FC Rubin Kazan
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FC Rubin Kazan (), is a Russian football club, based in the Tatarstan city of Kazan.
Rubin never played in the Soviet Top League. They advanced to the Russian Premier League in 2003, and came third in the league in their debut year, qualifying for the UEFA Cup. Their 2004 campaign was less successful, they came 10th. In 2005 they were competing for UEFA Cup zone again, finished 4th.
The team was also previously called "Iskra" (1958-1964), "Rubin-TAN" (1992-1993).