VC Dinamo Krasnodar (women's volleyball team)


Dinamo Krasnodar is a Russian women's volleyball club based in Krasnodar. It was founded in 1946 and plays in the super league, the top Russian league.

History

Soviet years

Founded in 1946, the club participated in the 1946 Soviet Women's Volleyball Championship finishing in eleventh place. From that point, the club competed only at regional level until 1955 when it returned to the National championship remaining there until 1966 when it was relegated to a lower national level. In the years that followed, the club had mixed results being promoted and relegated many times without achieving any real tangible success.

Russian years

The club competed in the "B" league of the Russian Women's Championship in 1992–93 and gained promotion to the Super League. A year later it won its first title, the 1994 Russian Cup. It was relegated after a poor campaign in the 1997–98 Super League where it finished last. It took a decade for the club to return to the Super League, only returning in the 2009–10 season. Since then the club has become consistent and competitive, it qualified for a European competition for the first time, the Women's CEV Cup in 2010–11 reaching the final. On domestic level the club added two more Russian Cups. European success soon came in the form of titles in the 2012–13 CEV Challenge Cup and CEV Cups of 2014–15 and 2015–16. In 2015, the club was given a wildcard to participate of the FIVB Volleyball Club World Championship in Switzerland and reached the tournament's final.

Honours

National competitions

Season 2018–2019, as of January 2019.
NumberPlayerPositionHeight Weight Birth date
1 Bogumila BiardaOpposite1.9190
2 Ekaterina PipunyrovaOutside Hitter1.8870
3 Maria PerepelkinaMiddle Blocker1.8772
7 Maria KhaletskayaOpposite1.9578
8 Mariia BibinaLibero1.7662
10 Anna MatienkoSetter1.8263
11 Viktorija RusakovaOutside Hitter1.8880
13 Esenia MishaginaSetter1.7861
14 Maria BogovskaiaOutside Hitter1.8773
15 Olga ZubarevaMiddle Blocker1.9078
16 Yuliya GrigorevaMiddle Blocker1.9081
17 Angelina SperskaiteOutside Hitter1.8874
18 Ekaterina TretyakovaLibero1.7660
20 Olga ZverevaOutside Hitter1.8575

Notable players