Telekom Baku

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|manager = {{flagicon|SRB}} Zoran Gajić

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Telekom Baku (formerly named Rabita Baku) was an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club. Telekom was an eight-time champion of Azerbaijani Superleague and the winner of the 2011 FIVB Club World Championship.[http://azerivolley.com/teams/rabita.php Rabita Baku VC][http://www.the-sports.org/volleyball-rabita-baku-women-results-identity-s3-c2-b1-o139-i2979.html Rabita Baku (Women)]

History

File:Stamps of Azerbaijan, 2011-1014.jpg 2011 FIVB clubs world champions]]

The Rabita Bank was founded in 2001 as Rabitachi Baku, and then took Rabita Baku in 2004. Club participated for the first time in an official competition in the European CEV Cup 2007–08, but was eliminated immediately by OK Hit Nova Gorica.

In the season 2008–09, reaches the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup and was eliminated from the Club Voleibol Albacete and wins for the first time the championship in the final against Azerrail. The season 2009-10 campaign starts with a good buy: the team wins the championship again and get the third place in the CEV Cup, losing in the semifinals against Futura Volley Busto Arsizio, but winning the final for bronze against VC Uralochka-NTMK Yekaterinburg.

In the season 2010 - 11, club participated for the first time in the Women's CEV Champions League and reached final of this competition, just losing to VakıfBank of Turkey.{{cite web|url=http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_online/755/1711/19279_EN.html|title=VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul|author=CEV|accessdate=2011-03-20|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324195548/http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_online/755/1711/19279_EN.html|archivedate=2011-03-24}}

Rabita hosted the 2013–14 CEV Champions League Final Four,{{cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=44052&Language=en|title=Halkbank and Rabita to host Champions League Final Four tournaments|publisher=FIVB|location=Luxembourg|date=2013-12-19|accessdate=2014-03-16}} there the club won the Bronze medal after falling 0–3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan in the semifinals,{{cite web|url=http://www.cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=16850&ID=678|title=Dinamo disappoints Baku home crowd by claiming the last spot in final|publisher=CEV|location=Baku, Azerbaijan|date=2014-03-15|accessdate=2014-03-16}} but defeating 3–0 to the Turkish Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul in the third place match.{{cite web|url=http://www.cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=16852&ID=678|title=Bronze consolation for Rabita at home Final Four|publisher=CEV|location=Baku, Azerbaijan|date=2014-03-16|accessdate=2014-03-16|archive-date=2016-08-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821175952/http://www.cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=16852&ID=678|url-status=dead}}

After eight Azerbaijani Superleague titles, in 2015 Rabita Baku merged with Telekom Baku adopting the name of the latter,{{cite web|url=http://www.cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=21515|title=Telekom BAKU a force to be reckoned with in 2016 edition of Europe’s elite competition|publisher=CEV|location=Baku, Azerbaijan|date=2015-10-13|accessdate=2015-11-03}} due to financial difficulties but retained the commitments in the Azerbaijani Superleague and the 2015–16 CEV Champions League and transferring to the new team the Telekom young players.{{cite web|url=http://apasport.az/news/104796|title="Telekom" Çempionlar Liqasında...|trans-title="Telecom" in the Champions League ...|publisher=Apa Sport|date=2015-05-25|accessdate=2015-11-03}}

Team

=As Telekom Baku=

Season 2016–2017, as of November 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=10152&ID=968 |title=Telekom Baku - Team details|publisher=CEV|accessdate=19 November 2016}}

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Number

! Player

! Position

! Height (m)

! Weight (kg)

