Telekom Baku

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Telekom Baku (formerly named Rabita Baku) was an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club. Telekom was an eight-time champion of Azerbaijani Superleague and the winner of the 2011 FIVB Club World Championship.[1][2]

Full nameTelekom Bakı
Founded2004; 22 years ago (2004)
Dissolved2017; 9 years ago (2017)
Ground"Sarhadchi" Sports Olympic Center
Baku, Azerbaijan
(Capacity: 2600)
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Telekom Baku
Full nameTelekom Bakı
Founded2004; 22 years ago (2004)
Dissolved2017; 9 years ago (2017)
Ground"Sarhadchi" Sports Olympic Center
Baku, Azerbaijan
(Capacity: 2600)
ManagerSerbia Zoran Gajić
LeagueAzerbaijan Superleague
2016/171st
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History

Stamp of Azerbaijan 2011 FIVB clubs world champions

The Rabita Bank was founded in 2001 as Rabitachi Baku, and then took Rabita Baku in 2004. Club participated for the first time in an official competition in the European CEV Cup 2007–08, but was eliminated immediately by OK Hit Nova Gorica.

In the season 2008–09, reaches the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup and was eliminated from the Club Voleibol Albacete and wins for the first time the championship in the final against Azerrail. The season 2009-10 campaign starts with a good buy: the team wins the championship again and get the third place in the CEV Cup, losing in the semifinals against Futura Volley Busto Arsizio, but winning the final for bronze against VC Uralochka-NTMK Yekaterinburg.

In the season 2010 - 11, club participated for the first time in the Women's CEV Champions League and reached final of this competition, just losing to VakıfBank of Turkey.[3]

Rabita hosted the 2013–14 CEV Champions League Final Four,[4] there the club won the Bronze medal after falling 0–3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan in the semifinals,[5] but defeating 3–0 to the Turkish Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul in the third place match.[6]

After eight Azerbaijani Superleague titles, in 2015 Rabita Baku merged with Telekom Baku adopting the name of the latter,[7] due to financial difficulties but retained the commitments in the Azerbaijani Superleague and the 2015–16 CEV Champions League and transferring to the new team the Telekom young players.[8]

Team

As Telekom Baku

Season 2016–2017, as of November 2016.[9]

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Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date
1 Azerbaijan Anastasiia Baidiuk Outside hitter 1.89 67 (1999-12-05) 5 December 1999 (age 26)
2 Azerbaijan Yana Azimova Setter 1.74 63 (1994-07-05) 5 July 1994 (age 31)
3 Azerbaijan Yelyzaveta Samadova Outside hitter 1.85 72 (1995-03-03) 3 March 1995 (age 31)
4 Serbia Aleksandra Petrović Middle blocker 1.92 57 (1987-07-01) 1 July 1987 (age 38)
5 Azerbaijan Marharyta Azizova Opposite 1.86 73 (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 33)
7 Bulgaria Gabriela Koeva Middle blocker 1.85 66 (1989-07-25) 25 July 1989 (age 36)
8 Bulgaria Mariya Filipova Libero 1.79 67 (1982-09-10) 10 September 1982 (age 43)
9 Azerbaijan Anastasiya Bezsonova Outside hitter 1.87 68 (1999-12-21) 21 December 1999 (age 26)
10 Serbia Jovana Vesović Outside hitter 1.83 67 (1987-07-21) 21 July 1987 (age 38)
11 Azerbaijan Olena Hasanova Middle blocker 1.88 73 (1995-11-25) 25 November 1995 (age 30)
12 Montenegro Ksenija Ivanović Outside hitter 1.88 78 (1986-05-22) 22 May 1986 (age 39)
13 Serbia Slađana Mirković Setter 1.85 72 (1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 (age 30)
18 Azerbaijan Ulkar Karimova Libero 1.83 78 (1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 (age 31)
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Honours

Rabita Baku in 2012.

International success

Domestic success

  • Azerbaijan Superleague:
    • Winners (7): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014–15
    • Runners-up (5): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
    • Third (1): 2002-03

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