Leningradka Saint Petersburg

Leningradka
Full name Leningradka Saint-Petersburg
Founded 1935
Ground Platonov Volleyball Academy, Saint Petersburg, Russia
(Capacity: 1,500)
Manager Alexander Kashin
League Women's Super League
2017–18 8th
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Leningradka (Russian: Ленингра́дка) is a Russian women's volleyball club based in Saint Petersburg and plays in the Super League, the top Russian league.

Previous names

  • Spartak Leningrad (1935–1977)
  • TTU Leningrad (1978–1991)
  • TTU Saint-Petersburg (1992–2003)
  • Leningradka Saint-Petersburg (2003–present)

History

Soviet years

Founded in 1935 as the women's volleyball department of the DSO Spartak section based in Leningrad, the club made its debut in the USSR Championship in 1939 and played a total of 43 seasons in the USSR Championship until the tournament folded in 1991.[1] The club changed its name in 1978 to Tallinn Technology University (TTU) Leningrad.[2] During the Soviet period, the club won the USSR Cup twice (1976, 1977) and reached the final of the European Cup Winners Cup in 1980–81.

Russian years

The Russian Championship (which eventually became the Super League) was established for the 1991–92 season, but the club played in the second division that season. Since then, it has been promoted and relegated many times in the Russian Leagues with very inconsistent results.[2] In 2003, it changed its name to Leningradka and started to focus on the development and preparation of young players by creating a youth team to support their main team.[1] A notable result came in the CEV Challenge Cup of 2008–09 when the club finished third.[3]

Honours

National competitions

USSR
  • USSR Cup: 2
1976, 1977

Team squad

Season 2016–2017, as of December 2016.[4]

Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date
1 Russia Valeria Shatunova Outside Hitter 1.90 12 July 1994
2 Russia Elena Tkacheva Outside Hitter 1.83 29 June 1989
3 Russia Maria Samoylova Opposite 1.90 22 December 1988
4 Russia Victoria Gorbacheva Libero 1.74 2 April 1995
6 Russia Julia Kutyukova Outside Hitter 1.83 30 March 1989
7 Russia Ekaterina Petrova Opposite 1.91 27 November 1993
10 Russia Alina Georgieva Middle Blocker 1.86 20 June 1991
11 Russia Maria Doronicheva Setter 1.81 26 May 1997
12 Russia Maria Vonogova Middle Blocker 1.90 5 April 1990
13 Russia Julia Bessonnaya Outside Hitter 1.80 30 October 1988
14 Russia Ekaterina Polyakova Middle Blocker 1.95 6 February 1987
15 Russia Maria Kashina Libero 1.67 16 January 1994
16 Russia Natalia Nepomnyashchikh Setter 1.84 16 August 1987
17 Russia Olga Skripak Setter 1.83 28 December 1996
20 Russia Victoria Babrova Middle Blocker 1.87 6 June 1997

Notable players

References

  1. 1 2 "History". Leningradka (Saint-Petersburg). Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 "All Results". Leningradka (Saint-Petersburg) (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "GM CAPITAL CHALLENGE CUP WOMEN - 2008/2009 - Third place match". CEV. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Squad". Leningradka (Saint-Petersburg) (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2016.
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