# HBC CSKA Moscow (women)

Sports Teams of CSKA Moscow :
| Football (men's) (women's) | Futsal | Beach soccer |
| Basketball (men's) (women's) | Ice hockey | Volleyball (men's) (women's) |
| Bandy | Handball (men's) (women's) | Water polo |
| Rugby union (men's) (women's) | | |
HBC CSKA Moscow (Russian: ПГК ЦСКА Москва) is a professional women's handball club from Moscow, Russia, that competes in the Russian Super League since season 2019–2020.

## Achievements
### Russia

* Russian Super League:
** Winners (3): 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24
** Finalist (1): 2021-22
* Russian Cup
** Winners (3): 2022, 2023, 2024
** Finalist (1): 2020
* Russian Supercup
** Winners (3): 2022, 2023, 2024
** Finalist (2): 2020, 2021

### Europe

* EHF Champions League:
** Semifinalist: 2021

## Crest, colours, supporters
### Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsor

The following table shows in detail HBC CSKA Moscow kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors by year:
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| 2019-2020 | Mizuno | Ruscon |
| 2020- | Puma | TransContainer |

### Kits

HOME :
| 2019-20 | 2020- |
AWAY :
| 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021- |

## Arena

* Name: Volleyball Arena Dinamo
* City: Moscow, Russia
* Capacity: 3,000 spectators

## Team
### Current squad

    Squad for the 2024–25 season

### Transfers

    Transfers for the 2024–25 season

#### Joining

* Anna Vereshchak (GK)
* Valeriya Sobkalo (RW)
* Yekaterina Levchina (LW)
* Valentina Tomilina (LP)
* Veronika Nikitina (LB)
* Varvara Syomina (LB)

#### Leaving

* Elena Mikhaylichenko (LB)
* Polina Gorshkova (LW)
* Sara Ristovska (RW)
* Anastasiya Kulak (LB)

### Technical staff

    Staff for the current season
* Head Coach: Nadezhda Muravyova
* Assistant of Head Coach: Oleg Minin
* Goalkeeping Coach: Anna Sedoykina

### Notable former club players

* Victoria Zhilinskayte (2019–2020)
* Yana Zhilinskayte (2019–2020)
* Olga Gorshenina (2019–2021)
* Elena Utkina (2019–2020)
* Marina Sudakova (2020–2022)
* Polina Vedekhina (2019–2022)
* Anna Sedoykina (2020–2022)
* Valeria Maslova (2022)
* Chana Masson (2019–2021)
* Sabina Jacobsen (2019–2021)
* Kathrine Heindahl (2020–2022)
* Ana Gros (2021–2022)
* Dragana Cvijić (2021–2022)

## Head coach history

* Jan Leslie (2019–2021)
* Olga Akopyan (2021) (interim)
* Florentin Pera (2021–2022)
* Olga Akopyan (2022–2024)
* Oleg Kuleshov (July-October 2024)
* Nadezhda Muravyova (November 2024-present)

## Statistics
### Top scorers in the EHF Champions League

    (All-Time) – Last updated on 20 February 2022
| Rank | Name | Seasons played | Goals |
| 1 | Ekaterina Ilina | 2 | 101 |
| 2 | Antonina Skorobogatchenko | 2 | 94 |
| 3 | Sara Ristovska | 2 | 93 |
| 4 | Daria Dmitrieva | 2 | 91 |
| 5 | Elena Mikhaylichenko | 2 | 89 |
| 6 | Polina Gorshkova | 2 | 79 |
| 7 | Ana Gros | 1 | 71 |
| 8 | Polina Vedekhina | 2 | 68 |
| 9 | Kathrine Heindahl | 2 | 55 |
| 10 | Marina Sudakova | 2 | 44 |

## European record

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
| 2020–21 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) | SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea | 30–20 | 34–24 | 2nd |
| 2020–21 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) | Győri Audi ETO KC | 27–27 | 24–31 | 2nd |
| 2020–21 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) | ŽRK Budućnost | 25–22 | 27–23 | 2nd |
| 2020–21 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) | Borussia Dortmund | 29–28 | 35–28 | 2nd |
| 2020–21 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) | Brest Bretagne Handball | 30–28 | 25–24 | 2nd |
| 2020–21 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) | Odense Håndbold | 27–23 | 25–26 | 2nd |
| 2020–21 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) | RK Podravka Koprivnica | 30–26 | 36–20 | 2nd |
| 2020–21 | Champions League | Round of 16 | Krim Mercator | 20–25 | 27–21 | 47–46 |
| 2020–21 | Champions League | Quarter-finals | CSM București | 27–32 | 24–19 | 51–51 |
| 2020–21 | Champions League | Semi-final | Vipers Kristiansand | 30–33 |
| 2020–21 | Champions League | Bronze-match | Győri Audi ETO KC | 21–32 |
| 2021–22 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) | Vipers Kristiansand | 27–24 | 28–32 | 4th |
| 2021–22 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) | RK Krim | 21–21 | 21–24 | 4th |
| 2021–22 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) | Odense Håndbold | 21–28 | 27–27 | 4th |
| 2021–22 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) | Győri Audi ETO KC | 22–32 | 23–27 | 4th |
| 2021–22 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) | Metz Handball | 32–24 | 27–26 | 4th |
| 2021–22 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) | Kastamonu | 34–27 | 31–29 | 4th |
| 2021–22 | Champions League | Group stage (Group B) | IK Savehof | 29–28 | 32–23 | 4th |
| 2021–22 | Champions League | Playoffs | CSM București | 0–10 | 0–10 | 0–20 |