BSC Kristall (), or simply Kristall, is a professional

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team based in

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, Russia. Kristall is the most successful Russian club at the

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, 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. The club's Brazilian forward, Mauricinho, has described Kristall as the "

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of beach soccer".

History

Kristall was founded in 2006. 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

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NOVA Group. They reached their zenit in 2015, after winning every tournament they participated, among them the

, the Russian Nationals and the inaugural Russian Cup. In 2021, they won a record 6th Russian Nationals and a record 4th Euro Winners Cup.

Squads

Current squad

:Head coach: Angelo Schirinzi :1st coach: Vladimir Gavrilov :2nd coach: Aleksey Ivanov :3rd coach: Gennadyi Tumilovich

Honours

International competitions

:* Winners (4):

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

* Euro Winners Challenge :* Winners (1):

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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

National competitions

* Russian Beach Soccer League :* 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

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* Jorginho * Llorenç

References

External links

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Profile at bsrussia.ru
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Official vkontakte page

Official Facebook page
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