Handball Club Lada

Handball Club Lada
Handball Club Lada
Full name	Handball Club Lada
Short name	Lada
Founded	1998
Arena	Olymp Sportlomplex, Togliatti
Capacity	2,700
President	Irina Bliznova
Head coach	Alexey Alekseev
League	Russian Super League
2021–22	3rd
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

Handball Club Lada is a Russian women's handball club from Tolyatti playing in the Russian Super League.

HC Lada

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Location of HC Lada

Founded in 1998, Lada became the leading team in the Super League winning five championships in a row between 2002 and 2006 and a sixth one in 2008. It also built itself a name in Europe winning the 2002 Cup Winners' Cup in its international debut and reaching the final of the 2007 Champions League and the next edition's semifinals.^[1]

The following three seasons were less successful, with Dynamo Volgograd retrieving the leading position. On the other hand, Lada won the 2012 EHF Cup,^[2] its second international title, while attaining the national championship's bronze in 2009, 2011 and 2012.^[3]

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.^[4]

Titles

Russian Super League
- Gold: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
- Silver: 2001, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Bronze: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2021
Russian Cup
- Gold: 2006
- Silver: 2007, 2009, 2015, 2019
- Bronze: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
Champions League
- Finalist: 2007
Cup Winners' Cup
- Winner: 2002
EHF Cup
- Winner: 2012, 2014

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2016–17	EHF Cup	R2	Vipers Kristiansand	29–23	26–32	55–55
		R3	Viborg	29–26	28–22	57–48
		Group D	Nykøbing Falster	35–32	23–35	3rd place
			Metzingen	26–27	24–23
			Glassverket	32–21	25–26