SKIF Krasnodar

SKIF Krasnodar is a team handball club from Krasnodar, Russia. SKIF Krasnodar competes in the Russian Handball Super League.

SKIF Krasnodar
Nickname(s)	Thunderbird
Founded	1963
Arena	Palace of Sports Olimp, Krasnodar, Russia
Capacity	3,000
Head coach	Stepan Sidorchuk
League	Russian Handball Super League

History

The club was established in Krasnodar, in the distant 1963, and at different times called the "Thunderbird", "University", "Skif", "Arcadia SKIF", "SKIF-Rosneft", "SKIF- Kuban". The first team coach was honored coach of Russia Vitaly Sorokin. Professional status of the team received in 1964, in the major league championship of the USSR.

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

• Russian Cup
  • 2017
• Soviet Union Handball League
  • 1991, 1992
• EHF Cup: 1
  • 1990
• Limburgse Handbal Dagen
  • 1990

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers

• 16 Vadim Kondratenko
• 17 Alexey Krikunov

Left Wingers

• 44 Vet Chan Suan
• 80 Ivan Osadchiy

Right Wingers

• 27 Ilia Ivannikov
• 38 Timofei Maslennikov

Line players

• 33 Denis Golovnya
• 45 Nikita Kashnikov
• 50 Igor Mikhaylchenko

Left Backs

• 18 Victor Dolinin
• 46 Daniil Gurin

Central Backs

• 07 Saveliy Shalabanov
• 22 Dmitry Vorobev

Right Backs

• 13 Ruslan Dashko
• 25 Artem Zhuk

External links

• Official website