Everything you need to know about our Champions League opponents, Zvezda Perm...
Five-time Russian Championship winners Zvezda are based in the city of Perm, and were named after the men’s side which dissolved in 1997.
2015/16 Champions League top scorer
Daryna Apanaschenko (three goals)
2015/16 league position
Champions
Manager
Goran Aleksić
Stadium
Zvezda Stadium, Perm, Russia. Capacity: 17,000
Best UCL/European Cup performance
Runners-up: 2009.
Team
Goalkeepers:
Elena Kochneva, Iryna Zvarych.
Defenders:
Anastasia Akimova, Valentina Orlova, Daria Makarenko, Elena Suslov, Love Kipyatkova, Maria Galai.
Midfielders:
Alain Nurgaliyev, Anastasia Pozdeyeva, Daria Apanaschenko, Elizabeth Daniel, Oia Andrushchak, Olga Kasatkina, Julia Korneevets.
Forwards:
Anna Sinko, Ekaterina Pantyukhina, Nadezhda Ilyina, Olesya Kurochkin.
