VC Dynamo-Yantar Kaliningrad
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| Full name | Volleyball Club Dinamo-Yantar Kaliningrad | ||
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| Founded | 2002 | ||
| Dissolved | 2011 | ||
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Dynamo Sports Palace, Moscow, Russia (Capacity: 5,000) |
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| Chairman | Mikhail Chekin | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Dinamo-Yantar (Russian: Дина́мо-Янта́рь), formerly Dinamo (Moscow Oblast) or Dinamo (Moscow region) was a Russian women's volleyball club de jure based in Kaliningrad (de facto in Moscow), who played in the Super League, the top Russian league from 2003–04 until 2010–11.
The club was established in 2002 as Dinamo Moscow Oblast by the Dynamo Sports Club, the FSB and volleyball club Uralochka as an attempt to revive women's volleyball in the Moscow region, where it was originally based. The team was part of the Dynamo Sports Club with players being provided by Uralochka which at the time had up to three teams competing in the Russian leagues and was the dominant Russian force in women's volleyball. Olga Fateeva was the first of these players, who came for the club's first season in 2002–03 at the second division. The club gained promotion by finishing second place in that season.
The club's second season of existence (2003–04), marked its debut in the Super League, the country's highest league. For that season, young but experienced players such as Irina Tebenikhina,Marina Sheshenina,Elena Sennikova,Yelena Plotnikova,Natalia Vdovina and Yekaterina Gamova came from the Uralochka teams. That made the club very competitive, finishing the Super League as runners-up.
The club had a disappointing season in 2004–05 when it finished sixth place. The following season (2005–06) results were better and the club finish third.
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