! Birth date

align=center|1

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Anastasiia Baidiuk

|Outside hitter

|align=center|1.89

|align=center|67

|{{Birth date and age|1999|12|5|df=y}}

align=center|2

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Yana Azimova

|Setter

|align=center|1.74

|align=center|63

|{{Birth date and age|1994|7|5|df=y}}

align=center|3

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Yelyzaveta Samadova

|Outside hitter

|align=center|1.85

|align=center|72

|{{Birth date and age|1995|3|3|df=y}}

align=center|4

|{{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandra Petrović

|Middle blocker

|align=center|1.92

|align=center|57

|{{Birth date and age|1987|7|1|df=y}}

align=center|5

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Marharyta Azizova

|Opposite

|align=center|1.86

|align=center|73

|{{Birth date and age|1993|4|25|df=y}}

align=center|7

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Gabriela Koeva

|Middle blocker

|align=center|1.85

|align=center|66

|{{Birth date and age|1989|7|25|df=y}}

align=center|8

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Mariya Filipova

|Libero

|align=center|1.79

|align=center|67

|{{Birth date and age|1982|9|10|df=y}}

align=center|9

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Anastasiya Bezsonova

|Outside hitter

|align=center|1.87

|align=center|68

|{{Birth date and age|1999|12|21|df=y}}

align=center|10

|{{flagicon|SRB}} Jovana Vesović

|Outside hitter

|align=center|1.83

|align=center|67

|{{Birth date and age|1987|7|21|df=y}}

align=center|11

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Olena Hasanova

|Middle blocker

|align=center|1.88

|align=center|73

|{{Birth date and age|1995|11|25|df=y}}

align=center|12

|{{flagicon|MNE}} Ksenija Ivanović

|Outside hitter

|align=center|1.88

|align=center|78

|{{Birth date and age|1986|5|22|df=y}}

align=center|13

|{{flagicon|SRB}} Slađana Mirković

|Setter

|align=center|1.85

|align=center|72

|{{Birth date and age|1995|10|7|df=y}}

align=center|18

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Ulkar Karimova

|Libero

|align=center|1.83

|align=center|78

|{{Birth date and age|1994|6|22|df=y}}

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! colspan=6 | 2015–2016 Team

Number

! Player

! Position

! Height (m)

! Weight (kg)

! Birth

align=center|1

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Anastasiia Baidiuk

|Outside hitter

|align=center|1.89

|align=center|67

|{{Birth date and age|1999|12|5|df=y}}

align=center|2

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Kristsina Yagubova

|Setter

|align=center|1.84

|align=center|69

|{{Birth date and age|1996|2|13|df=y}}

align=center|3

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Yelyzaveta Samadova

|Outside hitter

|align=center|1.85

|align=center|72

|{{Birth date and age|1995|3|3|df=y}}

align=center|5

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Marharyta Azizova

|Outside hitter

|align=center|1.86

|align=center|73

|{{Birth date and age|1993|4|25|df=y}}

align=center|7

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Gabriela Koeva

|Middle blocker

|align=center|1.85

|align=center|66

|{{Birth date and age|1989|7|25|df=y}}

align=center|8

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Mariya Filipova

|Libero

|align=center|1.79

|align=center|67

|{{Birth date and age|1982|9|10|df=y}}

align=center|9

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Anastasiya Bezsonova

|Outside hitter

|align=center|1.87

|align=center|68

|{{Birth date and age|1999|12|21|df=y}}

align=center|10

|{{flagicon|CUB}} Ana Cleger

|Opposite

|align=center|1.85

|align=center|73

|{{Birth date and age|1989|11|27|df=y}}

align=center|11

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Olena Hasanova

|Middle blocker

|align=center|1.88

|align=center|73

|{{Birth date and age|1995|11|25|df=y}}

align=center|12

|{{flagicon|MNE}} Ksenija Ivanović

|Outside hitter

|align=center|1.88

|align=center|78

|{{Birth date and age|1986|5|22|df=y}}

align=center|14

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Bayaz Aliyeva

|Libero

|align=center|1.76

|align=center|60

|{{Birth date and age|1990|6|9|df=y}}

align=center|15

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Mühlsteinová

|Setter

|align=center|1.78

|align=center|70

|{{Birth date and age|1984|10|15|df=y}}

align=center|17

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Hristina Ruseva

|Middle blocker

|align=center|1.90

|align=center|77

|{{Birth date and age|1991|10|1|df=y}}

=As Rabita Baku=

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! colspan=6 | 2014–2015 Team

Number

! Player

! Position

! Height (m)

! Weight (kg)

