Yenisey-STM Rugby Club is a Russian

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club founded in 1975. It is one of the two powerful

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yen ...

clubs, the other being their cross town rivals Krasny Yar. They participate in the

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, the premier rugby championship of

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, and in 2015–16 qualified for the

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, 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 largest club in Russia.

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

Yenisei The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук ...

is the river that flows through Krasnoyarsk. The club competed in the

since 2015–16 season. Enisei-STM is a two-time holder of the

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. They are the first club outside of England, France, Ireland and Wales, which has won any

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. Also Enisei-STM is the only owner of the European trophy, which is geographically based in

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Siberian derby

Krasny Yar and Enisei-STM are based on the left and right banks of the

Yenisei River The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук ...

. The first city derby took place on 1990, when the Enisei-STM rose from the lower leagues to the Soviet Championship. Krasny Yar played at the highest level since 1977. In the 1990s, the derby passed with the advantage of Krasny Yar. But since the 00's, Enisei-STM was able to reverse the course of history. The Siberian derby took place in Krasnoyarsk, Abakan, Shushenskoye, Chita, Moscow, Simferopol, Krasnodar and Edinburgh. At the moment (June 27, 2022), 144 games were played in the Russian Championship, the Russian Cup, the Russian Supercup and the

. Enisei-STM won 80 times, Krasny Yar won 60 times, 4 matches ended in a draw. Since 2016, the winner of the first derby of the season has been awarded the Nikolaev Cup in honor of the legendary Krasnoyarsk rugby player and coach

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(1962–2013).

Honours

* Russian Championships (12): 1999, 2002,

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris (dwarf planet), Er ...

, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020–21, 2021-22 * Runner-up (9): 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004,

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...

, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015 * Russian Cup (9): 2000, 2001, 2008,Results Cupwinners 2008
2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022 * Russian Supercup (3): 2014, 2015, 2017 * Nikolaev Cup (5): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 *

(2): 2016–17, 2017–18

Record in European Games

Wins against Tier 1 pro teams

Club staff

Head Coach - Alexander Pervukhin Assistant Coach - Vakil Valeev Forwards Coach - Roman Romak Backs Coach - Rynhardt van As Head of Strength and Conditioning Coach - Igor Vashkevich Fitness Coach - Andrey Mosolov Reserve team Head Coach - Yuri Krasnobaev

Current squad

2022

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International honours

References

External links

Official website
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