When was Ak Bars Kazan founded?

Ak Bars Kazan was founded in 1956 in Kazan, RUS, Russia.

Where is Ak Bars Kazan based?

Ak Bars Kazan is based in Kazan, RUS.

Who is the head coach of Ak Bars Kazan?

The head coach of Ak Bars Kazan is Anvar Gatiyatulin.

Who is the captain of Ak Bars Kazan?

The captain of Ak Bars Kazan is Alexei Marchenko.

What arena does Ak Bars Kazan play in?

Ak Bars Kazan play their home games at Tatneft Arena in Kazan, RUS.

Who is the general manager of Ak Bars Kazan?

The general manager of Ak Bars Kazan is Marat Valiullin.

What are the team colors of Ak Bars Kazan?

The team colors of Ak Bars Kazan are Green + White + Red.

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2025-2026 Season

Ak Bars Kazan were 43-17-8 in the 2025-26 KHL season with 94 points, 3rd in the Eastern Conference and 4th overall.

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2025-2026 Ak Bars Kazan Player Stats

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#	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
KHL
1.	Kirill Semyonov (C)	68	18	38	56	49	22	20	4	10	14	10	0
2.	Alexander Barabanov (RW/LW)	64	21	30	51	16	12	20	6	10	16	4	9
3.	Mitchell Miller (D)	67	20	27	47	16	19	20	7	16	23	2	11
4.	Alexander Chmelevski (C/LW)	60	18	25	43	16	7	20	5	6	11	2	1
5.	Nikita Lyamkin (D)	58	7	30	37	26	9	20	3	13	16	18	13
6.	Ilya Safonov (C)	68	16	17	33	43	18	20	2	7	9	12	12
7.	Artyom Galimov (C/RW)	61	11	22	33	2	16	20	8	7	15	10	9
8.	Dmitrij Jaskin (RW/C)	59	18	14	32	32	11	20	7	3	10	20	0
9.	Grigori Denisenko (LW/RW)	64	14	14	28	30	3	20	2	2	4	14	0
10.	Ilya Karpukhin (D)	68	9	14	23	38	11	20	1	2	3	12	-3
11.	Alexei Pustozyorov (RW/LW)	38	8	12	20	12	1	20	4	2	6	6	4
12.	Vladimir Alistrov (RW/LW)	43	8	11	19	17	-1
13.	Nathan Todd (C/LW)	17	9	8	17	2	6	20	6	6	12	2	1
14.	Alexei Marchenko (D)	63	0	17	17	28	9	20	0	4	4	4	3
15.	Nikita Dynyak (LW)	51	6	10	16	40	5	15	1	2	3	13	2
16.	Mikhail Fisenko (C)	53	6	9	15	55	6	19	0	3	3	17	0
17.	Dmitri Katelevsky (C)	61	7	7	14	14	1	20	2	2	4	2	2
18.	Stepan Falkovsky (D)	52	2	11	13	12	20	20	0	2	2	2	-1
19.	Brandon Biro (C/LW)	33	1	9	10	6	8
20.	Artur Brovkin (RW)	43	1	8	9	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	-1
21.	Semyon Terekhov (RW)	17	4	2	6	2	-1
22.	Konstantin Luchevnikov (D)	34	0	5	5	10	-2
23.	Artemi Knyazev (D)	21	1	3	4	10	5
24.	Albert Yarullin (D)	15	0	4	4	12	10	2	0	0	0	0	0
25.	Radel Zamaltdinov (RW)	18	3	0	3	4	1	7	0	0	0	4	0
26.	Stepan Terekhov (D)	33	1	2	3	6	14	20	1	1	2	6	2
27.	Igor Bardin (D)	15	0	3	3	0	2
28.	Timofei Zhulin (LW)	4	0	1	1	0	-1
29.	Denis Komkov (C)	8	0	1	1	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0
30.	Arsen Taimazov (D)	1	0	0	0	0	0
31.	Ildan Galeyev (RW/LW)	1	0	0	0	0	-1
32.	Wyatt Kalynuk (D)	2	0	0	0	2	-1
33.	Yegor Potapov (RW)	3	0	0	0	0	0
34.	Alexander Ivanov (D)	7	0	0	0	0	1

