Leningradka Saint Petersburg


Leningradka is a Russian women's volleyball club based in Saint Petersburg and plays in the Super League, the top Russian league.

Previous names

Soviet years

Founded in 1935 as the women's volleyball department of the DSO Spartak section based in Leningrad, the club made its debut in the USSR Championship in 1939 and played a total of 43 seasons in the USSR Championship until the tournament folded in 1991. The club changed its name in 1978 to Tallinn Technology University Leningrad. During the Soviet period, the club won the USSR Cup twice and reached the final of the European Cup Winners Cup in 1980–81.

Russian years

The Russian Championship was established for the 1991–92 season, but the club played in the second division that season. Since then, it has been promoted and relegated many times in the Russian Leagues with very inconsistent results. In 2003, it changed its name to Leningradka and started to focus on the development and preparation of young players by creating a youth team to support their main team. A notable result came in the CEV Challenge Cup of 2008–09 when the club finished third.

Honours

National competitions

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Season 2018–2019, as of January 2019.
NumberPlayerPositionHeight Weight Birth date
1 Sofia KuznetsovaOutside Hitter1.80
2 Alina KuznetsovaLibero1.77
3 Yelyzaveta SamadovaOutside Hitter1.8571
4 Anna ShevchenkoSetter1.80
5 Svetlana ChesnokovaMiddle Blocker1.91
7 Ekaterina PetrovaOpposite1.9172
8 Anna LunevaMiddle Blocker1.9078
13 Anna KurshinaOutside Hitter1.85
14 Ekaterina PolyakovaMiddle Blocker1.9570
15 Mariya KashinaLibero1.67
16 Kseniia BondarOutside Hitter1.9073
17 Olga SkripakSetter1.83
18 Yuliya BessonnayaOutside Hitter1.80

Notable players