Krasnodar, football club

LLC Football Club Krasnodar. It was founded in 2008.

Performance indicators

2025: Revenue growth 21.2% to ₽5,5 billion

Football club "Krasnodar" at the end of 2025 increased revenue to ₽5,5 billion - 21.2% more than in 2024. The club's net profit for the same period increased 2.2 times and amounted to ₽893,7 million. Data from the club's financial statements were published in early March 2026.

According to RBC, the club's revenues in 2025 were formed from several items. Sponsorship provided the largest absolute contribution to revenue: advertising of partners brought in ₽1,8 billion, but compared to 2024, this figure decreased by 4.7%. The rest of the directions showed steady growth:

• realization of commercial broadcasting rights - ₽1,2 billion (+ 30.3%);
• placement of advertising products - ₽914,1 million (+ 32.1%);
• sales of paraphernalia - ₽525,1 million (+ 54.1%);
• ticket sales - ₽519,3 million (+ 66.8%);
• sales of subscriptions - ₽419,6 million (+ 62.5%).

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Фото: Krasnodar Football Club

The outstripping growth of ticket and season ticket revenues reflects the increased interest of fans in the club in the championship season. In 2025, Krasnodar won the Russian title for the first time in its history. Previously, the club twice became the finalist of the country's cup - in the seasons 2013/2014 and 2022/2023 - and three times took third place in the championship: in the seasons 2014/2015, 2018/2019 and 2019/2020.

The audit report confirmed the financial stability of the organization. The document notes the lack of intention to liquidate the club or significantly reduce its activities, timely fulfillment of tax obligations, the absence of overdue debts and the positive value of net assets as of December 31, 2025. The auditors also noted the absence of financial, production and other factors that could call into question the continuity of the club's activities within 12 months.^[1]

2024: 10.5-fold reduction in net profit to RUB 410.3 million

At the end of 2024, Football Club Krasnodar LLC received a net profit of ₽410,3 million, which is 10.5 times less than in 2023. Revenue in 2024 amounted to ₽4,49 billion, which is 11.7% more compared to 2023. Information about this in February 2025 is posted on the website of the state information resource of financial statements. On May 24, 2025, Krasnodar footballers beat Dynamo Moscow 3-0 in the home match of the final, 30th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL) and became champions.^[2]

2023: The most profitable club in the RPL - 11.97 billion rubles of profit

At the end of 2023, the Krasnodar football club became the most profitable in the Russian Premier League. He earned approximately 11.97 billion rubles, which is more than two times more than the total profit of all other league teams. Such data are given in the report of the Russian Football Union (RFU), published on May 31, 2024.

It is noted that the published financial statements allow you to assess the main characteristics of the club, understand its current financial situation and development prospects. The document presents consolidated and combined data, which includes a club, academy and "other activities," including those related to the maintenance or lease, as well as the reconstruction of the stadium.

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Фото: Site of FC Krasnodar

In the case of Krasnodar in 2023, according to the data presented, commercial revenues amounted to 2.53 billion rubles, revenues on match days - 698.38 million rubles, revenues from the organizers of the competition - 935.93 million rubles. The main part of the proceeds - 9.41 billion rubles - fell on some "other operating income." At the same time, the total operating expenses of Krasnodar in 2023 amounted to 5.85 billion rubles.

According to the Kommersant newspaper, nine other teams of the Russian Premier League, which reported on their work in 2023, received a total profit of less than 5.4 billion rubles, of which Zenit accounted for about 2 billion rubles. At the same time, zenith leads in terms of expenses, which reached 15.91 billion rubles. According to the proceeds from visiting the stadium, Spartak became the best with a result of approximately 1.76 billion rubles.

It is emphasized that UEFA requirements oblige clubs to provide only the information that has been audited. All information on the basis of which the data is generated is carefully checked by the RFU.^[3]

History

2026: Magnit founder Sergei Galitsky invested 3.8 billion rubles in Krasnodar football club in a year

The creator of the Magnit retail chain, as well as the founder and owner of the Krasnodar football club, Sergei Galitsky, allocated 3.79 billion rubles to finance the team in 2025. This is evidenced by the data of the financial statements of the organization, which was published in March 2026.

According to the publication "RB Business," which got acquainted with the report, in the column "cash deposits of owners," the receipt of the specified amount from the businessman was recorded. For comparison, in 2024, Galitsky's personal investments in the club amounted to 3.65 billion rubles. Earlier, structures affiliated with the owner of Krasnodar (Lavreno Limited and Lavreno Me Project Management) transferred 1.9 billion rubles to the club under sponsorship agreements.

On May 24, 2025, the Krasnodar football club won the 30th round of the Russian championship over Dynamo Moscow (3-0) and won the title of champion of the Russian Premier League (RPL) for the first time in history.

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Фото: Ivan Vodopyanov/Kommersant

In the documentary "Krasnodar. Path to the Championship, "released on February 22, 2026 on the 18th anniversary of the club, team president Sergei Galitsky spoke about the state of health and its impact on the management of the team. The businessman admitted that his health is not in the best condition, and the disease periodically prevented him from watching matches live.

The owner of Krasnodar stressed that the main result of his activities is the creation of a financially stable structure. According to the businessman, the club no longer depends on one person, and the existing income and resources placed in the school and the club guarantee stability for the long term. Galitsky expressed confidence that in the next 10-15 years, fans may not worry about the financial situation of the team.

The club will exist and in finance be where it is. What I promised, I did, - summed up the businessman.[4][5]

2025: Award of a ₽1,8 billion advertising contract with Ozon

Marketplace Ozon signed a sponsorship contract with the football club "" Krasnodar worth up to ₽1,8 billion for four years. The agreement, valid until June 2029, provides for annual payments of up to ₽450 million and the renaming of the club's stadium to Ozon Arena. This became known at the end of April 2025.

According to RBC, Krasnodar became the only club in the Russian Premier League (RPL) that transferred the rights to the name of its stadium to a company that is not directly related to the club. The interlocutor of the publication in the sports marketing market notes that taking into account the branding of the arena and the leadership positions of Krasnodar, the company received a really profitable package of advertising options.

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Фото: fckrasnodar.ru

In Russian football, the practice is widespread when the names of stadiums are associated with club owners. For example, LUKOIL he renamed the home stadium Spartacus"," a similar relationship exists between "" and Dynamo, and, and, and VTB CSKA VEB RUSSIAN RAILWAY "." Locomotive The stadium "" Zenith belongs to the city, but is in concession with the club and is named after "," Gazprom which is the owner of the reigning champion. Russia

In addition to the rights to the name of the stadium, the Ozon logo will appear on the game form of the main team next RPL season. Also, within the framework of the contract, the company, together with the club, will support the development of children's sports in the region and the program of physical rehabilitation of children with disabilities.

Football club Krasnodar is currently the leader of the Russian championship, taking first place in the RPL standings with 55 points after 25 rounds. The club was founded by entrepreneur Sergei Galitsky in February 2008. During its history, the team has repeatedly become the winner of the Russian championship and participated in the Champions League. In the 2023/2024 season, Krasnodar fought for the championship until the last round, but eventually lost the title to Zenit^[6]

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