Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Ice hockey team based in Ufa, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hockey Club Salavat Yulaev (Russian: Хоккейный клуб «Салават Юлаев», romanized: Hokkejnyj klub «Salavat Julajev»; Bashkir: «Салауат Юлаев» хоккей клубы, romanized: «Salawat Yulayev» xokkey klubı), commonly referred as Salavat Yulaev Ufa, is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Ufa. They are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.
Salavat Yulaev Ufa | |
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City | Ufa, Russia |
League | KHL 2008–present
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Conference | Eastern |
Division | Chernyshev |
Founded | 1961 |
Home arena | Ufa Arena (capacity: 8,250) |
Colours | |
General manager | Rinat Bashirov[1] |
Head coach | Viktor Kozlov |
Captain | Grigori Panin |
Affiliates | Toros Neftekamsk (VHL) Tolpar Ufa (MHL) |
Website | hcsalavat |
Current season |
Established in 1961, Salavat Yulaev spent the Soviet era mainly in the lower divisions, only appearing in the top league for five seasons, though since the dissolution of the Soviet Union they have been in the top league in Russia.
They have won the Gagarin Cup as the KHL champion once, in 2011, and have won the regular season championship twice, in 2009 and 2010, winning the inaugural Continental Cup for the latter. They also won the final Russian Superleague title, in 2008.