Rostov-Don (russian: Ростов-Дон) is a female

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team from

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the Eas ...

, Russia. Established in 1965, the club was called Rostselmash until 2002. Rostov-Don is competing in the Russian Super League. They have won the league seven times, in 1994, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022. The club have won the

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in 2016–17, and was runner-up of the 2014–15 edition after losing the finals against the Danish team

TTH Holstebro TTH Holstebro is a men's handball club from Holstebro, Denmark. The team is playing in the Danish Primo Tours Ligaen and play their home matches in Gråkjær Arena. History The club was founded in May 2000, when Holstebro Håndbold 90 and ...

. In the

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, the club reached the Final 4 tournament for the first time in the club's history, where they finished fourth. The following year, they reached the Final 4 once again. This time they made it to the final, losing to Győri Audi ETO.

Achievements

Russia

* Russian Super League **''Winners'': 1994, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 **''Runners-up:'' 1993, 1995, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016,

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**''Third place:'' 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2014 * Russian Cup **''Winners:'' 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 **''Runners-up:'' 2010, 2011, 2022 * Russian Supercup **''Winners:'' 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Soviet Union

* Soviet Handball Championship **''Winners'': 1990, 1991 **''Runners-up:'' 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1989 **''Third place:'' 1976, 1988 *Soviet Union National Cup **''Winners:'' 1980, 1982

European competitions

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**''Runners-up'': 2018–19 **''Fourth place'': 2017–18 *

**''Winners'': 2016–17 **''Runners-up:'' 2014–15 *

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**''Winners:'' 1990

Other tournaments

* Baia Mare Champions Trophy **''Fourth place'':

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Bucharest Trophy The Bucharest Trophy ( ro, Trofeul București) is a pre-season international women's Handball, team handball tournament for clubs, held each year in Bucharest, Romania. The competition is hosted by Liga Naţională (Handbal Feminin), Liga Naţiona ...

**''Fourth place'':

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European record

All results (home and away) list Rostov-Don's goal tally first.

Arena

*Name: Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports *City:

, Russia *Capacity: 3,000 spectators

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2021–22 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 1 Galina Gabisova * 11 Anastasia Lagina * 16 Daria Tkacheva * 28 Victoriya Kalinina ;RW * 6 Yulia Managarova ( c) * 15 Ekaterina Levsha ;LW * 22 Aleksandra Smirnova * 63 Kristina Kozhokar * 88 Polina Kuznetsova ;Line players * 19 Ksenia Makeeva ;Back players ;LB * 8 Anna Sen * 17 Vladlena Bobrovnikova ;CB * 25 Yaroslava Frolova * 51 Milana Tazhenova ;RB * 13 Anna Vyakhireva * 76 Ekaterina Zelenkova

Staff members

''Staff for the 2021–22 season'' * Interim Head Coach: Tomáš Hlavatý * Team Leader: Arthur Sazonov * Senior coach: Tatyana Bereznyak

Individual awards in the EHF Champions League

Head coach history

* Sergey Belitsky (2002–2006) * Olga Karpenko (2006–2007) * Mikhail Aksenov (2007–2009) * Sergey Belitsky (2009–2014) * Jan Leslie (2014–2016) * Frédéric Bougeant (2016–2018) * Ambros Martin (2018–2020) * Per Johansson (2020–2022) * Tomáš Hlavatý (2022) (interim) *

Eduard Koksharov Eduard Aleksandrovich Koksharov (russian: link=no, Эдуард Александрович Кокшаров, born 4 November 1975) is a Russian handball player and coach of the Russian national team. He played as a left winger. He retired from ...

(2022–present)

References

External links

Official club website
(in Russian) {{Authority control Russian handball clubs Sport in Rostov-on-Don