Avangard is a professional hockey club from Omsk competing in the Kontinental Hockey League. The club was founded on November 7, 1950 and was named Spartak (1950-1962), Aeroflot (1962-1967), Kauchuk (1967-1972), Khimik (1972-1974), Shinnik (1974-1981). Since 1981, it is officially called Avangard.

Russian Championship awards

• 1996 Bronze medal at Russian Championship
• 2001 Silver medal at Russian Championship
• 2004 Champion of Russia
• 2006 Silver medal at Russian Championship
• 2007 Bronze medal at Russian Championship
• 2011 Continental Cup winner (regular championship winner)
• 2012 Silver medal at Russian Championship
• 2019 Silver medal at Russian Championship
• 2021 Gagarin Cup winner, Champion of Russia
• 2023 Bronze medal at KHL

Performance in KHL (playoffs results)

• 2008/09: 8th place in KHL standings
• 2009/10: 12th place in KHL standings
• 2010/11: 5th place in KHL standings
• 2011/12: 2nd place in KHL standings
• 2012/13: 5th place in KHL standings
• 2013/14: Hope Cup winner (vs Dinamo Minsk 3-0)
• 2014/15: 8th place in KHL standings
• 2015/16: 5th place in KHL standings
• 2016/17: 7th place in KHL standings
• 2017/18: 12th place in KHL standings
• 2018/19: 2nd place in KHL standings
• 2019/20: 9th place in KHL standings
• 2020/21: 1st place in KHL standings
• 2021/22: 7th place in KHL standings
• 2022/23: 4th place in KHL standings
• 2023/24: 7th place in KHL standings

GREAT CLUB TRAINEES

Olympic champions:

Viktor Blinov
(1968)

Sergei Kalinin
(2018)

World champions with USSR and Russia national team:

Viktor Blinov
(1968)

Yuri Shatalov
(1974)

Anton Kuryanov
(2009)

Alexander Perezhogin
(2009, 2012)

Alexander Svitov
(2012)

Nikita Nikitin
(2012)

Sergei Kalinin
(2014)