BSC Kristall

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.

BSC Kristall
Full nameBSC Kristall
GroundNova Arena
Capacity2,000[1]
Chairman Oleg Barinov
Manager Vadim Novgorodtsev
Coach Angelo Schirinzi
Alexander Elizarov
Vladimir Gavrilov
Alexey Ivanov
Gennady Tumilovich
WebsiteClub website
Medal record
Beach soccer
Representing  Russia
Euro Winners Cup
2014 Catania
2015 Catania
2020 Nazaré
2021 Nazaré
2018 Nazaré
Nazaré Cup
2018 Nazaré
Russian Championships
2013 Moscow
2015 Sochi
2016 St. Petersburg
2018 Moscow
2019 Samara
2021 Moscow
2022 St. Petersburg
2012 St. Petersburg
2014 Volgograd
2017 Saratov
Russian Cup
2015 Sochi
2017 Samara
2018 Sochi
2019 Sochi
2020 Moscow
2012 Moscow
2016 Sochi
Russian Super Cup
2018 Moscow
Inter Cup
2017 St. Petersburg
2018 St. Petersburg
2019 St. Petersburg
2020 St. Petersburg
Open Indoor Beach Soccer League
2015 St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Championships
2018 St. Petersburg
2019 St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Indoor Championships
2017 St. Petersburg
2018 St. Petersburg
2016 St. Petersburg

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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