History
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara was founded in 1942.
Krylia Sovetov first played in a match for the Cup of the USSR. The match was held on 30 July 1944. In the last 16 round, Krylia Sovetov lost to Lokomotiv Moscow 1-5.
Their first game in the Championship of the USSR (second group) took place on 4 June 1945 at Kuybyshev stadium Lokomotiv against Torpedo from Gorky. The game ended in a draw 1-1.
On 21 April 1946 in Alma-Ata the team played its first match in the highest division in the USSR, which they lost to Zenit Leningrad (1-2).
Krylia Sovetov participated in 48 championships of the USSR and 13 Russian Championships, as well as 43 USSR Cups and 13 Russian Cups.
During the second round of the season of 1953 the team bore the name of Zenit.
On 6 July 2002 Krylia Sovetov first played in a European competition, in the second round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. They won this game with Dinaburg (Daugavpils, Latvia) played in Metallurg Stadium, by a score of 3-0. The goals were scored by Andrei Karyaka, Robertas Poškus, and Rogério Gaúcho. In 2005 the team played in UEFA Cup 2005-06 and defeated BATE Borisov in the 2nd qualifying round (2-0, 2-0), but in the 1st round lost to AZ Alkmaar (5-3, 1-3).
In 2009 they were eliminated in the Europa League 3rd qualifying round by St Patrick's Athletic.
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