian First Division opened up a slot in the said division, which Ufa took, enabling their promotion from the Second Division into the First Division.

Life in the First Division

In their first season in the First Division Ufa finished in sixth, four points off the last promotion playoff spot.

The following season showed improvement by Ufa, as the club had built on the previous year's showing and managed to end up in fourth, thus enabling them to contest the promotion playoff against Tom Tomsk, who finished their campaign in the Russian Premier League in 13th.

On 18 May 2014, Ufa welcomed Tom Tomsk in Dynamo for the first leg of the playoff and Ufa managed to overpower Tom 5–1, with club captain Dmitri Golubov scoring four goals. The return leg was played four days later in Tomsk, and despite going down early in the match, Ufa managed to hold on to their aggregate lead; a 3–1 loss to Tom was moot. Ufa therefore claimed a historic promotion to the top-flight Russian Premier League after just three seasons playing in the Russian league system.

Premier League period

At the end of the 2017–18 season, they secured 6th spot in the Russian Premier League, which qualified them for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League due to FC Tosno, the Russian Cup winner, not applying for the UEFA license in time.

Ufa played their first ever European game at home against Slovenian side NK Domzale. The game finished in a goalless draw. Domzale dominated the return leg in Slovenia but Ufa didn't give up and a late goal saw them draw 1-1 and progress on away goals. Next was Progres Niederkorn for the Russian side, and another late goal in the return leg in Luxembourg send Ufa through 4-3 on aggregate and set them up against Scottish side Rangers in the play-off round. They lost 1-0 at Ibrox, and drew 1-1 at their stadium, which caused them to be eliminated from the play-off rounds of the Europa League.^{[citation needed]} For the 2020-21 season, the club changed its colour scheme from red to purple and mint green.

In the 2021–22 season, Ufa avoided direct relegation by winning a dramatic away game against FC Rubin Kazan on the last matchday of the regular season, Dilan Ortiz scored a go-ahead goal in the 90th minute and Rubin's Vitaly Lisakovich missed the added-time penalty kick for Rubin, which would mean Ufa's direct relegation if scored, instead Rubin was relegated directly and Ufa qualified for the relegation play-offs.[3] In the subsequent play-offs against FC Orenburg, Ufa was ahead 2–0 in the first leg away game before Orenburg came back and equalized 2–2. In the return leg on Ufa's home field, the score was 1–1 (which would keep Ufa's Premier League spot on away goals rule) before Orenburg's Andrei Malykh scored the winning goal in 4th added minute to ensure Ufa's relegation to FNL.[4]

Domestic history

Season	League									Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsor
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
2011–12	3rd	2nd	39	25	11	3	54	19	86	Second Round	Vitali Galysh	9	Andrei Kanchelskis Andrei Malay Igor Kolyvanov	Puma	Bashinformsvyaz
2012–13	2nd	6th	32	13	9	10	31	30	48	Fourth Round	Mikhail Markosov	9	Igor Kolyvanov	Joma
2013–14	2nd	4th	36	17	10	9	46	35	61	Fourth Round	Dmitri Golubov	14
2014–15	1st	12th	30	7	10	13	26	39	31	Round of 16	Marcinho	6
2015–16	1st	12th	30	6	9	15	25	44	27	Quarterfinal	Sylvester Igboun	4	Igor Kolyvanov Yevgeny Perevertaylo Sergei Tomarov (caretaker)
2016–17	1st	7th	30	12	7	11	22	25	43	Semifinal	Kehinde Fatai	6	Viktor Goncharenko Sergei Semak
2017–18	1st	6th	30	11	10	9	34	30	43	Round of 32	Sylvester Igboun	7	Sergei Semak
2018–19	1st	14th	30	5	11	14	24	34	26	Round of 32	Sylvester Igboun	9	Sergei Tomarov Dmitri Kirichenko Vadim Evseev
2019–20	1st	9th	30	8	14	8	22	24	38	Round of 16	Daniil Fomin	6	Vadim Evseev		Terra Bashkiria
2020–21	1st	13th	30	6	7	17	26	46	25	Quarterfinal	Timur Zhamaletdinov Vladislav Kamilov Filip Mrzljak	4	Vadim Evseev Rashid Rakhimov Nikolai Safronidi (Caretaker) Aleksei Stukalov
2021–22	1st	14th	30	6	12	12	29	40	30	Group Stage	Gamid Agalarov	19	Aleksei Stukalov

European history

Ufa made their UEFA competition debut in July 2018, entering the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Domžale	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		3Q	Progrès Niederkorn	2–1	2–2	4–3
		PO	Rangers	1–1	0−1	1–2

Current squad

As of 8 September 2022[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  RUS Erving Botaka 3 DF  RUS Konstantin Pliyev 5 DF  RUS Lev Ushakhin 6 MF  RUS Ruslan Fishchenko 7 MF  RUS Andrey Nikitin (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) 8 MF  RUS Danila Yemelyanov 9 FW  COL Dilan Ortiz 10 DF  RUS Ivan Temnikov 11 MF  ANG Egas Cacintura 15 DF  UKR Oleksandr Masalov 17 FW  RUS Danil Akhatov 18 FW  RUS Daniil Yerofeyev 19 DF  RUS Oleg Dzantiyev 23 MF  RUS Artyom Pogosov

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 DF  RUS Aleksandr Sandrachuk 28 FW  RUS Ilya Molteninov 30 MF  RUS Aleksey Yevseyev (on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg) 33 DF  RUS Aleksandr Sukhov 40 GK  RUS Aleksey Chernov 44 MF  MDA Cătălin Carp 50 MF  RUS Artyom Golubev 52 DF  RUS Vadim Konyukhov (on loan from CSKA Moscow) 69 MF  RUS Khaydar Khalilov 71 GK  RUS Maksim Vafiyev 77 FW  RUS Roman Minayev 81 GK  RUS Ivan Kukushkin

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  RUS Nikita Belousov (at Irtysh Omsk)

Reserve team

Coaching staff

Role	Name
Head coach	Aleksei Stukalov
Assistant coaches	Nikolai Safronidi
	Dmitri Beznyak
Goalkeeping coach	Anatoli Zarapin
President	Marat Magadeev
Sporting Director	Ildus Biglov
Director	Shamil Gazizov

Other clubs

WFC Ufa, a female football club, plays in the Russian First Division, the second tier of the Women Russian football system.^{[citation needed]}

Notable players

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

References

External links

• Official website (in Russian)

На других языках

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[de] FK Ufa

Der FK Ufa (russisch Футбольный клуб Уфа) ist ein russischer Fußballverein aus Ufa, der Hauptstadt der Republik Baschkortostan.

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- [en] FC Ufa

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[es] FC Ufa

El FC Ufa (en ruso, ФК «Уфа», en bashir: футбол клубы «Өфө») es un club de fútbol ruso de la ciudad de Ufá. Fue fundado el 23 de diciembre de 2010 sobre la base del FC Bashinformsvyaz-Dynamo Ufa[3] y disputa sus partidos como local en el Estadio Neftyanik. En la temporada 2013-14 el equipo logró el ascenso, por primera vez en su historia, a la Liga Premier de Rusia.

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[ru] Уфа (футбольный клуб)

«Уфа́» (башк. Өфө) — российский профессиональный футбольный клуб из одноимённого города, столицы Республики Башкортостан[6]. Основан 23 декабря 2010 года на базе ФК «Башинформсвязь-Динамо»[7][8]. В сезонах 2014/15—2021/22 выступал в Российской премьер-лиге. С сезона 2022/23 выступает в первой лиге.

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