HC Kuban Krasnodar is a Russian women's handball team from Krasnodar competing in the Russian Super League.
Kuban enjoyed its golden era in the late 1980s, winning two Cup Winners' Cups in 1987 and 1988 by beating TSC Berlin and Vasas Budapest in the final, and reaching the 1990 European Cup's final, lost to Hypo Niederösterreich, after winning the 1989 Soviet Championship. Kuban also played a third unsuccessful Cup Winners' Cup final in 1989.List of champions of EHF competitions in the-sports.org
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union Kuban won the transitional CIS Championship, but it hasn't been able to win the new Russian Super League to date. Between 1997 and 2000 the team was second to Istochnik Rostov and Aqva Volgograd, its best results. In 2000 it also reached its fourth Cup Winners' Cup's final, losing to Mar Valencia.Record and profile in European Handball Federation's website
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.
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Titles Cup Winners' Cup 1987, 1988 Soviet Championship 1989, 1992
European record
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate 2016–17 EHF CupR1 Nea Ionia 36–24 31–24 67–48R2 Spono Eagles 35–23 38–28 73–51R3 Hypo Niederösterreich 29–23 32–26 61–49Group B Alba Fehérvár 31–26 31–24 1st place Brest Bretagne 25–20 21–27 Leipzig 32–24 34–211/4 Bietigheim 26–33 31–26 57–59
Team 2021/2022 squad Squad for the 2021–22 season.
Goalkeepers 16 Veronika Chipula 78 Mariya Molyavskaya Wingers LW 4 Alexandra Davidenko 8 Iana Savinova 94 Sofia Panasovskaya RW 5 Valeriia Vaykum 7 Diana Golub 24 Anna Efimkova 33 Milana Rzaeva Line players 32 Kristina Suchalkina 10 Kseniia Trukhina 87 Mariya Gafonova
Back players LB 6 Dalila Danilchenko 20 Victoria Zhilinskayte 26 Alina Sergienko 38 Sofia Sinitskaya 40 Anastasiya Shavman 66 Ekaterina Drozdova CB 18 Sofiia Penzeva 50 Sofia Porshina 71 Ekaterina Levchina RB 62 Arina Sergienko 63 Ekaterina Bobina 77 Viktoriia Shershkova 93 Anna Bogdasheva
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