Dynamo Astrakhan

Zarja Kaspija Astrakhan, also known as Dinamo Astrakhan, is a Russian handball team located in Astrakhan. Their home matches are played at the Sports Complex Star. They compete in the Russian Handball Super League.

Zarja Kaspija Astrakhan
Full name	Zarja Kaspija Astrakhan
Founded	1978
Arena	Sportcomplex "Zvezdniy"
President	Valery Prozorovskii
Website Official site

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.^[1]

Accomplishments

• Sovietic Liga:
  • Winners (1) : 1990
• Russian Handball Super League:
  • Runners Up (8) : 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• EHF Champions League:
  • Semifinalist (1) : 1991
• EHF Cup:
  • Runner-Up (1) : 2003

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2016–17	EHF Cup	R1	RK Metaloplastika	30–24	17–20	47–44
		R2	HC Sporta Hlohovec	33–29	27–20	60–49
		R3	HC Midtjylland	29–29	26–35	55–64

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Goalkeepers 29   Matvej Krevchik 30   Eduard Maksutov Left Wingers 02   Albert Gumarov 27   Siarhei Kosenkov Right Wingers 18   Maxim Drozdov 22   Andrei Gordeev Line players 06   Andrei Klimentjev 26   Vasily Ovcharuk 95   Vasily Nakonechny

Left Back 10   Mark Larim 88   Maxim Vasiliev Centre Back 11   Dmitrii Kantemirov 34   Dmitrii Shelestyukov Right Back 19   Ilya Kustyaev 23   Arseniy Ukhvarkin

References

1. "Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF". Handball Planet. 1 March 2022.

External links

• Official website