# WVC Dynamo Moscow

WVC Dinamo Moscow (Russian: ЖВК Динамо Москва) is a Russian professional women's volleyball club based in Moscow which is currently playing in the Super League. It was established in 1926 and dissolved in 1992, but was reestablished in 2004. It is the most successful team in Soviet women's volleyball history with fourteen Championship titles and the most successful team in the CEV Women's Champions League history with eleven titles.

## History
### Soviet years

The club was created in 1926, when Dinamo Moscow decided to establish a women's volleyball section from its sports club. Its first participation in the USSR Championship was 1940, finishing in seventh place. The championship was not held from 1941 until 1944 due to war, but once it resumed in 1945 the club began achieving success under the coach Nikolay Nikolaevich Benderov, winning the titles in 1947, 1951, 1953, 1954 and 1955. During that period the club also won the USSR Cups of 1950, 1951 and 1953.
From 1957 to 1965 the club had a new coach, Serafima Georgievna Kundirenko who took the team to winning the USSR Championships of 1960 and 1962. The introduction of the new premier club competition with clubs from Europe called European Cup (today known as CEV Champions League), provided an opportunity for the club to compete against teams from across the continent. Dynamo Moscow won the inaugural 1960–61 edition, as well as the 1962–63 and 1964–65 editions, establishing itself as one of the strongest women's volleyball clubs in Europe. In 1966, under Anatoly Sergeyevich Sarkisov the team won the 1967–68 European Cup.луЬЙ
Givi Alexandrovich Akhvlediani became the new coach in 1969, with the goal of making Dynamo Moscow the country's leading team. Under his guidance, Dynamo Moscow brought new players (Nina Smoleyeva, Rosa Salikhova, Antonina Ryzhova, Tatyana Tretyakova, Larisa Bergen, Nina Muradyan), employed new tactics and focused on improving technical skills. That lead the club to its most successful period, winning six USSR Championships (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977) and seven European Cups (1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77), making Dynamo Moscow the dominant force in European women's volleyball during the late 60's and 1970's.
The next head coach was Mikhail Omelchenko. By the 1980s Uralochka began to emerge itself as a dominant force, and Dynamo's winning generation team of the 1970s was ageing. Omelchenko rejuvenated the squad calling new players (Lyubov Kozyreva, Nataliya Razumova) who helped the club to win the USSR Cup in 1982 and the USSR Championship in 1983. After social and political changes in the USSR, the club could no longer perform at the highest level being relegated at the conclusion of the 1988–89 season. The club kept on playing in the second division for another three seasons and decided to stop its women's volleyball activities in 1992.

### Russian years

After a 12-year break, the club was re-established on 12 May 2004. It entered the Super League in the 2004–05 season and the team proved to be competitive right away, finishing second that year. The success came shortly after the club won the league in the following two seasons (2005–06 and 2006–07) and a third time in 2008–09. Since then, they won four times the Russian Cup (2009, 2011, 2013 and 2018) in the same time they won the Super League in 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19.
The club is yet to emulate the Soviet era success in Europe, but it has reached the finals of the CEV Cup (in 2005–06) and the CEV Champions League twice (in 2006–07 and in 2008–09).

## Honours
### National competitions
#### USSR

* USSR Championship : 14
    1947, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1962, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1983
* USSR Cup: 4
    1950, 1951, 1953, 1982

#### Russia

* Russian Super League: 8
    2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017-18, 2018–19, 2022–23
* Russian Cup: 6
    2009, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2022, 2023
* Russian Super Cup: 4
    2017, 2018, 2021, 2023

### International competitions

* CEV Champions League: 11
    1960–61, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77

