HC Motor Zaporizhzhia
Ukrainian handball club
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HC Motor Zaporizhzhia is a Ukrainian professional men's handball club. It competes in the Ukrainian Men's Handball Super League.[2][3]
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| Full name | Handball Club Motor Zaporizhzhia | ||
| Founded | 1958 | ||
| Arena | Yunist Palace of Sports[1] | ||
| Capacity | 3,600 | ||
| Head coach | Gintaras Savukynas | ||
| League | Ukrainian Men's Handball Super League | ||
| 2024–25 | 1st | ||
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| Website Official site | |||
Founded in 1958, the club won their first championship in 2013, when they won the double. In 2014 they won the Championship again without losing a single point.[4]
Due to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the team fled to Germany and played a season in the German 2nd Bundesliga.[5]
Titles
- Ukrainian Championship:
- Winner: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Second place: 2012
- Ukrainian Cup:
- Winner: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024
- Second-place: 2011, 2014
- Ukrainian Super Cup:
- Winner: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023
- Soviet Championship
- Second-place: 1963, 1964
- Third-place: 1965, 1968
Notable players
Barys Pukhouski : 2015-2022- Aliaksandr Tsitou : 2013-2014
- Maxim Babichev : 2017-2021
- Viachaslau Bokhan : 2020-2022
Sergiy Onufriyenko : 2013-2015
/ Sergey Shelmenko : 2015-2019- Gleb Kalarash : 2015-2017
- Viktor Kireyev : 2016-2020
Aidenas Malašinskas : 2015-2022
Richard Štochl : 2013-2015
Mateusz Kus : 2018-2020
Dener Jaanimaa : 2019-2020
