Telekom Baku (formerly named Rabita Baku) was an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club. Telekom was an eight-time champion of Azerbaijani Superleague and the winner of the 2011 FIVB Club World Championship.Rabita Baku VCRabita Baku (Women)
History
The Rabita Bank was founded in 2001 as Rabitachi Baku, and then took Rabita Baku in 2004. Club participated for the first time in an official competition in the European CEV Cup 2007–08, but was eliminated immediately by OK Hit Nova Gorica.
In the season 2008–09, reaches the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup and was eliminated from the Club Voleibol Albacete and wins for the first time the championship in the final against Azerrail. The season 2009-10 campaign starts with a good buy: the team wins the championship again and get the third place in the CEV Cup, losing in the semifinals against Futura Volley Busto Arsizio, but winning the final for bronze against VC Uralochka-NTMK Yekaterinburg.
In the season 2010 - 11, club participated for the first time in the Women's CEV Champions League and reached final of this competition, just losing to VakıfBank of Turkey.
Rabita hosted the 2013–14 CEV Champions League Final Four, there the club won the Bronze medal after falling 0–3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan in the semifinals, but defeating 3–0 to the Turkish Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul in the third place match.
After eight Azerbaijani Superleague titles, in 2015 Rabita Baku merged with Telekom Baku adopting the name of the latter, due to financial difficulties but retained the commitments in the Azerbaijani Superleague and the 2015–16 CEV Champions League and transferring to the new team the Telekom young players.
Team
As Telekom Baku Season 2016–2017, as of November 2016.
Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date1 Anastasiia BaidiukOutside hitter1.89672 Yana AzimovaSetter1.74633 Yelyzaveta SamadovaOutside hitter1.85724 Aleksandra PetrovićMiddle blocker1.92575 Marharyta AzizovaOpposite1.86737 Gabriela Koeva Middle blocker1.85668 Mariya FilipovaLibero1.79679 Anastasiya BezsonovaOutside hitter1.876810 Jovana VesovićOutside hitter1.836711 Olena HasanovaMiddle blocker 1.887312 Ksenija IvanovićOutside hitter1.887813 Slađana MirkovićSetter1.857218 Ulkar KarimovaLibero1.8378
2015–2016 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth 1 Anastasiia BaidiukOutside hitter1.89672 Kristsina YagubovaSetter1.84693 Yelyzaveta SamadovaOutside hitter1.85725 Marharyta AzizovaOutside hitter1.86737 Gabriela Koeva Middle blocker1.85668 Mariya FilipovaLibero1.79679 Anastasiya BezsonovaOutside hitter1.876810 Ana ClegerOpposite1.857311 Olena HasanovaMiddle blocker 1.887312 Ksenija IvanovićOutside hitter1.887814 Bayaz AliyevaLibero1.766015 Lucie MühlsteinováSetter1.787017 Hristina RusevaMiddle blocker1.9077
As Rabita Baku
2014–2015 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date1 Wilma SalasOutside hitter1.91723 Yelyzaveta SamadovaOutside hitter1.85724 Yoana PalaciosOutside hitter1.85725 Nataša KrsmanovićMiddle-blocker1.88736 Tetori DixonMiddle-blocker1.93907 Gyselle SilvaOpposite 1.92808 Aurea CruzOutside hitter1.80739 Brenda CastilloLibero1.675510 Ana ClegerSetter/Opposite 1.857311 Olena HasanovaMiddle-blocker1.887312 Francesca FerrettiFrancesca Ferretti left the club in February 2015.Setter1.807012 Yana AzimovaYana Azimova arrived in February 2015.Setter1.746313 Nootsara TomkomSetter1.695715 Winifer FernandezLibero1.665416 Foluke AkinradewoMiddle-blocker1.917917 Katarzyna SkowrońskaOpposite1.897518 Dóra HorváthOutside hitter1.8875
