RK Zagreb

Croatian handball club

For the rugby union club, see RK Zagreb (rugby union).

RK Zagreb

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|

Home

Away

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Website
Official site

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 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

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Croatia

* Croatian Premier Handball League

Champions (32): 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, 2023–24

* Croatian Handball Cup

Champions (30): 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, 2023–24

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

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* Double

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

* Triple Crown

Winners (2): 1991–92, 1992–93

## Kits

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HOME

2018–22

2022–

AWAY

2015-16

2018–22

2022–

THIRD

2018–19

2021–22

## Current squad

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Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers

* 12  Ante Grbavac
* 25  Matej Mandić
* 76  Toni Matošević

Left wingers

* 06  Davor Ćavar
* Stanislav Sadouski

Right wingers

* 71  Filip Glavaš
* Mateja Dodić
* Aleksa Tufegdžić

Line Players

* 07  Patryk Walczak
* 08  Adin Faljić
* 20  Petar Topic
* 77  Roko Trivković

Left backs

* 10  Jakov Gojun
* 11  Zvonimir Srna
* 34  Niko Franković
* 37  Damian Przytuła

Central backs

* 21  Davor Gavrić
* 23  Ivano Pavlović
* 44  Ihar Belyavski
* 47  Aleks Kavčič
* Igor Karačić

Right backs

* 02  Nedim Hadžić
* 09  Luka Lovre Klarica

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### Transfers

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Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Joining

Leaving

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### Technical staff

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* President: Mladen Vedriš
* Manager: Božidar Jović
* Head coach: Andrija Nikolić
* Assistant coach:
* Goalkeeper coach: Arian Jović
* Condition coach: Šime Tomašević
* Physiotherapist: Damir Kajba
* Physioterapist: Slobodan Škorić

## Notable former players

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* 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

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* 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 (2024–2025)
* Andrija Nikolić (2025–)

## References

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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ "Zagreb Handball Club" (in Croatian). rk-zagreb.hr. 23 June 2024.
3. ^ "Today: 28 years since RK Zagreb's first European championship title" (in Croatian). hrs.hr. 15 May 2020.

## External links

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* Official website

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European Cup and EHF Champions League winners

European Cup|

* 1956–57: Dukla Prague
* 1958–59: Redbergslids IK
* 1959–60: Frisch Auf Göppingen
* 1961–62: Frisch Auf Göppingen
* 1962–63: Dukla Prague
* 1964–65: Dinamo București
* 1965–66: DHfK Leipzig
* 1966–67: VfL Gummersbach
* 1967–68: Steaua București
* 1969–70: VfL Gummersbach
* 1970–71: VfL Gummersbach
* 1971–72: Partizan Bjelovar
* 1972–73: MAI Moscow
* 1973–74: VfL Gummersbach
* 1974–75: ASK Frankfurt/Oder
* 1975–76: Borac Banja Luka
* 1976–77: Steaua București
* 1977–78: Magdeburg
* 1978–79: TV Großwallstadt
* 1979–80: TV Großwallstadt
* 1980–81: Magdeburg
* 1981–82: Budapest Honvéd
* 1982–83: VfL Gummersbach
* 1983–84: Dukla Prague
* 1984–85: Metaloplastika
* 1985–86: Metaloplastika
* 1986–87: SKA Minsk
* 1987–88: CSKA Moscow
* 1988–89: SKA Minsk
* 1989–90: SKA Minsk
* 1990–91: Barcelona
* 1991–92: Zagreb
* 1992–93: Zagreb

EHF Champions League|

* 1993–94: TEKA Santander
* 1994–95: Bidasoa Irún
* 1995–96: Barcelona
* 1996–97: Barcelona
* 1997–98: Barcelona
* 1998–99: Barcelona
* 1999–2000: Barcelona
* 2000–01: Portland San Antonio
* 2001–02: Magdeburg
* 2002–03: Montpellier
* 2003–04: Celje
* 2004–05: Barcelona
* 2005–06: Ciudad Real
* 2006–07: THW Kiel
* 2007–08: Ciudad Real
* 2008–09: Ciudad Real
* 2009–10: THW Kiel
* 2010–11: Barcelona
* 2011–12: THW Kiel
* 2012–13: HSV Hamburg
* 2013–14: Flensburg-Handewitt
* 2014–15: Barcelona
* 2015–16: Kielce
* 2016–17: Vardar
* 2017–18: Montpellier
* 2018–19: Vardar
* 2019–20: THW Kiel
* 2020–21: Barcelona
* 2021–22: Barcelona
* 2022–23: Magdeburg
* 2023–24: Barcelona
* 2024–25: Magdeburg

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