BSC Kristall (Russian: ПФК «Кристалл»), or simply Kristall, is a professional beach soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Russia. Kristall is the most successful Russian club at the Euro Winners Cup, having won four times in 2014, 2015, 2020 and 2021. Kristall are a seven-time Russian Nationals and a five-time Russian Beach Soccer Cup champions. Additionally, the team won the 2nd Russian Super Cup in 2018, defeating arch-rival BSC Lokomotiv.[citation needed]

The club's Brazilian forward, Mauricinho, has described Kristall as the "Real Madrid of beach soccer".[2]

History

Kristall was founded in 2006.[3][4] Since 2011, Kristall plays in the national elite division. In 2011, Kristall won their first tournament, OBSL Grand-Prix Winter, and a year later they joined the holding company NOVA Group. They reached their zenit in 2015, after winning every tournament they participated, among them the Euro Winners Cup, the Russian Nationals and the inaugural Russian Cup. In 2021, they won a record 6th Russian Nationals and a record 4th Euro Winners Cup.[5]

Squads

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Russia RUS Ivan Ostrovsky
3 FW Russia RUS Aleksey Ilyinsky
4 FW Russia RUS Aleksey Makarov
5 FW Russia RUS Yury Krasheninnikov
6 FW Russia RUS Dmitry Shishin
7 FW Russia RUS Dmitry Kartashov
8 FW Belarus BLR Igor Brishtel
9 FW Brazil BRA Rodrigo Soares da Costa
10 FW Brazil BRA Luiz Alberto Datinha Braga
14 FW Russia RUS Artur Paporotnyi
15 FW Russia RUS Kirill Romanov (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Russia RUS Vladislav Zharikov
20 FW Russia RUS Mikhail Samusevich
21 GK Russia RUS Maxim Chuzhkov
23 FW Russia RUS Igor Remizov
27 FW Russia RUS Roman Gurdzhiyan
31 GK Russia RUS Daniel Tumilovich
33 FW Brazil BRA Mauricinho Pereira Braz de Oliveira
71 FW Russia RUS Aleksandr Revenko
77 GK Russia RUS Aleksandr Besedin
88 FW Russia RUS Aleksey Krasnoshchekov
92 FW Russia RUS Dmitry Frolov
16 GK Russia RUS Artem Pechnikov
Head coach: Switzerland Angelo Schirinzi
1st coach: Russia Vladimir Gavrilov
2nd coach: Russia Aleksey Ivanov
3rd coach: Belarus Gennadyi Tumilovich

Honours

International competitions

  • Open Indoor Beach Soccer League
  • Winners (1): 2015
  • Inter Cup
  • Winners (2): 2017, 2018

National competitions

  • Winners (7): 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
  • Russian Cup
  • Winners (3): 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
  • Russian Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2018

Notable former players

References

  1. ^ АРЕНА ПЛЯЖНЫХ ВИДОВ СПОРТА. bsc-kristall.ru
  2. ^ Beach Soccer: Melhor jogador do mundo, Mauricinho é a arma do Vasco para conseguir o bi da Libertadores (in Portuguese). NetVasco. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  3. ^ "О клубе". Archived from the original on 7 September 2016. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  4. ^ Петербург готов всегда помогать пляжному футболу
  5. ^ "О клубе". Retrieved 2021-08-11.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSC_Kristall
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