WVC Dynamo Moscow
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WVC Dinamo Moscow (Russian: ЖВК Динамо Москва) is a Russian professional women's volleyball club based in Moscow which is currently playing in the Super League. It was established in 1926 and dissolved in 1992, but was reestablished in 2004. It is the most successful team in Soviet women's volleyball history with fourteen Championship titles and the most successful team in the CEV Women's Champions League history with eleven titles.
History
Soviet years
The club was created in 1926, when Dinamo Moscow decided to establish a women's volleyball section from its sports club. Its first participation in the USSR Championship was 1940, finishing in seventh place. The championship was not held from 1941 until 1944 due to war, but once it resumed in 1945 the club began achieving success under the coach Nikolay Nikolaevich Benderov, winning the titles in 1947, 1951, 1953, 1954 and 1955. During that period the club also won the USSR Cups of 1950, 1951 and 1953.
From 1957 to 1965 the club had a new coach, Serafima Georgievna Kundirenko who took the team to winning the USSR Championships of 1960 and 1962. The introduction of the new premier club competition with clubs from Europe called European Cup (today known as CEV Champions League), provided an opportunity for the club to compete against teams from across the continent. Dynamo Moscow won the inaugural 1960–61 edition, as well as the 1962–63 and 1964–65 editions, establishing itself as one of the strongest women's volleyball clubs in Europe. In 1966, under Anatoly Sergeyevich Sarkisov the team won the 1967–68 European Cup.луЬЙ
Givi Alexandrovich Akhvlediani became the new coach in 1969, with the goal of making Dynamo Moscow the country's leading team. Under his guidance, Dynamo Moscow brought new players (Nina Smoleyeva, Rosa Salikhova, Antonina Ryzhova, Tatyana Tretyakova, Larisa Bergen, Nina Muradyan), employed new tactics and focused on improving technical skills. That lead the club to its most successful period, winning six USSR Championships (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977) and seven European Cups (1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77), making Dynamo Moscow the dominant force in European women's volleyball during the late 60's and 1970's.
The next head coach was Mikhail Omelchenko. By the 1980s Uralochka began to emerge itself as a dominant force, and Dynamo's winning generation team of the 1970s was ageing. Omelchenko rejuvenated the squad calling new players (Lyubov Kozyreva, Nataliya Razumova) who helped the club to win the USSR Cup in 1982 and the USSR Championship in 1983. After social and political changes in the USSR, the club could no longer perform at the highest level being relegated at the conclusion of the 1988–89 season. The club kept on playing in the second division for another three seasons and decided to stop its women's volleyball activities in 1992.
Russian years
After a 12-year break, the club was re-established on 12 May 2004. It entered the Super League in the 2004–05 season and the team proved to be competitive right away, finishing second that year. The success came shortly after the club won the league in the following two seasons (2005–06 and 2006–07) and a third time in 2008–09. Since then, they won four times the Russian Cup (2009, 2011, 2013 and 2018) in the same time they won the Super League in 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19.
The club is yet to emulate the Soviet era success in Europe, but it has reached the finals of the CEV Cup (in 2005–06) and the CEV Champions League twice (in 2006–07 and in 2008–09).
Honours
National competitions
USSR
- USSR Championship : 14
1947, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1962, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1983
- USSR Cup: 4
1950, 1951, 1953, 1982
Russia
2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017-18, 2018–19, 2022–23
- Russian Cup: 6
2009, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2022, 2023
2017, 2018, 2021, 2023
International competitions
1960–61, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77
Team roster
Season 2022–2023, as of June 2022.
