Handball Club Lada is a Russian women's handball club from

Tolyatti Tolyatti ( rus, Толья́тти, p=tɐlʲˈjætʲ(ː)ɪ), also known as Togliatti, formerly known as Stavropol (1737–1964), is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is the largest city in Russia which does not serve as the administrative center ...

playing in the

Russian Super League Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *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 pe ...

. Founded in 1998, Lada became the leading team in the Super League winning five championships in a row between 2002 and 2006 and a sixth one in 2008. It also built itself a name in Europe winning the 2002

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in its international debut and reaching the final of the 2007 Champions League and the next edition's semifinals. The following three seasons were less successful, with Dynamo Volgograd retrieving the leading position. On the other hand, Lada won the 2012 EHF Cup, its second international title, while attaining the national championship's bronze in 2009, 2011 and 2012. In reaction to the

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, the

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banned Russian athletes, and the

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suspended the Russian clubs from competing in European handball competitions.

Titles

**''Gold'': 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 **''Silver'': 2001, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 **''Bronze'': 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016,

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* Russian Cup **''Gold'': 2006 **''Silver'': 2007, 2009, 2015, 2019 **''Bronze'': 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 * Champions League **''Finalist'': 2007 *

**''Winner'': 2002 *

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**''Winner'': 2012, 2014

European record

Kits

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2021–22 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 16 Valiantsina Voitulevich * 31 Daria Dereven ;Wingers ;RW * 2

Olga Fomina Olga Igorevna Fomina ( rus, Ольга Игоревна Фомина, , ˈolʲɡə fəmʲɪˈna, née Chernoivanenko; born 17 April 1989) is a Russian handball player for HC Lada and the Russian national team. She has played on the Russian na ...

* 77 Anastasiya Novoselova ;LW * 22 Natalia Reshetnikova * 28 Alena Nosikova * 47 Valentina Barynina ;Line players * 4 Yana Zhilinskayte * 7 Julia Kakmolja * 75 Alena Amelchenko ;Back players ;LB * 78 Irina Nikitina * 23 Anna Golubeva ;CB * 14 Veronika Nikitina * 25 Olga Sherbak * 35 Valeriia Kirdiasheva * 36 Anastasia Portyagina * 88 Arishina Liubov ;RB * 29 Valeriya Ganicheva

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2022–23 season'' ; Joining * Karina Sisenova (RB) (from

HC Astrakhanochka Handball Club Astrakhanochka is a Russian women's handball club from Astrakhan established in 1993. It has played in the Russian Super League since 1999, and in 2004 it made its debut in EHF competitions. It reached the EHF Cup's semifinals in 2 ...

) ; Leaving

Staff members

''Staff for the 2021-22 season.'' * President: Irina Bliznova * Head coach: Alexey Alekseev * Assistant coach: Yekaterina Marennikova * Assistant/Goalkeeping coach: Tatiana Erokhina

Notable former players

* Yekaterina Marennikova (2004-2010, 2011-2012) * Nadezhda Muravyeva (2002-2010, 2011-2015) *

Natalya Shipilova Natalya Borisovna Shipilova (russian: Наталья Борисовна Шипилова; December 31, 1979 in Volgograd) is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team.

(2001-2006, 2010-2013) * Irina Bliznova (2004-2012, 2014, 2016, 2019-) * Olga Chernoivanenko (2008-2014, 2018-) * Ekaterina Davydenko (2006-2014, 2018-) *

Daria Dmitrieva Darya Andreyevna Dmitriyeva ( rus, Дарья Андреевна Дмитриева, , ˈdarʲɪ̯ə ˈdmʲitrʲɪ(ɪ̯)ɪvə; born 22 June 1993) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all-around silver medalist, the 2010 Worl ...

(2015-2019) * Tatiana Erokhina (2002-2013, 2014-2016) * Oksana Korolyova (2001-2002, 2002-2007) * Yekaterina Atkova (2008-2009) * Mariya Basarab (2008-2014) * Yelena Dmitriyeva (2001-2004) * Tatyana Dronina (2010-2011) * Olga Gorshenina (2009-2014) *

Elena Utkina Elena Mikhailovna Utkina (russian: Елена Михайловна Уткина, maiden name Fomina, former name Konova; born 29 May 1990) is a Russian handballer for HC Kuban Krasnodar, Kuban Krasnodar and the Russia women's national handball tea ...

(2015-2019) * Anna Kareyeva (2001-2004) *

Yekaterina Ilyina Ekaterina Fyodorovna Ilina ( rus, Екатерина Фёдоровна Ильина, Ekaterina Ilyina, ɪ̯ɪkətʲɪˈrʲinə ɪlʲɪ̯ɪˈna; born 7 March 1991) is a Russian handball player for HBC CSKA Moscow and the Russian national team. ...

(2013-2013) * Olga Akopyan (2015-2016) *

Elizaveta Malashenko Elizaveta Vyacheslavovna Malashenko (russian: Елизавета Вячеславовна Малашенко; born 26 February 1996) is a Russian handballer for HC Astrakhanochka and the Russian national team. International honours *EHF Cup: **' ...

(2013-2017) * Irina Nikitina (2006-2013) *

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.

(2001-2004) *

Lyudmila Postnova Lyudmila Grigoryevna Postnova (russian: Людмила Григорьевна Постнова) (born 11 August 1984) is a former Russian handball player for, who last played for HC Astrakhanochka and the Russian women's national handball team.

(2003-2010) * Daria Samokhina (2007-2017) * Mariya Sidorova (2001-2012) * Irina Snopova (2016-2018) * Inna Suslina (2001-2014) * Polina Vyakhireva (2004-2007) * Victoria Zhilinskayte (2008-2014) * Yana Zhilinskayte (2008-2014) * June Andenæs (2013) * Natalia Parhomenko (2013-2014) * Yuliya Andriychuk (2013-2014)

Kit manufacturers

Kempa Kempa is a surname. Notable bearers include: * Beata Kempa (born 1966), Polish politician * Bernhard Kempa (1920–2017), German handball player * Diana Kempa (born 1992), Kazakhstani volleyball player See also * * Kempa Airport * Kempa, a U ...

References

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