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Wikipedia - BSC Kristall
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.
The club's Brazilian forward, Mauricinho, has described Kristall as the "Real Madrid of beach soccer".
History
Kristall was founded in 2006. 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.
Klubbens førstehold spiller i den lokale serie, hvor de har opnået solide resultater gennem årene. Holdet er kendt for deres angrebsivrige spillestil og gode holdånd.
BSC Kristall Beach har også en stærk ungdomsafdeling, der tiltrækker unge talenter fra hele området. Klubben lægger vægt på at udvikle spillernes tekniske færdigheder, taktiske forståelse og sportsånd.
Klubhuset er placeret ved stranden og tilbyder et hyggeligt samlingssted for medlemmer og gæster. Klubben afholder regelmæssigt sociale arrangementer og sponsorerer lokale velgørenhedsinitiativer.
BSC Kristall Beach er mere end bare en fodboldklub; det er et socialt fællesskab, der samler folk fra alle samfundslag. Klubbens dedikerede frivillige og engagerede medlemmer gør den til en vigtig del af det lokale samfund.