HT Tatran Prešov

Tatran Presov
Full name	Tatran Presov Handball Team
Short name	Tatran
Founded	1952
Arena	Tatran Handball Arena
Capacity	4,870 seats
President	Miloslav Chmeliar
Head coach	Ratko Đurković
League	Niké Handball Extraliga, EHF European League
2023–24	1st
Club colours
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Website Official site

HT Tatran Prešov is a handball club from Prešov, Slovakia, that plays in the Niké Handball Extraliga and EHF European League.

Prešov

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Location of HT Tatran Prešov

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The official establishment of the club begins in 1952 under the name Slavia CSSA. In 1954, Tatran successfully qualified for the championship of Czechoslovakia, where they won their first historic bronze medal. In 1967, the national team of Czechoslovakia became world champion in Sweden. Four Tatran Presov players were in the national team at that time: Anton Frolo, Martin Gregor, Vladimir Seruga and Rudolf Horváth. In the 1968/1969 season, Tatran won its first Czechoslovak league title. The second golden record was brought immediately by the 1970/71 season. In the 1971/72 season, Tatran achieved its greatest international success, where it only reached the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup, where VfL Gummersbach defeated it in the fight to advance to the finals. After the independence of Slovakia, from the 1993/94 season, various lobby groups took turns in the management of the club. The most difficult period of men's handball in Eperjes has come, there were frequent personnel changes in the club management, financial conditions brought the club to the brink of collapse. Miloslav Chmeliar took over the club from the summer of 2001. From then on, the team became stronger financially and personally, and could finally operate under decent conditions. In recent years, Tatran has developed into the most successful and strongest club in Slovakia. In the last decade, the club has grown into a serial champion of its country.

HOME
2016–17

AWAY
2016–17

Position	Name
Club Owner And Company Manager	Miloslav Chmeliar
Manager	Pavol Kožlej
Sports Director	Jozef Gaľan
Marketing Manager	Marián Eštočko

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[1]

HT Tatran Prešov

Goalkeepers 73 Igor Chupryna 86 Matúš Mitošinka Left Wingers 03 Damián Mitaľ 28 Marco Antl Right Wingers 05 Tomáš Fech 11 Erik Fenár 18 Josef Hozman Line Players 09 Domagoj Potnar 14 Maroš Varga 44 Lucas Araxá 55 Peter Kimák-Fejko Left Backs 08 Adama Sako 17 Jakub Kravčák 27 Dávid Turek 47 Lukáš Urban 66 Pavel Caballero Hernandez Central Backs 04 Igor Karlov 15 Daniil Radchenko Right Backs 19 Daniel Polanský 82 Jorge Filipe Monteiro Da Silva

• Head Coach: Ratko Đurković
• Masseur: Dávid Balucha
• Masseur: Tomáš Foriš

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

• Ratko Đurković (Head coach) (from RK Crvena zvezda)
• Matúš Mitošinka (GK) (from ŠKP Bratislava)
• Igor Karlov (CB) (from CBM Ciudad de Málaga)
• Domagoj Potnar (P) (from Red Boys Differdange)
• Jorge Filipe Monteiro Da Silva (RB) (from Al Adalah)

Leaving

• Pavol Jano (Head coach) (to ŠK Zemplín Trebišov youth)
• Marián Magdoško (manager) (to ?)
• Mario Cvitkovic (GK) (to SZKSK - Szigetszentmiklósi Kézilabda Sportkör)
• Danylo Khaian (LB) (to HK FCC Město Lovosice)
• Marko Davidovic (CB) (to Steaua Bucuresti)
• Viacheslav Kasatkin (P) (to CSKA Moscow)
• Márk István Kovács (P) (to SZKSK - Szigetszentmiklósi Kézilabda Sportkör)
• Tomaš Rečičar (LB) (to ?)

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

• Dainis Krištopāns (RB) (from MT Melsungen) ?

• National Championship of Slovakia: (18)
  • 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
• National Cup of Slovakia: (25)
  • 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
• EHF Champions League
  • 1/8 Final (1): 2004/05
  • Group Stage (8): 2005/06, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2010/11, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2018/19, 2019/20
• EHF European League
  • 1/4 Final: (1): 2011/12
  • 1/8 Final (1): 2009/10
  • Group Phase: (6): 2012/13, 2013/14, 2017/18, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23
  • Qualification Round 3: (1): 2014/2015
• EHF European Cup
  • 1/4 Final (1): 2023/24
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup
  • 1/4 Final (1): 2005/06
  • 1/8 Final (3): 2002/03, 2007/08, 2008/09

As of 17/10/2024^[2]

Rank	Team	Points
42	Górnik Zabrze	112
43	Frisch Auf Göppingen	108
44	HCB Karviná	107
45	Tatran Prešov	107
46	Beşiktaş JK	100
47	Tatabánya KC	98
48	Ystads IF	97

Seasons	Coach	Country
-2003	Martin Lipták
2003–2004	Peter Hatalčík
2004–2007	Roman Lamač
2007–2008	Martin Lipták
2008–2011	Rastislav Trtík
2011–2013	Đorđe Rašić
2013–2014	Peter Hatalčík
2014–2015	Peter Dávid
2015–2017	Rastislav Trtík
2017–2021	Slavko Goluža
2021–2022	Radoslav Antl
2022–2023	Marek Gernát
2023–2024	Pavol Jano
2024-	Ratko Đurković

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• HT Tatran Prešov on Facebook