[1] In the 1950s, a handball team "Trud" was created at the Vulcan plant in Leningrad by the initiative of Nikolai Vishnyakov and Yuri Romanov.

In 1979, on the basis of the academy named after P. F. Lesgaft a sports school was opened, from which many famous handball players came out, who later joined the senior team.

Since 2001, the team has been called "Stepan Razin - Neva" and under the leadership of Yuri Alexandrovich Babenko became the bronze medalist of the Russian Championship 2004/05.

Soon the club lost its title sponsor, which led to financial problems, and the team was forced to refuse to participate in Super League matches.

As a result, the club was supported by the university named after P. F. Lesgaft, and a year later the team called "University - Neva" returned to the Super League, and since the 2009/2010 season, the club has become the silver medalist of the Russian championship five times in a row under the leadership of Dmitry Torgovanov, second only to the permanent champion: Chekhov Bears.