Telekom Baku

Telekom Baku VC
Full name Telekom Bakı Voleybol komandası
Founded 2004
Ground Sarhadchi Sport Olympic Center
Baku, Azerbaijan
(Capacity: 2600)
Manager Serbia Zoran Gajic
League Azerbaijan Superleague
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Telekom Baku formerly known as Rabita Baku, is an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club.[1][2]

History

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.[3]

Rabita hosted the 2013–14 CEV Champions League Final Four,[4] there the club won the Bronze medal after falling 0-3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan in the semifinals,[5] but defeating 3-0 to the Turkish Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul in the third place match.[6]

After eight after eight Azerbajani Superleague titles, in 2015 Rabita Baku merged with Telekom Baku adopting the name of the latter,[7] due to financial difficulties but retained the commitments in the Azerbajani Superleague and the 2015–16 CEV Champions League and transferring to the new team the Telekom young players.[8]

Team

As Telekom Baku

Season 2015–2016, as of December 2015.[9]

Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date
1 Azerbaijan Anastasiia Baidiuk Outside Hitter 1.89 67 5 December 1999
2 Azerbaijan Krystsina Yagubova Setter 1.84 69 13 February 1996
3 Azerbaijan Yelyzaveta Samadova Outside Hitter 1.85 72 3 March 1995
5 Azerbaijan Marharyta Azizova Outside Hitter 1.86 73 25 April 1993
7 Bulgaria Gabriela Koeva Middle Blocker 1.85 66 25 July 1989
8 Bulgaria Mariya Filipova Libero 1.79 67 10 September 1982
9 Azerbaijan Anastasiya Bezsonova Outside Hitter 1.87 68 21 December 1999
10 Cuba Ana Cleger Opposite 1.85 73 27 November 1989
11 Azerbaijan Olena Hasanova Middle Blocker 1.88 73 25 November 1995
12 Montenegro Ksenija Ivanovic Outside Hitter 1.88 78 22 May 1986
14 Azerbaijan Bayaz Aliyeva Libero 1.76 60 9 June 1990
15 Czech Republic Lucie Mühlsteinová Setter 1.78 70 15 October 1984
17 Bulgaria Hristina Ruseva Middle Blocker 1.90 77 1 October 1991

As Rabita Baku

Honours

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International success

Domestic success

References

  1. Rabita Baku VC
  2. Rabita Baku (Women)
  3. CEV. "VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul". Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  4. "Halkbank and Rabita to host Champions League Final Four tournaments". Luxembourg: FIVB. 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  5. "Dinamo disappoints Baku home crowd by claiming the last spot in final". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  6. "Bronze consolation for Rabita at home Final Four". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  7. "Telekom BAKU a force to be reckoned with in 2016 edition of Europe’s elite competition". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  8. ""Telekom" Çempionlar Liqasında..." ["Telecom" in the Champions League ...]. Apa Sport. 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  9. "Telekom Baku - Team details". CEV. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  10. Francesca Ferretti left the club in february 2015.
  11. Yana Azimova arrived in february 2015.
  12. Tetori Dixon arrived in january 2014.
  13. Gina Mancuso arrived in december 2013.
  14. Brenda Castillo arrived in november 2012.
  15. Katsiaryna Zakreuskaya left the club in january 2013.
  16. Suzana Ćebić left the club in november 2013.
  17. Pelin Çelik left the club in october 2011.

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