RK Zagreb

RK Zagreb
RK Zagreb
Full name	Rukometni klub; Prvo plinarsko društvo Zagreb
Founded	1922; 99 years ago
Arena	Arena Zagreb; (Capacity: 15,200); Dom Sportova; (Capacity: 3,500);
President	Zoran Gobac
Head coach	Nenad Šoštarić
League	Croatian Premier League
2022–23	Croatian Premier League, 1st of 16 (champions)
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

Rukometni klub Zagreb (English: Zagreb Handball Club, pronounced [zǎːɡrɛb]) is a men's professional handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian Premier League, SEHA League, and the EHF Champions League.

RK Zagreb has won 37 national championships and the national cup 30 times. The club was also European champion twice 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

Croatian Premier Handball League

Champions (31): 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 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

Croatian Handball Cup

Champions (29): 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 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

Yugoslavia

Yugoslav Handball Championship

Champions (6): 1956–57, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1988–89, 1990–91

Yugoslav Handball Cup

Champions (2): 1962, 1991

Europe

EHF Champions League

Champions (2): 1991–92, 1992–93

SEHA League

Champions (1): 2012–13

Individual Club Awards

Double

Winners (29): 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

Triple Crown

Winners (2): 1991–92, 1992–93

Kits

HOME
2018–22	2022–

AWAY
2015-16	2018–22	2022–

THIRD
2018–19	2021–22

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Goalkeepers

12 Ante Grbavac
16 Aljaž Panjtar
25 Matej Mandić

Left wingers

06 Davor Ćavar
31 Timur Dibirov

Right wingers

17 Paolo Kraljević
27 Ivan Čupić
71 Filip Glavaš

Line Players

07 Patryk Walczak
08 Adin Faljić
95 Matic Suholežnik

Left backs

05 Miloš Kos
10 Jakov Gojun
11 Zvonimir Srna
13 Edin Klis

Central backs

23 Karpo Sirotić
43 Aleks Kavčič

Right backs

09 Luka Lovre Klarica
87 Yoel Cuni Morales

Technical staff

Chairman: Zoran Gobac
Manager: Božidar Jović
Head coach: Nenad Šoštarić
Assistant coach: Andrija Nikolić
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

2018–19	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	Paris Saint-Germain	21–32	28–33	6th place
			Pick Szeged	23–24	26–26
			Flensburg-Handewitt	21–22	31–29
			Skjern Håndbold	32–29	31–31
			HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	27–25	27–35
			RK Celje	24–22	21–30
			HBC Nantes	27–27	20–23
		Round of 16	RK Vardar	18–27	30–32	Eliminated
2019–20	EHF Champions League	Group Stage Group A	FC Barcelona	19–36	23–32	7th place
			Paris Saint-Germain	29–37	26–37
			Pick Szeged	21–26	23–33
			Aalborg	31–30	20–30
			Flensburg-Handewitt	25–26	17–20
			RK Celje	27–31	22–24
			Elverum	30–27	30–30
2020–21	EHF Champions League	Group Stage Group B	FC Barcelona		27–45
			Telekom Veszprém		25–37
			Aalborg	26–27
			THW Kiel	21–31
			HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	23–24
			HBC Nantes
			RK Celje	22–30

Updated 18 November 2018

At least 10 games played
Club	GP	W	D	L
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

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)

References

External links

Official website

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