Rukometni klub Zagreb[2] (English: Zagreb Handball Club, pronounced [zǎːɡrɛb]) is a men's professional handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian Premier League and the EHF Champions League.
RK Zagreb | |||
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Full name | Rukometni klub Zagreb | ||
Founded | 1922; 101 years ago | ||
Arena | Arena Zagreb (Capacity: 15,200) | ||
President | Mladen Vedriš[1] | ||
League | Croatian Premier League | ||
2023–24 | Croatian Premier League, 1st of 16 (champions) | ||
Club colours | |||
Website Official site |
RK Zagreb has won 38 national championships and the national cup 32 times. The club was also European champion twice[3] and played another four times in the finals, and is among top eight most successful handball clubs in the EHF Champions League's history.
Accomplishments
Croatia
Yugoslavia
Europe
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Individual Club Awards
- Winners (32): 1961–62, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Winners (2): 1991–92, 1992–93
Kits
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AWAY | ||||||
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THIRD | ||||||
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Current squad
- Squad for the 2024–25 season
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Transfers
- Transfers for the 2025–26 season
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Technical staff
- President: Mladen Vedriš
- Manager: Božidar Jović
- Head coach: Velimir Petković
- Assistant coach:
- Goalkeeper coach: Arian Jović
- Condition coach: Šime Tomašević
- Physiotherapist: Damir Kajba
- Physioterapist: Slobodan Škorić
RK Zagreb in European Handball
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
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2023–24 | EHF Champions League | Group Stage | Paris Saint-Germain | 35–31 | 6th place | ||
Pick Szeged | 30–25 | 27–26 | |||||
Aalborg Handball | 30–30 | 32–22 | |||||
THW Kiel | 30–23 | ||||||
Industria Kielce | 22–22 | 28–24 | |||||
Kolstad Håndball | 31–20 | 34–25 | |||||
RK Eurofarm Pelister | 27–18 | 23–22 | |||||
Playoffs | Telekom Veszprém |
Updated 18 November 2018
Club | GP | W | D | L |
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Barcelona Handbol | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
Borac Banja Luka | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Celje | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 |
Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Tatran Prešov | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
Vardar | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
Veszprém KC | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
Notable former players
- Igor Vori
- Tonči Valčić
- Josip Valčić
- Patrik Ćavar
- Slavko Goluža
- Nenad Kljaić
- Bruno Gudelj
- Alvaro Načinović
- Božidar Jović
- Željko Babić
- Valter Matošević
- Vladimir Jelčić
- Mirko Bašić
- Valner Franković
- Vladimir Šujster
- Venio Losert
- Davor Dominiković
- Mirza Džomba
- Vlado Šola
- Blaženko Lacković
- Ivano Balić
- Renato Sulić
- Vedran Zrnić
- Damir Bičanić
- Nikola Blažičko
- Ivan Ninčević
- Domagoj Duvnjak
- Marko Kopljar
- Jakov Gojun
- Zlatko Horvat
- Goran Šprem
- Nikša Kaleb
- Denis Špoljarić
- Manuel Štrlek
- Ljubo Vukić
- Drago Vuković
- Marino Marić
- Mateo Hrvatin
- Ivan Pešić
- Ilija Brozović
- Luka Stepančić
- Filip Ivić
- Ivan Stevanović
- Darko Cingesar (2016–2017)
- David Špiler
- Beno Lapajne
- Dragan Gajić
- Rolando Pušnik
- Iztok Puc
- Gorazd Škof
- David Miklavčič
- Kiril Lazarov
- Lazo Majnov
- Mitko Stoilov
- Branislav Angelovski
- Risto Arnaudovski
- Velko Markoski
- Nenad Kosteski
- Nikola Prce
- Duško Čelica
- Mirsad Terzić
- Zlatko Saračević
- Irfan Smajlagić
- Gyula Gál
- Dávid Katzirz
- Petar Kapisoda
- Dobrivoje Marković
- Lujo Györy
- Zdenko Zorko
- Goran Stojanović
- Frank Løke
- Rareș Lucian Jurcă
- Andrey Lavrov
- Wang Quan
Head coaches
- Kasim Kamenica (1988–1990)
- Zdravko Zovko (1990–1994)
- Vinko Kandija (1994–1995)
- Abas Arslanagić (1995–1996)
- Josip Glavaš (1996–1998)
- Velimir Kljaić (1998–1999)
- Zdravko Zovko (1999–2000)
- Lino Červar (2000–2001)
- Nino Marković (2001–2003)
- Silvio Ivandija (2003)
- Lino Červar (2004–2009)
- Ivica Obrvan (2009–2012)
- Slavko Goluža (2012–2013)
- Boris Dvoršek (2013–2014)
- Veselin Vujović (2014–2016)
- Andrija Nikolić (2016) (interim)
- Silvio Ivandija (2016–2017)
- Slavko Goluža (2017; interim)
- Kasim Kamenica (2017)
- Zlatko Saračević (2017–2018)
- Lino Červar (2018)
- Branko Tamše (2019)
- Veselin Vujović (2019–2020)
- Igor Vori (2020)
- Vlado Šola (2020–2021)
- Ivica Obrvan (2021–2022)
- Slavko Goluža (2022–2023)
- Andrija Nikolić (2023–2024)
- Velimir Petković (2024–)
References
- ^ "RK Zagreb has a new Board of Directors, Zoran Gobac is still in it, the president of the club remains Mladen Vedriš" (in Croatian). sportske.jutarnji.hr. 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Zagreb Handball Club" (in Croatian). rk-zagreb.hr. 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Today: 28 years since RK Zagreb's first European championship title" (in Croatian). hrs.hr. 15 May 2020.