VC Dinamo Krasnodar (women's volleyball team)

Dinamo Krasnodar
Full name Volleyball Club Dinamo Krasnodar
Founded 1946
Ground Palais des Sports Olympus, Krasnodar, Russia
(Capacity: 3,000)
Chairman Sergey Kucheruk
Manager Konstantin Ushakov
League Women's Super League
2016–17 5th
Website Club home page
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Dinamo Krasnodar (Russian: Динамо Краснодар) is a Russian women's volleyball club based in Krasnodar. It was founded in 1946 and plays in the super league, the top Russian league.

History

Soviet years

Founded in 1946, the club participated in the 1946 Soviet Women's Volleyball Championship (National championship) finishing in eleventh place (out of 18 teams). From that point, the club competed only at regional level until 1955 when it returned to the National championship remaining there until 1966 when it was relegated to a lower national level. In the years that followed, the club had mixed results being promoted and relegated many times without achieving any real tangible success.[1]

Russian years

The club competed in the "B" league of the Russian Women's Championship in 1992–93 and gained promotion to the Super League. A year later it won its first title, the 1994 Russian Cup. It was relegated after a poor campaign in the 1997–98 Super League where it finished last. It took a decade for the club to return to the Super League, only returning in the 2009–10 season.[1] Since then the club has become consistent and competitive, it qualified for a European competition for the first time, the Women's CEV Cup in 2010–11 reaching the final.[2] On domestic level the club added two more Russian Cups (2014 and 2015). European success soon came in the form of titles in the 2012–13 CEV Challenge Cup and CEV Cups of 2014–15 and 2015–16.[3] In 2015, the club was given a wildcard to participate of the FIVB Volleyball Club World Championship in Switzerland and reached the tournament's final.[4]

Honours

National competitions

  • Russian Cup: 3
1994, 2014, 2015

International competitions

2014–15, 2015–16
2012–13

Team Roster

Season 2016–2017, as of October 2016.[5]

Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date
3 Russia Maria Perepelkina Middle Blocker 1.87 72 9 March 1984
7 Russia Svetlana Sourtseva Setter 1.78 68 10 April 1984
8 Russia Mariia Bibina Libero 1.76 62 26 March 1995
9 Russia Natalia Khodunova Outside Hitter 1.85 65 1 July 1992
10 Russia Alena Iourieva Middle Blocker 1.90 73 21 September 1984
11 Russia Viktorija Rusakova Outside Hitter 1.88 80 23 October 1988
12 Russia Marina Tushova Outside Hitter 1.84 67 21 September 1998
13 Russia Sofia Kirikova Outside Hitter 1.88 70 2 October 1995
15 Russia Olesya Nikolaeva Outside Hitter 1.88 60 18 March 1994
16 Russia Svetlana Serbina Setter 1.82 73 15 May 1996
17 Russia Natalia Malykh Opposite 1.87 72 8 December 1993
18 Russia Ekaterina Tretyakova Libero 1.76 60 19 October 1984
19 Russia Ekaterina Sinitsyna Setter 1.82 64 7 March 1997
20 Russia Anastasia Shlyakhovaya Middle Blocker 1.92 80 5 October 1990

Notable players

References

  1. 1 2 "History". Dinamo Krasnodar (in Russian). Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "2010/11 CEV CUP - Final". CEV. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Dinamo KRASNODAR retain CEV Cup crown by scoring resounding home win". CEV. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Eczacibasi reach summit of club volleyball at Zurich 2015". FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Dynamo Krasnodar Players - Team details". Dinamo Krasnodar. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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