{{short description|Russian women's volleyball club}} {{Infobox volleyball club | clubname = Dinamo Kazan | short name = | nickname = | image = | fullname = Women's Volleyball Club Dinamo-Kazan | founded = [[2002 in sports|2002]] | dissolved = | ground = [[Kazan Volleyball Centre]], [[Kazan]] | capacity = 5,000 | chairman = Leonid Barychev | manager = [[Rishat Gilyazutdinov]] | captain = | league = [[Russian Women's Volleyball Super League|Women's Super League]] | season = 2021–22 | position = 4th | website = http://www.dinamo-kazan.com/ | current = |pattern_b1 = |body1 =318CE7 |pattern_la1 = |leftarm1 =318CE7 |pattern_ra1 = |rightarm1 =318CE7 |pattern_sh1 = |shorts1 =318CE7 |pattern_b2 =_shouldersonwhite |body2 =318CE7 |pattern_la2 =_shouldersonwhite |leftarm2 =318CE7 |pattern_ra2 =_shouldersonwhite |rightarm2 =318CE7 |pattern_sh2 = |shorts2 =FFFFFF }} '''Dinamo Kazan''' (''{{langx|ru|Динамо-Казань}}'') is a Russian professional women's [[volleyball]] club based in [[Kazan]]. The club was founded in 2002 and plays in the [[Russian Women's Volleyball Super League|super league]], the top Russian league.

==Previous names== * '''Kazanochka''' (2002–2008) * '''Dinamo Kazan''' (2008–2019) * '''Dinamo-Ak Bars''' (2020–

==History== The club was founded in September 2002 as ''Kazanochka'' and made quick progress in the lower leagues, arriving at the [[Russian Women's Volleyball Super League|Super league]] in the 2005–06 season.<ref name=HIS>{{cite web |url=http://www.dinamo-kazan.com/eng/about/historyhistory/ |title=History |work=Volleyball club Dinamo-Kazan |access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.volley.ru/competitions.php?tid=80&gender=2&league=1&year=2006&x=52&y=14 |title=2006 Russian Women's Super League |language=ru |work=ВФВ (Volleyball Federation of Russia) |access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> On its second season at the Super league, the club reached the top four and earned a spot at the 2007–08 [[CEV Women's Challenge Cup]].<ref name=HIS/>

The 2007–08 season was difficult for the club, who lost its main sponsor just before the start of the season. Faced with an uncertain future, the club just managed to fulfil its season competitions commitments with poor results, being relegated from the Super league and failing to qualify in the top 8 of the CEV Challenge Cup. With the club at the point of being dissolved, the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Tatarstan)|Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan]] directly intervened and took over the club. As a result, the club's name was changed to ''Dinamo Kazan''.<ref name=HIS/>

Dinamo Kazan returned to the Super league in 2009–10 and signed players which improved the quality of the team, among them [[Jordan Larson]], [[Ekaterina Gamova]], [[Maria Borisenko]], [[Tatiana Kosheleva]], [[Ekaterina Kabeshova]] and [[Vera Ulyakina]]. These players (apart from Jordan Larson, who is American) formed the core of the [[Russia women's national volleyball team|Russian national team]] in 2010.<ref name=HIS/> Success and results came soon in the following seasons, the club won the 2010 Russian Cup, its first title, and would go on to win the Super league for five consecutive seasons (from 2010–11 until 2014–15). It won a second Russian Cup in 2012 and the [[2013–14 CEV Women's Champions League|2013–14 CEV Champions League]] held in Baku, Azerbaijan, defeating the home team [[Rabita Baku]] in the semifinals by 3–0<ref>{{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|access-date=2014-03-16}}</ref> and the Turkish side [[Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü|VakıfBank İstanbul]] also by 3–0 in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=16853&ID=678|title=Dinamo KAZAN dethrones VakifBank to claim the 2014 Champions League title |publisher=CEV|location=Baku, Azerbaijan|date=2014-03-16|access-date=2014-03-16}}</ref> The title qualified the club for the [[2014 FIVB Women's Club World Championship|2014 FIVB Club World Championship]] played in Switzerland, where the club would beat Brazilian sides [[Serviço Social da Indústria-SP (women's volleyball)|SESI-SP]] by 3–1 in the semifinals and [[Osasco Voleibol Clube|Molico Osasco]] by 3–0 in the final to claim the title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=44459&Language=en#.UyYRbz95OxI|title=Dinamo claims CEV Champions League title, FIVB Women's Club Championship ticket|publisher=FIVB|location=Baku, Azerbaijan|date=2014-03-16|access-date=2014-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World Championship in style|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/ClubWorldChampionships/Women/2014/viewPressRelease.asp?No=45651&Language=en|website=www.fivb.org|publisher=FIVB|access-date=12 June 2014}}</ref>

In December 2016, the club won its third Russian Cup after beating [[WVC Dynamo Moscow|Dinamo Moscow]] by 3–1 in the final.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.volley.ru/news/15125/ |title=Кубок России. Женщины. Финал и матч за "бронзу" |language=ru |work=ВФВ (Volleyball Federation of Russia) |date=29 December 2016 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> Kazan won its third straight title in 2017, beating [[VC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk]] 3–0 in the decisive game.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dinamo-kazan.com/news/?id=2252 |title=Кубок России остаётся в Казани! |language=ru |work=WVC Dynamo Kazan |date=29 December 2017 |access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref>

