Women's handball team "Karpaty" Uzhgorod was founded in 1969 based on Berehiv DFST Coach "Spartacus." Previous names of the club: "Spartak", "Colossus", "Baktyanka" and since 1989, after moving to Uzhgorod - "Karpaty".
The initiator of the handball team was coach of the sports school Joseph Zupko.