The club was established in Krasnodar, in the distant 1963, and at different times called the "Thunderbird", "University", "Skif", "Arcadia SKIF", "SKIF-Rosneft", "SKIF- Kuban".
The club's history is marked by different names over time: "Thunderbird", "University", "Skif", "Arcadia SKIF", "SKIF-Rosneft", and "SKIF-Kuban".