#	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
KHL
1.	Maxim Arefyev (G)	16	2.06	.929	8	6	2	2	902:52	404	3	0.72	.976
2.	Timur Bilyalov (G)	47	2.35	.919	25	10	7	3	2581:48	1150	18	2.21	.928
3.	Mikhail Berdin (G)	13	2.56	.896	7	3	0	0	610:24	223
4.	Mikhail Konovalov (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5.	Alexander Stolpechenkov (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2025-2026 Ak Bars Kazan Staff

Head CoachAnvar Gatiyatulin
Asst. CoachAlexander Makritsky
Asst. CoachKonstantin Shafranov
Asst. CoachAlexei Tertyshny
Asst. CoachDenis Yachmenyov
Goaltending CoachGeorgi Gelashvili
General ManagerMarat Valiullin
Team ManagerSergei Kuranov
Commercial Dir.Stanislav Prudnikov
Conditioning CoachDaniil Babenko
Conditioning CoachBrandon Bovee
COOMansur Usmanov
Development CoachDmitri Polyanchikov
Equipment ManagerArtyom Ivanov
Equipment ManagerDamir Saliyev
Equipment ManagerRashit Sharafutdinov

2025-2026 Ak Bars Kazan Captains

"C"

Alexei Marchenko

"A"

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2025-2026 Ak Bars Kazan Demographics

Ak Bars Kazan Facts

Plays in: Fonbet Kontinental Hockey League
Team Colors: Green + White + Red
Town: Kazan, RUS Map
Founded: 1956

2025-2026 Ak Bars Kazan Roster Facts

Nationalities

31 players
3 players
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1 player

Experience

Ak Bars Kazan: 4 425 GP
NHL: 735 GP
WC: 86 GP
OG: 13 GP
Liiga: 59 GP
KHL: 8 040 GP
Czechia: 63 GP
AHL: 1 461 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Ak Bars Kazan U16 (Russia U16)
Ak Bars Kazan U17
Ak Bars Kazan U18 (Russia U18)
Ak Bars-Dynamo Kazan U16
Ak Bars-Neftyanik Almetievsk U16 (Russia U16)
Bars Kazan (VHL)
Irbis Kazan (MHL)
Neftyanik Almetievsk (VHL)

Arena Information

Arena Name: Tatneft Arena
Location: Kazan, RUS
Capacity: 8 965
Construction Year: 2005

Ak Bars Kazan Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
09/26/2026 11:30 AM UTC	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Ak Bars Kazan	-	KHL
09/24/2026 12:30 PM UTC	Sibir Novosibirsk	Ak Bars Kazan	-	KHL
09/21/2026 04:00 PM UTC	Ak Bars Kazan	Lada Togliatti	3 - 2 (OT 61:35)	KHL
09/18/2026 04:30 PM UTC	HK Sochi	Ak Bars Kazan	3 - 2	KHL
09/16/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Ak Bars Kazan	3 - 4 (OT 60:48)	KHL

