Handball Club Lada

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| image = WHC Lada Togliatti logo.png

| fullname = Handball Club Lada

| shortname = Lada

| founded = 1998

| ground = Olymp Sportlomplex, Togliatti

| capacity = 2,700

| chairman = Irina Bliznova

| manager = Alexey Alekseev

| league = Russian Super League

| season = 2021–22

| position = 3rd

| website = http://www.handball.ru/

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Handball Club Lada is a Russian women's handball club from Tolyatti playing in the Russian Super League.

Founded in 1998, Lada became the leading team in the Super League winning five championships in a row between 2002 and 2006 and a sixth one in 2008. It also built itself a name in Europe winning the 2002 Cup Winners' Cup in its international debut and reaching the final of the 2007 Champions League and the next edition's semifinals.[http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/women/2011-12/clubs/005880/Lada Profile and record] in the European Handball Federation's website

The following three seasons were less successful, with Dynamo Volgograd retrieving the leading position. On the other hand, Lada won the 2012 EHF Cup,[http://www.eurohandball.com/article/14948 Lada wins Women's EHF Cup.] European Handball Federation its second international title, while attaining the national championship's bronze in 2009, 2011 and 2012.[http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=handball&page=round&id=872 Results and tables] in Scoresway

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.handball-planet.com/russia-and-belarus-suspended-by-ehf/|title=Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF|date=1 March 2022|website=Handball Planet}}

Titles

  • Russian Super League
  • Gold: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
  • Silver: 2001, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Bronze: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2021
  • Russian Cup
  • Gold: 2006
  • Silver: 2007, 2009, 2015, 2019
  • Bronze: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
  • Champions League
  • Finalist: 2007
  • Cup Winners' Cup
  • Winner: 2002
  • EHF Cup
  • Winner: 2012, 2014

European record

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! Season

! Competition

! Round

! Club

! 1st leg

! 2nd leg

! Aggregate

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rowspan="5" | 2016–17

| rowspan="5" | EHF Cup

| style="text-align:center;"|R2

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Vipers Kristiansand

| style="text-align:center;"| 29–23

| style="text-align:center;"| 26–32

| style="text-align:center;"| 55–55

style="text-align:center;"|R3

| {{flagicon|DEN}} Viborg

| style="text-align:center;"| 29–26

| style="text-align:center;"| 28–22

| style="text-align:center;"| 57–48

rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Group D

| {{flagicon|DEN}} Nykøbing Falster

| style="text-align:center;"| 35–32

| style="text-align:center;"| 23–35

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 3rd place

{{flagicon|GER}} Metzingen

| style="text-align:center;"| 26–27

| style="text-align:center;"| 24–23

{{flagicon|NOR}} Glassverket

| style="text-align:center;"| 32–21

| style="text-align:center;"| 25–26

=Kits=

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!colspan=6 ! style="color:white; background:blue"| AWAY

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2019–20

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2020-

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Team

= Current squad =

:Squad for the 2021–22 season

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;Goalkeepers

  • 16 {{flagicon|BLR}} Valiantsina Voitulevich
  • 31 {{flagicon|RUS}} Daria Dereven

;Wingers

;RW

  • {{0}}2 {{flagicon|RUS}} Olga Fomina
  • 77 {{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasiya Novoselova

;LW

  • 22 {{flagicon|RUS}} Natalia Reshetnikova
  • 28 {{flagicon|RUS}} Alena Nosikova
  • 47 {{flagicon|RUS}} Valentina Barynina

;Line players

  • {{0}}4 {{flagicon|RUS}} Yana Zhilinskayte
  • {{0}}7 {{flagicon|RUS}} Julia Kakmolja
  • 75 {{flagicon|RUS}} Alena Amelchenko

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;Back players

;LB

  • 78 {{flagicon|RUS}} Irina Nikitina
  • 23 {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Golubeva

;CB

;RB

  • 29 {{flagicon|RUS}} Valeriya Ganicheva

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=Transfers=

:Transfers for the 2022–23 season

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;Image:Arrow-up.gif Joining

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;Image:Arrow-down.gif Leaving

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=Staff members=

Staff for the 2021-22 season.

Notable former players

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Kit manufacturers

References