HC Motor Zaporizhzhia

HC Motor Zaporizhzhia is a Ukrainian professional men's handball club. It competes in the Ukrainian Men's Handball Super League.

History
The team "Zaporozhalyuminstroy" was created in 1958 at the trust "Zaporozhalyuminstroy" by the playing coach Semyon Polonsky and dominated the regional championship. The colors of "ZAS" were defended by: Victor Budarin, Z. Aizen, Alexey Gusak, Vladimir Zolotarev, V. Meerson, A. Omelyanenko, Valery Stupak, Vladimir Chaika, Alexander Shirokov.

In 1962, Zaporozhalyuminstroy, together with Kyiv "Burevisnyk", formed a duet of Ukrainian clubs that made their debut in the first USSR handball championship.

USSR championship

 * 1963 — the silver medalist of the USSR championship, champion of the CS DSO "Avangard", the first international match in Zaporizhzhia: "ZAS" — the youth team of Romania. Five players of the team were awarded the title "Master of Sports of the USSR", and their mentor Anatoly Muzykantov — the title "Honored Coach of the Ukrainian SSR".
 * 1964 — silver medalist of the USSR championship, champion of Ukraine.
 * 1965 — bronze medalist of the USSR championship, silver medalist of the Ukrainian championship.
 * 1966 — silver medalist of the Ukrainian championship.
 * 1967 — winner of the 31st Ukrainian Championship.
 * 1968 — bronze medalist of the USSR championship.
 * 1969 — silver medalist of the Ukrainian championship.
 * 1970 — silver medalist of the Ukrainian championship.
 * 1972 — silver medalist of the Ukrainian championship.
 * 1973 — silver medalist of the Ukrainian championship.
 * 1976 — champion of Ukraine.
 * 1977 — silver medalist of the Ukrainian championship.
 * 1978 — bronze medalist of the Ukrainian championship.
 * 1980 — bronze medalist of the Ukrainian championship.
 * 1981 — silver medalist of the Ukrainian championship.
 * 1984 — bronze medalist of the Ukrainian championship.

Ukrainian championship

 * 1997 — the team resumed performances in the championships of Ukraine under the new name "ZNTU—ZAS", represents the Zaporizhzhia National Technical University.
 * 2002/2003 — Winner of small silver medals in the Ukrainian Championship among the teams of the major league "B".
 * 2003/2004 — the winner of the Ukrainian championship among the top league teams.
 * 2006/2007 — winner of the Ukrainian championship among the top league teams; winner of the Student League of Ukraine.
 * 2007/2008 — debut in the Ukrainian Championship Superleague — 6th place.
 * 2008/2009 — 4th place in the Ukrainian Championship among Super League teams, the right to participate in the Challenge Cup.
 * 2009 — the handball club "ZNTU—ZAS" takes on the balance of Motor Sich OJSC, the team gets a new name "Motor—ZNTU—ZAS".
 * 2009/2010 — 4th place in the Ukrainian Championship among Super League teams.
 * 2010/2011 — 4th place in the Ukrainian Championship among Super League teams.
 * 2011/2012 — 2nd place in the Ukrainian Championship among Super League teams, bronze medalist of the National Cup
 * 2012/2013 — 1st place in the Ukrainian Championship among Super League teams, winner of the National Cup
 * 2013/2014 — 1st place in the Ukrainian Championship among Super League teams, silver in the National Cup, holder of the Belgazprombank Cup
 * 2014/2015 — 1st place in the Ukrainian Championship among Super League teams, winner of the National Cup, winner of the Super Cup.
 * 2015/2016 — 1st place in the Ukrainian Championship among Super League teams, winner of the National Cup, winner of the Super Cup.
 * 2018/2019 — 1st place in the Ukrainian Championship among Super League teams, winner of the National Cup.

Accomplishments

 * Ukrainian Men's Handball Super League:
 * : 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.
 * SEHA League Finals
 * : 2021

Current squad

 * Squad for the 2023–24 season


 * Goalkeepers
 * 1 🇺🇦 Nazar Chudinov
 * 55 🇺🇦 Ihar Sudavtsov
 * Left Wingers
 * 2 🇺🇦 Maksym Radchenko
 * 4 🇺🇦 Yaroslav Kotiuk
 * 11 🇺🇦 Zakhar Denysov
 * Right Wingers
 * 5 🇺🇦 Iurii Kubatko
 * 9 🇺🇦 Maksym Pavliuk
 * 19 🇺🇦 Eduard Kravchenko
 * 44 🇺🇦 Danylo Rahozin
 * Line players
 * 4 🇺🇦 Yaroslav Ruban
 * 23 🇺🇦 Yevhan Lysak
 * 26 🇺🇦 Yaroslav Shydlovskyi
 * 38 🇺🇦 Nazar Napadailo
 * 77 🇺🇦 Dmytro Tiutiunnyk
 * Left Backs
 * 17 🇺🇦 Nikita Zabolotnii
 * 21 🇺🇦 Nazar Kanafotskyi
 * 33 🇺🇦 Grygorii Semenchenko
 * Central Backs
 * 8 🇺🇦 Oleksandr Kondratskyi
 * 10 🇺🇦 Ivan Cherevko
 * 73 🇺🇦 Vitalii Horovyi
 * Right Backs
 * 7 🇺🇦 Ilya Bliznyuk

Transfers

 * Transfers for the 2024–25 season

 Joining

 Leaving