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BSC Kristall Full name BSC Kristall Ground Nova Arena Capacity 2,000[ 1] Chairman Oleg BarinovManager Vadim NovgorodtsevCoach Angelo Schirinzi Alexander Elizarov Vladimir Gavrilov Alexey Ivanov Gennady TumilovichWebsite Club website
Medal record
Beach soccer
Representing Russia
Euro Winners Cup
2014 Catania
2015 Catania
2020 Nazaré
2021 Nazaré
2018 Nazaré
Nazaré Cup
2018 Nazaré
Russian Championships
2013 Moscow
2015 Sochi
2016 St. Petersburg
2018 Moscow
2019 Samara
2021 Moscow
2022 St. Petersburg
2012 St. Petersburg
2014 Volgograd
2017 Saratov
Russian Cup
2015 Sochi
2017 Samara
2018 Sochi
2019 Sochi
2020 Moscow
2012 Moscow
2016 Sochi
Russian Super Cup
2018 Moscow
Inter Cup
2017 St. Petersburg
2018 St. Petersburg
2019 St. Petersburg
2020 St. Petersburg
Open Indoor Beach Soccer League
2015 St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Championships
2018 St. Petersburg
2019 St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Indoor Championships
2017 St. Petersburg
2018 St. Petersburg
2016 St. Petersburg
BSC Kristall (Russian : ПФК «Кристалл» ), or simply Kristall , is a professional beach soccer team based in St. Petersburg , Russia. Kristall is the most successful Russian club at the Euro Winners Cup , having won four times in 2014, 2015, 2020 and 2021. Kristall are a seven-time Russian Nationals and a five-time Russian Beach Soccer Cup champions. Additionally, the team won the 2nd Russian Super Cup in 2018, defeating arch-rival BSC Lokomotiv .[citation needed ]
The club's Brazilian forward, Mauricinho , has described Kristall as the "Real Madrid of beach soccer".[ 2]
Kristall was founded in 2006.[ 3] [ 4] Since 2011, Kristall plays in the national elite division. In 2011, Kristall won their first tournament, OBSL Grand-Prix Winter, and a year later they joined the holding company NOVA Group. They reached their zenit in 2015, after winning every tournament they participated, among them the Euro Winners Cup , the Russian Nationals and the inaugural Russian Cup. In 2021, they won a record 6th Russian Nationals and a record 4th Euro Winners Cup.[ 5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Head coach: Angelo Schirinzi
1st coach: Vladimir Gavrilov
2nd coach: Aleksey Ivanov
3rd coach: Gennadyi Tumilovich
International competitions [ edit ]
Open Indoor Beach Soccer League
National competitions [ edit ]
Winners (7) : 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Winners (3) : 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020