Ryazan-VDV

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

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

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

See also: Russian women's football clubs in international 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