Dynamo Astrakhan

Zarja Kaspija Astrakhan, also known as Dinamo Astrakhan, is a Russian handball team located in Astrakhan. Their home matches are played at the Sports Complex Star. They compete in the Russian Handball Super League.

Zarja Kaspija Astrakhan
Full name	Zarja Kaspija Astrakhan
Founded	1978 (1978)
Arena	Sportcomplex "Zvezdniy"
Capacity	1500
President	Valery Prozorovskii
League	Russian Handball Super League
2024-25	8th
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Handball Federation banned Russian athletes, and the European Handball Federation suspended the Russian clubs from competing in European handball competitions.

Accomplishments

• Soviet League:
  • Winners (1) : 1990
• Russian Handball Super League:
  • Runners Up (8) : 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• EHF Champions League:
  • Semifinalist (1) : 1991
• EHF Cup:
  • Runner-Up (1) : 2003

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2016–17	EHF Cup	R1	RK Metaloplastika	30–24	17–20	47–44
		R2	HC Sporta Hlohovec	33–29	27–20	60–49
		R3	HC Midtjylland	29–29	26–35	55–64

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season

Goalkeepers

• 01 Dmitry Koryakin
• 12 Ilya Ivanov
• 29 Matvej Krevchik
• 30 Eduard Maksutov

Left Wingers

• 02 Albert Gumarov
• 13 Stanislav Tekutyev

Right Wingers

• 22 Andrey Gordeev
• 47 Rufat Mukhtarov

Line players

• 06 Andrey Klimentiev
• 95 Vasily Nakonechny

Left Back

• 26 Vasily Ovcharuk
• 55 Leonid Kutepov

Centre Back

• 11 Dmitry Kantemirov
• 23 Vladzimir Nemtsev
• 32 Pavel Filchev
• 34 Dmitrii Shelestiukov

Right Back

• 04 Alexey Koval
• 14 Valery Verein

External links

• Official website