! Birth date

1

|{{flagicon|CUB}} Wilma Salas

|Outside hitter

|1.91

|72

|{{Birth date and age|1991|3|9|df=y}}

3

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Yelyzaveta Samadova

|Outside hitter

|1.85

|72

|{{Birth date and age|1995|3|3|df=y}}

4

|{{flagicon|CUB}} Yoana Palacios

|Outside hitter

|1.85

|72

|{{Birth date and age|1990|10|6|df=y}}

5

|{{flagicon|SER}} Nataša Krsmanović

|Middle-blocker

|1.88

|73

|{{Birth date and age|1985|6|19|df=y}}

6

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tetori Dixon

|Middle-blocker

|1.93

|90

|{{Birth date and age|1992|8|4|df=y}}

7

|{{flagicon|CUB}} Gyselle Silva

|Opposite

|1.92

|80

|{{Birth date and age|1991|10|29|df=y}}

8

|{{flagicon|PUR}} Aurea Cruz

|Outside hitter

|1.80

|73

|{{Birth date and age|1982|1|10|df=y}}

9

|{{flagicon|DOM}} Brenda Castillo

|Libero

|1.67

|55

|{{Birth date and age|1992|6|5|df=y}}

10

|{{flagicon|CUB}} Ana Cleger

|Setter/Opposite

|1.85

|73

|{{Birth date and age|1989|11|27|df=y}}

11

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Olena Hasanova

|Middle-blocker

|1.88

|73

|{{Birth date and age|1995|11|25|df=y}}

12

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Francesca FerrettiFrancesca Ferretti left the club in February 2015.

|Setter

|1.80

|70

|{{Birth date and age|1984|2|15|df=y}}

12

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Yana AzimovaYana Azimova arrived in February 2015.

|Setter

|1.74

|63

|{{Birth date and age|1994|7|5|df=y}}

13

|{{flagicon|THA}} Nootsara Tomkom

|Setter

|1.69

|57

|{{Birth date and age|1985|7|7|df=y}}

15

|{{flagicon|DOM}} Winifer Fernandez

|Libero

|1.66

|54

|{{Birth date and age|1995|1|6|df=y}}

16

|{{flagicon|USA}} Foluke Akinradewo

|Middle-blocker

|1.91

|79

|{{Birth date and age|1987|10|5|df=y}}

17

|{{flagicon|POL}} Katarzyna Skowrońska

|Opposite

|1.89

|75

|{{Birth date and age|1983|6|30|df=y}}

18

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Dóra Horváth

|Outside hitter

|1.88

|75

|{{Birth date and age|1988|3|4|df=y}}

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! colspan=6 | 2013–2014 Team

Number

! Player

! Position

! Height (m)

! Weight (kg)

! Birth date

3

|{{flagicon|POL}} Katarzyna Skorupa

|Setter

|1.83

|69

|{{Birth date and age|1984|9|16|df=y}}

4

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Rachel Rourke

|Opposite

|1.94

|78

|{{Birth date and age|1988|10|1|df=y}}

5

|{{flagicon|SER}} Nataša Krsmanović

|Middle-blocker

|1.88

|73

|{{Birth date and age|1985|6|19|df=y}}

6

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tetori DixonTetori Dixon arrived in January 2014.

|Middle-blocker

|1.93

|90

|{{Birth date and age|1992|8|4|df=y}}

7

|{{flagicon|USA}} Kayla Banwarth

|Libero

|1.78

|75

|{{Birth date and age|1989|1|21|df=y}}

8

|{{flagicon|PUR}} Aurea Cruz

|Outside hitter

|1.80

|73

|{{Birth date and age|1982|1|10|df=y}}

9

|{{flagicon|DOM}} Brenda Castillo

|Libero

|1.67

|55

|{{Birth date and age|1992|6|5|df=y}}

10

|{{flagicon|USA}} Gina MancusoGina Mancuso arrived in December 2013.

|Outside hitter

|1.84

|70

|{{Birth date and age|1991|5|31|df=y}}

11

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brittnee Cooper

|Middle-blocker

|1.91

|77

|{{Birth date and age|1988|2|26|df=y}}

12

|{{flagicon|USA}} Cursty Jackson

|Middle-blocker

|1.86

|65

|{{Birth date and age|1990|9|11|df=y}}

13

|{{flagicon|THA}} Nootsara Tomkom

|Setter

|1.69

|57

|{{Birth date and age|1985|7|7|df=y}}

15

|{{flagicon|SER}} Sanja Starović (c)

|Opposite

|1.94

|96

|{{Birth date and age|1983|3|25|df=y}}

16

|{{flagicon|USA}} Foluke Akinradewo

|Middle-blocker

|1.91

|79

|{{Birth date and age|1987|10|5|df=y}}

17

|{{flagicon|POL}} Katarzyna Skowrońska

|Outside hitter

|1.89

|75

|{{Birth date and age|1983|6|30|df=y}}

18

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Dóra Horváth

|Outside hitter

|1.88

|75

|{{Birth date and age|1988|3|4|df=y}}

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! colspan=6 | 2012–2013 Team

