Ryazan-VDV

Ryazan
Full name	Football Club Ryazan-VDV
Founded	1996
Ground	Spartak Stadium,; Ryazan
Capacity	6,000
Manager	Konstantin Klimashin
League	Russian Championship
2024	11th
Website	http://r-vdv.ru/
Home colours	Away colours

Ryazan-VDV (Russian: Рязань-ВДВ) is a Russian women's football team from Ryazan.^[1]

History

Founded in 1996, it won two league titles and one cup in the last years of the twentieth century. Ryazan-VDV was the first team to represent Russia in the UEFA Women's Cup.^{[citation needed]}

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

Honours

Official

Russian championship (4): 1999, 2000, 2013, 2018
Russian Women's Cup (2): 1998, 2014

Invitational

Albena Cup (1): 2003

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
2014	1	3rd	Winner
2015	1	4th
2016	1	3rd
2017	1	2nd	Runner-Up
2018	1	1st	Runner-Up
2019	1	5th	Runner-Up

Current squad

As of 21 March 2021.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	RUS	Maria Zhamanakova
8	MF	RUS	Maria Oldenburger
10	MF	RUS	Ekaterina Zavadkina
16	MF	RUS	Elizavita Elagina
—	MF	SRB	Tijana Matić
—	DF	RUS	Ksenia Lazareva
—	MF	UKR	Alina Skydan
26	MF	RUS	Anna Sinyutina
32	MF	RUS	Natalia Perepechina
77	MF	RUS	Victoria Solina


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	RUS	Violetta Isaykina
—	FW	BLR	Viktoria Tikhon
—	MF	KAZ	Karina Zhumabaikyzy
—	DF	SRB	Nikoleta Nikolič
—	MF	ARM	Tatiana Dolmatova

Former players

Players listed in bold have had caps for their respective countries

Anna Astapenko (2009–2010)
Natalia Barbashina (1999–2001)
Elena Danilova (2005)
Marina Kolomiets (2001)
Anastasia Kostyukova (2005–2006)
Olga Letyushova
Elena Morozova
Olesya Mashina (2009–2010)
Olga Sergaeva (1998–1999, 2002–2003)
Elena Terekhova (2005)
Elvira Todua (2005–2007)
Tatiana Zaitseva
Elena Turcan
Daryna Apanaschenko (2005–2008)
Veronika Shulga (2000–2001, 2010)
Natalia Zinchenko (1997–2002, 2005–2006)

UEFA competitions

Ryazan played the 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	Ter Leede
			11–0	Kavala FC
			13–0	SKF Žilina
		Quarter-finals	1–4, 1–3	Umeå IK
2014–15	Champions League	Round of 32	1–3, 0–2	FC Rosengård
2018–19		Round of 32	0–1, 0–2	FC Rosengård
2019–20		Round of 32	0–9, 0–7	Lyon