Dinamo Kazan (''russian: Динамо-Казань'') is a Russian women's

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club based in

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

. The club was founded in 2002 and plays in the

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, the top Russian league.

Previous names

* Kazanochka (2002–2008) * Dinamo Kazan (2008–2019) * Dinamo-Ak Bars (2020–

History

The club was founded in September 2002 as ''Kazanochka'' and made quick progress in the lower leagues, arriving at the

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in the 2005–06 season. On its second season at the Super league, the club reached the top four and earned a spot at the 2007–08

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. The 2007–08 season was difficult for the club, who lost its main sponsor just before the start of the season. Faced with an uncertain future, the club just managed to fulfil its season competitions commitments with poor results, being relegated from the Super league and failing to qualify in the top 8 of the CEV Challenge Cup. With the club at the point of being dissolved, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan directly intervened and took over the club. As a result, the club's name was changed to ''Dinamo Kazan''. Dinamo Kazan returned to the Super league in 2009–10 and signed players which improved the quality of the team, among them

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, Maria Borisenko, Tatiana Kosheleva, Ekaterina Kabeshova and Vera Ulyakina. These players (apart from Jordan Larson, who is American) formed the core of the Russian national team in 2010. Success and results came soon in the following seasons, the club won the 2010 Russian Cup, its first title, and would go on to win the Super league for five consecutive seasons (from 2010–11 until 2014–15). It won a second Russian Cup in 2012 and the

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held in Baku, Azerbaijan, defeating the home team

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in the semifinals by 3–0 and the Turkish side VakıfBank İstanbul also by 3–0 in the final. The title qualified the club for the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship played in Switzerland, where the club would beat Brazilian sides SESI-SP by 3–1 in the semifinals and Molico Osasco by 3–0 in the final to claim the title. In December 2016, the club won its third Russian Cup after beating

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by 3–1 in the final. Kazan won its third straight title in 2017, beating VC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 3–0 in the decisive game.

Honours

National competitions

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: 6 :2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 , 2019–20 * Imperial Russian Aviation Roundel

Russian Cup: 7 :2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 *

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International competitions

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: 1 : 2013–14 * Coppa CEV trophy

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Team Roster

Season 2020–2021

Notable players

* Marina Babeshina *

Maria Borodakova Maria Borodakova (born 8 March 1986) is a volleyball player from Russia, playing as a middle-blocker. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship and the 2010 FIVB Women's Wo ...

* Lesya Evdokimova *

* Olga Khrzhanovskaya * Tatiana Kosheleva * Lesya Makhno *

Yevgeniya Startseva Yevgeniya Aleksandrovna Startseva (russian: Евге́ния Алекса́ндровна Ста́рцева; born 12 February 1989) is a volleyball player from Russia. She was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2010 Wor ...

Ekaterina Ulanova Ekaterina Ulanova (née Kabeshova) (russian: Екатерина Владимировна Кабешова; born August 5, 1986) is a Russian volleyball player. She competed for the Russia women's national volleyball team in the 2008 and the 2012 ...

* Vera Ulyakina *

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Irina Zaryazhko Irina Vladimirovna Koroleva (née Zaryazhko) (russian: Ирина Владимировна Королева (Заряжко), born 4 October 1991) is a Russian volleyball player, who plays as a middle blocker. She is a member of the Women's Nati ...

* Anna Malova * Arina Fedorovtseva *

Elitsa Vasileva Elitsa Vasileva (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Елица Василева; born 13 May 1990 in Dupnitsa) is an international volleyball player from Bulgaria. Career She has represented CSKA Sofia and also played in the Italian, Brazilian, South Korean, ...

Natalya Mammadova Natalya Aleksandrovna Mammadova ( uk, Наталія Мамедова; born 2 December 1984) is a retired Ukrainian and Azerbaijani volleyball player. Natalya played as an outside hitter and is widely recognized as one of the best players of her ...

* Antonella Del Core *

Megumi Kurihara Megumi Kurihara (栗原恵 ''Kurihara Megumi'', born July 31, 1984) is a Japanese volleyball former player who played for JT Marvelous. She also played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olym ...

Onuma Sittirak Onuma Sittirak (, , ; born June 13, 1986, in Khian Sa) is a retired Thai volleyball player was a member of Thailand women's national volleyball team. She was born 13 June 1986 at Surat Thani, Thailand. Onuma graduated from Ratna Bundit Univer ...

Heather Bown Heather Erin Bown (born November 29, 1978) is a retired volleyball player from the United States, who played as a middle-blocker. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in fifth plac ...

* Tayyiba Haneef-Park *

* Bethania de la Cruz * Samanta Fabris *

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References

External links

Official site
(Russian) {{Russian Volleyball Super League Women Dynamo Kazan Volleyball clubs established in 2002 2002 establishments in Russia Sports clubs in Kazan