Irina Filishtinskaya
Quick Facts
Biography
Dinamo Kazan (Russian: Динамо-Казань) is a Russian women's volleyball club based in Kazan. The club was founded in 2002 and plays in the super league, the top Russian league.
Previous names
- Kazanochka (2002–2008)
- Dinamo Kazan (2008–present)
History
The club was founded in September 2002 as Kazanochka and made quick progress in the lower leagues, arriving at the Super league in the 2005–06 season. On its second season at the Super league, the club reached the top four and earned a spot at the 2007–08 CEV Women's Challenge Cup.
The 2007–08 season was difficult for the club, who lost its main sponsor just before the start of the season. Faced with an uncertain future, the club just managed to fulfil its season competitions commitments with poor results, being relegated from the Super league and failing to qualify in the top 8 of the CEV Challenge Cup. With the club at the point of being dissolved, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan directly intervened and took over the club. As a result the club's name was changed to Dinamo Kazan.
Dinamo Kazan returned to the Super league in 2009–10 and signed players which improved the quality of the team, among them Jordan Larson, Ekaterina Gamova, Maria Borisenko, Tatiana Kosheleva, Ekaterina Kabeshova and Vera Ulyakina. These players (apart from Jordan Larson, who is American) formed the core of the Russian national team in 2010. Success and results came soon in the following seasons, the club won the 2010 Russian Cup, its first title, and would go on to win the Super league for five consecutive seasons (from 2010–11 until 2014–15). It won a second Russian Cup in 2012 and the 2013–14 CEV Champions League held in Baku, Azerbaijan, defeating the home team Rabita Baku in the semifinals by 3–0 and the Turkish side VakıfBank İstanbul also by 3–0 in the final. The title qualified the club for the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship played in Switzerland, where the club would beat Brazilian sides SESI-SP by 3–1 in the semifinals and Molico Osasco by 3–0 in the final to claim the title.
In December 2016, the club won its third Russian Cup after beating Dinamo Moscow by 3–1 in the final.
Honours
National competitions
- Russian Super League: 5
- Russian Cup: 3
International competitions
- FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship: 1
- CEV Champions League: 1
- CEV Cup: 1
Team Roster
Season 2016–2017, as of October 2016.
Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Elena Ezhova | Libero | 1.78 | 66 | (1977-08-14) 14 August 1977 |
4 | Marina Maryukhnich | Middle Blocker | 1.97 | 70 | (1982-11-26) 26 November 1982 |
5 | Yuliya Podskalnaya | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 75 | (1989-04-18) 18 April 1989 |
6 | Irina Zaryazhko | Middle Blocker | 1.96 | 75 | (1991-10-04) 4 October 1991 |
8 | Irina Voronkova | Outside Hitter | 1.90 | 85 | (1995-10-20) 20 October 1995 |
9 | Daria Isaeva | Opposite | 1.86 | 75 | (1990-03-29) 29 March 1990 |
10 | Anna Kotikova | Opposite | 1.88 | 76 | (1999-10-13) 13 October 1999 |
13 | Evgeniya Startseva | Setter | 1.85 | 68 | (1989-02-12) 12 February 1989 |
14 | Ekaterina Ulanova | Libero | 1.76 | 61 | (1986-08-05) 5 August 1986 |
15 | Irina Filishtinskaya | Setter | 1.80 | 65 | (1990-06-14) 14 June 1990 |
16 | Anastasia Podoshvina | Outside Hitter | 1.84 | 67 | (1995-07-18) 18 July 1995 |
17 | Sabina Gilfanova | Opposite | 1.88 | 68 | (1996-02-14) 14 February 1996 |
18 | Elitsa Vasileva | Outside Hitter | 1.94 | 75 | (1990-05-13) 13 May 1990 |
19 | Olga Biryukova | Outside Hitter | 1.94 | 74 | (1994-09-19) 19 September 1994 |
Notable players
- Marina Babeshina
- Maria Borodakova
- Lesya Evdokimova
- Elena Ezhova
- Ekaterina Gamova
- Olga Khrzhanovskaya
- Tatiana Kosheleva
- Lesya Makhno
- Yevgeniya Startseva
- Ekaterina Ulanova
- Vera Ulyakina
- Irina Zaryazhko
- Elitsa Vasileva
- Eva Yaneva
- Antonella Del Core
- Megumi Kurihara
- Onuma Sittirak
- Heather Bown
- Tayyiba Haneef-Park
- Jordan Larson