WVC Dynamo Kazan

Dynamo Kazan

Founded	2002
Ground	Kazan Volleyball Centre, Kazan (Capacity: 4,600)
Chairman	Leonid Barychev
Manager	Richat Gilyazutdinov
League	Women's Super League
Website	Club home page
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Dynamo Kazan (Russian: Динамо-Казань) is a Russian female volleyball club based in Kazan. The club was founded in 2002 and plays in the super league, the top Russian league.

History

In 2011 the club won its first cup and some months later its first league. Home arena, the Kazan Volleyball Centre.

Dinamo Kazan won the 2013–14 CEV Champions League held in Baku, Azerbaijan, defeating 3-0 the home owners Rabita Baku in the semifinals^[1] and 3-0 to the Turkish VakıfBank İstanbul in the final.^[2] With this triumph the club qualified for the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship.^[3]

Honours

• CEV Champions League
  • Champion (1): 2013–14
• Russian Super League
  • Champion (5): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
• Russian Cup
  • Champion (2): 2010, 2012
• FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
  • Champion (1): 2014^[4]

Team Roster

Season 2016–2017, as of October 2016.^[5]

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Birth date
3	Elena Ezhova	Libero	1.78	66	14 August 1977
4	Marina Maryukhnich	Middle Blocker	1.97	70	26 November 1982
5	Yuliya Podskalnaya	Middle Blocker	1.90	75	18 April 1989
6	Irina Zaryazhko	Middle Blocker	1.96	75	4 October 1991
8	Irina Voronkova	Outside Hitter	1.90	85	20 October 1995
9	Daria Isaeva	Opposite	1.86	75	29 March 1990
10	Anastasiia Kotikova	Setter	1.85	71	13 October 1999
13	Evgeniya Startseva	Setter	1.85	68	12 February 1989
14	Ekaterina Ulanova	Libero	1.76	61	5 August 1986
15	Irina Filishtinskaya	Setter	1.80	65	14 June 1990
16	Anastasia Podoshvina	Outside Hitter	1.84	67	18 July 1995
17	Sabina Gilfanova	Opposite	1.88	68	14 February 1996
18	Elitsa Vasileva	Outside Hitter	1.94	75	13 May 1990
19	Olga Biryukova	Outside Hitter	1.94	74	19 September 1994

Notable players

• Lesya Evdokimova
• Olga Khrzhanovskaya
• Yevgeniya Startseva
• Tatiana Kosheleva
• Ekaterina Gamova
• Marina Babeshina
• Irina Zaryazhko
• Maria Borodakova
• Elena Ezhova
• Lesya Makhno
• Antonella Del Core
• Elitsa Vasileva
• Eva Yaneva
• Heather Bown
• Jordan Larson
• Tayyiba Haneef-Park
• Onuma Sittirak
• Megumi Kurihara

References

1. "Dinamo disappoints Baku home crowd by claiming the last spot in final". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
2. "Dinamo KAZAN dethrones VakifBank to claim the 2014 Champions League title". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
3. "Dinamo claims CEV Champions League title, FIVB Women's Club Championship ticket". Baku, Azerbaijan: FIVB. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
4. "Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World Championship in style". www.fivb.org. FIVB. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
5. "Dynamo Kazan Players - Team details". Dinamo Kazan. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

External links

• Official site (Russian)