Ryazan VDV

Ryazan
Full name Football Club Ryazan-VDV
Founded 1996 (1996)
Ground Tsentralny Sportivny Kompleks,
Ryazan
Ground Capacity 20,000
League Chempionat Rossii
2013 1st

Ryazan VDV is a Russian women's football team from Ryazan.[1]

History

Founded in 1996, it was one of the leading women's team between 1997 and 2002, winning two league titles and one cups in the last years of the twentieth century. Ryazan VDV was the first team to represent Russia in the UEFA Women's Cup.

Around 2013 a team of Russian and Ukrainian nationals was formed and a league title in 2013 and the Russian Cup was won in 2014. The club plays in the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League.[2]

Honours

Official

Invitational

Season Division Place National Cup
1996 2 2nd 1st Round
1997 1 3rd Runner-up
1998 1 3rd Winner
1999 1 1st Runner-up
2000 1 1st Runner-up
2001 1 3rd Runner-up
2002 1 3rd Quarterfinals
2003 1 4th Round of 16
2004 1 ? Round of 16
2005 1 4th Semifinals
2006 1 4th Semifinals
2007 1 6th Semifinals
2008 1 4th Round of 16
2009 1 5th Quarterfinals
2010 1 5th Quarterfinals
2011–12 1 6th Quarterfinals
2012–13 1 3rd
2013 1 1st

Current squad

As of 9 August 2014[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Ukraine GK Veronika Shulga
4 Russia DF Irina Nemova
5 Russia MF Olga Petrova
7 Russia MF Oksana Eremeeva
8 Russia MF Valentina Savchenkova
9 Ukraine MF Valeria Aleshicheva
10 Russia MF Elena Terekhova
11 Ukraine MF Nadezhda Khabanskaya
17 Belarus MF Ekaterina Avkhimovich
No. Position Player
18 Russia DF Alevtina Utitskikh
19 Russia DF Ksenia Tsybutovich
21 Ukraine DF Alla Lyshafay
23 Russia DF Zhanna Shanina
26 Russia MF Anna Sinyutina
36 Russia FW Elena Danilova
45 Russia GK Olga Kapustina
96 Ukraine DF Olga Basanska
99 Ukraine MF Lyudmyla Pekur

Former players

Players listed in bold have had caps for their respective countries

UEFA competitions

Ryazan played the very first season of the UEFA Women's Cup and reached the quarter-finals.

Season Competition Stage Result Opponent
2001-02 UEFA Women's Cup Qualifying Stage 4-0 Netherlands Ter Leede
11-0 Greece Kavala FC
13-0 Slovakia SKF Žilina
Quarter-finals 1-4, 1-3 Sweden Umeå IK
2014-15 Champions League Round of 32 1-3, 0-2 Sweden FC Rosengård

References

  1. Womenfootball.ru
  2. "Ryazan and Linköping claim cups". uefa.com. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  3. 2014-15 squad in the club's website
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