SKA-Neftyanik

Ice hockey team in Khabarovsk, Russia

SKA Khabarovsk in a home game against Yenisey in 1982

SKA-Neftyanik (Russian: СКА-Нефтяник) is a professional bandy club from Khabarovsk, Russia, established in 1947. It plays in the Russian Bandy Super League, the top division of Russian bandy.^[1] The club colours are yellow, red and black.^[2]

History

The team was founded in 1947 and was known under the abbreviations ODO (Okruzhnoy Dom Ofitserov), SKVO (Sportivnyi Klub Voennogo Okruga) and eventually SKA (Sportivnyi Klub Armii).^[3] In 1999, after Neftyanik had qualified for the highest division, the two clubs merged to become SKA-Neftyanik. SKA played in the elite division of Soviet bandy ever since 1954.^{[citation needed]}

Since the 2013-14 season the team plays at the indoor arena, Arena Yerofey.^[4] In the 2016-17 season the club became Russian champion for the first time.^[5] The club colours are red, yellow and black.

Honours

Domestic

• Russian Champions:
  • Winners (4): 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
  • Runners-up (5): 1963–64, 1969–70, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1988–89

Cup

• Russian Cup:
  • Winners (6): 1988, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2017
  • Runners-up (3): 1954, 2003, 2015

• Russian Bandy Super Cup:
  • Winners (1):^[6] 2015

International

• Champions Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 2005

SKA-Neftyanik-2

SKA-Neftyanik's second team SKA-Neftyanik-2 plays in the Russian Bandy Supreme League, the second tier of Russian bandy.^[7]

References

1. "«СКА-Нефтяник» Хабаровск" (in Russian). rusbandy.ru. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
2. "СКА-Нефтяник" (in Russian). SKA-Neftyanik. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
3. "Picture of SKA Khabarovsk in 1989, celebrating the silver medal of the". bandynet.ru.
4. "Команда СКА-Нефтяник открыла игровой сезон в новой арене «Ерофей» (SKA-Neftyanik Opens Season in the New Yerofey Arena)" (in Russian).
5. "Google Translate". translate.google.co.uk.
6. "ФХМР поздравляет «СКА-Нефтяник» с завоеванием Суперкубка России - Архив новостей - Федерация хоккея с мячом России". rusbandy.ru.
7. "«СКА-Нефтяник-2» Хабаровск" (in Russian). rusbandy.ru. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

External links

• Official website