Ryazan-VDV

Ryazan

Full name	Football Club Ryazan-VDV
Founded	1996
Ground	Tsentralny Sportivny Kompleks, Ryazan
Capacity	20,000
Manager	Konstantin Klimashin
League	Russian Championship
2016	3rd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Ryazan VDV (Рязань-ВДВ) is a Russian women's football team from Ryazan.^[1]

History

Founded in 1996, it was one of the leading women's teams between 1997 and 2002, winning two league titles and one cup in the last years of the twentieth century. Ryazan VDV was the first team to represent Russia in the UEFA Women's Cup.

Around 2013 a team of Russian and Ukrainian nationals was formed, winning a league title in 2013 and the Russian Cup in 2014. The club plays in the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League.^[2]

Honours

Invitational

• Albena Cup (1): 2003

Season Division Place National Cup 1996 2 2nd 1st Round 1997 1 3rd Runner-up 1998 1 3rd Winner 1999 1 1st Runner-up 2000 1 1st Runner-up 2001 1 3rd Runner-up 2002 1 3rd Quarterfinals 2003 1 4th Round of 16 2004 1 ? Round of 16 2005 1 4th Semifinals 2006 1 4th Semifinals 2007 1 6th Semifinals 2008 1 4th Round of 16 2009 1 5th Quarterfinals 2010 1 5th Quarterfinals 2011–12 1 6th Quarterfinals 2012–13 1 3rd 2013 1 1st Current squad As of 8 July 2018 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 1 GK Kateryna Samson 4 DF Kristine Aleksanyan 7 DF Anna Belomyttseva 8 DF Ekaterina Dmitrenko DF Olga Basanska 9 DF Anastasiia Fetisova 10 DF Lyubov Kipyatkova 11 DF Nadezhda Koltakova MF Valeria Aleshicheva MF Oksana Eremeeva No. Position Player 23 MF Natalia Kuzmina 26 MF Elizaveta Lazareva MF Elena Morozova MF Natalia Osipova MF Anna Sinyutina MF Asya Turieva 36 FW Elena Danilova FW Kristina Chichkala 45 GK Maria Zhamanakova Former players Players listed in bold have had caps for their respective countries Anna Astapenko (2009–2010) Natalia Barbashina (1999–2001) Elena Danilova (2005) Marina Kolomiets (2001) Anastasia Kostyukova (2005–2006) Olga Letyushova Elena Morozova Olesya Mashina (2009–2010) Olga Sergaeva (1998–1999, 2002–2003) Elena Terekhova (2005) Elvira Todua (2005–2007) Tatiana Zaitseva Daryna Apanaschenko (2005–2008) Veronika Shulga (2000–2001, 2010) Natalia Zinchenko (1997–2002, 2005–2006) UEFA competitions Main article: Russian women's football clubs in international football Ryazan played the very first season of the UEFA Women's Cup and reached the quarter-finals. Season Competition Stage Result Opponent 2001–02 UEFA Women's Cup Qualifying Stage 4–0 Ter Leede 11–0 Kavala FC 13–0 SKF Žilina Quarter-finals 1–4, 1–3 Umeå IK 2014–15 Champions League Round of 32 1–3, 0–2 FC Rosengård References ↑ Womenfootball.ru ↑ "Ryazan and Linköping claim cups". uefa.com. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014. External links Official website