Dinamo Krasnodar (''russian: Динамо Краснодар'') is a Russian women's volleyball club based in

Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern ...

. It was founded in 1946 and plays in the

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, 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 11th 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.

Russian years

The club competed in the "B" league of the Russian Women's Championship in 1992–93 and gained promotion to the

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. 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. Since then the club has become consistent and competitive, it qualified for a European competition for the first time, the

Women's CEV Cup The Women's CEV Cup, formerly known as CEV Cup Winners' Cup (from 1972 to 2000) and CEV Top Teams Cup (from 2000 to 2007), is the second-top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized by ...

in 2010–11 reaching the final. 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

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and CEV Cups of 2014–15 and 2015–16. In 2015, the club was given a

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to participate of the

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in Switzerland and reached the tournament's final.

Honours

National competitions

Russian Cup: 3 :1994, 2014, 2015

International competitions

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: 2 : 2014–15, 2015–16 * Challenge Cup trophy

: 1 :2012–13

Team roster

''Season 2018–2019, as of January 2019.''

Notable players

* Vera Duyunova * Nataliya Kudreva *

Valentina Ogienko Valentina Vitalyevna Ogiyenko (russian: Валенти́на Вита́льевна Огие́нко, born 26 May 1965) is a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics ...

* Lyudmila Shchetinina * Zoya Yusova * Olga Fateeva * Tatiana Kosheleva * Svetlana Kryuchkova *

Yulia Merkulova Yulia Merkulova (russian: Юлия Меркулова) (born 17 February 1984) is a Russian volleyball player, who was born in Lipetsk. Standing at 202 cm, she plays as a middle blocker. She was part of the Russia women's national volleybal ...

* Maria Perepelkina * Lyubov Sokolova *

Yevgeniya Startseva Yevgeniya Aleksandrovna Startseva (russian: Евге́ния Алекса́ндровна Ста́рцева; born 12 February 1989) is a volleyball player from Russia. She was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2010 Wor ...

* Elena Zarubina *

Natalya Mammadova Natalya Aleksandrovna Mammadova ( uk, Наталія Мамедова; born 2 December 1984) is a retired Ukrainian and Azerbaijani volleyball player. Natalya played as an outside hitter and is widely recognized as one of the best players of her ...

* Fabíola de Souza * Fe Garay *

Rosir Calderón Rosir Calderón Díaz (born 28 December 1984) is a Cuban-born Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the Cuban women's national team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In November 2014, she received Russian Sport citize ...

Helena Havelková Helena Havelková (born 25 July 1988) is a Czech beach volleyball player. She was a member of the Women's National Team. She competed at the 2014–15 CEV Women's Champions League in Szczecin, Poland, claiming the silver medal. Clubs * VK T ...

* Anja Spasojević * Neriman Özsoy *

Foluke Akinradewo Foluke Atinuke Gunderson (née Akinradewo; born October 5, 1987) is an indoor volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Japanese club Hisamitsu Springs. Born in Canada, she represents the United States internationally. Gunderson won g ...

Destinee Hooker Destinee Dante Hooker (born September 7, 1987) is an American indoor volleyball player. She is a opposite attacker. Hooker was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team. She starred in both volleyball and track and field at ...

References

External links

Dinamo Krasnodar official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dinamo Krasnodar Russian volleyball clubs Volleyball clubs established in 1946 1946 establishments in Russia Sports clubs in Krasnodar