Zvezda Zvenigorod

Moskovskaya st. 47 143180 Zvenigorod

Zvezda Zvenigorod (Russian Звезда Звенигород, scientific transliteration Zvezda Zvenigorod, dt "star Zvenigorod " ) is a Russian women's handball club from Zvenigorod, a suburb of Moscow.

History

The club was founded in 2002 at the initiative of the Russian Federation from the retort, presumably with the intention that a club from the Moscow Oblast should be the future center of the Russian woman handball. Unlike other Eastern European sports clubs with the word "star " in the name (for example, Steaua Bucharest and Red Star Belgrade ) Zvezda Zvenigorod, however, has no relation to the army. After a year in unterklassigen game operation of the club in 2003 rose to the highest league in Russian women's handball, the Super League, on. In the first season they finished, occupied third place, the clear goal of the club's management but was the championship, so you already committed the star player Jelena Poljonowa in summer 2005. In 2006, the club another big step back: Committed were the former coach of the Master Series HC Lada Togliatti, Yevgeny Trefilow, at the same time coach of the Russian women's team, and the players Oksana Romenskaja and Natalia Schipilowa. 2007 now the team broke the supremacy of the HC Lada Togliatti and became champion. In the same year won the EHF Cup.

In the Champions League 2007 /08 Zvenigorod has survived the group stage as group winners and stood in the main round. There they came because of the better match results compared with the same points Viborg HK on. In the semi-finals to Zvezda continued despite a narrow home defeat against by Gyori Audi ETO KC. The final two games against Hypo Niederösterreich Austria Zvezda Zvenigorod could decide for themselves. However, both finals of the Russian Cup in 2008 went against Lada Togliatti narrowly lost, the Russian title could not be defended.

The 2008/09 season, however, should evolve into a disaster for Zvezda Zvenigorod. In the Champions League, the team finished second in the group stage last place and retired. They were joined by financial problems. In the championship final of the season against HK Dynamo Volgograd, there was an uproar: the game there was brutal fouls on both sides. Just before the final whistle triggered two attacks of Zvezda players against the face of the opponent from a brawl between the two teams in the interfered even supervisors. Zvezda lost for the second time the final championship.

In the EHF Champions League, the Russians fell a few times because of their extremely hard, sometimes unfair play.

Achievements

  • Champion of Russia: 2007
  • EHF Cup winners: 2007
  • Lyudmila Postnowa

Well-known former players

  • Oksana Romenskaja
Field army Russia women's national handball team Yelena Polenova (handballer) Inna Suslina
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