HBC CSKA Moscow (women)

For the parent multisport club, see CSKA Moscow.

HBC CSKA Moscow (Russian: ПГК ЦСКА Москва) is a women's handball club from Moscow, Russia, that competes in the Russian Super League since season 2019–2020.^[1] After the launching of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Handball Federation in February 2022 temporarily suspended the team.^[2]

HBC CSKA Moscow
Full name	HBC CSKA Moscow
Short name	CSKA
Founded	2019
Arena	Universal Sports Hall CSKA
Capacity	5,500
President	Eduard Akopyan
Head coach	Olga Akopyan
League	Russian Super League
2021-2022	2nd
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Achievements

Russia

• Russian Super League:
  • Winners (1): 2020–21
  • Finalist (1): 2021-22
• Russian Cup
  • Winners (1): 2022

Europe

• EHF Champions League:
  • Semifinalist: 2021

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers and Shirt sponsor

The following table shows in detail HBC CSKA Moscow kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2019-2020	Mizuno	Ruscon
2020-	Puma	TransContainer

Kits

HOME
2019-20	2020-

AWAY
2019-20	2020-21	2021-

Arena

 

Universal Sports Hall CSKA.

• Name: Universal Sports Hall CSKA
• City: Moscow, Russia
• Capacity: 5,500 spectators

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season

Goalkeepers   Kira Trusova 18   Valeria Vasilenko 99   Polina Kaplina Left wingers 03   Polina Gorshkova 19   Yulia Markova   Natalia Kotina Right wingers 91   Sara Ristovska 77   Albina Murzaliyeva Line players 67   Anastasia Illarionava 10   Viktoryia Shamanouskaya

Left backs 08   Elena Mikhaylichenko   Anastasia Kulak Centre backs 23   Natalia Chigirinova 33   Yekaterina Ilyina 25   Karina Sabirova Right backs 39   Antonina Skorobogatchenko

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

Leaving

Technical staff

Staff for the current season

• Head Coach:   Olga Akopyan
• Goalkeeping Coach:   Lyubov Aleksandrovna Korotneva

Notable former club players

•   Victoria Zhilinskayte (2019–2020)
•   Yana Zhilinskayte (2019–2020)
•   Olga Gorshenina (2019–2021)
•   Elena Utkina (2019–2020)
•   Marina Sudakova (2020–2022)
•   Polina Vedekhina (2019–2022)
•   Anna Sedoykina (2020–2022)
•   Valeria Maslova (2022)
•   Chana Masson (2019–2021)
•   Sabina Jacobsen (2019–2021)
•   Kathrine Heindahl (2020–2022)
•   Ana Gros (2021–2022)
•   Dragana Cvijić (2021–2022)

Head coach history

•   Jan Leslie (2019–2021)
•   Olga Akopyan (2021) (interim)
•   Florentin Pera (2021–2022)
•   Olga Akopyan (2022–)

Statistics

Top scorers in the EHF Champions League

(All-Time) – Last updated on 20 February 2022^[3]

Rank	Name	Seasons played	Goals
1	Ekaterina Ilina	2	101
2	Antonina Skorobogatchenko	2	94
3	Sara Ristovska	2	93
4	Daria Dmitrieva	2	91
5	Elena Mikhaylichenko	2	89
6	Polina Gorshkova	2	79
7	Ana Gros	1	71
8	Polina Vedekhina	2	68
9	Kathrine Heindahl	2	55
10	Marina Sudakova	2	44

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2020–21	Champions League	Group stage (Group B)	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	30–20	34–24	2nd
			Győri Audi ETO KC	27–27	24–31
			ŽRK Budućnost	25–22	27–23
			Borussia Dortmund	29–28	35–28
			Brest Bretagne Handball	30–28	25–24
			Odense Håndbold	27–23	25–26
			RK Podravka Koprivnica	30–26	36–20
		Round of 16	Krim Mercator	20–25	27–21	47–46
		Quarter-finals	CSM București	27–32	24–19	51–51
		Semi-final	Vipers Kristiansand	30–33
		Bronze-match	Győri Audi ETO KC	21–32
2021–22	Champions League	Group stage (Group B)	Vipers Kristiansand	27–24	28–32	4th
			RK Krim	21–21	21–24
			Odense Håndbold	21–28	27–27
			Győri Audi ETO KC	22–32	23–27
			Metz Handball	32–24	27–26
			Kastamonu	34–27	31–29
			IK Savehof	29–28	32–23
		Playoffs	CSM București	0–10	0–10	0–20

References

1. "Источник: Дмитриева и Скоробогатченко будут выступать за новый гандбольный ЦСКА". www.championat.com.
2. "European Handball Federation suspends Russia and Belarus".
3. "CSKA Moscow". European Handball Federation.