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia Mariia Khaletskaya | Opposite Hitter | 1.95 | 78 | (1994-07-31)31 July 1994(age 31) |
| 2 | Russia Ekaterina Pipurynova | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 69 | (2000-02-10)10 February 2000(age 26) |
| 3 | Russia Evgeniya Startseva | Setter | 1.85 | 68 | (1989-02-12)12 February 1989(age 37) |
| 5 | Russia Tatiana Shchukina | Middle Blocker | 1.94 | 68 | (1991-08-07)7 August 1991(age 34) |
| 7 | Russia Tatiana Romanova | Setter | 1.82 | 73 | (1994-09-09)9 September 1994(age 31) |
| 8 | Russia Nataliya Goncharova | Opposite Hitter | 1.96 | 74 | (1989-06-01)1 June 1989(age 36) |
| 9 | Russia Ekaterina Enina | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | (1993-05-10)10 May 1993(age 32) | |
| 10 | Russia Mariia Bibina | Libero | 1.76 | 62 | (1995-03-26)26 March 1995(age 31) |
| 11 | Russia Margarita Kurilo | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 74 | (1993-06-21)21 June 1993(age 32) |
| 12 | Brazil Natalia Pereira | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 83 | (1989-04-04)4 April 1989(age 37) |
| 13 | Russia Irina Fetisova | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 76 | (1994-09-07)7 September 1994(age 31) |
| 14 | Russia Ekaterina Polyakova | Middle Blocker | 1.95 | 70 | (1987-02-26)26 February 1987(age 39) |
| 19 | Russia Anna Podkopaeva | Libero | 1.75 | 59 | (1990-04-16)16 April 1990(age 36) |
| 2021–2022 team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Russia Mariia Khaletskaya | Opposite Hitter | 1.95 | 78 | (1994-07-31)31 July 1994(age 31) |
| 2 | Russia Ekaterina Pipurynova | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 69 | (2000-02-10)10 February 2000(age 26) |
| 3 | Russia Evgeniya Startseva | Setter | 1.85 | 68 | (1989-02-12)12 February 1989(age 37) |
| 7 | Russia Tatiana Romanova | Setter | 1.82 | 73 | (1994-09-09)9 September 1994(age 31) |
| 8 | Russia Nataliya Goncharova | Opposite Hitter | 1.96 | 74 | (1989-06-01)1 June 1989(age 36) |
| 9 | Russia Ekaterina Enina | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | (1993-05-10)10 May 1993(age 32) | |
| 10 | Russia Mariia Bibina | Libero | 1.76 | 62 | (1995-03-26)26 March 1995(age 31) |
| 11 | Russia Ekaterina Lyubushkina | Middle Blocker | 1.88 | 73 | (1990-01-02)2 January 1990(age 36) |
| 12 | Russia Anastasia Anufrienko | Setter | 1.80 | (1993-02-18)18 February 1993(age 33) | |
| 13 | Russia Irina Fetisova | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 76 | (1994-09-07)7 September 1994(age 31) |
| 14 | Russia Ekaterina Polyakova | Middle Blocker | 1.95 | 70 | (1987-02-26)26 February 1987(age 39) |
| 15 | Russia Natalia Krotkova | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 69 | (1992-07-01)1 July 1992(age 33) |
| 16 | Russia Yaroslava Simonenko | Outside Hitter | 1.90 | (1996-06-27)27 June 1996(age 29) | |
| 17 | Russia Anna Pospelova | Libero | 1.73 | (1995-07-13)13 July 1995(age 30) | |
| 18 | Bulgaria Elitsa Vasileva | Outside Hitter | 1.90 | 73 | (1990-05-13)13 May 1990(age 35) |
| 19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Edina Begić | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 73 | (1992-10-09)9 October 1992(age 33) |
| 2020–2021 team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Russia Sofya Kuznetsova | Outside Hitter | 1.82 | 65 | (1999-10-31)31 October 1999(age 26) |
| 2 | Russia Daria Talysheva | Libero | 1.82 | 62 | (1991-10-16)16 October 1991(age 34) |
| 3 | Russia Ekaterina Efimova | Middle-Blocker | 1.92 | 70 | (1993-07-03)3 July 1993(age 32) |
