Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk

Enisei-STM

Full name	Регбийный клуб «Енисей-СТМ» (Regbiyniyy klub "Yenisei-STM")
Founded	1975; 49 years ago (1975)
Location	Krasnoyarsk
Ground(s)	Avangard Stadium (Capacity: 2,643) Central Stadium (Capacity: 15,000)
Director of Rugby	Alexander Pervukhin
Coach(es)	Vakil Valeev
Captain(s)	Uldis Saulite
League(s)	Professional Rugby League
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Official website
www.enisei-stm.ru

Yenisey-STM Rugby Club is a Russian rugby union club founded in 1975. It is one of the two powerful Krasnoyarsk clubs, the other being their cross town rivals Krasny Yar. They participate in the Professional Rugby League, the premier rugby championship of Russia, and in 2015–16 qualified for the European Rugby Challenge Cup, 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[edit]

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 is the river that flows through Krasnoyarsk. The club competed in the European Rugby Challenge Cup since 2015–16 season. Enisei-STM is a two-time holder of the European Rugby Continental Shield. They are the first club outside of England, France, Ireland and Wales, which has won any European competition. Also Enisei-STM is the only owner of the European trophy, which is geographically based in Asia.

Siberian derby[edit]

Krasny Yar and Enisei-STM are based on the left and right banks of the Yenisei River. 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 European Rugby Continental Shield. 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 Yuri Nikolaev (1962–2013).

Honours[edit]

• Russian Championships (12): 1999, 2002, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020–21, 2021-22
• Runner-up (10): 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2023
• Russian Cup (9): 2000, 2001, 2008,^[1] 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Russian Supercup (3): 2014, 2015, 2017
• Nikolaev Cup (5): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
• European Rugby Continental Shield (2): 2016–17, 2017–18

Record in European Games[edit]

Opponent	Country	Competition	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference
CDUL		European Rugby Continental Shield	1	1	0	0	28	6	+22
Mogliano		European Rugby Continental Shield	3	3	0	0	116	22	+94
CSM Baia Mare		European Rugby Continental Shield	2	2	0	0	63	32	+31
Rovigo Delta		European Rugby Continental Shield	2	2	0	0	70	5	+65
Krasny Yar		European Rugby Continental Shield	3	3	0	0	110	56	+54
Heidelberger RK		European Rugby Continental Shield	1	1	0	0	24	20	+4
Timișoara Saracens		European Rugby Continental Shield	2	1	0	1	58	52	+6
Connacht		European Rugby Challenge Cup	2	0	0	2	19	78	-59
Newcastle Falcons		European Rugby Challenge Cup	4	1	0	3	57	159	-102
Brive		European Rugby Challenge Cup	4	1	0	3	39	121	-82
Worcester Warriors		European Rugby Challenge Cup	4	1	0	3	57	192	-135
Dragons		European Rugby Challenge Cup	6	1	0	5	96	191	-95
Bordeaux Bègles		European Rugby Challenge Cup	2	0	0	2	44	93	-49
La Rochelle		European Rugby Challenge Cup	2	0	0	2	47	146	-99
Zebre		European Rugby Challenge Cup	2	0	0	2	28	89	-61
Bristol Bears		European Rugby Challenge Cup	2	0	0	2	28	172	-144
Castres		European Rugby Challenge Cup	2	0	0	2	22	50	-28
Lokomotiv		Rugby Europe Super Cup	2	2	0	0	66	27	+39
Tel Aviv Heat		Rugby Europe Super Cup	2	1	0	1	65	65	0
Black Lion		Rugby Europe Super Cup	1	0	0	1	20	27	-7

Wins against Tier 1 pro teams[edit]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Status
12 December 2015	Enisey-STM	10–7	Brive	Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi	2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup
16 January 2016	Enisey-STM	24–7	Newcastle Falcons	Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi	2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup
15 October 2016	Enisey-STM	19–12	Worcester Warriors	Slava Stadium, Moscow	2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup
22 October 2016	Enisey-STM	38–18	Newport Gwent Dragons	Trud Stadium, Krasnodar	2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup

Club staff[edit]

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[edit]

