ZTR Zaporizhzhia is a

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

club from

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a populat ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. Currently, ZTR Zaporizhzhia competes in the

Ukrainian Men's Handball Super League The Ukrainian Men's Handball Super League ( uk, Гандбольна Суперліга) is the top men's league of Ukrainian handball. It was founded in 1992. It is run by the Handball Federation of Ukraine (FHU). History Before, the Ukrainian ...

. The club was before called ZYY and ZeMtY. The club is renamed ZTR Zaporizhzhia in 1992.

The Club's history

Handball Club ZTR (before called ZYY and ZeMtY) was established in 1966 on the basis of Zaporizhzhia branch of Dnipropetrovsk metallurgy institute. In 1992 Zaporizhzhia Transformer Plant (

Zaporozhtransformator Zaporozhtransformator (ZTR) is a Private Joint Stock Company, formerly - Zaporozhye Transformer Plant: a company specializing in the design and manufacturing of oil-filled power transformers, shunt reactors and magnetically controlled shunt react ...

) has become a sponsor of the club, which was renamed to "ZTR".

Accomplishments

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Prev ...

: 1 **Winner: 1983 **Finalist: 1985 *

14 **Champion: 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 **Runner-up (9) : 1996, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 * Ukrainian Handball Cup: 2 **Winner: 2001, 2011 * Soviet Men's Handball Championship **Runner-up : 1971

European record

Notable players

Serhiy Kushniryuk Serhiy Georgievich Kushniryuk ( ua, Сергій Георгійович Кушнiрюк, born 15 March 1956) is a retired Ukrainian handball player. He was part of the Soviet teams that won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and placed sec ...

* Oleksandr Rezanov *

Mykhaylo Ishchenko Mykhaylo Oleksiyovich Ishchenko ( ua, Михайло Олексійович Іщенко, born 19 May 1950) is a retired Soviet handball goalkeeper who competed in the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: � ...

* Yuriy Lahutyn *

Mykola Tomyn Mykola Mykolayevich Tomyn ( ua, Микола Миколайович Томин, born December 28, 1948) is a former Soviet/Ukrainian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The Inte ...

* Vitaliy Nat * Sergiy Onufriyenko (–2009) * Evgeny Budko * Sergii Burka * Yuriy Petrenko *

Sergey Shelmenko Sergey Aleksandrovich Shelmenko (russian: Сергей Александрович Шельменко; born 5 April 1983) is a former Russian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sp ...

External links

Official site
Ukrainian handball clubs Sport in Zaporizhzhia {{Ukraine-sport-stub