FC Sibir Novosibirsk


FC Sibir Novosibirsk was a Russian association football club based in Novosibirsk, playing at the Spartak Stadium. They played their first-ever season in the Russian Premier League in 2010, and ended with relegation to the Russian First Division.

History

The club was founded in 1936 and has been known as:
The team played in the Soviet leagues in 1937, 1946–1947, in 1957–1962, 1963–1968, 1969–1984, and in 1987–1991.
In 1992 Chkalovets entered the newly formed Russian First League and in 1994 was moved to the Russian Second League after the reduction of the First League. In 1994 Chkalovets were promoted to the First League, where they played in 1995 and 1996. In 1996 Chkalovets finished last among 22 teams and were relegated to the Second League.
In 2000 Chkalovets merged with Olimpik Novosibirsk, keeping their place in the Second League, and the team named Chkalovets-1936 entered the amateur league. According to Sibir and independent sources , it is Chkalovets-1936 that inherits the history of the Soviet club.
Chkalovets-1936 were promoted to the Second League after the 2000 season, and in 2004 they won promotion to the First Division. They changed their name as Sibir in 2006 and promoted to Russian Premier League once after finishing First League as 2nd in 2009.
On 16 May 2010, Sibir lost in the Russian Cup 2009–10 final against Zenit 0–1, but as Zenit qualified for the Champions League, Sibir gained the right to compete in the Europa League in 2010–11, for the first time in their history, making them the easternmost team to compete in a European competition.
On 19 August 2010, Sibir unexpectedly beat PSV Eindhoven in a home game of Europa League play-off round, 1–0, with a goal in stoppage time. However, the team was eliminated a week later following a 0–5 defeat in Eindhoven.
At the end of the 2018–19 season, the club was relegated to the third-tier Russian Professional Football League. Following the relegation, the club did not apply for the professional license and another club called FC Novosibirsk was organized to represent the city.

Club honours


ImageSize = width:900 height:100
PlotArea = left:10 right:10 bottom:30 top:10
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period = from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/2018
ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1992
Colors =
id:bl1 value:rgb
id:bl2 value:rgb
id:rs value:rgb
id:rn value:rgb
PlotData=
bar:Position width:15 color:white align:center
from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1992 shift: text:4
from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1993 shift: text:14
from:01/07/1993 till:01/07/1994 shift: text:1
from:01/07/1994 till:01/07/1995 shift: text:11
from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1996 shift: text:22
from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1997 shift: text:6
from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/1998 shift: text:2
from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/1999 shift: text:5
from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 shift: text:1
from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2001 shift: text:5
from:01/07/2001 till:01/07/2002 shift: text:2
from:01/07/2002 till:01/07/2003 shift: text:6
from:01/07/2003 till:01/07/2004 shift: text:1
from:01/07/2004 till:01/07/2005 shift: text:10
from:01/07/2005 till:01/07/2006 shift: text:7
from:01/07/2006 till:01/07/2007 shift: text:3
from:01/07/2007 till:01/07/2008 shift: text:14
from:01/07/2008 till:01/07/2009 shift: text:2
from:01/07/2009 till:01/07/2010 shift: text:16
from:01/07/2010 till:01/07/2011 shift: text:5
from:01/07/2011 till:01/07/2012 shift: text:7
from:01/07/2012 till:01/07/2013 shift: text:8
from:01/07/2013 till:01/07/2014 shift: text:11
from:01/07/2014 till:01/07/2015 shift: text:11
from:01/07/2015 till:01/07/2016 shift: text:11
from:01/07/2016 till:01/07/2017 shift: text:15
from:01/07/2017 till:01/07/2018 shift: text:7
from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1993 color:bl2 shift: text: "D1"
from:01/07/1993 till:01/07/1994 color:rs shift: text: "D2"
from:01/07/1994 till:01/07/1996 color:bl2 shift: text: "D1"
from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1999 color:rs shift: text: "D2"
from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 color:rn shift: text: "KFK"
from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2004 color:rs shift: text: "D2"
from:01/07/2004 till:01/07/2009 color:bl2 shift: text: "D1"
from:01/07/2009 till:01/07/2010 color:bl1 shift: text: "RFPL"
from:01/07/2010 till:01/07/2018 color:bl2 shift: text: "D1"

[Russia]

European campaigns

Reserve squad

FC Sibir reserve team, FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk, played in Russian Second Division in 2008, and then once again from 2011 until 2015–16, and yet again from the 2018–19 season.

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Sibir.
;Russia/USSR
;Former USSR countries
;Europe
;Africa