Rostov-Don

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.

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
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

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

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[5]

Goalkeepers 11 Anastasia Lagina 12 Yuliya Hratskevich 27 Anastasia Kazmenko 83 Alina Chernova RW 06 Yulia Managarova (c) 15 Ekaterina Levsha LW 24 Alena Balandina 36 Sabina Kazikhanova 63 Kristina Kozhokar 88 Polina Kuznetsova Line players 19 Ksenia Makeeva 75 Alena Amelchenko

Back players LB 08 Anna Sen 81 Darya Statsenko 44 Anastasiya Shavman 66 Julia Babenko 42 Alina Kishko CB 25 Yaroslava Frolova 51 Milana Tazhenova RB 13 Anna Shaposhnikova 76 Ekaterina Zelenkova

Staff members

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

Season	Player	Award
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

Russia

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

European record

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

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
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. The matches could not be played and were assessed by the EHF.
2. Both matches were played in Rostov-on-Don, with "home" and "away" being used for administrative purposes.

Head coach history

• 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)