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{{Infobox handball club
| clubname              = SKIF Krasnodar
| image                 = SKIF Krasnodar.png
| fullname              = 
| nickname              = Thunderbird
| founded               =  1963
| ground                = [[Olympus Arena|Palace of Sports Olimp]], [[Krasnodar]],<br /> [[Russia]]
| capacity              = 3,000
| chairman              = 
| manager               = [[Stepan Sidorchuk]]
| league                = [[Russian Handball Super League]]
|}}

'''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 [[Soviet Men's Handball Championship|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.handball-planet.com/russia-and-belarus-suspended-by-ehf/|title=Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF|date=1 March 2022|website=Handball Planet}}</ref>

==Accomplishments==
*'''Russian Cup'''
**2017
*'''[[Soviet Men's Handball Championship|Soviet Union Handball League]]'''
**1991, 1992
*'''[[EHF Cup]]:''' 1
**1990
*'''[[Limburgse Handbal Dagen]]'''
**1990

==Team==
===Current squad===
:''Squad for the 2025–26 season''
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
;Goalkeepers
* 16 {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vadim Kondratenko]]
* 17 {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexey Krikunov]]
;Left Wingers 
* 44 {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vet Chan Suan]]
* 80 {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ivan Osadchiy]]
;Right Wingers
* 38 {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Timofei Maslennikov]]
*{{0}}{{0}} {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ivan Pasenov]]
;Line players
* 33 {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Denis Golovnya]]
* 45 {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nikita Kashnikov]]
{{Col-2}}
;Left Backs
* 18 {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Victor Dolinin]]
* 30 {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Iman Jamali]]
* 46 {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Daniil Gurin]]
;Central Backs
*{{0}}6 {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ilya Galtsov]]
*{{0}}7 {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Saveliy Shalabanov]]
* 22 {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dmitry Vorobev]]
;Right Backs
* 13 {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ruslan Dashko]]
* 25 {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Artem Zhuk]]
* 27 {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ilia Ivannikov]]
{{Col-end}}

==Transfers==
Transfers for the season 2025–26
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
;Joining
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ivan Pasenov]] (RW) ''(from {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Viktor Stavropol]])'' 
;Leaving
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Igor Mikhaylchenko]] (P) ''(to ?)''
{{col-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.skif-kuban.ru/ Official website]

{{EHF Cup winners}}

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[[Category:Handball clubs in Russia]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Krasnodar]]
[[Category:Handball clubs established in 1963]]
[[Category:1963 establishments in Russia]]

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