2022 Rugby Premier League

Enisey-STM
Pos.	Nat.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Former club
HK		Shamil Magomedov	(1987-04-17) 17 April 1987 (age 37)	10	RC Kuban
HK		Francois Esterhuyzen	(1994-11-16) 16 November 1994 (age 29)		Dinamo Moscow
HK		Evgeny Malyshkin	(1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 26)		homegrown player
PR		Innokenty Zykov	(1981-05-25) 25 May 1981 (age 42)	47	homegrown player
PR		Azamat Bitiev	(1989-12-09) 9 December 1989 (age 34)	25	Krasny Yar
PR		NJ Oosthuizen	(1996-11-19) 19 November 1996 (age 27)		Griquas
PR		Stepan Seryakov	(1997-09-26) 26 September 1997 (age 26)	1	homegrown player
PR		Ramazan Aliev	(1999-01-20) 20 January 1999 (age 25)		homegrown player
PR		Nikita Baryshnikov	(1999-04-01) 1 April 1999 (age 25)		homegrown player
PR		Vladimir Tonkoshkurov	(1999-06-27) 27 June 1999 (age 24)		homegrown player
PR		Dmitry Sipkin	(2000-02-25) 25 February 2000 (age 24)		homegrown player
PR		Andris Buske	(2001-03-20) 20 March 2001 (age 23)		homegrown player
LK		Uldis Saulite	(1980-09-28) 28 September 1980 (age 43)	28	Jelgavas Alni
LK		Evgeny Elgin	(1987-03-10) 10 March 1987 (age 37)	32	homegrown player
LK		Maxim Gargalic	(1989-03-07) 7 March 1989 (age 35)	2	Strela
LK		Anton Makarenko	(1991-12-07) 7 December 1991 (age 32)	2	Bulava Taganrog
LK		Vitaly Klimov	(1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 (age 28)	1	RC Kuban
FL		Andrey Temnov	(1983-01-01) 1 January 1983 (age 41)	59	Slava Moscow
FL		Dmitry Krotov	(1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 32)	22	homegrown player
FL		Maksim Kemaev	(2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 23)		homegrown player
N8		Carel du Preez	(1993-04-30) 30 April 1993 (age 30)		Pumas
N8		Vitaly Nemtsev	(1997-03-06) 6 March 1997 (age 27)		homegrown player
SH		Alexey Shcherban	(1990-11-17) 17 November 1990 (age 33)	50	homegrown player
SH		Konstantin Uzunov	(1994-04-19) 19 April 1994 (age 30)	23	homegrown player
SH		Aleksandr Belosludtsev	(2001-02-07) 7 February 2001 (age 23)	1	homegrown player
FH		Ramil Gaisin	(1991-07-26) 26 July 1991 (age 32)	61	homegrown player
FH		Alexandr Budychenko	(1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 (age 26)	13	homegrown player
FH		Timur Maslov	(2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 24)		homegrown player
FH		Kirill Gavrichkov	(2003-02-14) 14 February 2003 (age 21)		homegrown player
CE		Yuri Baranov	(1981-12-11) 11 December 1981 (age 42)	?
CE		Dmitry Gerasimov	(1988-04-16) 16 April 1988 (age 36)	73	homegrown player
CE		Denis Simplikevich	(1991-03-11) 11 March 1991 (age 33)	30	Metallurg
CE		Viktor Kononov	(1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 27)	6	homegrown player
CE		Alexandr Matveev	(1999-02-01) 1 February 1999 (age 25)		homegrown player
CE		Alexey Bernauchis	(2000-03-04) 4 March 2000 (age 24)		homegrown player
CE		Denis Semikov	(2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 (age 23)	2	homegrown player
WG		Alexey Mikhaltsov	(1991-11-06) 6 November 1991 (age 32)	11	homegrown player
WG		Davit Meskhi	(1997-09-20) 20 September 1997 (age 26)	2	RC Army
WG		Khetag Dzobelov	(1998-07-05) 5 July 1998 (age 25)	4	Strela
WG		Artyom Rovsky	(2000-03-24) 24 March 2000 (age 24)		homegrown player
FB		Nikita Churashov	(1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 28)	4	homegrown player
FB		Danil Zabolotnykh	(1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 (age 24)		homegrown player

International honours[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website (in Russian)