It is one of the two powerful Krasnoyarsk clubs, the other being their cross town rivals Krasny Yar.

STM is an abbreviation for Sibtyazhmash ("Siberian Heavy Machinery", a local firm), while the Yenisei is the river that flows through Krasnoyarsk.

They are the first club outside of England, France, Ireland and Wales, which has won any European competition.

The first city derby took place on 1990, when the Enisei-STM rose from the lower leagues to the Soviet Championship.

The Siberian derby took place in Krasnoyarsk, Abakan, Shushenskoye, Chita, Moscow, Simferopol, Krasnodar and Edinburgh.