Handball Club Lada

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Handball Club Lada
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Full nameHandball Club Lada
Short nameLada
Founded1998
ArenaOlymp Sportlomplex, Togliatti
Capacity2,700
President Irina Bliznova
Head coach Alexey Alekseev
League Russian Super League
2021–223rd
Club colours  
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Home
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Website
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HC Lada
Location of HC Lada

Handball Club Lada is a Russian women's handball club from Tolyatti playing in the Russian Super League.

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Founded in 1998, Lada became the leading team in the Super League winning five championships in a row between 2002 and 2006 and a sixth one in 2008. It also built itself a name in Europe winning the 2002 Cup Winners' Cup in its international debut and reaching the final of the 2007 Champions League and the next edition's semifinals. [1]

The following three seasons were less successful, with Dynamo Volgograd retrieving the leading position. On the other hand, Lada won the 2012 EHF Cup, [2] its second international title, while attaining the national championship's bronze in 2009, 2011 and 2012. [3]

In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Handball Federation banned Russian athletes, and the European Handball Federation suspended the Russian clubs from competing in European handball competitions. [4]

Titles

European record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClub1st leg2nd legAggregate
2016–17 EHF Cup R2 Flag of Norway.svg Vipers Kristiansand 29–2326–3255–55
R3 Flag of Denmark.svg Viborg 29–2628–2257–48
Group D Flag of Denmark.svg Nykøbing Falster 35–3223–353rd place
Flag of Germany.svg Metzingen 26–2724–23
Flag of Norway.svg Glassverket 32–2125–26

Kits

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2021–22 season

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Staff members

Staff for the 2021-22 season.

Notable former players

Kit manufacturers

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References

  1. Profile and record in the European Handball Federation's website
  2. Lada wins Women's EHF Cup. European Handball Federation
  3. Results and tables in Scoresway
  4. "Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF". Handball Planet. 1 March 2022.