GK Permskie Medvedi
Full name | Gandbolnij Club Permskie Medvedi | ||
Nickname (s) | Bears | ||
Founded | 1999 | ||
Club colors | Red Black | ||
Hall | VP Sukharev Sport Complex, Perm | ||
president | Alexander Kirilenko | ||
executive Director | Alexei Nikiforov | ||
Trainer | Lev Voronin | ||
league | Super League | ||
2012/2013 | |||
rank | 4th Place | ||
International | EHF European Cup 3rd round | ||
Website | permmedvedi-handball.ru | ||
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Greatest successes | |||
National |
Russian Championship 4th place 2011/12 Russian Cup Winner 2014 |
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International |
EHF Europa Pokal 3rd round 2012/13 2nd round 2013/14 |
The Gandbolnij Klub Permskie Medwedi ( Russian Гандбольный клуб Пермские медведи ) is a handball club from the Russian city of Perm .
history
The club was founded in 1999 and joined the Russian Handball Federation a year later. From the 2000/01 season, the Perm bears played in the second Russian division. After she only finished 23 of 25 places in her first season, she was runner-up in 2005/06 and 2006/07. In 2008/09 finally the championship title and the associated promotion to the Russian Handball Super League succeeded .
In the first season of 2009/10 in the upper house, the club had to go into the relegation round, but was able to secure relegation by a 10th place. Following was Lev Voronin hired as the new head coach. The 2000 Olympic champion led the team to 7th place for the next two years. In the 2011/12 season they also reached the final in the Russian Cup competition, where they lost to the series champion Medvedi Chekhov . Since they were qualified for the EHF Champions League , Permskie Medwedi was allowed to play internationally for the first time. In the EHF Europa Pokal 2012/13 , PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol and Wacker Thun were eliminated. In the third round they won the home game against KIF Kolding 30:27, but were eliminated due to the 24:41 defeat in the second leg. In the 2012/13 season they lost in the semi-finals of the Super League play-offs again to Medvedi Chekhov and in the game for third place SKIF Krasnodar . Nevertheless, you could play in the 2013/14 season again in the European Cup. In the EHF Europa Pokal 2013/14 they failed in the second qualifying round to Brest GK Meschkow . After knocking out Medvedi Chekhov in the semi-finals of the Cup with 34:32, they defeated GK Neva St. Petersburg in the final with 28:26 and won the Russian Cup for the first time.
Known current players
Web links
- Official website
- GK Permskie medwedi in the EHF database