Handball Club Lada Explained

Fullname:Handball Club Lada
Shortname:Lada
Founded:1998
Ground:Olymp Sportlomplex, Togliatti
Capacity:2,700
Chairman:Irina Bliznova
Manager:Alexey Alekseev
League:Russian Super League
Season:2021–22
Position:3rd
Website:http://www.handball.ru/
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Handball Club Lada is a Russian women's handball club from Tolyatti playing in the Russian Super League.

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
2016–17EHF CupR2 Vipers Kristiansand29–2326–3255–55
R3 Viborg29–2628–2257–48
Group D Nykøbing Falster35–3223–353rd place
Metzingen26–2724–23
Glassverket32–2125–26

Kits

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2021–22 season

Goalkeepers
Wingers
  • RW
  • LW
    Line players
    Back players
  • LB
  • CB
    RB

    Transfers

    Transfers for the 2022–23 season

    Joining
    Leaving

    Staff members

    Staff for the 2021-22 season.

    Notable former players

    Kit manufacturers

    Notes and References

    1. http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/women/2011-12/clubs/005880/Lada Profile and record
    2. http://www.eurohandball.com/article/14948 Lada wins Women's EHF Cup.
    3. http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=handball&page=round&id=872 Results and tables
    4. Web site: Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF. 1 March 2022. Handball Planet.