SKIF Krasnodar (russian: СКИФ Краснода́р) is a team handball club from Krasnodar, Russia. SKIF Krasnodar competes in the 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: 1990 Limburgse Handbal Dagen 1990
Team Current squad Squad for the 2026–27 season
Goalkeepers 17 Alexey Krikunov 89 Andrey Burka 97 Ihar Chernikau Left Wingers 44 Vet Chan Suan 80 Ivan Osadchiy Right Wingers 27 Ilia Ivannikov 29 Ivan Pasenov Line players 9 Pavel Maksimov 11 Maksim Mikhalin 14 Vladimir Utka 71 Gleb Chernov
Left Backs 30 Iman Jamali 46 Daniil Gurin Central Backs 23 Artem Shaiduka 31 Nikita Palishchev 66 Sajjad Esteki Right Backs 13 Ruslan Dashko
Transfers Transfers for the season 2026–27
Joining Ihar Chernikau (GK) (from Bnei Herzliya) Maksim Mikhalin (P) (from HBC CSKA Moscow) Pavel Maksimov (P) (from Dinamo Viktor Stavropol) Leaving Vadim Kondratenko (GK) (to Sungul Snezhinsk) Viktor Dolinin (LB) (to Sungul Snezhinsk) Ilya Galtsov (CB) (to SGAU-Saratov) Saveliy Shalabanov (CB) (to Saint Petersburg HC) Denis Golovnya (P) (to Sungul Snezhinsk)
References
External links Official website