Zarja Kaspija Astrakhan, also known as Dinamo Astrakhan, is a Russian

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 g ...

team located in

Astrakhan Astrakhan ( rus, Астрахань, p=ˈastrəxənʲ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in Southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the ...

. Their home matches are played at the Sports Complex Star. 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 ...

. 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. An ...

, 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 C ...

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, ...

suspended the Russian clubs from competing in European handball competitions.

Accomplishments

*Sovietic Liga: **Winners (1) : 1990 *

: **Runners Up (8) : 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 *

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

: **Semifinalist (1) : 1991 *

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. Previ ...

: **Runner-Up (1) : 2003

European record

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 32

Andrei Vereshchagin Andrei, Andrey or Andrej (in Cyrillic script: Андрэй , Андрей or Андреј) is a form of Andreas/ Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: *Andrei of Polotsk (–1399), Lithuanian nobleman *An ...

* 97 Ihar Chernikau ; Left Wingers *2 Albert Gumarov * 24 Mikhail Sharkov ; Right Wingers * 17 Rufat Mukhtarov * 31 Andrei Gordeev ;Line players * 77 Alexei Chirkov * 95

Vasily Nakonechny Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy ( Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to '' Basil''. It may refer to: * Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425 *Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince ...

; Left Back * 23 Arseniy Ukhvarkin * 88 Maxim Vasiliev ;Centre Back: *9 Dmitrii Kantemirov * 34 Dmitrii Shelestyukov ;Right Back: * 14

Valerii Verein The gens Valeria was a patrician family at ancient Rome, prominent from the very beginning of the Republic to the latest period of the Empire. Publius Valerius Poplicola was one of the consuls in 509 BC, the year that saw the overthrow of the ...

* 55 Leonid Kutepov

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.zarya-kaspiya.ru/ Sport in Astrakhan Handball clubs in Russia