Rostov-Don () is a professional female handball team from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Established in 1965, the club was called Rostselmash until 2002. Rostov-Don competes in the Russian Super League and has won it eight times, most recently in 2026.
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. 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. The following year, they reached the Final 4 once again. This time they made it to the final, losing to Győri Audi ETO.
Team Current squad Squad for the 2026–27 season
Goalkeepers 1 Anastasia Ryabtseva 21 Anastasia Yasnitskaya 27 Anastasia Kazmenko Right wingers 9 Oksana Bessalaya 15 Ekaterina Levsha 71 Anna Kaynarova Left wingers 24 Alena Balandina 55 Viktoria Kovshikova 63 Kristina Kozhokar Line players 3 Varvara Yuryeva 8 Anna Sen 75 Alena Amelchenko 77 Olesya Chernenko
Left backs 42 Alina Kishko 44 Anastasiya Shavman 66 Julia Babenko 81 Darya Statsenko Central backs 25 Yaroslava Frolova 51 Milana Tazhenova Right backs 13 Anna Shaposhnikova 76 Ekaterina Zelenkova
Staff members Staff for the 2023–24 season 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 SeasonPlayerAward2017–18 Yulia ManagarovaAll-star team (right wing) Siraba DembéléAll-star team (left wing)2018–19 Anna VyakhirevaAll-star team (right back)2019–20 Anna VyakhirevaAll-star team (right back)
Honours Russia Russian Super League Winners: 1994, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2026 Runners-up: 1993, 1995, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 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, 2025 Runners-up: 2010, 2011, 2022, 2024, 2026 Russian Supercup Winners: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2025 Runners-up: 2022, 2024, 2026
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 Aggregate2017–18Champions LeagueGroup stage(Group B) Győri ETO KC 23–22 23–25 2nd FC Midtjylland 27–20 21–24 Brest Bretagne 26–24 29–23Main 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 30–312018–19Champions LeagueGroup stage(Group B) København Håndbold 30–25 27–21 1st IK Sävehof 30–21 32–26 Brest Bretagne 30–24 29–29Main 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 24–252019–20Champions LeagueGroup stage(Group B) Team Esbjerg 34–26 26–31 1st MKS Lublin 31–21 30–20 CSM București 23–22 23–23Main 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 Cancelled2020–21Champions LeagueGroup stage(Group A) Metz Handball30–2626–27 1st Vipers Kristiansand10–024–23 Team Esbjerg28–2425–24 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria26–2426–25 CSM București0–1027–22 SG BBM Bietigheim27–2132–31 RK Krim23–2327–28Round of 16 Podravka Vegeta 42–2429–2071–44Quarterfinals Vipers Kristiansand 23–23 27–34 50–57
Head coach history Sergey Belitsky (2002–2006) Olga Karpenko (2006–2007) Mikhail Aksenov (2007–2009) Sergey Belitsky (2009–2014) Jan Leslie (2014–2016) Frédéric Bougeant (2016–2018) Ambros Martin (2018–2020) Per Johansson (2020–2022) Tomáš Hlavatý (2022) (interim) Eduard Koksharov (2022–2023) Alexander Burmistrov (2023) (interim) Irina Dibirova (2023–present)
References
External links
Official club website (in Russian)