Universitet-Tekhnolog or University of Technology (''russian: Университе́т-Техно́лог'') was a Russian women's

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club based in Belgorod. The club played in the

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, the top Russian league until 2009–10.

Previous names

* Teacher (Pedagogue) (1984–1992) * White Star (1992–1997) * University (1997–2006) * University Belgorod (2006–2009) * University of Technology (2009–2010)

History

The club was established in 1984 as (Pedagogue in Russian) at the Faculty of Physical Education of the Belgorod М.S.Olminsky State Pedagogical Institute (now

Belgorod State University The National Research University "Belgorod State University" (BelSU) (Russian: ''Белгородский государственный национальный исследовательский университет'' (''НИУ БелГУ'')) ...

). It played in the lower divisions of the Soviet Championship (until 1990–91) and Russian Championship (from 1991–92). The club changed its name to ahead of the 1992–93 season and played in the second division a season later. Another name change came in the 1996–97 season when the club became before its debut at the

in the 1997–98 season. The club's results improved year by year and the club recorded strong finishes in the Super League such as second in 2000–01, third in 2001–02, second in 2002–03 and fourth in 2003–04. These results allowed the club to take part in European competitions such as the Top Teams Cup (in 2001–02 and 2003–04) and the

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(in 2002–03 and 2004–05). From 2004 the results started to decline and the club was relegated at the end of the 2005–06 season. Ahead of the 2006–07 season, the club moved under

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structure and was renamed . Results started to improve again, promotion back to the Super league was achieved during that same season. In the following season (2007–08), the club finished sixth place in the Super League. Despite the seventh place finish at the 2008–09 Super League, the club won the 2008 Russian Cup and qualified for the

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. The club moved back under the

structure in 2009 and changed its name to . It finish eleventh at the 2009–10 Super League and reached the play-off stages of the

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after beating eventual champions

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at the group stage. The club was dissolved at the end of that season.

Honours

National competitions

Russian Cup: 1 :2008

Team squad

''This was the club's last squad, from season 2009–2010''

References

External links

VC Universitet-Tekhnolog Belgorod official website

Club profile
at ВФВ (Volleyball Federation of Russia)
Club profile
at CEV {{DEFAULTSORT:Universitet-Tekhnolog Belgorod Volleyball clubs in Russia Volleyball clubs established in 1984 1984 establishments in Russia Sport in Belgorod Defunct sports clubs and teams in Russia