Number

! Player

! Position

! Height (m)

! Weight (kg)

! Birth date

1

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Dobriana Rabadzhieva

|Outside hitter

|1.94

|72

|{{Birth date and age|1991|6|14|df=y}}

2

|{{flagicon|GER}} Angelina Grün

|Outside hitter/Opposite

|1.85

|74

|{{Birth date and age|1979|12|2|df=y}}

3

|{{flagicon|POL}} Katarzyna Skorupa

|Setter

|1.83

|69

|{{Birth date and age|1984|9|16|df=y}}

5

|{{flagicon|SER}} Nataša Krsmanović

|Middle-blocker

|1.88

|73

|{{Birth date and age|1985|6|19|df=y}}

7

|{{flagicon|COL}} Madelaynne Montaño

|Opposite

|1.86

|68

|{{Birth date and age|1983|1|6|df=y}}

8

|{{flagicon|PUR}} Aurea Cruz

|Outside hitter

|1.80

|73

|{{Birth date and age|1982|1|10|df=y}}

9

|{{flagicon|DOM}} Brenda CastilloBrenda Castillo arrived in November 2012.

|Libero

|1.67

|55

|{{Birth date and age|1992|6|5|df=y}}

10

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Alexandra Fomina

|Libero

|1.80

|73

|{{Birth date and age|1975|5|4|df=y}}

11

|{{flagicon|BLR}} Katsiaryna ZakreuskayaKatsiaryna Zakreuskaya left the club in January 2013.

|Outside hitter

|1.86

|70

|{{Birth date and age|1986|9|29|df=y}}

12

|{{flagicon|SER}} Mira Golubović (c)

|Middle-blocker

|1.88

|74

|{{Birth date and age|1976|10|15|df=y}}

15

|{{flagicon|SER}} Sanja Starović

|Opposite

|1.94

|96

|{{Birth date and age|1983|3|25|df=y}}

16

|{{flagicon|USA}} Foluke Akinradewo

|Middle-blocker

|1.91

|79

|{{Birth date and age|1987|10|5|df=y}}

17

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Iryna Zhukova

|Setter

|1.79

|72

|{{Birth date and age|1974|11|22|df=y}}

18

|{{flagicon|SER}} Suzana ĆebićSuzana Ćebić left the club in November 2013.

|Libero

|1.67

|60

|{{Birth date and age|1984|11|9|df=y}}

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! colspan=6 | 2011–2012 Team

Number

! Player

! Position

! Height (m)

! Weight (kg)

! Birth date

1

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Dobriana Rabadzhieva

|Outside hitter

|1.94

|72

|{{Birth date and age|1991|6|14|df=y}}

2

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Madina Aliyeva

|Outside hitter

|1.70

|65

|{{Birth date and age|1990|3|18|df=y}}

5

|{{flagicon|SER}} Nataša Krsmanović

|Middle-blocker

|1.88

|73

|{{Birth date and age|1985|6|19|df=y}}

6

|{{flagicon|SER}} Jasna Majstorović

|Outside hitter

|1.80

|64

|{{Birth date and age|1984|4|23|df=y}}

7

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mary Spicer

|Setter

|1.77

|66

|{{Birth date and age|1987|7|3|df=y}}

8

|{{flagicon|SER}} Silvija Popović

|Libero

|1.75

|64

|{{Birth date and age|1986|3|15|df=y}}

9

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Natalya Mammadova

|Outside hitter

|1.95

|81

|{{Birth date and age|1984|12|2|df=y}}

10

|{{flagicon|USA}} Kimberly Glass

|Outside hitter

|1.90

|83

|{{Birth date and age|1984|8|18|df=y}}

11

|{{flagicon|TUR}} Pelin ÇelikPelin Çelik left the club in October 2011.

