ZTR Zaporizhzhia is a
team handball
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club from
Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia ...
,
Ukraine
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. Currently, ZTR Zaporizhzhia competes in the
Ukrainian Men's Handball Super League. The club was before called ZYY and ZeMtY.
The club is renamed ZTR Zaporizhzhia in 1992.
The Club's history
Handball Club ZTR (before called ZYY and ZeMtY) was established in 1966 on the basis of Zaporizhzhia branch of Dnipropetrovsk metallurgy institute. In 1992 Zaporizhzhia Transformer Plant (
Zaporozhtransformator) has become a sponsor of the club, which was renamed to "ZTR".
Accomplishments
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EHF Cup
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: 1
**Winner: 1983
**Finalist: 1985
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Ukrainian Men's Handball Super League 14
**Champion: 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
**Runner-up (9) : 1996, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
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Ukrainian Handball Cup: 2
**Winner: 2001, 2011
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Soviet Men's Handball Championship
**Runner-up : 1971
European record
Notable players
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Serhiy Kushniryuk
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Oleksandr Rezanov
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Mykhaylo Ishchenko
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Yuriy Lahutyn
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Mykola Tomyn
* Vitaliy Nat
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Sergiy Onufriyenko (–2009)
* Evgeny Budko
* Sergii Burka
* Yuriy Petrenko
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Sergey Shelmenko
References
External links
Official site
Handball clubs in Ukraine
Sport in Zaporizhzhia
Handball clubs established in 1966
1966 establishments in Ukraine
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