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RK Zagreb

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RK Zagreb
Full nameRukometni klub Zagreb
Founded1922; 101 years ago
ArenaArena Zagreb
(Capacity: 15,200)
PresidentMladen Vedriš[1]
LeagueCroatian Premier League
2023–24Croatian Premier League, 1st of 16 (champions)
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Home
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Website
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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

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
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

Champions (6): 1956–57, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1988–89, 1990–91
  • Yugoslav Handball Cup
Champions (2): 1962, 1991

Europe

Champions (2): 1991–92, 1992–93
Champions (1): 2012–13

Individual Club Awards

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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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Current squad

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Squad for the 2024–25 season

Transfers

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Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Technical staff

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  • Croatia President: Mladen Vedriš
  • Croatia Manager: Božidar Jović
  • Germany Head coach: Velimir Petković
  • Croatia Assistant coach:
  • Croatia Goalkeeper coach: Arian Jović
  • Croatia Condition coach: Šime Tomašević
  • Croatia Physiotherapist: Damir Kajba
  • Croatia Physioterapist: Slobodan Škorić

RK Zagreb in European Handball

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Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2023–24 EHF Champions League Group Stage France Paris Saint-Germain 35–31 6th place
Hungary Pick Szeged 30–25 27–26
Denmark Aalborg Handball 30–30 32–22
Germany THW Kiel 30–23
Poland Industria Kielce 22–22 28–24
Norway Kolstad Håndball 31–20 34–25
North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister 27–18 23–22
Playoffs Hungary Telekom Veszprém


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

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Head coaches

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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.
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