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]
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| Full name | BSC Kristall |
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| Ground | Nova Arena |
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| Capacity | 2,000[1] |
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| Chairman |  Oleg Barinov |
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| Manager | Vadim Novgorodtsev |
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| Coach |  Angelo Schirinzi
Alexander Elizarov
Vladimir Gavrilov
Alexey Ivanov
 Gennady Tumilovich |
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| Website | http://bsc-kristall.ru/ |
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| Medal record
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| Beach soccer
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| Representing Russia
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| Euro Winners Cup
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2014 Catania |
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2015 Catania |
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2020 Nazaré |
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2021 Nazaré |
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2018 Nazaré |
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| Nazaré Cup
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2018 Nazaré |
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| Russian Championships
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2013 Moscow |
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2015 Sochi |
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2016 St. Petersburg |
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2018 Moscow |
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2019 Samara |
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2021 Moscow |
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2022 St. Petersburg |
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2012 St. Petersburg |
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2014 Volgograd |
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2017 Saratov |
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| Russian Cup
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2015 Sochi |
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2017 Samara |
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2018 Sochi |
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2019 Sochi |
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2020 Moscow |
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2012 Moscow |
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2016 Sochi |
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| Russian Super Cup
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2018 Moscow |
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| Inter Cup
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2017 St. Petersburg |
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2018 St. Petersburg |
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2019 St. Petersburg |
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2020 St. Petersburg |
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| Open Indoor Beach Soccer League
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2015 St. Petersburg |
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| St. Petersburg Championships
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2018 St. Petersburg |
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2019 St. Petersburg |
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| St. Petersburg Indoor Championships
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2017 St. Petersburg |
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2018 St. Petersburg |
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2016 St. Petersburg |
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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]
International competitions
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- Open Indoor Beach Soccer League
National competitions
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- Winners (7): 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
- Winners (3): 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Angelo Schirinzi
Vladimir Gavrilov
Gennadyi Tumilovich