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

, Russia. Established in 1965, the club was called Rostselmash until 2002. Rostov-Don is competing 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 peo ...

. They have won the league seven times, in 1994, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022. The club have won the

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 EHF. It is currently the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League The ...

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 an ...

. In the 2017–18 EHF Champions League, 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

**''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

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 ...

**''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 The Baia Mare Champions Trophy ( ro, Trofeul Campionilor Baia Mare) was a one-off pre-season international women's team handball tournament for clubs, held in Baia Mare, Romania. The competition was hosted by Liga Naţională club HCM Baia Mar ...

**''Fourth place'':

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Bucharest Trophy The Bucharest Trophy ( ro, Trofeul București) is a pre-season international women's team handball tournament for clubs, held each year in Bucharest, Romania. The competition is hosted by Liga Naţională club CSM Bucharest at the Sala Polivale ...

**''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 Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports in a multi-purpose indoor arena in 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 So ...

*City:

, Russia *Capacity: 3,000 spectators

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2021–22 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 1

Galina Gabisova Galina Batrazovna Gabisova (formerly Mekhdieva; born 17 June 1985), from 2015 until 2020 ''Galina Mekhdieva'' named, is a Russian handball goalkeeper for Rostov-Don and the Russian national team. She represented Russia at the 2020 European Wom ...

* 11 Anastasia Lagina * 16 Daria Tkacheva * 28

Victoriya Kalinina Victoriya Viktorovna Kalinina ( rus, Виктория Викторовна Калинина, , vʲɪˈktorʲɪɪ̯ə kɐˈlʲinʲɪnə; born 8 December 1988) is a Russian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or ...

;RW * 6

Yulia Managarova Yulia Anatolyevna Managarova ( rus, Юлия Анатольевна Манагарова, , ˈjʉlʲɪjə mənɐˈɡarəvə; born 27 September 1988) is a Russian handballer for Rostov-Don and the Russia women's national handball team, Russian na ...

( c) * 15 Ekaterina Levsha ;LW * 22 Aleksandra Smirnova * 63

Kristina Kozhokar Kristina Viktorovna Kozhokar (russian: Кристина Викторовна Кожокарь; born 28 February 1994) is a Russian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in whi ...

* 88 Polina Kuznetsova ;Line players * 19

Ksenia Makeeva Kseniya Vladimirovna Makeyeva ( rus, Ксения Владимировна Макеева, , ˈksʲenʲɪɪ̯ə mɐˈkʲe(ɪ̯)ɪvə; born 19 September 1990) is a Russian handball player for Rostov-Don and the Russian national team. Achievemen ...

;Back players ;LB * 8 Anna Sen * 17 Vladlena Bobrovnikova ;CB * 25 Yaroslava Frolova * 51

Milana Tazhenova Milana Yelamanovna Tazhenova (russian: Милана Еламановна Таженова; kk, Милана Еламанқызы Тәженова, Milana Elamanqyzy Täjenova; born 6 March 1999) is a Russian kazakh handball Handball (also ...

;RB * 13 Anna Vyakhireva * 76

Ekaterina Zelenkova Ekaterina Zelenkova (russian: Екатерина Зеленкова; born 28 February 1999) is a Russian female handballer for Rostov-Don and the Russian national team. She participated at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship The 202 ...

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 (2022–present)

References

External links

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