FC Kuzbass Kemerovo (russian: ФК «Кузбасс» Кемерово) was an
association football
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club from
Kemerovo
Kemerovo ( rus, Ке́мерово, p=ˈkʲemʲɪrəvə) is an industrial city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka and Tom Rivers, in the major coal mining region of the Kuznetsk Ba ...
,
Russia
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, founded in 1946. It played professionally in 1946, 1948–1949, 1957–2002 and from 2005 to 2012, when it was dissolved. The highest level it achieved was the second-highest
Soviet First League
The Soviet First League in football (russian: Первая лига СССР по футболу) was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футбо ...
and
Russian First Division
The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн ...
, where it played in 1948-1949, 1957–1962, 1966–1969, 1971, 1973–1981, 1983–1990 and 1992-1993.
Team name history
*1946 Azot Kemerovo
*1947-1956 Khimik Kemerovo
*1957 Shakhtyor Kemerovo
*1958-1965 Khimik Kemerovo
*1966-2000 Kuzbass Kemerovo
*2001-2002 Kuzbass-Dynamo Kemerovo
*2003 SibOVV Kemerovo
*2004-2007 Kuzbass-Dynamo Kemerovo
*2008–present Kuzbass Kemerovo
External links
Official websiteFan website
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Association football clubs established in 1946
Association football clubs disestablished in 2012
Defunct football clubs in Russia
Sport in Kemerovo
1946 establishments in Russia