GK Permskie Medvedi is a Russian
handball team located in
Perm
Perm or PERM may refer to:
Places
*Perm, Russia, a city in Russia
** Permsky District, the district
**Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia since 2005
**Perm Oblast, a former federal subject of Russia 1938–2005
**Perm Governorate, an administra ...
. Their home matches are played at the V.P. Sukharev Sport Complex. They compete in the
Russian Handball Super League
The Russian Handball Super League (RHSL) is the top men's professional team handball league in Russia.
In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Handball Federation banned Russian and Belarus athletes and officials, a ...
and in the
SEHA League
South East Handball Association League or simply SEHA League is a regional men's club handball league in Southeast and East Europe, divided in two zones. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is also known as the Gazprom League (or Gazprom South ...
.
In reaction to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. ...
, the
International Handball Federation
The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball ...
banned Russian athletes, and the
European Handball Federation
The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, A ...
suspended the Russian clubs from competing in European handball competitions.
Current squad
:''Squad for the 2022–23 season''
;Goalkeepers
* 86
Andrey Dyachenko
* 88
Alexander Popov
;Left Wingers
* 7
Siarhei Kuzmin
* 23
Maxim Salikov
;Right Wingers
* 31
Yan Kovalev
* 47
Kirill Voronin
;Line players
* 13
Ilya Ryabov
* 21
Ivan Firsov
Ivan Firsov (Russian: Иван Иванович Фирсов, c.1733 in Moscow – c.1785 in Saint-Petersburg) was a Russian painter.
Life
He studied and worked at the "Chancellory of Buildings" (Канцелярия от строений) fr ...
* 25
Viktar Zaitsau
;Left Backs
* 3
Nikita Dolganov
* 5
Yuri Semenov
* 30
Dzmitry Bogdanov
;Central Backs
* 10
Pavel Gnoevoy
* 72
Dmitry Kalugin
;Right Backs
* 9
Egor Volynets
* 99
Dzmitry Svistunov
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://permmedvedi-handball.ru
Sports clubs in Perm, Russia
Handball clubs in Russia