| 5 | Russia Ekaterina Orlova | Middle Blocker | 1.93 | 77 | (1987-10-21)21 October 1987(age 38) |
| 6 | Russia Yana Shcherban | Outside Hitter | 1.87 | 71 | (1989-09-06)6 September 1989(age 36) |
| 7 | Russia Tatiana Romanova | Setter | 1.82 | 73 | (1994-09-09)9 September 1994(age 31) |
| 8 | Russia Nataliya Goncharova | Opposite Hitter | 1.96 | 74 | (1989-06-01)1 June 1989(age 36) |
| 9 | Russia Ekaterina Enina | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | (1993-05-10)10 May 1993(age 32) | |
| 10 | Russia Mariia Bibina | Libero | 1.76 | 62 | (1995-03-26)26 March 1995(age 31) |
| 11 | Belarus Hanna Klimets | Opposite Hitter | 1.86 | 70 | (1998-03-14)14 March 1998(age 28) |
| 12 | Russia Marina Babeshina | Setter | 1.80 | 65 | (1985-06-26)26 June 1985(age 40) |
| 13 | Russia Irina Fetisova | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 76 | (1994-09-07)7 September 1994(age 31) |
| 15 | Russia Natalia Krotkova | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 69 | (1992-07-01)1 July 1992(age 33) |
| 17 | Russia Anna Pospelova | Outside Hitter | 1.73 | (1995-07-13)13 July 1995(age 30) | |
| 18 | Brazil Natalia Pereira | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 83 | (1989-04-04)4 April 1989(age 37) |
| 2018–2019 team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Russia Anna Makarova | Outside Hitter | 1.94 | 83 | (1984-04-02)2 April 1984(age 42) |
| 2 | Russia Daria Talysheva | Libero | 1.82 | 62 | (1991-10-16)16 October 1991(age 34) |
| 3 | Russia Ekaterina Efimova | Middle-Blocker | 1.92 | 70 | (1993-07-03)3 July 1993(age 32) |
| 5 | Russia Elena Gendel | Middle-Blocker | 1.91 | 79 | (1984-09-21)21 September 1984(age 41) |
| 6 | Russia Yana Shcherban | Outside Hitter | 1.87 | 71 | (1989-09-06)6 September 1989(age 36) |
| 7 | Russia Ekaterina Raevskaia | Libero | 1.70 | 65 | (1993-12-23)23 December 1993(age 32) |
| 8 | Russia Nataliya Goncharova | Opposite Spiker | 1.96 | 74 | (1989-06-01)1 June 1989(age 36) |
| 9 | Russia Daria Stolyarova | Opposite | 1.86 | 79 | (1990-03-29)29 March 1990(age 36) |
| 11 | Russia Ekaterina Lyubushkina | Middle Blocker | 1.88 | 73 | (1990-01-02)2 January 1990(age 36) |
| 12 | Russia Marina Babeshina | Setter | 1.80 | 65 | (1985-06-26)26 June 1985(age 40) |
| 13 | Russia Irina Fetisova | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 76 | (1994-09-07)7 September 1994(age 31) |
| 14 | Russia Anna Lazareva | Opposite | 1.90 | 70 | (1997-01-31)31 January 1997(age 29) |
| 15 | Russia Natalia Krotkova | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 69 | (1992-07-01)1 July 1992(age 33) |
| 16 | Czech Republic Helena Havelkova | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 70 | (1988-07-25)25 July 1988(age 37) |
| 18 | Serbia Maja Ognjenović | Setter | 1.83 | 67 | (1984-08-06)6 August 1984(age 41) |
| 2017–2018 team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Russia Yulia Morozova | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | 79 | (1985-01-08)8 January 1985(age 41) |
| 3 | Russia Anastasia Bavykina | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 73 | (1992-07-06)6 July 1992(age 33) |
| 5 | Russia Anastasia Markova | Outside Hitter | 1.90 | 71 | (1987-10-16)16 October 1987(age 38) |
| 6 | Russia Yana Shcherban | Outside Hitter | 1.87 | 71 | (1989-09-06)6 September 1989(age 36) |
| 7 | Russia Ekaterina Romanenko | Libero | 1.70 | 62 | (1993-12-23)23 December 1993(age 32) |
| 8 | Russia Nataliya Goncharova | Opposite Spiker | 1.96 | 74 | (1989-06-01)1 June 1989(age 36) |
| 9 | Russia Vera Vetrova | Setter | 1.82 | 73 | (1986-08-21)21 August 1986(age 39) |