==Honours==

===National competitions=== * [[File:Simple cup icon.svg|16px]] '''[[Russian Women's Volleyball Super League|Russian Super League]]: 7''' :2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2019–20, 2023–24

* [[File:Imperial Russian Aviation Roundel.svg|16px]] '''[[Russian Women's Volleyball Cup|Russian Cup]]: 7''' :2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021

* '''[[Russian Women's Volleyball Super Cup|Russian Super Cup]]: 2''' : 2020, 2022

===International competitions=== * [[File:Gold medal world centered-2.svg|16px]] '''[[FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship]]: 1''' :[[2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship|2014]]

* [[File:Shield of the European Union.svg|16px]] '''[[CEV Women's Champions League|CEV Champions League]]: 1''' :[[2013–14 CEV Women's Champions League|2013–14]]

* [[File:Coppa CEV trophy.svg|16px]] '''[[Women's CEV Cup|CEV Cup]]: 1''' :[[2016–17 Women's CEV Cup|2016–17]]

==Team roster== '''Season 2020–2021''' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cev.eu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=12092&ID=1262 |title=Dynamo Kazan Players - Team details|publisher=Dinamo Kazan}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- ! Number ! Player ! Position ! Height (m) ! Weight (kg) ! Birth date |- |align=center|1 |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Milina Rakhmatullina]] |Libero |align=center|1.73 |align=center|67 |{{Birth date and age|2001|10|3|df=y}} |- |align=center|2 |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Malova (volleyball)|Anna Podkopaeva]] |Libero |align=center|1.75 |align=center|59 |{{Birth date and age|1990|4|16|df=y}} |- |align=center|3 |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Olga Biryukova]] |Outside hitter |align=center|1.94 |align=center|74 |{{Birth date and age|1994|9|19|df=y}} |- |align=center|4 |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Marina Maryukhnich]] |Middle blocker |align=center|1.97 |align=center|70 |{{Birth date and age|1982|11|26|df=y}} |- |align=center|6 |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Irina Zaryazhko|Irina Koroleva]] |Middle blocker |align=center|1.96 |align=center|75 |{{Birth date and age|1991|10|4|df=y}} |- |align=center|7 |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Kotikova]] |Outside hitter |align=center|1.86 |align=center|76 |{{Birth date and age|1999|10|13|df=y}} |- |align=center|9 |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elizaveta Popova]] |Setter |align=center|1.80 |align=center|63 |{{Birth date and age|2002|6|7|df=y}} |- |align=center|10 |{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Samanta Fabris]] |Opposite |align=center|1.90 |align=center|80 |{{Birth date and age|1992|2|8|df=y}} |- |align=center|12 |{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Samantha Bricio]] |Outside hitter |align=center|1.88 |align=center|60 |{{Birth date and age|1994|11|22|df=y}} |- |align=center|13 |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Evgeniya Startseva]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]]) |Setter |align=center|1.85 |align=center|65 |{{Birth date and age|1989|2|12|df=y}} |- |align=center|15 |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Arina Fedorovtseva]] |Outside hitter |align=center|1.90 |align=center|69 |{{Birth date and age|2004|1|19|df=y}} |- |align=center|17 |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Tatiana Kadochkina]] |Opposite |align=center|1.92 |align=center|72 |{{Birth date and age|2003|3|21|df=y}} |- |align=center|19 |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vita Akimova]] |Opposite |align=center|1.91 |align=center|71 |{{Birth date and age|2002|7|16|df=y}} |- |align=center|22 |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Taisiya Konovalova]] |Middle blocker |align=center|1.88 |align=center|69 |{{Birth date and age|1996|5|22|df=y}} |}

==Notable players== {{Famous|category=sporting|date=December 2016}} {{Div col|colwidth=15em}} * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Marina Babeshina]] * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Maria Borodakova]] * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Lesya Makhno|Lesya Evdokimova]] * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Ekaterina Gamova]] * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Olga Khrzhanovskaya]] * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Tatiana Kosheleva]] * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Lesya Makhno]] * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Yevgeniya Startseva]] * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Ekaterina Ulanova]] * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Vera Ulyakina]] * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Regina Moroz]] * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Irina Zaryazhko]] * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Anna Malova (volleyball)|Anna Malova]] * {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Arina Fedorovtseva]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Elitsa Vasileva]] * {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Natalya Mammadova]] * {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Antonella Del Core]] * {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Megumi Kurihara]] * {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Onuma Sittirak]] * {{flagicon|United States}} [[Heather Bown]] * {{flagicon|United States}} [[Tayyiba Haneef-Park]] * {{flagicon|United States}} [[Jordan Larson]] * {{flagicon|DOM}} [[Bethania de la Cruz]] * {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Samanta Fabris]] * {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Samantha Bricio]] {{colend}}

==References== {{Reflist|32em}}

==External links== *[http://www.dinamo-kazan.com Official site] (Russian)

{{Russian Volleyball Super League Women}}

[[Category:Women's volleyball clubs in Russia|Dynamo Kazan]] [[Category:Volleyball clubs established in 2002]] [[Category:2002 establishments in Russia]] [[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Kazan]]