First Division club Kuban announced the appointment of Alexander Grigoryan as head coach.
According to this official site The contract with the 56-year-old specialist of the teams from Krasnodar continues until the end of the 2022/23 season. The coach starts working with the players from May 17.
His assistants in the coaching staff will be Evgeny Varlamov, Khasan Mamtov and Yuri Shishkin.
Kuban had previously fired head coach Andrey Sosnitsky, who lost 0-1 at home to Dynamo Makhachkala.
A few days ago, sports journalist Ivan Karpov said that if Grigoryan manages to keep the team in the First Division, his contract with him will be extended for another year.
Three weeks before the end of the season, Kuban is in 15th place in the First League standings. The team has 33 points. The Krasnodar team will play with Rodina Moscow, Yenisei Krasnoyarsk and Ufa in the remaining rounds of the championship.
Previously recognizedFor the right to play in the next season of the Russian Premier League (RPL), four clubs from the First Division, which are at the table and qualified for the play-offs, will be licensed. Russian Football Union (RFU) grants the right to play in a higher league