HC Astrakhanochka

HC Astrakhanochka
Full name	Handball Club Astrakhanochka
Short name	HC Astrakhanochka
Founded	1993
Arena	Sportcomplex Zvezdny, Astrakhan
Capacity	5,000
League	Super League
2019–20	4th
Club colours
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Handball Club Astrakhanochka is a Russian women's handball club from Astrakhan established in 1993. It has played in the Russian Super League since 1999, and in 2004 it made its debut in EHF competitions. It reached the EHF Cup's semifinals in 2014 and the Cup Winners' Cup's quarterfinals in 2007.

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2016–17	EHF Champions League	Group B	Ferencváros	28–33	23–32	3rd place
			Vardar Skopje	26–31	25–39
			Leipzig	27–24	27–30
		Group 1	Budućnost Podgorica	21–34	20–38	6th place
			Thüringer	26–24	22–34
			Metz	20–28	18–37

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020–21 season

Goalkeepers

• 01 Anastasia Riabtseva
• 44 Kira Trusova
• 00 Evelina Anoshkina

Wingers

LW

• 91 Kristina Tarasova
• 00 Daria Samokhina

RW

• 00 Yevgenia Levchenko
• 14 Ekaterina Levsha
• 77 Anna Kainarova

Line players

• 00 Ana Debelić
• 19 Svetlana Kremneva

Back players

LB

• 00 Yuliya Garyaeva
• 11 Karina Sabirova
• 73 Karyna Yezhykava

CB

• 00 Irina Nikitina
• 34 Elizaveta Malashenko
• 87 Irina Snopova

RB

• 07 Karina Sisenova
• 13 Anna Shaposhnikova
• 17 Ekaterina Zelenkova

Transfers

Transfers for the 2020-21 season

Joining

• Irina Nikitina (CB)
• Yuliya Garyaeva (LB)
• Evelina Anoshkina (GK)
• Ana Debelić (PV)
• Yevgenia Levchenko (RW)

Leaving

• Maria Gafonova (PV)
• Hannah Nunes (CB)