Dinamo Volgograd

Dinamo Volgograd (Russian: Динамо Волгоград) is a Russian women's handball club from Volgograd. Founded in 1972 as Burevestnik Volgograd, it represented Rotor Volgograd following the collapse of the Soviet Union and was subsequently named Aqva before taking its current name in 2003.

Dinamo Volgograd
Full nameHandball Club Dinamo Volgograd
Short nameHC Dinamo Volgograd
Founded1972
ArenaDynamo Sports Hall
Capacity1,500
Head coachOleg Kuleshov
LeagueSuper League
2020-219th
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Website
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Dynamo is the most successful team in the Russian Super League with nine titles, and in the 2001-02 season it set a record winning all the matches. It in international competitions won three titles: the 1995 Challenge Cup and Champions Trophy and the 2008 EHF Cup. In 2000 it became the first Russian team to reach the Champions League's semifinals since the USSR's break-up.

In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Handball Federation banned Russian athletes, and the European Handball Federation suspended the Russian clubs from competing in European handball competitions.[1]

Honours
Winners (1): 2008
Winners (1): 1995
Winners (1): 1995
Winners (12): 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

European record
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2016–17 EHF Cup R1 Netherlands SS/VOC Amsterdam 29–19 27–22 56–41
R2 Switzerland SPONO Eagles 35–23 38–28 73–51
R3 Austria Hypo Niederösterreich 29–23 32–26 61–49
Group B France Brest Bretagne Handball 25–20 21–27 1st place
Hungary Alba Fehérvár KC 31–26 31–24
Germany HC Leipzig 32–24 33–27
1/4 Germany SG BBM Bietigheim 26–33 31–26 57–59

Team

Current squad
Squad for the 2020-21 season.

Notable players

References
  1. "Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF". Handball Planet. 1 March 2022.


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