## Team roster

Season 2022–2023, as of June 2022.
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Mariia Khaletskaya | Opposite Hitter | 1.95 | 78 | (1994-07-31) 31 July 1994 (age 30) |
| 2 | Ekaterina Pipurynova | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 69 | (2000-02-10) 10 February 2000 (age 24) |
| 3 | Evgeniya Startseva | Setter | 1.85 | 68 | (1989-02-12) 12 February 1989 (age 35) |
| 5 | Tatiana Shchukina | Middle Blocker | 1.94 | 68 | (1991-08-07) 7 August 1991 (age 33) |
| 7 | Tatiana Romanova | Setter | 1.82 | 73 | (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 30) |
| 8 | Nataliya Goncharova | Opposite Hitter | 1.96 | 74 | (1989-06-01) 1 June 1989 (age 35) |
| 9 | Ekaterina Enina | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | | (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 31) |
| 10 | Mariia Bibina | Libero | 1.76 | 62 | (1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 (age 29) |
| 11 | Margarita Kurilo | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 74 | (1993-06-21) 21 June 1993 (age 31) |
| 12 | Natalia Pereira | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 83 | (1989-04-04) 4 April 1989 (age 35) |
| 13 | Irina Fetisova | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 76 | (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 30) |
| 14 | Ekaterina Polyakova | Middle Blocker | 1.95 | 70 | (1987-02-26) 26 February 1987 (age 37) |
| 19 | Anna Podkopaeva | Libero | 1.75 | 59 | (1990-04-16) 16 April 1990 (age 34) |
2021–2022 team :
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Mariia Khaletskaya | Opposite Hitter | 1.95 | 78 | (1994-07-31) 31 July 1994 (age 30) |
| 2 | Ekaterina Pipurynova | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 69 | (2000-02-10) 10 February 2000 (age 24) |
| 3 | Evgeniya Startseva | Setter | 1.85 | 68 | (1989-02-12) 12 February 1989 (age 35) |
| 7 | Tatiana Romanova | Setter | 1.82 | 73 | (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 30) |
| 8 | Nataliya Goncharova | Opposite Hitter | 1.96 | 74 | (1989-06-01) 1 June 1989 (age 35) |
| 9 | Ekaterina Enina | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | | (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 31) |
| 10 | Mariia Bibina | Libero | 1.76 | 62 | (1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 (age 29) |
| 11 | Ekaterina Lyubushkina | Middle Blocker | 1.88 | 73 | (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990 (age 35) |
| 12 | Anastasia Anufrienko | Setter | 1.80 | | (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 31) |
| 13 | Irina Fetisova | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 76 | (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 30) |
| 14 | Ekaterina Polyakova | Middle Blocker | 1.95 | 70 | (1987-02-26) 26 February 1987 (age 37) |
| 15 | Natalia Krotkova | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 69 | (1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 (age 32) |
| 16 | Yaroslava Simonenko | Outside Hitter | 1.90 | | (1996-06-27) 27 June 1996 (age 28) |
| 17 | Anna Pospelova | Libero | 1.73 | | (1995-07-13) 13 July 1995 (age 29) |
| 18 | Elitsa Vasileva | Outside Hitter | 1.90 | 73 | (1990-05-13) 13 May 1990 (age 34) |
| 19 | Edina Begić | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 73 | (1992-10-09) 9 October 1992 (age 32) |
2020–2021 team :
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Sofya Kuznetsova | Outside Hitter | 1.82 | 65 | (1999-10-31) 31 October 1999 (age 25) |
| 2 | Daria Talysheva | Libero | 1.82 | 62 | (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 33) |
| 3 | Ekaterina Efimova | Middle-Blocker | 1.92 | 70 | (1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 31) |
| 5 | Ekaterina Orlova | Middle Blocker | 1.93 | 77 | (1987-10-21) 21 October 1987 (age 37) |
| 6 | Yana Shcherban | Outside Hitter | 1.87 | 71 | (1989-09-06) 6 September 1989 (age 35) |
| 7 | Tatiana Romanova | Setter | 1.82 | 73 | (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 30) |
| 8 | Nataliya Goncharova | Opposite Hitter | 1.96 | 74 | (1989-06-01) 1 June 1989 (age 35) |
| 9 | Ekaterina Enina | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | | (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 31) |
| 10 | Mariia Bibina | Libero | 1.76 | 62 | (1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 (age 29) |
| 11 | Hanna Klimets | Opposite Hitter | 1.86 | 70 | (1998-03-14) 14 March 1998 (age 26) |
| 12 | Marina Babeshina | Setter | 1.80 | 65 | (1985-06-26) 26 June 1985 (age 39) |
| 13 | Irina Fetisova | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 76 | (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 30) |
| 15 | Natalia Krotkova | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 69 | (1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 (age 32) |
| 17 | Anna Pospelova | Outside Hitter | 1.73 | | (1995-07-13) 13 July 1995 (age 29) |
| 18 | Natalia Pereira | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 83 | (1989-04-04) 4 April 1989 (age 35) |
2018–2019 team :
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Anna Makarova | Outside Hitter | 1.94 | 83 | (1984-04-02) 2 April 1984 (age 40) |
| 2 | Daria Talysheva | Libero | 1.82 | 62 | (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 33) |
| 3 | Ekaterina Efimova | Middle-Blocker | 1.92 | 70 | (1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 31) |
| 5 | Elena Gendel | Middle-Blocker | 1.91 | 79 | (1984-09-21) 21 September 1984 (age 40) |
| 6 | Yana Shcherban | Outside Hitter | 1.87 | 71 | (1989-09-06) 6 September 1989 (age 35) |
| 7 | Ekaterina Raevskaia | Libero | 1.70 | 65 | (1993-12-23) 23 December 1993 (age 31) |
| 8 | Nataliya Goncharova | Opposite Spiker | 1.96 | 74 | (1989-06-01) 1 June 1989 (age 35) |
| 9 | Daria Stolyarova | Opposite | 1.86 | 79 | (1990-03-29) 29 March 1990 (age 34) |
| 11 | Ekaterina Lyubushkina | Middle Blocker | 1.88 | 73 | (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990 (age 35) |
| 12 | Marina Babeshina | Setter | 1.80 | 65 | (1985-06-26) 26 June 1985 (age 39) |
| 13 | Irina Fetisova | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 76 | (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 30) |
| 14 | Anna Lazareva | Opposite | 1.90 | 70 | (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 27) |
| 15 | Natalia Krotkova | Outside Hitter | 1.85 | 69 | (1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 (age 32) |
| 16 | Helena Havelkova | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 70 | (1988-07-25) 25 July 1988 (age 36) |
| 18 | Maja Ognjenović | Setter | 1.83 | 67 | (1984-08-06) 6 August 1984 (age 40) |
2017–2018 team :
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Yulia Morozova | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | 79 | (1985-01-08) 8 January 1985 (age 39) |
| 3 | Anastasia Bavykina | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 73 | (1992-07-06) 6 July 1992 (age 32) |
| 5 | Anastasia Markova | Outside Hitter | 1.90 | 71 | (1987-10-16) 16 October 1987 (age 37) |
| 6 | Yana Shcherban | Outside Hitter | 1.87 | 71 | (1989-09-06) 6 September 1989 (age 35) |
| 7 | Ekaterina Romanenko | Libero | 1.70 | 62 | (1993-12-23) 23 December 1993 (age 31) |
| 8 | Nataliya Goncharova | Opposite Spiker | 1.96 | 74 | (1989-06-01) 1 June 1989 (age 35) |
| 9 | Vera Vetrova | Setter | 1.82 | 73 | (1986-08-21) 21 August 1986 (age 38) |
| 10 | Ekaterina Kosianenko (c) | Setter | 1.75 | 64 | (1990-02-02) 2 February 1990 (age 34) |
| 11 | Ekaterina Lyubushkina | Middle Blocker | 1.88 | 73 | (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990 (age 35) |
| 12 | Aleksandra Crnčević | Outside Hitter | 1.84 | 76 | (1987-05-30) 30 May 1987 (age 37) |
| 13 | Irina Fetisova | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 76 | (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 30) |
| 17 | Bethania de la Cruz | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 68 | (1987-05-13) 13 May 1987 (age 37) |
| 18 | Maja Poljak | Middle Blocker | 1.94 | 73 | (1983-05-02) 2 May 1983 (age 41) |
| 19 | Anna Malova | Libero | 1.75 | 59 | (1990-04-16) 16 April 1990 (age 34) |
2016–2017 team :
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Yulia Morozova | Middle Blocker | 1.92 | 79 | (1985-01-08) 8 January 1985 (age 39) |
| 3 | Anastasia Bavykina | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 73 | (1992-07-06) 6 July 1992 (age 32) |
| 5 | Anastasia Markova | Outside Hitter | 1.90 | 71 | (1987-10-16) 16 October 1987 (age 37) |
| 6 | Yana Shcherban | Outside Hitter | 1.87 | 71 | (1989-09-06) 6 September 1989 (age 35) |
| 7 | Ekaterina Romanenko | Libero | 1.70 | 62 | (1993-12-23) 23 December 1993 (age 31) |
| 8 | Nataliya Goncharova | Opposite Spiker | 1.96 | 74 | (1989-06-01) 1 June 1989 (age 35) |
| 9 | Vera Vetrova | Setter | 1.82 | 73 | (1986-08-21) 21 August 1986 (age 38) |
| 10 | Ekaterina Kosianenko (c) | Setter | 1.75 | 64 | (1990-02-02) 2 February 1990 (age 34) |
| 11 | Ekaterina Lyubushkina | Middle Blocker | 1.88 | 73 | (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990 (age 35) |
| 12 | Aleksandra Crnčević | Outside Hitter | 1.84 | 76 | (1987-05-30) 30 May 1987 (age 37) |
| 13 | Irina Fetisova | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 76 | (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 30) |
| 17 | Bethania de la Cruz | Outside Hitter | 1.88 | 68 | (1987-05-13) 13 May 1987 (age 37) |
| 18 | Maja Poljak | Middle Blocker | 1.94 | 73 | (1983-05-02) 2 May 1983 (age 41) |
| 19 | Anna Malova | Libero | 1.75 | 59 | (1990-04-16) 16 April 1990 (age 34) |

