Hockey Club Salavat Yulaev (; ), commonly referred as Salavat Yulaev Ufa, is a professional ice hockey club based in Ufa, Russia. It is a member of the Chernyshev Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Established in 1957, Salavat Yulaev spent the Soviet era mainly in the lower divisions, only appearing in the top league for five seasons, though since the dissolution of the Soviet Union they have been in the top league in Russia.

They have won the Gagarin Cup as the KHL champion once, in 2011, and have won the regular season championship twice, in 2009 and 2010, winning the inaugural Continental Cup for the latter. They also won the final Russian Superleague title, in 2008.

History Soviet era Founded in 1957, the club was named SK Gastello Ufa during the 1958 Soviet Championship season. then, the club changed its name to Salavat Yulaev Ufa in 1961. the club is named after Salavat Yulaev, a national hero of Bashkortostan. After years of competing in the low-level divisions the team was invited to the second level of the Soviet League "Class A" in 1964, subsequently getting promotion to the elite group for the 1978-1979, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1985-1986 and 1986-1987 seasons.

Post-Soviet era Salavat Yulaev was one of the founding clubs of the International Hockey League and later the Russian Superleague, and normally advanced to the playoffs at that time. The club reached its first Russian championship semifinals in 1996-97 and eventually won its first Championship title in 2007-08, beating Lokomotiv Yaroslavl by three matches to two.

KHL era On July 11, 2008, Salavat signed NHL rising star Alexander Radulov. On June 9, 2009, a press release was issued, stating that Viktor Kozlov had signed a three-year contract to return to Russia. The club has also signed Norwegian forward Patrick Thoresen for the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.

Salavat Yulaev marked its first year in the KHL by winning its first two regular season titles and becoming the first club to be awarded the Continental Cup. The following season, the team advanced to the final against Atlant and won their first Gagarin Cup as champions. They remained a powerful club in the KHL over the following seasons, reaching the playoffs each year, though did not advance past the conference finals in any year.

In March 2022, all four Finnish players, including the all-time scoring leader Teemu Hartikainen, and Geoff Platt and Philip Larsen left the team due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Season-by-season KHL record Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, SOW = Penalty Shootout Wins, SOL = Penalty Shootout Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points Season GP W L OTL Pts GF GA Finish Top scorer Playoffs 2008–09 56 38 8 2 129 203 116 1st, Bobrov Alexei Tereshchenko (58 points: 29 G, 29 A; 55 GP) Lost in preliminary round, 1–3 (Avangard Omsk) 2009–10 56 37 8 1 129 215 116 1st, Chernyshev Alexander Radulov (63 points: 24 G, 39 A; 54 GP) Lost in Conference Finals, 2–4 (Ak Bars Kazan) 2010–11 54 29 12 0 109 210 144 2nd, Chernyshev Alexander Radulov (80 points: 20 G, 60 A; 54 GP) Gagarin Cup Champions, 4–1 (Atlant Moscow Oblast) 2011–12 54 23 18 1 89 173 152 2nd, Chernyshev Alexander Radulov (63 points: 25 G, 38 A; 50 GP) Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Ak Bars Kazan) 2012–13 52 24 17 0 88 148 140 2nd, Chernyshev Igor Mirnov (37 points: 21 G, 16 A; 49 GP) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (Ak Bars Kazan) 2013–14 54 25 16 3 94 140 155 2nd, Chernyshev Dmitri Makarov (40 points: 11 G, 29 A; 54 GP) Lost in Conference Finals, 1–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) 2014–15 60 25 27 2 86 173 158 4th, Chernyshev Kirill Koltsov (48 points: 18 G, 30 A; 60 GP) Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) 2015–16 60 29 22 3 101 179 156 3rd, Chernyshev Linus Omark (57 points: 18 G, 39 A; 60 GP) Lost in Conference Finals, 1–4 (Metallurg Magnitogorsk) 2016–17 60 27 20 13 88 169 174 3rd, Chernyshev Linus Omark (56 points: 14 G, 42 A; 55 GP) Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1–4 (Ak Bars Kazan) 2017–18 56 31 20 5 93 151 139 1st, Chernyshev Linus Omark (55 points: 16 G, 39 A; 55 GP) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (Traktor Chelyabinsk) 2018–19 62 31 21 10 72 158 140 3rd, Chernyshev Linus Omark (49 points: 10 G, 39 A; 56 GP) Lost in Conference Finals, 2–4 (Avangard Omsk) 2019–20 62 29 23 10 68 153 144 3rd, Chernyshev Linus Omark (54 points: 12 G, 42 A; 59 GP) Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4–2 (Avangard Omsk)Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21 60 28 17 5 81 181 151 2nd, Chernyshev Teemu Hartikainen (64 points: 28 G, 36 A; 53 GP) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0–4 (Ak Bars Kazan) 2021–22 45 28 11 6 62 131 96 1st, Chernyshev Markus Granlund (38 points: 8 G, 30 A; 41 GP) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Traktor Chelyabinsk) 2022–23 68 38 20 10 86 174 141 1st, Chernyshev Sergei Shmelyov (51 points: 19 G, 32 A; 67 GP) Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Admiral Vladivostok) 2023–24 68 42 20 6 90 196 143 2nd, Chernyshev Sasha Chmelevski (56 points: 27 G, 29 A; 67 GP) Lost in Last 16, 2–4 (Traktor Chelyabinsk) 2024–25 68 45 20 3 93 212 159 1st, Chernyshev Josh Leivo (80 points: 49 G, 31 A; 62 GP) Lost in Semifinals, 1–4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) 2025–26 68 36 26 6 78 180 171 2nd, Chernyshev Sheldon Rempal (46 points: 15 G, 31 A; 38 GP) Lost in Quarterfinals, 0–4 (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)

