Telekom Baku

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Telekom Baku
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Full nameTelekom Bakı
Founded2004;21 years ago (2004)
Dissolved2017;8 years ago (2017)
Ground"Sarhadchi" Sports Olympic Center
Baku, Azerbaijan
(Capacity: 2600)
Manager Flag of Serbia.svg Zoran Gajić
League Azerbaijan Superleague
2016/171st
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Telekom Baku (formerly named Rabita Baku) was an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club. Telekom was an eight-time champion of Azerbaijani Superleague and the winner of the 2011 FIVB Club World Championship. [1] [2]

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History

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Stamp of Azerbaijan 2011 FIVB clubs world champions

The Rabita Bank was founded in 2001 as Rabitachi Baku, and then took Rabita Baku in 2004. Club participated for the first time in an official competition in the European CEV Cup 2007–08, but was eliminated immediately by OK Hit Nova Gorica.

In the season 2008–09, reaches the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup and was eliminated from the Club Voleibol Albacete and wins for the first time the championship in the final against Azerrail. The season 2009-10 campaign starts with a good buy: the team wins the championship again and get the third place in the CEV Cup, losing in the semifinals against Futura Volley Busto Arsizio, but winning the final for bronze against VC Uralochka-NTMK Yekaterinburg.

In the season 2010 - 11, club participated for the first time in the Women's CEV Champions League and reached final of this competition, just losing to VakıfBank of Turkey. [3]

Rabita hosted the 2013–14 CEV Champions League Final Four, [4] there the club won the Bronze medal after falling 0–3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan in the semifinals, [5] but defeating 3–0 to the Turkish Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul in the third place match. [6]

After eight Azerbaijani Superleague titles, in 2015 Rabita Baku merged with Telekom Baku adopting the name of the latter, [7] due to financial difficulties but retained the commitments in the Azerbaijani Superleague and the 2015–16 CEV Champions League and transferring to the new team the Telekom young players. [8]

Team

As Telekom Baku

Season 2016–2017, as of November 2016. [9]

NumberPlayerPositionHeight (m)Weight (kg)Birth date
1 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Anastasiia Baidiuk Outside hitter1.89675 December 1999 (age 25)
2 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Yana Azimova Setter1.74635 July 1994 (age 31)
3 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Yelyzaveta Samadova Outside hitter1.85723 March 1995 (age 30)
4 Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandra Petrović Middle blocker1.92571 July 1987 (age 38)
5 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Marharyta Azizova Opposite1.867325 April 1993 (age 32)
7 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Gabriela Koeva Middle blocker1.856625 July 1989 (age 36)
8 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Mariya Filipova Libero1.796710 September 1982 (age 43)
9 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Anastasiya Bezsonova Outside hitter1.876821 December 1999 (age 25)
10 Flag of Serbia.svg Jovana Vesović Outside hitter1.836721 July 1987 (age 38)
11 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Olena Hasanova Middle blocker1.887325 November 1995 (age 29)
12 Flag of Montenegro.svg Ksenija Ivanović Outside hitter1.887822 May 1986 (age 39)
13 Flag of Serbia.svg Slađana Mirković Setter1.85727 October 1995 (age 29)
18 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Ulkar Karimova Libero1.837822 June 1994 (age 31)

As Rabita Baku

Honours

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Rabita Baku in 2012.

International success

Domestic success

References

  1. Rabita Baku VC
  2. Rabita Baku (Women)
  3. CEV. "VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul". Archived from the original on 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  4. "Halkbank and Rabita to host Champions League Final Four tournaments". Luxembourg: FIVB. 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  5. "Dinamo disappoints Baku home crowd by claiming the last spot in final". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  6. "Bronze consolation for Rabita at home Final Four". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-16. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  7. "Telekom BAKU a force to be reckoned with in 2016 edition of Europe's elite competition". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  8. ""Telekom" Çempionlar Liqasında..." ["Telecom" in the Champions League ...]. Apa Sport. 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  9. "Telekom Baku - Team details". CEV. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  10. Francesca Ferretti left the club in February 2015.
  11. Yana Azimova arrived in February 2015.
  12. Tetori Dixon arrived in January 2014.
  13. Gina Mancuso arrived in December 2013.
  14. Brenda Castillo arrived in November 2012.
  15. Katsiaryna Zakreuskaya left the club in January 2013.
  16. Suzana Ćebić left the club in November 2013.
  17. Pelin Çelik left the club in October 2011.