## Notable players

* Larisa Bergen
* Lyudmila Buldakova
* Aleksandra Chudina
* Marita Katusheva
* Irina Kirillova
* Liliya Konovalova
* Lyubov Kozyreva
* Tatyana Kraynova
* Nina Muradyan
* Nataliya Razumova
* Antonina Ryzhova
* Rosa Salikhova
* Lyudmila Shchetinina
* Nina Smoleyeva
* Tatyana Tretyakova
* Zoya Yusova
* Ekaterina Gamova
* Elena Godina
* Nataliya Goncharova
* Tatiana Kosheleva
* Svetlana Kryuchkova
* Yulia Merkulova
* Maria Perepelkina
* Natalia Safronova
* Irina Tebenikhina
* Anastasiya Kodirova
* Tatiana Gratcheva
* Marina Sheshenina
* Maria Borodakova
* Lesya Makhno
* Anna Podkopaeva
* Irina Fetisova
* Evgeniya Startseva
* Oksana Parkhomenko
* Fernanda Garay
* Natalia Pereira
* Nataša Osmokrović
* Maja Poljak
* Sanja Popovic
* Yaima Ortiz
* Angelina Grün
* Carolina Costagrande
* Simona Gioli
* Bethania de la Cruz
* Logan Tom
* Maja Ognjenović
* Helena Havelkova
* Elitsa Vasileva