Zvezda Zvenigorod (russian: Звезда Звенигород, lit. ''Star Zvenigorod'') is a Russian women's
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 ...
club from
Zvenigorod
Zvenigorod (russian: Звени́город) is an old town in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population:
History
The town's name is based either on a personal name (cf. Zvenislav, Zvenimir) or on a hydronym (cf. the Zvinech, Zvinyaka, Zveniga Rivers) ...
, near Moscow. They won the
Champions League and the
Champions Trophy in 2008, and the
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 ...
in 2006/07.
Between 2006 and 2011 the club was coached by
Russian national team trainer
Evgeny Trefilov. In the summer of 2011 he was replaced by head coach
Zdravko Zovko
Zdravko Zovko (born 28 May 1955) is a retired Croatian handball player.
Career
Zovko spent his entire playing career in RK Medveščak from Zagreb and in Syracuse, Sicily, for C.C. Ortigia. He won three Yugoslav Cups with the club and durin ...
.
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.
Achievements
Russia
*
Russian Super League
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
**''Winners'': 2007
**''Runners-up:'' 2008, 2009, 2010
**''Third place:'' 2006, 2013
*
Russian Cup
**''Winners:'' 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014
**''Runners-up:'' 2012, 2013
**''Third place:'' 2015, 2019
*
Russian Supercup
**''Winners:'' 2014
European competitions
*
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 ...
**''Winner'': 2007–08
*
Women's EHF Cup
The Women's EHF European League is an annual competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It is organized by the European Handball Federation, EHF. It is currently the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the ...
**''Winners'':
2006–07
*
EHF Champions Trophy
**''Winners:'' 2008
**''Runners-up:''
2007
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Team
Current squad
:''Squad for the 2020-21 season.''
;Goalkeepers
* 12 Ekaterina Kirikias
* 48 Yulia Dolgih
* 64 Serafima Tikhanova
;Wingers
;RW
* 37 Daria Kurmaz
* 77 Albina Murzalieva
;LW
* 8 Victoriya Klimantseva
* 10
Marianna Egorova
* 95 Alexandra Karpova
;Line players
* 22
Irina Antonova
Irina Aleksandrovna Antonova (russian: Ирина Александровна Антонова; 20 March 192230 November 2020) was a Soviet and Russian art historian who served as a Director of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow for 52 years, from 1961 ...
* 23 Alina Sinelnikova
* 39 Stanislava Gerasimova
;Back players
;LB
* 3 Yuliya Chernova
* 5 Alisa Dvorcevaya
* 11
Anastasia Suslova
* 40 Elizaveta Sobina
* 44 Anastasia Shavman
* 81 Kseniya Dyachenko
;CB
* 4 Nadezda Osipova
* 14 Aksana Pantus
* 50 Lada Samoylenko
* 63 Anastasiya Tserkovniuk (
c)
;RB
* 15 Alina Triobchuk
* 20 Valeriya Ganicheva
* 33 Anna Nikolaeva
* 55
Natalia Nikitina
Notable players
*
Irina Poltoratskaya
Irina Igorevna Poltoratskaya (russian: Ирина Игоревна Полторацкая, born 12 March 1979 in Antratsyt, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team.
*
Oxana Romenskaya
*
Anna Kareyeva
*
Elena Dmitrieva
*
Anastasia Lobach
Anastasia Sergeyevna Lobach (russian: Анастасия Лобач, be, Анастасія Лобач) (born 25 June 1987 in Minsk), née ''Anastasia Kamenshykova'', is a Belarusian handballer who plays for Rostov-Don and the Belarus nationa ...
*
Natalia Shipilova
Natalya Borisovna Shipilova (russian: Наталья Борисовна Шипилова; December 31, 1979 in Volgograd) is a Russian team handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a ...
*
Yekaterina Andryushina
*
Yelena Polenova
*
Ekaterina Vetkova
Ekaterina Vladimirovna Vetkova (russian: Екатерина Владимировна Веткова; born 1 August 1986) is a Russian female handballer who plays as a pivot for Corona Brașov.
International achievements
*EHF Champions League:
...
*
Polina Vyakhireva
*
Liudmila Postnova
*
Alexandra Lacrabere
Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "pro ...
*
Samira Rocha
References
External links
Official site
Handball clubs in Russia
Sport in Moscow Oblast
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