Ryazan-VDV

Ryazan-VDV (Рязань-ВДВ) is a Russian women's football team from Ryazan.^[1]

Ryazan

Full name	Football Club Ryazan-VDV
Founded	1996
Ground	Spartak Stadium, Ryazan
Capacity	6,000
Manager	Konstantin Klimashin
League	Russian Championship
2021	6th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

Founded in 1996, it won two league titles and one cup in the last years of the twentieth century. Ryazan-VDV was the first team to represent Russia in the UEFA Women's Cup.^{[citation needed]}

Around 2013 a team of Russian and Ukrainian nationals was formed, winning a league title in 2013 and the Russian Cup in 2014. The club played in the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League.^[2]

Honours

Official

• Russian championship (4): 1999, 2000, 2013, 2018
• Russian Women's Cup (2): 1998, 2014

Invitational

• Albena Cup (1): 2003

Season	Division	Place	National Cup
1996	2	2nd	1st Round
1997	1	3rd	Runner-up
1998	1	3rd	Winner
1999	1	1st	Runner-up
2000	1	1st	Runner-up
2001	1	3rd	Runner-up
2002	1	3rd	Quarterfinals
2003	1	4th	Round of 16
2004	1	?	Round of 16
2005	1	4th	Semifinals
2006	1	4th	Semifinals
2007	1	6th	Semifinals
2008	1	4th	Round of 16
2009	1	5th	Quarterfinals
2010	1	5th	Quarterfinals
2011–12	1	6th	Quarterfinals
2012–13	1	3rd
2013	1	1st
2014	1	3rd	Winner
2015	1	4th
2016	1	3rd
2017	1	2nd	Runner-Up
2018	1	1st	Runner-Up
2019	1	5th	Runner-Up

Current squad

As of 21 March 2021.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   RUS Maria Zhamanakova 8 MF   RUS Maria Oldenburger 10 MF   RUS Ekaterina Zavadkina 16 MF   RUS Elizavita Elagina — MF   SRB Tijana Matić — DF   RUS Ksenia Lazareva — MF   UKR Alina Skydan 26 MF   RUS Anna Sinyutina 32 MF   RUS Natalia Perepechina 77 MF   RUS Victoria Solina

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   RUS Violetta Isaykina — FW   BLR Viktoria Tikhon — MF   KAZ Karina Zhumabaikyzy — DF   SRB Nikoleta Nikolič — MF   ARM Tatiana Dolmatova

Former players

Players listed in bold have had caps for their respective countries

•   Anna Astapenko (2009–2010)
•   Natalia Barbashina (1999–2001)
•   Elena Danilova (2005)
•   Marina Kolomiets (2001)
•   Anastasia Kostyukova (2005–2006)
•   Olga Letyushova
•   Elena Morozova
•   Olesya Mashina (2009–2010)
•   Olga Sergaeva (1998–1999, 2002–2003)
•   Elena Terekhova (2005)
•   Elvira Todua (2005–2007)
•   Tatiana Zaitseva
•   Elena Turcan
•   Daryna Apanaschenko (2005–2008)
•   Veronika Shulga (2000–2001, 2010)
•   Natalia Zinchenko (1997–2002, 2005–2006)

UEFA competitions

See also: Russian women's football clubs in international competitions

Ryazan played the very first season of the UEFA Women's Cup and reached the quarter-finals.

Season	Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent
2001–02	UEFA Women's Cup	Qualifying Stage	4–0	Ter Leede
			11–0	Kavala FC
			13–0	SKF Žilina
		Quarter-finals	1–4, 1–3	Umeå IK
2014–15	Champions League	Round of 32	1–3, 0–2	FC Rosengård
2018–19		Round of 32	0–1, 0–2	FC Rosengård
2019–20		Round of 32	0–9, 0–7	Lyon

References

1. [1] Womenfootball.ru
2. "Ryazan and Linköping claim cups". uefa.com. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.

External links

• Official website