FC Polet is a professional
football
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club founded and based in
Samara
Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...
,
Samarskaya Oblast,
Russia. The football club was founded in the mid-1970s in cooperation and under the sponsorship of
Kurumoch International Airport
Kurumoch International Airport (russian: Международный аэропорт "Курумоч") is the international airport of Samara, Russia, Samara, Russia, located 35 km (22 mi) north of the city. Besides Samara, the airpor ...
and
Alexander Mikhailkovich, a
USSR theater performer. Today, FC Polet is sponsored by JSC "Kurumoch International Airport", which is managed by Kurumoch International Airport.
Football clubs in Russia
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