Rostov-Don

Rostov-Don (Ростов-Дон) is a professional female handball team from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Established in 1965, the club was called Rostselmash until 2002. Rostov-Don is competing in the Russian Super League. They have won the league seven times, in 1994, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022.

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.

Current squad

 * Squad for the 2023–24 season


 * Goalkeepers
 * 11 🇷🇺 Anastasia Lagina
 * 12 🇧🇾 Yuliya Hratskevich
 * 27 🇷🇺 Anastasia Kazmenko
 * RW
 * 6 🇷🇺 Yulia Managarova (c)
 * 15 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Levsha
 * LW
 * 36 🇷🇺 Sabina Kazikhanova
 * 63 🇷🇺 Kristina Kozhokar
 * 88 🇷🇺 Polina Kuznetsova
 * Line players
 * 10 🇧🇾 Valeriya Hutava
 * 19 🇷🇺 Ksenia Makeeva
 * 75 🇷🇺 Alena Amelchenko


 * Back players
 * LB
 * 8 🇷🇺 Anna Sen
 * 81 🇷🇺 Darya Statsenko


 * CB
 * 24 🇷🇺 Alina Reshetnikova
 * 25 🇷🇺 Yaroslava Frolova
 * 35 🇷🇺 Valeriia Kirdiasheva
 * 51 🇷🇺 Milana Tazhenova
 * RB
 * 13 🇷🇺 Anna Shaposhnikova
 * 20 🇷🇺 Valeria Ganicheva
 * 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

Russia

 * Russian Super League
 * Winners: 1994, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
 * Runners-up: 1993, 1995, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2021, 2023, 2024
 * 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
 * Runners-up: 2010, 2011, 2022, 2024
 * Russian Supercup
 * Winners: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
 * Runners-up: 2022

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.

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)