| 10 | Russia Ekaterina Kosianenko (c) | Setter | 1.75 | 64 | (1990-02-02)2 February 1990(age 36) |
| 11 | Russia Ekaterina Lyubushkina | Middle Blocker | 1.88 | 73 | (1990-01-02)2 January 1990(age 36) |
| 12 | Serbia Aleksandra Crnčević | Outside Hitter | 1.84 | 76 | (1987-05-30)30 May 1987(age 38) |
| 13 | Russia Irina Fetisova | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 76 | (1994-09-07)7 September 1994(age 31) |
| 17 | Dominican Republic Bethania de la Cruz | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 68 | (1987-05-13)13 May 1987(age 38) |
| 18 | Croatia Maja Poljak | Middle Blocker | 1.94 | 73 | (1983-05-02)2 May 1983(age 42) |
| 19 | Russia Anna Malova | Libero | 1.75 | 59 | (1990-04-16)16 April 1990(age 36) |
| 2016–2017 team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Russia Yulia Morozova | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | 79 | (1985-01-08)8 January 1985(age 41) |
| 3 | Russia Anastasia Bavykina | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 73 | (1992-07-06)6 July 1992(age 33) |
| 5 | Russia Anastasia Markova | Outside Hitter | 1.90 | 71 | (1987-10-16)16 October 1987(age 38) |
| 6 | Russia Yana Shcherban | Outside Hitter | 1.87 | 71 | (1989-09-06)6 September 1989(age 36) |
| 7 | Russia Ekaterina Romanenko | Libero | 1.70 | 62 | (1993-12-23)23 December 1993(age 32) |
| 8 | Russia Nataliya Goncharova | Opposite Spiker | 1.96 | 74 | (1989-06-01)1 June 1989(age 36) |
| 9 | Russia Vera Vetrova | Setter | 1.82 | 73 | (1986-08-21)21 August 1986(age 39) |
| 10 | Russia Ekaterina Kosianenko (c) | Setter | 1.75 | 64 | (1990-02-02)2 February 1990(age 36) |
| 11 | Russia Ekaterina Lyubushkina | Middle Blocker | 1.88 | 73 | (1990-01-02)2 January 1990(age 36) |
| 12 | Serbia Aleksandra Crnčević | Outside Hitter | 1.84 | 76 | (1987-05-30)30 May 1987(age 38) |
| 13 | Russia Irina Fetisova | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 76 | (1994-09-07)7 September 1994(age 31) |
| 17 | Dominican Republic Bethania de la Cruz | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 68 | (1987-05-13)13 May 1987(age 38) |
| 18 | Croatia Maja Poljak | Middle Blocker | 1.94 | 73 | (1983-05-02)2 May 1983(age 42) |
| 19 | Russia Anna Malova | Libero | 1.75 | 59 | (1990-04-16)16 April 1990(age 36) |
Notable players
- Soviet Union Larisa Bergen
- Soviet Union Lyudmila Buldakova
- Soviet Union Aleksandra Chudina
- Soviet Union Marita Katusheva
- Soviet Union Irina Kirillova
- Soviet Union Liliya Konovalova
- Soviet Union Lyubov Kozyreva
- Soviet Union Tatyana Kraynova
- Soviet Union Nina Muradyan
- Soviet Union Nataliya Razumova
- Soviet Union Antonina Ryzhova
- Soviet Union Rosa Salikhova
- Soviet Union Lyudmila Shchetinina
- Soviet Union Nina Smoleyeva
- Soviet Union Tatyana Tretyakova
- Soviet Union Zoya Yusova
- Russia Ekaterina Gamova
- Russia Elena Godina
- Russia Nataliya Goncharova
- Russia Tatiana Kosheleva
- Russia Svetlana Kryuchkova
- Russia Yulia Merkulova
- Russia Maria Perepelkina
- Russia Natalia Safronova
- Russia Irina Tebenikhina
- Russia Anastasiya Kodirova
- Russia Tatiana Gratcheva
- Russia Marina Sheshenina
- Russia Maria Borodakova
- Russia Lesya Makhno
- Russia Anna Podkopaeva
- Russia Irina Fetisova
- Russia Evgeniya Startseva
- Azerbaijan Oksana Parkhomenko
- Brazil Fernanda Garay
- Brazil Natalia Pereira
- Croatia Nataša Osmokrović
- Croatia Maja Poljak
- Croatia Sanja Popovic
- Cuba Yaima Ortiz
- Germany Angelina Grün
- Italy Carolina Costagrande
- Italy Simona Gioli
- Dominican Republic Bethania de la Cruz
- United States Logan Tom
- Serbia Maja Ognjenović
- Czech Republic Helena Havelkova
- Bulgaria Elitsa Vasileva