WVC Dinamo Moscow (russian: ЖВК Динамо Москва) is a Russian women's

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club based in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

which is currently playing in the

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. It was established in 1926 and dissolved in 1992, but was reestablished in 2004. It is the most successful team in Soviet women's volleyball history with fourteen Championship titles and the most successful team in the CEV Women's Champions League history with eleven titles.

History

Soviet years

The club was created in 1926, when

Dinamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

decided to establish a women's volleyball section from its sports club. Its first participation in the USSR Championship was 1940, finishing in seventh place. The championship was not held from 1941 until 1944 due to war, but once it resumed in 1945 the club began achieving success under the coach Nikolay Nikolaevich Benderov, winning the titles in 1947, 1951, 1953, 1954 and 1955. During that period the club also won the USSR Cups of 1950, 1951 and 1953. From 1957 to 1965 the club had a new coach, Serafima Georgievna Kundirenko who took the team to winning the USSR Championships of 1960 and 1962. The introduction of the new premier club competition with clubs from Europe called ''European Cup'' (today known as ''

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''), provided an opportunity for the club to compete against teams from across the continent. Dynamo Moscow won the inaugural 1960–61 edition, as well as the 1962–63 and 1964–65 editions, establishing itself as one of the strongest women's volleyball clubs in Europe. In 1966, under Anatoly Sergeyevich Sarkisov the team won the 1967–68

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. Givi Alexandrovich Akhvlediani became the new coach in 1969, with the goal of making Dynamo Moscow the country's leading team. Under his guidance, Dynamo Moscow brought new players (

Nina Smoleyeva Nina Smoleyeva (born 28 March 1948) is a former volleyball player for the USSR. Smoloyeva was a major player who helped the Soviet Union women's national volleyball team to become the most dominant team in the late 1960s to early 1970s, by winni ...

, Rosa Salikhova,

Antonina Ryzhova Antonina Alekseyevna Ryzhova ( rus, Антонина Алексеевна Рыжова; July 5, 1934 – May 1, 2020) was a Soviet competitive volleyball player and Olympic silver medalist. She was born in Moscow, Russia Russia (, , ), o ...

, Tatyana Tretyakova,

Larisa Bergen Larisa Abramovna Bergen (russian: Лари́са Абра́мовна Бе́рген; 22 September 1949 — 7 April 2023) was a volleyball player for the USSR. She was Jewish, and was born in Akmolinsk, Kazakh SSR. Bergen played for ADK Alma-A ...

Nina Muradyan Nina Muradyan ( hy, Նինա Մուրադյան, born August 17, 1954 in Yerevan, Armenia) is a former Soviet Armenian volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to scor ...

), employed new tactics and focused on improving technical skills. That lead the club to its most successful period, winning six USSR Championships (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977) and seven European Cups (1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77), making Dynamo Moscow the dominant force in European women's volleyball during the late 60's and 1970's. The next head coach was Mikhail Omelchenko. By the 1980s Uralochka began to emerge itself as a dominant force, and Dynamo's winning generation team of the 1970s was ageing. Omelchenko rejuvenated the squad calling new players ( Lyubov Kozyreva,

Nataliya Razumova Nataliya Nikolayevna Razumova (russian: Ната́лья Никола́евна Ра́зумова, born November 21, 1961) is a former volleyball player for the USSR. Born in Revda, Sverdlovsk Oblast, she competed for the Soviet Union ...

) who helped the club to win the USSR Cup in 1982 and the USSR Championship in 1983. After social and political changes in the USSR, the club could no longer perform at the highest level being relegated at the conclusion of the 1988–89 season. The club kept on playing in the second division for another three seasons and decided to stop its women's volleyball activities in 1992.

Russian years

After a 12-year break, the club was re-established on 12 May 2004. It entered the

in the 2004–05 season and the team proved to be competitive right away, finishing second that year. The success came shortly after the club won the league in the following two seasons (2005–06 and 2006–07) and a third time in 2008–09. Since then, they won four times the Russian Cup (2009, 2011, 2013 and 2018) in the same time they won the Super League in 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19. The club is yet to emulate the Soviet era success in Europe, but it has reached the finals of the

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(in 2005–06) and the

twice (in 2006–07 and in 2008–09).

Honours

National competitions

;USSR *

USSR Championship : 14 :1947, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1962, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1983 * Soviet Russia Air force roundel

USSR Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS (Moldova ...

: 4 :1950, 1951, 1953, 1982 ;Russia * Simple cup icon

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: 7 :2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017-18, 2018–19 * Imperial Russian Aviation Roundel

Russian Cup: 4 :2009, 2011, 2013, 2018 * Russian Super Cup: 2 :2017, 2018

International competitions

: 11 : 1960–61, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77

Team roster

''Season 2022–2023, as of June 2022.''

Notable players

Lyudmila Buldakova Lyudmila Stepanovna Buldakova (May 25, 1938 – November 7, 2006) was a Soviet and Russian volleyball player. Buldakova had a long career in the Soviet national team, from 1955 through 1972, serving as the team captain in the last few years. At ...

