Rabita Baku is an Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

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Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 club.

History

The Rabita Bank was founded in 2001 as Rabitachi Baku, and then take its current name in 2004. Since the first edition of the Superleague , the club is one of the stars of the championship teams, now getting third place. Club participated for the first time in a 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

VC Uralochka-NTMK Yekaterinburg

VC Uralochka-NTMK Yekaterinburg is a women volleybal club that was founded in 1967 and headquartered in Yekaterinburg. The club was national champion 25 times in total, including a series of 20 consecutive championship wins since 1986.-External links:*...

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In the season 2010 - 11, club participated for the first time in the Women's CEV Champions League

Women's CEV Champions League 2010–11

The Women's CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2010–11 season and was the 37th edition.-Teams of the 2010–2011 competition:The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:...

 and reached final of this competition, just losing to VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom of Turkey.

Current Roster 2011-2012

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)
1	Dobriana Rabadzhieva	Outside Hitter	1.90
5	Nataša Krsmanović Nataša Krsmanovic Nataša Krsmanović is a female volleyball player from Serbia, playing as a middle-blocker. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg.-Career:...	Middle Blocker	1.88
6	Jasna Majstorović	Outside Hitter	1.80
3	Madina Aliyeva	Outside Hitter	1.70
2	Silvija Popović	Libero	1.70
9	Natalya Mammadova Natalya Mammadova Natalya Aleksandrovna Mammadova-Skazka is a Azerbaijani volleyball player. She is 195 cm and plays as outside hitter...	Wing Spiker/ Opposite	1.95
10	Kimberly Glass	Wing Spiker	1.90
12	Mira Golubović	Middle Blocker	1.88
13	Nataša Osmokrović Nataša Osmokrović Nataša Osmokrović is an international Croatian volleyball player who plays for Azerbaijani club Rabita Baku.-Career:...	Opposite Hitter	1.84
14	Kathy Radzuweit Kathy Radzuweit Kathy Radzuweit is a German volleyball player, who was a member of the German Women's Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She is 196 cm and played as middle attacker.-Individual awards:...	Middle Blocker	1.96
15	Sanja Starović	Opposite	1.95
17	Iryna Zhukova	Setter	1.79
19	Nellie Spicer Nellie Spicer Mary Nellie Spicer is an American indoor volleyball player. She is 5'9" setter. Spicer is a current member of the United States women's national volleyball team. She played college women's volleyball at UCLA....	Setter	1.75
11	Pelin Celik Pelin Çelik Pelin Çelik is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 172 cm and plays as setter for Azeri volleyball club Rabita Baku. She played 275 times for national team...	Setter	1.72

Honours

• FIVB Club World Championship :
  • champion: 2011
    2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship
    The 2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the fifth edition of the event. It was held in Doha, Qatar from October 8 to 14, 2011.-Qualification:-Pools composition:-Pool standing procedure:...
    
    

• CEV Champions League
  Women's CEV Champions League
  The Women's CEV Champions League or Women's Indesit European Champions League is the top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.- Formula :...
  
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  • Silver Medalist: 2010/2011
    Women's CEV Champions League 2010–11
    The Women's CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2010–11 season and was the 37th edition.-Teams of the 2010–2011 competition:The number of participants on the basis of ranking list for European Cup Competitions:...
    
    

• Women's CEV Cup
  Women's CEV Top Teams Cup
  The CEV Top Teams Cup was an official competition for women's Volleyball clubs of Europe and took place every year from 1972/73 to 2006/07.Before 2001, it was the CEV Cup Winner's Cup. In 2007 it was renamed CEV Cup.-Cup Winners Cup:-Top Teams Cup:...
  
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  • Third place: 2009/2010

• Azerbaijan Superleague
  Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League
  The Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League , is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Azerbaijan. It is run by the Azerbaijani Volleyball Federation. It is considered one of the top national leagues in European volleyball, as its clubs have made significant success in European...
  
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  • Champion: 2008/2009; 2009/2010; 2010/2011