| Full name | Lokomotiv Bakı | ||
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| Founded | 2008 | ||
| Manager |  Aleksandr Chervyakov | ||
| League | Azerbaijan Superleague | ||
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Lokomotiv Baku is an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club. [1] [2]
| Full name | Lokomotiv Bakı | ||
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| Founded | 2008 | ||
| Manager | Aleksandr Chervyakov | ||
| League | Azerbaijan Superleague | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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Lokomotiv Baku is an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club. [1] [2]
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Season 2015–2016 As of December 2015. [3] [4]
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hana Čutura | Outside spiker | 1.86 | 82 | 10 March 1988 |
| 2 | Yana Azimova | Setter | 1.79 | 70 | 5 July 1994 |
| 3 |  Kanani Danielson | Outside spiker | 1.76 | 70 | 2 January 1990 |
| 4 |  Aneta Havlíčková | Opposite | 1.87 | 85 | 3 July 1987 |
| 5 |  Özge Kırdar Çemberci | Setter | 1.83 | 78 | 26 June 1985 |
| 6 | Ayshan Abdulazimova | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 80 | 11 April 1993 |
| 8 | Ulkar Karimova | Outside spiker | 1.83 | 78 | 22 June 1994 |
| 9 |  Aleksandra Crnčević | Outside spiker | 1.85 | 80 | 30 May 1987 |
| 10 | Sonja Newcombe | Outside spiker | 1.88 | 76 | 7 March 1988 |
| 12 |  Jaroslava Pencová | Middle Blocker | 1.87 | 86 | 24 June 1990 |
| 15 |  Brenda Castillo | Libero | 1.65 | 60 | 5 June 1992 |
| 16 | Oksana Kiselyova | Libero | 1.78 | 78 | 30 May 1992 |
| 18 |  Berit Kauffeldt | Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 80 | 8 July 1990 |
| 2014–2015 Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Lisa Thomsen | Libero | 1.65 | 60 | 20 August 1985 |
| 3 | Carli Lloyd | Setter | 1.79 | 73 | 6 August 1989 |
| 4 | Aneta Havlíčková | Opposite | 1.87 | 85 | 3 July 1987 |
| 5 | Šárka Kubínová [5] | Setter | 1.79 | 70 | 19 April 1988 |
| 5 | Tuğçe Atıcı [6] | Setter | 1.81 | 72 | 27 March 1989 |
| 6 | Ayshan Abdulazimova | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 80 | 11 April 1993 |
| 7 |  Quinta Steenbergen | Middle Blocker | 1.89 | 78 | 2 April 1985 |
| 8 | Ulkar Karimova | Libero | 1.83 | 78 | 22 June 1994 |
| 9 | Aleksandra Crnčević | Outside spiker | 1.85 | 80 | 30 May 1987 |
| 10 | Ivana Đerisilo [7] | Opposite | 1.88 | 68 | 8 August 1983 |
| 11 | Anne Buijs | Outside spiker | 1.91 | 80 | 2 December 1991 |
| 12 |  Eva Chantava | Outside spiker | 1.85 | 75 | 26 October 1990 |
| 13 |  Valentina Arrighetti | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 79 | 26 January 1985 |
| 16 | Oksana Kiselyova | Libero | 1.77 | 74 | 30 May 1992 |
| 17 | Valeria Rosso | Outside spiker | 1.86 | 79 | 24 October 1981 |
| 2013–2014 Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Gizem Giraygil [8] | Setter | 1.84 | 78 | 8 May 1986 |
| 2 | Whitney Dosty [9] | Outside spiker | 1.92 | 80 | 25 February 1988 |
| 2 | Arielle Wilson [10] | Middle Blocker | 1.91 | 72 | 3 January 1989 |
| 3 |  Mariya Filipova | Libero | 1.75 | 70 | 10 September 1982 |
| 4 |  Kim Sa-Nee | Setter | 1.75 | 70 | 21 June 1981 |
| 5 |  Vera Klimovich | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 70 | 29 April 1988 |
| 6 | Tereza Rossi [11] | Opposite | 1.91 | 82 | 3 December 1982 |
| 7 |  Valdonė Petrauskaitė (c) | Outside-spiker | 1.82 | 75 | 23 August 1984 |
| 8 | Alexis Crimes | Middle Blocker | 1.86 | 71 | 12 June 1986 |
| 9 | Lauren Gibbemeyer [12] | Middle Blocker | 1.87 | 71 | 8 September 1989 |
| 10 |  Milena Radecka [13] | Setter | 1.78 | 67 | 18 October 1984 |
| 11 | Cassidy Lichtman [14] | Outside spiker | 1.85 | 68 | 25 May 1989 |
| 13 | Katarina Barun | Opposite | 1.95 | 80 | 1 December 1983 |
| 14 | Prisilla Rivera | Outside spiker | 1.87 | 79 | 29 December 1984 |
| 16 |  Aleksandra Samoylova | Outside spiker | 1.85 | 76 | 14 May 1987 |
| 17 | Ana Grbac | Setter | 1.86 | 80 | 23 March 1988 |
| 18 | Suzana Ćebić | Libero | 1.67 | 60 | 9 November 1984 |
| 2012–2013 Team [15] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Diana Nenova [16] | Setter | 1.82 | 72 | 16 April 1985 |
| 2 | Volha Palcheuskaya | Setter | 1.85 | 78 | 6 December 1984 |
| 3 | Mariya Filipova | Libero | 1.78 | 72 | 10 September 1982 |
| 4 | Aneta Havlickova (c) | Opposite | 1.88 | 88 | 3 July 1987 |
