Rostov-Don

Professional women's handball team in Russia

Rostov-Don

Full name| Rostov-Don Handball Club
Short name| Rostov
Founded| 1965; 60 years ago (1965)
Arena| Indoor Football Arena
(Rostov Olympic Reserve School)
Head coach| Irina Dibirova
Captain| Yulia Managarova
League| Russian Super League
2023–24| 2nd
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Rostov-Don (Russian: Ростов-Дон) is a professional female handball team from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Established in 1965, the club was called Rostselmash until 2002.[1] 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.

Internationally, the club have won the Women's EHF Cup in 2016–17, and was runner-up of the 2014–15 edition after losing the finals against the Danish team TTH Holstebro.[2] 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.[3] The following year, they reached the Final 4 once again. This time they made it to the final, losing to Győri Audi ETO.[4]

## Team

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### Current squad

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Squad for the 2024–25 season[5]

Goalkeepers

* 11  Anastasia Lagina
* 12  Yuliya Hratskevich
* 27  Anastasia Kazmenko
* 83  Alina Chernova

* 06  Yulia Managarova (c)
* 15  Ekaterina Levsha

* 24  Alena Balandina
* 36  Sabina Kazikhanova
* 63  Kristina Kozhokar
* 88  Polina Kuznetsova

Line players

* 19  Ksenia Makeeva
* 75  Alena Amelchenko

Back players

* 08  Anna Sen
* 81  Darya Statsenko
* 44  Anastasiya Shavman
* 66  Julia Babenko
* 42  Alina Kishko

* 25  Yaroslava Frolova
* 51  Milana Tazhenova

* 13  Anna Shaposhnikova
* 76  Ekaterina Zelenkova

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### Staff members

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Staff for the 2023–24 season[6][7]

* Head coach: Irina Dibirova
* Trainer: Dmitry Kovalev
* Fitness coach: Danijel Jurišić
* Goalkeeper coach: Victor Shponko
* Physiotherapist: Aleksandar Matić
* Team leader: Artur Sazonov
* Team doctor: Rami Fayssal Sleiman
* Masseur: Sergei Yagelovich
* Administrator: Maxim Shchennikov

### Individual award winners in EHF Champions League

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Season  | Player  | Award

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2017–18[8] |  Yulia Managarova | All-star team (right wing)
Siraba Dembélé | All-star team (left wing)
2018–19[9] |  Anna Vyakhireva | All-star team (right back)
2019–20[10] |  Anna Vyakhireva | All-star team (right back)

## Honours

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### Russia

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* Russian Super League
* Winners: 1994, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
* Runners-up: 1993, 1995, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2021, 2023, 2024
* 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, 2024
* Russian Supercup
* Winners: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
* Runners-up: 2022

### Soviet Union

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* 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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* EHF Champions League
* Runners-up: 2018–19
* Fourth place: 2017–18
* Women's EHF Cup
* Winners: 2016–17
* Runners-up: 2014–15
* EHF Cup Winners' Cup
* Winners: 1990

### Other tournaments

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* Baia Mare Champions Trophy
* Fourth place: 2014
* Bucharest Trophy
* Fourth place: 2014, 2015

## European record

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This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2020)

