Handball Club Astrakhanochka is a Russian women's handball club from Astrakhan established in 1993. It has played in the Russian Super League since 1999, and in 2004 it made its debut in EHF competitions. It reached the EHF Cup's semifinals in 2014 and the Cup Winners' Cup's quarterfinals in 2007.Profile in EHF'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.
Titles Russian Championship Winner: 2016 Third-place: 2015, 2018, 2024
Russian Cup Second place: 2016 Third place: 2006, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
Kits
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European record
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate 2016–17 EHF Champions LeagueGroup B Ferencváros 28–33 23–32 3rd place Vardar Skopje 26–31 25–39 Leipzig 27–24 27–30Group 1 Budućnost Podgorica 21–34 20–38 6th place Thüringer 26–24 22–34 Metz 20–28 18–37
Team Current squad Squad for the 2021–22 season
Goalkeepers 1 Anastasiia Riabtseva 12 Anna Prokopeva 16 Evelina Anoshkina 31 Tamara Gobadze Wingers LW 5 Ekaterina Fanina 28 Galina Nikiforova 55 Viktoria Shichkina 91 Kristina Tarasova RW 9 Oksana Bessalaia 71 Anna Kainarova 64 Mariia Dudina Line players 3 Varvara Iureva 14 Ksenia Zakordonskaya 19 Svetlana Kremneva 67 Anastasia Illarionova
Back players LB 27 Galina Izmailova 33 Sofia Romanenko 77 Viktoriya Divak CB 10 Kseniia Iliina 24 Violetta Goletc 25 Anastasiia Listopad 34 Elizaveta Malashenko RB 7 Karina Sisenova 13 Anna Shaposhnikova 87 Irina Korneeva
Transfers Transfers for the 2022-23 season
Joining Irina Alexandrova (LB) (from USC Dostyk)
Leaving Karina Sisenova (RB) (to HC Lada)
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