Handball Club Lada
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| Full name | Handball Club Lada | ||
| Founded | 1998 | ||
| Arena | Olymp Sportlomplex, Togliatti | ||
| Capacity | 2,700 | ||
| Head coach | Akopyan Levon | ||
| League | Russian Super League | ||
| 2017-18 | 2nd | ||
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| Website Official site | |||
Handball Club Lada is a Russian women's handball club from Tolyatti playing in the Russian Super League.
Founded in 1998, Lada soon became the leading team in the Super League winning five championships in a row between 2002 and 2006 and a sixth one in 2008. It also built itself a name in Europe winning the 2002 Cup Winners' Cup in its international debut and reaching the final of the 2007 Champions League and the next edition's semifinals.[1]
The following three seasons were less successful, with Dynamo Volgograd retrieving the leading position. On the other hand, Lada won the 2012 EHF Cup,[2] its second international title, while attaining the national championship's bronze in 2009, 2011 and 2012.[3]
Titles
- Cup Winners' Cup
- 2002,
- EHF Cup
- 2012,2014
- Russian Super League
- 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
European record
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
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| 2016–17 | EHF Cup | R2 |  Vipers Kristiansand
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29–23 | 26–32 | 55–55 |
| R3 |  Viborg HK
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29–26 | 28–22 | 57–48 | ||
| Group D | Nykøbing Falster HK
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35–32 | 23–35 | 3rd place | ||
 TuS Metzingen
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26–27 | 24–23 | ||||
| Glassverket IF
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32–21 | 25–26 | ||||
Current squad
- Squad for the 2018–19 season
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References
- ^ Profile and record in the European Handball Federation's website
- ^ Lada wins Women's EHF Cup. European Handball Federation
- ^ Results and tables in Scoresway