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Ak Bars Kazan History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	KHL	8	2	2	-	3	1	21	18	11	1.38	2	-
2025-2026	KHL	68	38	17	-	5	8	212	169	94	1.38	3	Final loss
2024-2025	KHL	68	32	23	-	10	3	211	162	87	1.28	5	Quarterfinal loss
2023-2024	KHL	68	33	25	-	8	2	175	140	84	1.24	4	Conference QF loss
2022-2023	KHL	68	27	18	-	14	9	187	158	91	1.34	1	Final loss
2021-2022	KHL	48	21	12	-	9	6	129	109	66	1.38	4	Conference QF loss
2020-2021	KHL	60	33	11	-	8	8	185	131	90	1.5	1	Conference Final loss
2019-2020	KHL	62	38	13	-	6	5	178	121	93	1.5	1	Playoffs Interrupted
2018-2019	KHL	62	34	18	-	4	6	165	139	82	1.32	5	Conference QF loss
2017-2018	KHL	56	30	18	-	2	6	158	126	100	1.79	1	Champion
2016-2017	KHL	60	29	18	-	9	4	155	127	109	1.82	3	Conference Final loss
2015-2016	KHL	60	25	20	-	6	9	143	127	96	1.6	5	Conference QF loss
2014-2015	KHL	60	34	14	-	6	6	169	115	120	2	1	Final loss
2013-2014	KHL	54	26	14	-	8	6	139	108	100	1.85	3	Conference QF loss
2012-2013	KHL	52	28	10	-	6	8	157	112	104	2	1	Conference Final loss
2011-2012	KHL	54	27	19	-	3	5	167	136	92	1.7	4	Conference SF loss
2010-2011	KHL	54	29	12	-	5	8	181	133	105	1.94	2	Conference SF loss
2009-2010	KHL	56	25	18	-	8	5	159	128	96	1.71	3	Champion
2008-2009	KHL	56	36	10	-	4	6	189	123	122	2.18	2	Champion
2007-2008	Russia	57	28	19	-	5	5	182	142	99	1.74	7	Semifinal loss
2006-2007	Russia	54	35	8	-	3	1	214	111	119	2.2	1	Final loss
2005-2006	Russia	51	25	8	-	5	4	150	109	98	1.92	2	Champion
2004-2005	Russia	60	34	17	5	3	1	174	113	114	1.9	4	Quarterfinal loss
2003-2004	Russia	60	29	21	2	5	3	162	122	102	1.7	5	Bronze game loss
2002-2003	Russia	51	26	13	7	4	1	156	106	94	1.84	4	Quarterfinal loss
2001-2002	Russia	51	30	11	7	1	2	151	88	101	1.98	2	Final loss
2000-2001	Russia	10	5	3	1	0	1	24	19	17	1.7	2	Quarterfinal loss
	Russia	34	21	7	5	1	0	115	65	70	2.06	1	-
1999-2000	Russia	38	25	8	3	1	1	144	82	81	2.13	2	Final loss
1998-1999	Russia	42	20	12	10	-	-	105	75	50	1.19	7	Semifinal loss

Ak Bars Kazan Tournament Statistics

season	tournament	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2007-2008	Cont Cup	3	3	0	-	0	0	12	4	9	3	1	Champion
2006-2007	ECC	2	2	0	-	0	0	9	4	6	3	1	Champion
1999-2000	Cont Cup	3	1	2	0	-	-	12	10	2	0.67	3	-
	Cont Cup	3	3	0	0	-	-	16	1	6	2	1	Promoted
1998-1999	Euro HL	6	3	2	-	1	0	22	16	11	1.83	1	Playoffs Qualifier loss

Ak Bars Kazan Stars And Cult Players

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Stepan Sannikov (F)	2026-2027	Arlan Kokshetau	Kazakhstan	7	7	6	13	10
2.	Alexander Radulov (F)	2026-2027	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL	7	4	5	9	2
3.	Artyom Valeyev (F)	2026-2027	HK Mogilev	Belarus	5	3	3	6	0
4.	Nikolai Kovalenko (F)	2026-2027	CSKA Moskva	KHL	7	1	5	6	6
5.	Dmitrij Jaskin (F)	2026-2027	Shanghai Dragons	KHL	4	3	2	5	4
6.	Ziyat Paigin (D)	2026-2027	HK Tambov	VHL	6	3	2	5	6
7.	Harri Pesonen (F)	2026-2027	JYP	Liiga	5	2	3	5	0
8.	Vladimir Tkachyov (F)	2026-2027	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	KHL	6	2	3	5	10
9.	Vadim Shipachyov (F)	2026-2027	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	6	1	4	5	2
10.	Adel Bulatov (F)	2026-2027	Neftyanik Almetievsk	VHL	6	1	4	5	2