| 5 | Vera Klimovich | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 70 | 29 April 1988 |
| 6 | Ayshan Abdulazimova | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 70 | 11 April 1993 |
| 7 | Tamari Miyashiro [17] | Libero | 1.67 | 76 | 8 July 1987 |
| 8 | Maret Grothues [18] | Outside spiker | 1.80 | 67 | 16 September 1988 |
| 9 | Corina Ssuschke-Voigt | Middle Blocker | 1.88 | 82 | 9 May 1983 |
| 10 |  Tatiana Artmenko | Outside spiker | 1.87 | 79 | 2 September 1976 |
| 11 |  Mari Mendes | Outside spiker | 1.80 | 75 | 13 January 1984 |
| 12 | Michaela Monzoni | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 78 | 18 April 1984 |
| 14 | Magdalena Saad [19] | Libero | 1.56 | 58 | 14 May 1985 |
| 15 | Mary Spicer [20] | Setter | 1.77 | 67 | 3 July 1987 |
| 16 | Aleksandra Samoylova | Outside spiker | 1.85 | 76 | 14 May 1987 |
| 17 | Juliana Costa [21] | Outside spiker | 1.85 | 80 | 9 May 1982 |
| 18 | Iuliia Tsvetkova [22] | Opposite | 1.98 | 85 | 5 July 1985 |
| 2011–2012 Team [23] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Diana Nenova | Setter | 1.82 | 72 | 16 April 1985 |
| 2 | Volha Palcheuskaya | Setter | 1.85 | 78 | 6 December 1984 |
| 3 | Mariya Filipova | Libero | 1.78 | 72 | 10 September 1982 |
| 4 |  Lucía Gaido | Libero | 1.62 | 53 | 19 January 1988 |
| 5 | Vera Klimovich | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 70 | 29 April 1988 |
| 7 | Yelena Parkhomenko [24] | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 82 | 11 September 1982 |
| 8 |  Verónica Gómez | Outside spiker | 1.85 | 79 | 30 August 1985 |
| 10 | Kremena Kamenova | Outside spiker | 1.85 | 68 | 21 May 1988 |
| 12 | Nancy Metcalf | Opposite | 1.85 | 89 | 12 November 1978 |
| 13 | Elisha Thomas | Middle Blocker | 1.91 | 80 | 20 July 1981 |
| 14 | Ivana Miloš | Middle Blocker | 1.87 | 71 | 7 March 1986 |
| 15 |  Anna Farhi | Middle Blocker | 1.87 | 72 | 1 March 1980 |
| 16 | Aleksandra Samoylova | Outside spiker | 1.85 | 76 | 14 May 1987 |
| 17 |  Marta Sánchez | Outside spiker | 1.85 | 82 | 17 May 1973 |
| 2010–2011 Team [25] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Kremena Kamenova | Outside spiker | 1.85 | 68 | 21 May 1988 |
| 2 | Kseniya Poznyak | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 86 | 21 November 1986 |
| 3 | Mariya Filipova | Libero | 1.78 | 72 | 10 September 1982 |
| 4 | Julie Rubenstein [26] | Outside spiker | 1.88 | 75 | 9 April 1987 |
| 5 | Vera Klimovich | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 70 | 29 April 1988 |
| 6 | Nicole Davis | Libero | 1.67 | 73 | 24 April 1982 |
| 7 | Yelena Parkhomenko | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 82 | 11 September 1982 |
| 9 | Kristin Hildebrand | Outside spiker | 1.85 | 68 | 30 June 1985 |
| 10 | Oksana Mammadyarova | Opposite | 1.77 | 65 | 6 April 1978 |
| 11 | Monika Smak | Setter | 1.73 | 68 | 29 August 1973 |
| 12 | Nancy Metcalf | Opposite | 1.85 | 89 | 12 November 1978 |
| 14 |  Elena Keldibekova | Setter | 1.77 | 72 | 23 June 1974 |
| 15 | Ayshan Abdulazimova | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 80 | 11 April 1993 |
| 16 | Aleksandra Samoylova | Outside spiker | 1.85 | 76 | 14 May 1987 |
| 17 | Inessa Birman-Vysotski [27] | Middle-blocker | 1.88 | 71 | 21 August 1978 |
| 2009–2010 Team [28] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Svitlana Obolonska | Libero | 1.85 | 73 | 5 April 1978 |
| 2 | Kseniya Poznyak | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 86 | 21 November 1986 |
| 3 | Tanya Sabkova | Outside spiker | 1.87 | 66 | 10 June 1988 |
| 4 | Inara Khalilova | Outside spiker | 1.84 | 73 | 5 April 1993 |
| 5 | Vera Klimovich | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 70 | 29 April 1988 |
| 6 | Tsvetelina Zarkova | Middle Blocker | 1.87 | 69 | 18 December 1986 |
| 7 | Yelena Parkhomenko | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 82 | 11 September 1982 |
| 8 | Anita Bredis | Setter | 1.79 | 68 | 27 January 1992 |
| 9 | Lyubka Debarlieva | Setter | 1.78 | 69 | 21 September 1980 |
| 10 | Oksana Mammadyarova | Opposite | 1.77 | 65 | 6 April 1978 |
| 11 | Aytadj Zeynalova | Opposite | 1.88 | 71 | 24 May 1993 |
| 12 | Shafagat Habibova | Setter | 1.78 | 63 | 3 August 1991 |
| 13 | Kremena Kamenova | Outside spiker | 1.85 | 68 | 21 May 1988 |
| 14 | Lala Baghiyeva | Libero | 1.65 | 57 | 13 January 1986 |
| 15 | Ayshan Abdulazimova | Middle Blocker | 1.85 | 80 | 11 April 1993 |
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