Aleksandra Chudina Aleksandra Georgievna Chudina (russian: Александра Георгиевна Чудина; 6 November 1923 – 28 October 1990) was a Soviet athlete who excelled in field hockey, volleyball, and various track and field events. Field hockey ...

* Marita Katusheva *

Irina Kirillova Irina Vladimirovna Kirillova (russian: Ирина Владимировна Кириллова, born 15 May 1965), also known as Irina Parkhomchuk, is a retired competitive volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist for the Soviet Union, later c ...

Liliya Konovalova Liliya Nikolaevna Konovalova (russian: Ли́лия Никола́евна Конова́лова; February 20, 1933, Novosibirsk – November 25, 2015, Moscow) was a Soviet volleyball player, player of the USSR team (1955–1962). Two-time worl ...

* Lyubov Kozyreva * Tatyana Kraynova *

* Rosa Salikhova * Lyudmila Shchetinina *

* Tatyana Tretyakova * Zoya Yusova *

Ekaterina Gamova Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova (russian: Екатерина Александровна Гамова; born 17 October 1980) is a retired Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the Russian national team that won the gold medals at the 2 ...

Elena Godina Yelena Mikhailovna Godina (russian: Елена Михайловна Година) (born 17 September 1977, in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at 2006 Volleyball World Cha ...

* Nataliya Goncharova *

Tatiana Kosheleva Tatiana Sergeyevna Kosheleva (''russian: Татья́на Серге́евна Ко́шелева'', born 23 December 1988) is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal a ...

* 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 *

Natalia Safronova Natalya Safronova (born 6 February 1979, in Krasnoyarsk), is a volleyball player from Russia. During her time playing with the Russian club Zarechie Odintsovo, she won the "Best Attacker" award at the 2006–07 CEV Cup. On 3 December 2009 sh ...

Irina Tebenikhina Irina Tebenikhina (born 5 December 1978 in Fergana) is a volleyball player from Russia, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she won the silver medal with the Women's National Team, for which s ...

Anastasiya Kodirova Anastasiya Aleksandrovna Kodirova (russian: Анастасия Александровна Кодирова), née Belikova (russian: Беликова), (born 22 July 1979 in Chelyabinsk) is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the nati ...

* Tatiana Gratcheva *

Marina Sheshenina Marina Igorevna Sheshenina (russian: Марина Игоревна Шешенина) (born 26 June 1985 in Sverdlovsk) is a volleyball player from Russia, who plays as a setter. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold me ...

Maria Borodakova Maria Borodakova (born 8 March 1986) is a volleyball player from Russia, playing as a middle-blocker. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship and the 2010 FIVB Women's Wo ...

* Lesya Makhno *

Anna Podkopaeva Anna Nicolaevna Podkopaeva (''russian: А́нна Никола́евна Подкопаева'', born 16 April 1990 in Ulyanovsk, née Malova (''russian: Мало́ва'')) is a Russian volleyball player. She is a member of the Russia women's na ...

* Irina Fetisova * Evgeniya Startseva *

Oksana Parkhomenko Oksana Kurt, also known as Oksana Parkhomenko, (born 28 July 1984 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR); is a retired Azerbaijani indoor volleyball player, recognized as one of the most successful volleyball players in her country. Kurt is the most capped p ...

Fernanda Garay Fernanda Garay Rodrigues (born May 10, 1986) is a retired Brazilian professional volleyball player who won the 2012 Summer Olympics gold medal and the silver medal at 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics with the Brazil national team. She is tall. She ...

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* Nataša Osmokrović * Maja Poljak *

Sanja Popovic Sanja is a South Slavic feminine given name, meaning "she dreams". Notable persons with this name *Sanja Ančić (born 1988), Croatian tennis player *Sanja Bestic (born 1982), Serbian-American director, writer and producer *Sanja Bizjak (born 19 ...

* Yaima Ortiz *

Angelina Grün Angelina Grün (born 2 December 1979) is a German former volleyball player, who was a member of the German Women's Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Grün also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Career ...

Carolina Costagrande Carolina del Pilar Costagrande (born 15 October 1980 in El Trébol, Santa Fe, Argentina) is an Argentine born professional volleyball player who became a naturalized Italian. She currently plays for Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü. She played for Argent ...

* Simona Gioli * Bethania de la Cruz *

Logan Tom Logan Maile Lei Tom (born May 25, 1981) was an American indoor volleyball, beach volleyball player, and is current head coach of the Israel women's national volleyball team. She is a four-time Olympian at the outside hitter position. At age 19, L ...

Maja Ognjenović Maja Ognjenović ( sr-cyrl, Маја Огњеновић; born 6 August 1984) is a Serbian volleyball player and the captain of the Serbia women's national volleyball team. With the national team, she won the gold medal at the 2011 Women's European ...

* Helena Havelkova *

Elitsa Vasileva Elitsa Vasileva (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Елица Василева; born 13 May 1990 in Dupnitsa) is an international volleyball player from Bulgaria. Career She has represented CSKA Sofia and also played in the Italian, Brazilian, South Korean, ...

References

External links

Official website
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