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	6'1"	192 lbs	26.38
2025-2026	View Roster	6'1"	192 lbs	26.76
2024-2025	View Roster	6'0"	192 lbs	26.69
2023-2024	View Roster	6'1"	192 lbs	27.46
2022-2023	View Roster	6'1"	196 lbs	28.44

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Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Sergei Stolbun (F)	848	589	321	910
2.	Gennadi Maslov (F)	527	525	271	796
3.	Valeri Shalakhin (F)	633	352	403	755
4.	Danis Zaripov (F)	790	255	303	558
5.	Alexei Morozov (F)	475	219	286	505

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Sergei Stolbun (F)	848	589	321	910
2.	Gennadi Maslov (F)	527	525	271	796
3.	Valeri Shalakhin (F)	633	352	403	755
4.	Danis Zaripov (F)	790	255	303	558
5.	Ildar Rahmatullin (F)	591	234	139	373

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Valeri Shalakhin (F)	633	352	403	755
2.	Sergei Stolbun (F)	848	589	321	910
3.	Danis Zaripov (F)	790	255	303	558
4.	Alexei Morozov (F)	475	219	286	505
5.	Gennadi Maslov (F)	527	525	271	796

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Alexei Chupin (F)	489	153	300	712
2.	Ilya Nikulin (D)	520	81	279	654
3.	Alexei Puchkov (D)	691	68	132	592
4.	Ildar Rahmatullin (F)	591	234	373	513
5.	Grigori Panin (D)	252	10	58	498

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Sergei Stolbun (F)	848	589	321	910
2.	Danis Zaripov (F)	790	255	303	558
3.	Vladimir Bokarev (F)	776	215	138	353
4.	Dmitri Balmin (D)	702	51	135	186
5.	Alexei Puchkov (D)	691	68	64	132

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Brad Richards (F)	6	2	7	1.17
2.	Stéphane Da Costa (F)	52	27	57	1.10
3.	Alexei Morozov (F)	475	219	505	1.06
4.	Petr Čajánek (F)	33	13	33	1.00
5.	Nathan Todd (F)	17	9	17	1.00

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Gennadi Maslov (F)	1982-1983	60	76	128
2.	Sergei Stolbun (F)	1982-1983	76	88	125
3.	Valeri Shalakhin (F)	1982-1983	75	48	113
4.	Gennadi Maslov (F)	1978-1979	58	63	99
5.	Valeri Shalakhin (F)	1981-1982	76	48	92

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Sergei Stolbun (F)	1982-1983	76	88	125
2.	Gennadi Maslov (F)	1982-1983	60	76	128
3.	Gennadi Maslov (F)	1978-1979	58	63	99
4.	Gennadi Maslov (F)	1979-1980	58	61	83
5.	Gennadi Maslov (F)	1973-1974	-	57	89

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Valeri Shalakhin (F)	1982-1983	75	65	113
2.	Gennadi Maslov (F)	1982-1983	60	52	128
3.	Valeri Shalakhin (F)	1983-1984	58	51	88
4.	Alexei Morozov (F)	2006-2007	53	49	83
5.	Valeri Shalakhin (F)	1981-1982	76	44	92

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Alexei Yemelin (D)	2007-2008	56	5	123
2.	Grigori Panin (D)	2011-2012	50	12	120
3.	Darius Kasparaitis (D)	2004-2005	29	4	118
4.	Yevgeni Varlamov (D)	2000-2001	35	8	117
5.	Alexander Stepanov (F)	2006-2007	50	24	112

Player Nationalities Throughout History

Elite Prospects Notes and Trivia

Team names:

- Mashstroy Kazan (1956–1958)
- SK Uritskogo Kazan (1958–90)
- Itil Kazan (1990–1995)
- Ak Bars Kazan (1995-)