| Fullname: | Rostov-Don Handball Club |
| Short Name: | Rostov |
| Ground: | Indoor Football Arena (Rostov Olympic Reserve School) |
| Manager: | Irina Dibirova |
| Captain: | Yulia Managarova |
| League: | Russian Super League |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Position: | 2nd |
| Website: | https://www.rostovhandball.ru/ |
| Colour1: | gold |
| Colour2: | black |
| Colour3: | white |
| Leftarm1: | FFD700 |
| Body1: | FFD700 |
| Rightarm1: | FFD700 |
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Rostov-Don (Russian: Ростов-Дон) is a professional female handball team from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Established in 1965, the club was called Rostselmash until 2002.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] The following year, they reached the Final 4 once again. This time they made it to the final, losing to Győri Audi ETO.[4]
Squad for the 2023–24 season[5]
Anastasia Lagina
Yuliya Hratskevich Anastasia Kazmenko Ekaterina Levsha Sabina Kazikhanova Kristina Kozhokar Polina Kuznetsova Valeriya Hutava Ksenia Makeeva Alena Amelchenko Anna Sen Darya Statsenko Alina Reshetnikova Yaroslava Frolova Anna Shaposhnikova Valeria Ganicheva Ekaterina ZelenkovaStaff for the 2023–24 season[6] [7]
Head coach: Irina Dibirova Trainer: Dmitry Kovalev Goalkeeper coach: Victor Shponko
Physiotherapist: Aleksandar Matić Team leader: Artur Sazonov Team doctor: Rami Fayssal Sleiman Masseur: Sergei Yagelovich Administrator: Maxim Shchennikov| Season | Player | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 2017–18[8] | Yulia Managarova | All-star team (right wing) |
 Siraba Dembélé | All-star team (left wing) | |
| 2018–19[9] | Anna Vyakhireva | All-star team (right back) |
| 2019–20[10] | Anna Vyakhireva | All-star team (right back) |
All results (home and away) list Rostov-Don's goal tally first.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) |  Győri ETO KC | 23–22 | 23–25 | align=center rowspan=3 | 2nd |
| FC Midtjylland | 27–20 | 21–24 | |||||
| Brest Bretagne | 26–24 | 29–23 | |||||
| Main round (Group 1) | Nykøbing Falster | 32–22 | 29–25 | align=center rowspan=3 | 2nd | ||
| RK Krim | 29–22 | 35–26 | |||||
 CSM București | 25–24 | 22–22 | |||||
| Quarterfinals | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 32–22 | 31–29 | 63–51 | |||
| Semifinals |  HC Vardar | 19–25 | |||||
| Third place | CSM București | 30–31 | |||||
| 2018–19 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) | København Håndbold | 30–25 | 27–21 | align=center rowspan=3 | 1st |
 IK Sävehof | 30–21 | 32–26 | |||||
| Brest Bretagne | 30–24 | 29–29 | |||||
| Main round (Group 1) | Metz Handball | 18–26 | 25–29 | align=center rowspan=3 | 2nd | ||
 ŽRK Budućnost | 24–22 | 23–20 | |||||
| Odense Håndbold | 25–19 | 30–26 | |||||
| Quarterfinals | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 33–22 | 29–26 | 62–48 | |||
| Semifinals | Metz Handball | 27–25 | |||||
| Final | Győri ETO KC | 24–25 | |||||
| 2019–20 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) | Team Esbjerg | 34–26 | 26–31 | align=center rowspan=3 | 1st |
 MKS Lublin | 31–21 | 30–20 | |||||
| 23–22 | 23–23 | ||||||
| Main round (Group 1) | Metz Handball | 24–29 | 20–23 | align=center rowspan=3 | 3rd | ||
 Vipers Kristiansand | 33–26 | 32–29 | |||||
| 29–26 | 35–31 | ||||||
| Quarterfinals | Brest Bretagne Handball | Cancelled | |||||
| 2020–21 | Champions League | Group stage (Group A) | Metz Handball | 30–26 | 26–27 | align=center rowspan=7 | 1st |
| Vipers Kristiansand | 10–0 | 24–23 | |||||
| Team Esbjerg | 28–24 | 25–24 | |||||
| FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 26–24 | 26–25 | |||||
| CSM București | 0–10 | 27–22 | |||||
| SG BBM Bietigheim | 27–21 | 32–31 | |||||
| RK Krim | 23–23 | 27–28 | |||||
| Round of 16 | 42–24 | 29–20 | 71–44 | ||||
| Quarterfinals | 23–23 | 27–34 | 50–57 | ||||
Sergey Belitsky (2002–2006)[11] [12] Olga Karpenko (2006–2007)[12] Mikhail Aksenov (2007–2009)[13] Sergey Belitsky (2009–2014)[11] Frédéric Bougeant (2016–2018)
Ambros Martin (2018–2020) Per Johansson (2020–2022)[15]
Tomáš Hlavatý (2022) (interim)[16] Eduard Koksharov (2022–2023)[17] Alexander Burmistrov (2023) (interim)[18] Irina Dibirova (2023–present)