End of the Road? Krylia Sovetov FC Faces Bankruptcy Petition

Samara football club Krylia Sovetov is at risk of bankruptcy as RT-Kapital, a subsidiary of Rostec, prepares to file a petition in arbitration court, marking the third such move in the past year.

Jan 29, 2026

The Samara-based club has been grappling with significant financial debts and legal challenges from its creditor RT-Kapital.
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PFC Krylia Sovetov

The Samara football club Krylia Sovetov risks facing serious problems once again. This can be inferred from a message published on the website of the unified federal register Fedresurs.

Representatives of RT-Kapital LLC have published a notification that could spell the end for the team«s future. They reported their readiness to apply to the arbitration court with a petition to declare PJSC PFC Krylia Sovetov insolvent (bankrupt).

This appeal by Rostec«s subsidiary to arbitration could be the third in the past year. In January 2025, RT-Kapital LLC demanded that the club repay almost a billion rubles (approximately $11 million at current rates).

According to the plaintiffs, the main repayment deadline for the debt expired back in 2016. For several years, the parties managed to negotiate, but in the end, the creditors went to court.

To partially repay the debt, the House of Industry was put up for sale. A new owner for the building was found not without difficulty. The auction was won by PenzaTrakService LLC with a bid of 320 million rubles (approximately $3.5 million at current rates). This money went towards repaying the debt to RT-Kapital.

According to representatives of Krylia Sovetov, they have already managed to pay almost half—535 million rubles (approximately $5.9 million at current rates). By February 1, 2026, the club plans to transfer the remainder to the creditors. These deadlines were stated by the chairman of the board of directors of the team, Dmitry Yakovlev.

The huge debt of Krylia Sovetov almost cost them their place in the Russian Premier League. The club risked being relegated from the championship, despite the season«s results. In the end, the Russian Football Union (RFU) imposed restrictions on the team. During two transfer windows (summer and winter), they were prohibited from buying football players.

The second lawsuit to the Moscow arbitration court was sent by representatives of RT-Kapital at the beginning of 2026. Now they are demanding almost 145 million rubles (approximately $1.6 million at current rates) from the club. For now, preparations for the process are underway, and it is not excluded that the parties may reach an agreement.

Meanwhile, representatives of Krylia Sovetov have already commented on RT-Kapital«s statement about demanding to declare the club bankrupt.

«To date, the company RT-Kapital has only stated its intention to declare Krylia bankrupt. We are acting within the framework of the developed plan and will close the remaining debt obligations to RT-Kapital before the plaintiff applies to the court with the corresponding petition,» said the chairman of the club«s board of directors, Dmitry Yakovlev, in a conversation with »Championat.«

Despite possible financial problems, Krylia Sovetov are preparing for upcoming games in the championship and the country«s cup. In the first decade of March 2026, Magomed Adiyev»s charges will have to play three matches. On March 1, the Samara team will play away against Moscow«s Dynamo. Almost immediately, the Volga region team will return home to meet Orenburg in the Russian Cup on March 4. And on March 8, on the field of the Solidarnost Samara Arena stadium, the football players will meet Dynamo, but this time from Makhachkala.