Chekhovskiye Medvedi
# Chekhovskiye Medvedi

Chekhovskie Medvedi (Russian: Чеховские Медведи, English: Chekhov Bears) is a professional handball club from Chekhov, Moscow Oblast, Russia. They compete in the Russian Handball Super League and in the SEHA League. After the launching of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Handball Federation in February 2022 temporarily suspended the team.

The organization was founded in 2001 on the basis of the disbanded original CSKA Moscow Handball Club.

## Kits

AWAY :

| 2014-15 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
| - | - | - |

## Accomplishments

### As CSKA Moscow

* EHF Champions League
   * Winners (1): 1987–88
* EHF Cup Winner's Cup
   * Winners (1): 1986–87
* EHF Cup
   * Runners-up (1): 1990–91
* Soviet Handball Championship
   * Winners (9) (record): 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987
* Soviet Handball Cup
   * Winners (3): 1984, 1985, 1986
* Russian Handball Super League
   * Winners (4): 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001

### As Chekhovskiye Medvedi

* EHF Cup Winner's Cup
   * Winners (1): 2005–06
* Russian Handball Super League
   * Winners (21) (record): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
* Russian Handball Cup
   * Winners (15) (record): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023
* Russian Super Cup
   * Winners (9) (record): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

## European record

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home leg | Away leg | Aggregate |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2021–22 | EHF European League | Group Stage Group B | Nantes | 31–35 | 0–10 | 6th place |
| 2021–22 | EHF European League | Group Stage Group B | Lemgo | 28–30 | 27–30 | 6th place |
| 2021–22 | EHF European League | Group Stage Group B | GOG | 32–39 | 26–27 | 6th place |
| 2021–22 | EHF European League | Group Stage Group B | Benfica | 27–32 | 35–38 | 6th place |
| 2021–22 | EHF European League | Group Stage Group B | Cocks | 0–10 | 33–27 | 6th place |

## Current squad

    Squad for the 2023–24 season

## Transfers

    Transfers for the 2024–25 season

## Notable players

* Pavel Sukosyan
* Konstantin Igropulo
* Vitali Ivanov
* Alexey Kostygov
* Alexey Kamanin
* Pavel Atman
* Sergei Gorbok
* Sergei Shelmenko
* Oleg Skopintsev
