Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk

Enisei-STM

Full name	Enisei-STM
Founded	1975 (1975)
Location	Krasnoyarsk
Ground(s)	Avangard, Krasnoyarsk
Coach(es)	Alexander Pervukhin
League(s)	Professional Rugby League
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Official website
www.enisei-stm.ru

Yenisey-STM Rugby Club (Russian: Регбийный клуб «Енисей-СТМ») is a Russian rugby union club founded in 1975. It is one of the two powerful Krasnoyarsk clubs, the other being their cross town rivals Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk. They participate in the Professional Rugby League, the premier rugby championship of Russia, and in 2015–16 qualified for the European Rugby Challenge Cup, making them the first Russian rugby union club ever to compete in a major European club competition. With an operating budget of €3.5m they are the second largest club in Russia after VVA-Podmoskovye Monino.

History

The club was founded in 1975 as Trud Krasnoyarsk (Russian: Труд, "labour"), but in 1978 was renamed Sibtyazhmash Krasnoyarsk (Russian: Сибтяжмаш). It took its current name on 12 April 2000. STM is an abbreviation for Sibtyazhmash ("Siberian Heavy Machinery", a local firm), while the Enisei is the river that flows through Krasnoyarsk. In the 2008 season the team finished in third place in the Russian championship. The club competed in the European Rugby Challenge Cup for the first time in 2015–16 and have qualified for the 2016–17 competition.

Championships

• Superleague Championships (5): 1999, 2002, 2005, 2011, 2012
• Runner-up (5): 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007
• Russian Cup winner (3): 2000, 2001, 2008^[1]

2015 squad

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Nazir Gasanov Hooker Russia Shamil Magomedov Hooker Russia Stanislav Sel'skiy Hooker Russia Alexander Bezverkhov Prop Russia Vladimir Botvinnikov Prop Russia Lawrence Cleminson Prop Zimbabwe Azat Musin Prop Russia Sergey Novoselov Prop Russia Andrey Polivalov Prop Russia Evgeny Pronenko Prop Russia Innokenty Zykov Prop Russia Evgeny Yolgin Lock Russia Dimitri Krotov Lock Russia Veaceslav Krasilnikov Lock Ukraine Uldis Saulite Lock Latvia Nikolay Serkov Lock Russia Sergey Belenkov Flanker Russia Pavel Butenko Flanker Russia Vitaly Orlov Flanker Ukraine Andrey Temnov Flanker Russia Anton Rudoy Number 8 Kazakhstan

Player Position Union Julris Baranovs Scrum-half Latvia Denis Baranbatsev Scrum-half Russia Alexey Scherban Scrum-half Russia Alexey Tolstykh Scrum-half Russia Ramil Gaisin Fly-half Russia Sergey Kuzmenko Fly-half Russia Dimitri Gerasimov Centre Russia Davit Kacharava Centre Georgia Pavel Novikov Centre Russia Yaroslav Rechnev Centre Russia Dimitri Simonov Centre Russia Nikita Ilyenko Wing Russia Igor Kurashov Wing Russia Alexey Mikhalstov Wing Russia Denis Simplikevich Wing Russia Alexey Golov Fullback Russia Yuri Kushnarev Fullback Russia

International honours

2011 signings

• Sergei Sels'kij from Slava Moscow
• Victor Arhip from Farul Constanta
• Vladimir Ostrouchko from Yug Krasnodar (7's)
• Stanislav Bondarev from Yug Krasnodar (7's)
• Petr Botnarash from RC Lokomotiv Moscow (Rugby League)

References

External links

• Official website (Russian)