2013–2014 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date3 Katarzyna SkorupaSetter1.83694 Rachel RourkeOpposite 1.94785 Nataša KrsmanovićMiddle-blocker1.88736 Tetori DixonTetori Dixon arrived in January 2014.Middle-blocker1.93907 Kayla BanwarthLibero1.78758 Aurea CruzOutside hitter1.80739 Brenda CastilloLibero1.675510 Gina MancusoGina Mancuso arrived in December 2013.Outside hitter 1.847011 Brittnee CooperMiddle-blocker 1.917712 Cursty JacksonMiddle-blocker1.866513 Nootsara TomkomSetter1.695715 Sanja Starović (c)Opposite 1.949616 Foluke AkinradewoMiddle-blocker1.917917 Katarzyna SkowrońskaOutside hitter1.897518 Dóra HorváthOutside hitter1.8875
2012–2013 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date1 Dobriana RabadzhievaOutside hitter1.94722 Angelina GrünOutside hitter/Opposite 1.85743 Katarzyna SkorupaSetter1.83695 Nataša KrsmanovićMiddle-blocker1.88737 Madelaynne MontañoOpposite1.86688 Aurea CruzOutside hitter1.80739 Brenda CastilloBrenda Castillo arrived in November 2012.Libero1.675510 Alexandra FominaLibero1.807311 Katsiaryna ZakreuskayaKatsiaryna Zakreuskaya left the club in January 2013.Outside hitter1.867012 Mira Golubović (c)Middle-blocker1.887415 Sanja StarovićOpposite 1.949616 Foluke AkinradewoMiddle-blocker1.917917 Iryna ZhukovaSetter1.797218 Suzana ĆebićSuzana Ćebić left the club in November 2013.Libero1.6760
2011–2012 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date1 Dobriana RabadzhievaOutside hitter1.94722 Madina AliyevaOutside hitter1.70655 Nataša KrsmanovićMiddle-blocker1.88736 Jasna MajstorovićOutside hitter1.80647 Mary SpicerSetter1.77668 Silvija PopovićLibero1.75649 Natalya Mammadova Outside hitter1.958110 Kimberly GlassOutside hitter1.908311 Pelin ÇelikPelin Çelik left the club in October 2011.Setter1.725712 Mira Golubović Middle-blocker1.887413 Nataša OsmokrovićOutside hitter 1.846914 Kathy RadzuweitMiddle-blocker1.967615 Sanja StarovićOpposite 1.949617 Iryna ZhukovaSetter1.7972
2010–2011 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date1 Diana NenovaSetter1.82722 Bojana DoganjićOutside hitter1.83703 Mirela DelićMiddle-blocker1.89804 Marina MiletićOutside hitter1.81585 Nataša KrsmanovićMiddle-blocker1.88737 Olga AtiviOpposite1.89708 Silvija PopovićLibero1.75649 Natalya Mammadova Outside hitter1.958110 Kimberly GlassOutside hitter1.908312 Mira Golubović Middle-blocker1.887415 Sanja StarovićOpposite 1.949617 Iryna ZhukovaSetter1.797218 Lidiya LuchkoMiddle-blocker1.8670
2009–2010 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date2 Bojana DoganjićOutside hitter1.83705 Farida RasulovaOutside hitter1.80677 Viktoryia HuravaSetter1.82748 Silvija PopovićLibero1.75649 Olga AndrusenkoOutside hitter1.827910 Vesna TomaševićOutside hitter1.878413 Rosangela Correia Outside hitter1.897114 Aleksandra AvramovićMiddle-blocker1.898015 Sanja StarovićOpposite 1.949616 Ganna YevsikovaMiddle-blocker1.928817 Evelina TsvetanovaSetter1.805518 Lidiya LuchkoMiddle-blocker1.8670
Honours
International success FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship: Champion (1): 2011 Runners-up (1): 2012 Women's CEV Champions League: Runners-up (2): 2010-2011, 2012-2013 Third (1): 2013-2014
Domestic success Azerbaijan Superleague: Winners (7): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014–15 Runners-up (5): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 Third (1): 2002-03
References
External links
Volleyball in Azerbaijan CEV Profile