Players

Current roster

Franchise records and leaders Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in KHL history. Figures are updated after each completed KHL regular season.Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL Scoring Leaders | QuantHockey.com Retrieved 22 August 2025

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = current Salavat Yulaev Ufa player

Points Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G Teemu Hartikainen LW 472 157 198 355 .75 Linus Omark LW 285 70 201 271 .95 Alexander Radulov RW 210 91 163 254 1.21 Kirill Koltsov D 311 49 130 179 .58 Igor Grigorenko RW 278 92 85 177 .64 Sasha Chmelevski C 208 79 85 164 .78 Alexander Kadeikin C 280 54 99 153 .55 Philip Larsen D 253 43 105 148 .58 Sergei Zinovjev C 207 48 90 138 .67 Vitali Proshkin D 266 23 103 126 .48

GoalsPlayer Pos G Teemu Hartikainen LW 157 Igor Grigorenko RW 92 Alexander Radulov RW 91 Sasha Chmelevski C 79 Linus Omark LW 70 Josh Leivo LW 64 Alexander Kadeikin C 54 Patrick Thoresen C 53 Igor Mirnov C 53 Antti Pihlström LW 52

Assists Player Pos A Linus Omark LW 201 Teemu Hartikainen LW 198 Alexander Radulov RW 163 Kirill Koltsov D 130 Philip Larsen D 105 Vitali Proshkin D 103 Alexander Kadeikin C 99 Sergei Zinovjev C 90 Igor Grigorenko RW 85 Sasha Chmelevski C 85

Honours Champions Gagarin Cup (1): 2011 KHL Regular Season / Continental Cup (2): 2009, 2010 Opening Cup (2): 2008–09, 2011–12 Russian Superleague (1): 2008 Federation Cup (1): 1995 Soviet League Class A2 (5): 1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1992 Pajulahti Cup (1): 2003 Clas Ohlson Cup (1): 2009

Runners-up KHL 2013–14, 2015–16 Continental Cup (1): 1997 Spengler Cup (2): 2007, 2014 Russian Superleague (1): 1997 IHL Championship (1): 1995

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