SKIF Nizhny Novgorod

SKIF Nizhny Novgorod (СКИФ Нижний Новгород; also translated as SKIF Nizhegorodskaya Region) is a Russian women’s ice hockey team based in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. They compete in the Women's Hockey League (ZhHL), the premier league for women's ice hockey in Russia, where they have won the Russian Championship twelve times.

The team was founded in Moscow in 1995 under the name Luzhniki Moskova. During the period the team was based in Moscow, they were known as Luzhniki Moskova (1995–96), CSK VVS Moskova (1996–98), Viking Moskova (1998-2000), and SKIF Moskva (2000–06).

In 2006 the team moved from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod and were renamed SKIF Nizhny Novgorod. Since relocation, the team's home ice has been CEC Nagorny, which is also home to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the KHL.

SKIF won the IIHF European Women's Champions Cup in 2009 and 2015.

Women's Hockey League

 * Russian Champion (12): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2014
 * Runners-up (5): 2000, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011

IIHF European Women Champions Cup

 * European Champion (2): 2009, 2015
 * Runners-up (1): 2004
 * Third Place (1): 2005

Notable alumni
Years active with SKIF listed alongside player name.


 * 🇫🇮 Karoliina Rantamäki, 2007–2019
 * 🇷🇺 Alexandra Vitaliyevna Kapustina, 2008–2015
 * 🇷🇺 Olga Viktorovna Semenets, 2008–present
 * 🇷🇺 Olga Petrovna Sosina, 2008–2015
 * 🇷🇺 Maria Alekseevna Belova, 2010–present

2009 European Women's Champions
The SKIF Nizhny Novgorod roster that won the 2009 European Women's Champions Cup.


 * Goaltenders: Nadezhda Valeriyevna Alexandrova, Alyona Kropachyova
 * Defencemen: Jenni Hiirikoski, Alexandra Vitaliyevna Kapustina, Alyona Andreyevna Khomich, Kati Kovalainen, Viktoria Samarina, Anna Vasilyevna Shchukina, Larisa Teplygina
 * Forwards: Yulia Sergeevna Deulina, Yelena Guslistaya, Karoliina Rantamäki, Olga Viktorovna Semenets, Yelena Silina, Olga Petrovna Sosina, Tatiana Yurievna Sotnikova, Svetlana Sergeevna Terentieva, Svetlana Valeriyevna Tkacheva, Oksana Vitalyevna Tretyakova, Marjo Voutilainen
 * Head coach: Yevgeni Bobariko
 * Assistant Coach: Georgy Vitalyevich Evtyukhin

2015 European Women's Champions
The SKIF Nizhny Novgorod roster that won the 2015 European Women's Champions Cup.


 * Goaltenders: Irina Gashennikova, Meeri Räisänen
 * Defencemen: Maria Bodrikova, Mira Jalosuo, Alexandra Kapustina (C) Maria Pechnikova, Anastasia Smirnova, Larisa Teplygina
 * Forwards: Maria Belova, Landysh Falyakhova, Yekaterina Likhachyova, Maria Nadezhdina, Alsu Rakhimova, Karoliina Rantamäki, Olga Semenets (A), Nadezhda Shiryayeva, Yelena Silina (A), Olga Sosina, Anna Timofeyeva
 * Head Coach: Oleg Namestnikov
 * Assistant Coach(s): Alexei Kurilov