Dinamo Kazan (') is a Russian professional women's

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club based in

Kazan Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...

. 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 Jordan Larson, Ekaterina Gamova, 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 Dinamo Moscow 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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: 7 :2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2019–20, 2023–24 * Imperial Russian Aviation Roundel

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

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: 2 : 2020, 2022

International competitions

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: 1 :

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CEV Champions League The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation. Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification A tota ...

: 1 : 2013–14 * Coppa CEV trophy

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...

: 1 : 2016–17

Team Roster

Season 2020–2021

Notable players

* Marina Babeshina * Maria Borodakova * Lesya Evdokimova * Ekaterina Gamova * Olga Khrzhanovskaya * Tatiana Kosheleva *

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* Yevgeniya Startseva * Ekaterina Ulanova * Vera Ulyakina * Regina Moroz * Irina Zaryazhko * Anna Malova * Arina Fedorovtseva * Elitsa Vasileva *

Natalya Mammadova Natalya Aleksandrovna Mammadova (; 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 generation, as well as the most su ...

Antonella Del Core Antonella Del Core (born 5 November 1980 in Naples, Italy) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italy women's national volleyball team. She has competed in the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympi ...

* Megumi Kurihara * Onuma Sittirak * Heather Bown *

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* Jordan Larson * Bethania de la Cruz * Samanta Fabris * Samantha Bricio

References

External links

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