|Setter

|1.72

|57

|{{Birth date and age|1982|5|23|df=y}}

12

|{{flagicon|SER}} Mira Golubović

|Middle-blocker

|1.88

|74

|{{Birth date and age|1976|10|15|df=y}}

13

|{{flagicon|CRO}} Nataša Osmokrović

|Outside hitter

|1.84

|69

|{{Birth date and age|1976|5|27|df=y}}

14

|{{flagicon|GER}} Kathy Radzuweit

|Middle-blocker

|1.96

|76

|{{Birth date and age|1982|3|2|df=y}}

15

|{{flagicon|SER}} Sanja Starović

|Opposite

|1.94

|96

|{{Birth date and age|1983|3|25|df=y}}

17

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Iryna Zhukova

|Setter

|1.79

|72

|{{Birth date and age|1974|11|22|df=y}}

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! colspan=6 | 2010–2011 Team

Number

! Player

! Position

! Height (m)

! Weight (kg)

! Birth date

1

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Diana Nenova

|Setter

|1.82

|72

|{{Birth date and age|1985|4|16|df=y}}

2

|{{flagicon|SER}} Bojana Doganjić

|Outside hitter

|1.83

|70

|{{Birth date and age|1979|4|15|df=y}}

3

|{{flagicon|CRO}} Mirela Delić

|Middle-blocker

|1.89

|80

|{{Birth date and age|1981|11|13|df=y}}

4

|{{flagicon|CRO}} Marina Miletić

|Outside hitter

|1.81

|58

|{{Birth date and age|1983|2|21|df=y}}

5

|{{flagicon|SER}} Nataša Krsmanović

|Middle-blocker

|1.88

|73

|{{Birth date and age|1985|6|19|df=y}}

7

|{{flagicon|LAT}} Olga Ativi

|Opposite

|1.89

|70

|{{Birth date and age|1982|1|7|df=y}}

8

|{{flagicon|SER}} Silvija Popović

|Libero

|1.75

|64

|{{Birth date and age|1986|3|15|df=y}}

9

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Natalya Mammadova

|Outside hitter

|1.95

|81

|{{Birth date and age|1984|12|2|df=y}}

10

|{{flagicon|USA}} Kimberly Glass

|Outside hitter

|1.90

|83

|{{Birth date and age|1984|8|18|df=y}}

12

|{{flagicon|SER}} Mira Golubović

|Middle-blocker

|1.88

|74

|{{Birth date and age|1976|10|15|df=y}}

15

|{{flagicon|SER}} Sanja Starović

|Opposite

|1.94

|96

|{{Birth date and age|1983|3|25|df=y}}

17

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Iryna Zhukova

|Setter

|1.79

|72

|{{Birth date and age|1974|11|22|df=y}}

18

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Lidiya Luchko

|Middle-blocker

|1.86

|70

|{{Birth date and age|1983|3|25|df=y}}

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! colspan=6 | 2009–2010 Team

Number

! Player

! Position

! Height (m)

! Weight (kg)

! Birth date

2

|{{flagicon|SER}} Bojana Doganjić

|Outside hitter

|1.83

|70

|{{Birth date and age|1979|4|15|df=y}}

5

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Farida Rasulova

|Outside hitter

|1.80

|67

|{{Birth date and age|1987|10|29|df=y}}

7

|{{flagicon|BLR}} Viktoryia Hurava

|Setter

|1.82

|74

|{{Birth date and age|1984|1|30|df=y}}

8

|{{flagicon|SER}} Silvija Popović

|Libero

|1.75

|64

|{{Birth date and age|1986|3|15|df=y}}

9

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Olga Andrusenko

|Outside hitter

|1.82

|79

|{{Birth date and age|1980|1|10|df=y}}

10

|{{flagicon|SER}} Vesna Tomašević

|Outside hitter

|1.87

|84

|{{Birth date and age|1981|9|10|df=y}}

13

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Rosangela Correia

|Outside hitter

|1.89

|71

|{{Birth date and age|1972|7|24|df=y}}

14

|{{flagicon|SER}} Aleksandra Avramović

|Middle-blocker

|1.89

|80

|{{Birth date and age|1982|7|3|df=y}}

15

|{{flagicon|SER}} Sanja Starović

|Opposite

|1.94

|96

|{{Birth date and age|1983|3|25|df=y}}

16

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Ganna Yevsikova

|Middle-blocker

|1.92

|88

|{{Birth date and age|1981|2|24|df=y}}

17

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Evelina Tsvetanova

|Setter

|1.80

|55

|{{Birth date and age|1974|4|22|df=y}}

18

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Lidiya Luchko

|Middle-blocker

|1.86

|70

|{{Birth date and age|1983|3|25|df=y}}

Honours

=International success=

=Domestic success=

References

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