Rostov-Don

Rostov-Don
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Full name	Rostov-Don Handball Club
Short name	Rostov
Founded	1965
Arena	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports
Capacity	3,500
Head coach	Ambros Martín
League	Russian Super League
2018-19	1st
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Rostov-Don (Russian: Ростов-Дон) is a female handball team from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Established in 1965, the club was called Rostselmash until 2002.

The club have won Women's EHF Cup in 2017, and was runner-up at the Women's EHF Cup 2015, after losing the finals against the Danish team of TTH Holstebro. They have won the Russian Super League four times back in 1994, 2015, 2017 and 2018.

At 2017–18 EHF Champions League, the club was qualified for the Final 4 in Budapest, for the first time in the club's history. They came in 4th place. The following year, at the 2018–19 EHF Champions League they qualified for the Final 4 once again. This time they made it to the final, losing to Győri Audi ETO. In the semifinal they beat Metz Handball.

Achievements

Russia

• Russian Super League:
  • Winners (5): 1994, 2015, 2017, 2018 , 2019
  • Runners-up (6): 1993, 1995, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
  • Third place (10): 1975, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2014
• Russian Cup:
  • Winners (9): 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

USSR

• USSR Championship:
  • Winners (2): 1990, 1991
  • Runners-up (5): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1989
  • Third place (2): 1976, 1988
• USSR National Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1980, 1981, 1982

European competitions

• EHF Champions League:
  • Finalist: 2018/2019
  • Fourth place: 2017/2018
• Women's EHF Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2017
  • Runners-up (1): 2015
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1990

Other tournaments

• Baia Mare Champions Trophy:
  • Fourth place: 2014
• Bucharest Trophy:
  • Fourth place: 2014, 2015

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2017-18	Champions League	Group Matches (Group B)	Győri ETO KC	23–22	23–25	1st
			FC Midtjylland	21–24	27–20
			Brest Bretagne	26–24	29–23
		Main Round (Group 1)	Nykøbing Falster	29–25	32–22	2nd
			RK Krim	29–22	35–26
			CSM București	22–22	25–24
		Quarter-finals	Ferencvárosi TC	31–29	32–22	63–51
		Semi-final	HC Vardar	19–25
		Third place	CSM București	30–31
2018-19	Champions League	Group Matches (Group B)	København Håndbold	27–21	30–25	1st
			IK Sävehof	30–21	32–26
			Brest Bretagne	29–29	30–24
		Main Round (Group 1)	Metz Handball	18–26	25–29	2nd
			ŽRK Budućnost	24–22	23–20
			Odense Håndbold	25–19	30–26
		Quarter-finals	Ferencvárosi TC	33–22	29–26	62–48
		Semi-final	Metz Handball	27–25
		Final	Győri ETO KC	24–25
2019-20	Champions League	Group Matches (Group B)	Team Esbjerg	34–26	26–31	1st
			MKS Lublin	31–21	30–20
			CSM București	23–22	23–23
		Main Round (Group 1)	Metz Handball
			Vipers Kristiansand
			Ferencvárosi TC

Arena

• Name: Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports
• City: Rostov-on-Don, Russia
• Capacity: 3,000 spectators

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2019–20 season

Goalkeepers

• 01 Galina Mekhdieva
• 21 Anna Sedoykina
• 84 Mayssa Pessoa

RW

• 06 Yulia Managarova (c)
• 15 Marina Sudakova

LW

• 63 Kristina Kozhokar
• 88 Polina Kuznetsova

Line players

• 07 Maya Petrova
• 19 Ksenia Makeeva
• 93 Julia Behnke

Back players

LB

• 08 Anna Sen
• 10 Lois Abbingh
• 17 Vladlena Bobrovnikova

CB

• 09 Ana Paula Belo
• 23 Regina Kalinichenko
• 51 Milana Tazhenova (injured)
• 77 Irina Nikitina
• 99 Viktoriya Borshchenko
• Yaroslava Frolova

RB

• 13 Anna Vyakhireva
• 18 Valeriia Maslova

Transfers

Transfers for the 2020-21 season

Joining

Leaving

• Viktoriya Borshchenko (LW) (to HBC CSKA Moscow)

Staff members

Staff for the 2019-20 season.

• Head Coach: Ambros Martín
• Assistant Coach: Tomáš Hlavatý
• Team Leader: Arthur Sazonov
• Physiotherapist: Alexander Matić
• Senior coach: Tatyana Bereznyak
• Fitness coach: Yevgeni Timirbulatov
• Video Analyst: Maxim Kronfeld
• Team Doctor: Nikolay Donic
• Masseur: Sergey Yagelovich
• Team Translator: Arkady Barabash
• Team Administrator: Maxim Shchennikov

Formerly known players from the club

• Sonja Barjaktarović (2012–2015)
• Katarina Bulatović (2017–2018)
• Anđela Bulatović (2014v2015)
• Ana Đokić (2012–2013)
• Siraba Dembele (2016–2018)
• Alexandrina Cabral (2016–2018)
• Lotte Grigel (2015–2017)
• Kristina Elez (2013–2014)
• Katrine Lunde (2015–2017)
• Olga Peredery (2012–2015)
• Olga Vashchuk (2011–2012)

• Tatiana Dronina (2002–2005)
• Yekaterina Ilyina (2014–2018)
• Anna Punko (2014–2016)
• Alexandra Stepanova (2014–2018)
• Inna Suslina (1997–1998, 2010–2012)
• Oxana Kiseleva (2012–2013, 2015–2016, 2017–2018)
• Emilya Turey (2011–2012)
• Yana Uskova (2006–2009)
• Yelena Avdekova (2014–2016)
• Olga Chernoivanenko (2016–2017)
• Yekaterina Davydenko (2015–2016)

Individual awards in the EHF Champions League

Season	Player	Award
2017–18	Yulia Managarova	All–Star Team (Best Right Wing)
	Siraba Dembélé	All–Star Team (Best Left Wing)
2018–19	Anna Vyakhireva	All–Star Team (Best Right Back)

Kit manufacturers

• Nike (2018-)

External links

• Official club site (in Russian)