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| Full name | Football Club Sports Club of Army Rostov-on-Don |
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| Founded | 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | SKA SKVO Stadium, Rostov-on-Don (Capacity 27,300) |
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| Chairman | Ivan Savvidi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Gennadiy Stepushkin (acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Russian First Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 17th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (Russian: ФК СКА Ростов-на-Дону) is a Russian football club based in Rostov-on-Don. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions Auto racing Grand Prix racing - Main article 1937 Grand Prix season. Stadion SKA SKVO (Russian Стадион СКА-СКВО is a multi-use Stadium in Rostov-na-Donu, Russia. Rostov-on-Don (Росто́в-на-Дону́ Rostov-na-Donu rɐ'stof nə dɐ'nu is the city and the administrative center of Rostov Oblast and the The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the Ivan Ignatyevich Savvidi, (b March 27, 1959 in Santa Tsalksky Region, Georgia) is a Russian businessman of Greek Pontian The Russian First Division is the second level of Russian professional football. National team Leagues Premier League See also Russian Premier League 2007 Second Division See also Russian Second Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Rostov-on-Don (Росто́в-на-Дону́ Rostov-na-Donu rɐ'stof nə dɐ'nu is the city and the administrative center of Rostov Oblast and the The club's rich history includes becoming runners-up of the Soviet Top League in 1966 and winning the Soviet Cup in 1981. The Soviet Top League (Высшая лига was the top division of Soviet Union football. The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (Кубок СССР was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union.
History
The club was founded on 27 August 1937 and was known as RODKA (1937-1953), ODO (1954-1956), SKVO (1957-1959). Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The team was given its present name in 1960.
SKVO entered the Class B of the Soviet league in 1958. Prior to that, the team only played in regional tournaments. SKVO became the champions of Class B in 1958 and were promoted to Class A. The Soviet Top League (Высшая лига was the top division of Soviet Union football. They stayed at the top level of Soviet football until 1973, winning silver medals in 1966 and finishing fourth in 1959, 1960, 1963, and 1964.
In 1970s and 1980s SKA moved between Top and First leagues several times. The Soviet Top League (Высшая лига was the top division of Soviet Union football. After relegation 1973, they played in the First League in 1974, 1976-1978, 1982-1983, and 1986-1989, and in the Top League in 1975, 1979-1981, and 1984-1985. SKA spent two last years of the Soviet football (1990 and 1991) in the Second League.
SKA were also successful in the Soviet Cup. The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (Кубок СССР was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union. They won the trophy in 1981 and were the losing finalists in 1969 and 1971.
After entering the Russian Second Division, SKA have been playing there with a few exceptions: they played in the Third Division in 1994, in the Amateur Football League in 1998, and in the First Division in 2002. The Russian Second Division is the third level of Russian professional football. The Russian First Division is the second level of Russian professional football. In 2002 SKA finished 17th in the First Division, going straight back down but recording the best result in Russian football. She finished 2nd South Zone of Second Division but returned First Division after relegations of Dynamo Makhachkala, Volgar Gazprom Astrahan and Lada Togliatti due to their licences were refused. FC Dynamo Makhachkala are a Russian football club based in Makhachkala. She finished 17th in 2007 season.
External links
- Official website (Russian)
- SKA Rostov-on-Don at KLISF