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

Season  | Competition  | Round  | Club  | Home  | Away  | Aggregate

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2017–18 | Champions League | Group stage
(Group B) |  Győri ETO KC | 23–22  | 23–25  | 2nd
FC Midtjylland | 27–20  | 21–24
Brest Bretagne | 26–24  | 29–23
Main round
(Group 1) |  Nykøbing Falster | 32–22  | 29–25  | 2nd
RK Krim | 29–22  | 35–26
CSM București | 25–24  | 22–22
Quarterfinals |  FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 32–22  | 31–29  | 63–51
Semifinals |  HC Vardar | 19–25
Third place |  CSM București | 30–31
2018–19 | Champions League | Group stage
(Group B) |  København Håndbold | 30–25  | 27–21  | 1st
IK Sävehof | 30–21  | 32–26
Brest Bretagne | 30–24  | 29–29
Main round
(Group 1) |  Metz Handball | 18–26  | 25–29  | 2nd
ŽRK Budućnost | 24–22  | 23–20
Odense Håndbold | 25–19  | 30–26
Quarterfinals |  FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 33–22  | 29–26  | 62–48
Semifinals |  Metz Handball | 27–25
Final |  Győri ETO KC | 24–25
2019–20 | Champions League | Group stage
(Group B) |  Team Esbjerg | 34–26  | 26–31  | 1st
MKS Lublin | 31–21  | 30–20
CSM București | 23–22  | 23–23
Main round
(Group 1) |  Metz Handball | 24–29  | 20–23  | 3rd
Vipers Kristiansand | 33–26  | 32–29
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 29–26  | 35–31
Quarterfinals |  Brest Bretagne Handball | Cancelled
2020–21 | Champions League | Group stage
(Group A) |  Metz Handball | 30–26  | 26–27  | 1st
Vipers Kristiansand | 10–0[a] | 24–23
Team Esbjerg | 28–24  | 25–24
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 26–24  | 26–25
CSM București | 0–10[a] | 27–22
SG BBM Bietigheim | 27–21  | 32–31
RK Krim | 23–23  | 27–28
Round of 16 |  Podravka Vegeta | 42–24  | 29–20  | 71–44
Quarterfinals |  Vipers Kristiansand | 23–23[b] | 27–34[b] | 50–57

1. ^ a b The matches could not be played and were assessed by the EHF.
2. ^ a b Both matches were played in Rostov-on-Don, with "home" and "away" being used for administrative purposes.

## Head coach history

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* Sergey Belitsky (2002–2006)[11][12]
* Olga Karpenko (2006–2007)[12]
* Mikhail Aksenov (2007–2009)[13]
* Sergey Belitsky (2009–2014)[11]
* Jan Leslie (2014–2016)[14]
* Frédéric Bougeant (2016–2018)
* Ambros Martin (2018–2020)
* Per Johansson (2020–2022)[15]
* Tomáš Hlavatý (2022) (interim)[16]
* Eduard Koksharov (2022–2023)[17]
* Alexander Burmistrov (2023) (interim)[18]
* Irina Dibirova (2023–present)

## References

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1. ^ "История гандбольного клуба "Ростов-Дон"". rostovhandball.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
2. ^ "Rostov Don win Women's EHF Cup 2016/2017!". Handball Planet. 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
3. ^ "CSM refresh and power past Rostov for bronze". eurohandball.com. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
4. ^ "Last-second Grimsbø save secures Györ third straight title". eurohandball.com. 12 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
5. ^ "Игроки" [Players]. Rostov-Don (in Russian). Retrieved 29 March 2025.
6. ^ "Тренерский состав". Rostov-Don (in Russian). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
7. ^ "Персонал". Rostov-Don (in Russian). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
8. ^ "Women's EHF Champions League All-star team revealed on the eve of EHF FINAL4". eurohandball.com. 11 May 2018. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
9. ^ "All-star team gets fresh look in 2019". eurohandball.com. 10 May 2019. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
10. ^ "EHF announces Women's EHF CL 19/20 All-Star team". Handball Planet. 8 June 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
11. ^ a b "Тренер сборной России по пляжному гандболу возглавил "Ростов-Дон"". ria.ru (in Russian). 9 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
12. ^ a b "Белицкий отправлен в отставку". dontr.ru (in Russian). 27 July 2006. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
13. ^ "В "Ростове-Доне" - смена тренера". sport-express.ru (in Russian). 25 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
14. ^ "Jan Leslie færdig i Rostov Don". nordjyske.dk (in Danish). 22 November 2016. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
15. ^ Flinck, Johan (7 March 2022). "Per Johansson kritiserar idrottssanktionerna mot Ryssland". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
16. ^ "Szlovákia magyar szakember lett a orosz sztárcsapat vezetőedzője". origo.hu (in Hungarian). 10 March 2022. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
17. ^ "Eduard Koksharov tar över Rostov-Don". Handbollskanalen (in Swedish). 25 July 2022. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
18. ^ "И.о. главного тренера ГК «Ростов-Дон» назначен Александр Бурмистров" [Alexander Burmistrov has been appointed acting head coach of the Rostov-Don handball club]. kommersant.ru (in Russian). 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

## External links

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