Chekhovskiye Medvedi
Medwedi Chekhov (Russian Гандбольный клуб Чеховские Медведи, to German " Tschechower bear " ) is a Russian handball club from Chekhov, a 73,000 -inhabitant town in the Moscow Oblast. The club grew out of the Handball division of CSKA Moscow.
- 2.1 CSKA Moscow
- 2.2 Medwedi Chekhov
History and Significance
CSKA Moscow
The Handball division of CSKA Moscow has always stood in the shadow of its larger neighbor May Moscow. It was only in the eighties the club became more important in 1988 you won the European Cup of Champions. The Russian league newly founded won the club still 1994, 1995, 2000 and 2001; yet the club's management recognized the increasing loss of competitiveness of the Russian League. Then they gave the impetus for the founding of Medwedi Chekhov.
Medwedi Chekhov
The club was formed in 2001, when the handball departments of clubs CSKA Moscow and Sports Academy joined forces to remain internationally competitive. The association moved to the suburb of Chekhov. Trainer was and still is Vladimir Maximov, who was also coach of the Russian national team. Since its inception Medwedi Chekhov was champion every year. The second team of the club can be found every year in the table region of the first Russian league. 2005/ 06 the club won the European Cup Winners' Cup ( handball). The Russian national team was for years almost entirely of players from Medwedi Chekhov.
Vladimir Maximov but had only the two absolute top players Eduard Kokscharow and Denis Kriwoschlykow can go abroad, the other players were kept under all circumstances in Chekhov, so that the club remained competitive. Greatest success was reaching the Final Four of the EHF Champions League 2009/10, only fourth was there but. This was all the more surprising when they had made before the season with Igroupolo and Evdokimov two performers just to the Final Four opponents FC Barcelona Borges and BM Ciudad Real.
In 2013 the club was on the brink of, because the budget could not be met from its own resources. Then left almost all the regulars club abroad. Medwedi withdrew from the Champions League, but was able to secure the continued existence.
Other well-known former players
- Eric Gull
Achievements
CSKA Moscow
- European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1987/88
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1986/87
- Soviet champion: 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987
- Champion of Russia: 1993/ 94 1994/95 1999/2000, 2000/ 01
Medwedi Chekhov
- Champion of Russia: 2001 / 02, 2002/ 03, 2003/ 04, 2004/ 05, 2005/ 06, 2006/ 07, 2007/ 08, 2008/ 09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13
- Cup Winners' Cup: 2005/ 06
Squad 2011/12
- 01 Oleg Grams (TW )
- 16 Jewhen Budko (TW )
- 02 Vasily Filippov (RM )
- 04 Samwel Aslanjan (RR)
- 07 Dmitri Kovalev (RA )
- 09 Oleg Skopinzew (LA)
- 10 Alexander Tschernoiwanow ( KM)
- 14 Alexei Rastworzew (RL)
- 15 Oleg Zotov (RM )
- 17 Alexei Kamanin (RR)
- 18 Daniil Schischkarjow (RA )
- 19 Alexander Kashirin (RR)
- 20 Mikhail Tschipurin ( KM)
- 22 Roman Ivanov (RA )
- 47 Andrei Starych (RL)
- 77 Vitaly Ivanov ( KM)