Strela-Ak Bars (Russian: Стрела-Ак Барс) is a rugby club in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, which calls itself a professional club. It won the Russian Championship in 2025 and plays in the 2026 Russian Championship.
History
The club was founded in 1967. It won the Russian rugby league Cup in 1993 and five consecutive Russian rugby league championships from 1995 to 1999. After the 2008 season the team almost ceased to exist because of a lack of funding.
In November 2023 the club was renamed Strela-Ak Bars. In rugby union it won the Russian Cup in 2023 and 2025 and the Russian Super Cup in 2024 and 2025, and after finishing second in the Russian Championship in 2024 it won the title in 2025.
Honours
Honours:
- Russian champions: 2025
- Russian Championship runners-up: 2024
- Russian Cup winners: 2023, 2025
- Russian Super Cup winners: 2024, 2025
- Russian sevens champions: 2024
- Russian sevens runners-up: 2023, 2025
- European Champions Cup sevens runners-up: 2012
- Russian rugby league champions: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
- Russian rugby league Cup winners: 1993
- Russian rugby league runners-up: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008