Dragūnas Klaipėda

Dragūnas Klaipėda is a team handball club from Klaipėda, Lithuania. They compete in Lietuvos Rankinio Lyga (LRL) and Baltic Handball League.

Klaipėda

Location of Dragūnas Klaipėda

Dragūnas Klaipėda
Full name	Rankinio Klubas Dragūnas Klaipėda
Short name	Dragūnas
Founded	1999; 26 years ago (1999)
Head coach	Gintaras Cibulskis
League	Lietuvos Rankinio Lyga (LRL)
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–21

AWAY
2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–21

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season^[1]

Dragūnas Klaipėda

Goalkeepers 12 Maksim Lobchuk 22 Benediktas Pakalniškis Left Wingers 04 Laurynas Simonavičius 21 Paulius Čėsna Right Wingers 10 Mykolas Lapiniauskas 13 Titas Paulikas Line Players 02 Vladyslav Korzhuk 05 Arvydas Bučius 23 Vaidotas Slinksis 38 Giedrius Budginas Central Backs 19 Tomas Draksas Left Backs 03 Igor Odinokov 33 Daniil Plakhotin 37 Matas Kairys 55 Karolis Stropus Right Backs 25 Gytis Šmantauskas

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Gintaras Cibulskis
• Coach: Arturas Juskenas
• Coach: Rasa Juškėnienė
• Coach: Roberta Strope
• Coach: Karolis Stropus
• Physiotherapist: Sarunas Jurksys

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

Leaving Sayed Navid Naghavialhosseini (RB) to Pallamano Secchia Rubiera Justas Čėsna (LP) to Vilniaus HC Amber Ramojus Mažrimas (LW) to Vilniaus HC Amber Orestas Biknius (RW) Rokas Palskys (LB) Edvinas Bruckus (CB) Ignas Savičius (RB)

Accomplishments

• Baltic Handball League:
  •  Gold (1): 2021
  •  Bronze (1): 2012
• Lietuvos Rankinio Lyga (LRL):
  •  Gold (9): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
  •  Silver (3): 1992, 2016, 2023
  •  Bronze (5): 1993, 1994, 1998, 2021, 2022

EHF ranking

As of 29/3/2024^[2]

Rank	Team	Points
124	HV Hurry-Up	37
125	HC Linz AG	37
126	Raimond Handball Sassari	37
127	Dragūnas Klaipėda	37
128	A.C. PAOK	36
129	BSV Bern	36
130	GC Amicitia Zürich	36

Former club members

Notable former players

• Gintaras Cibulskis (2016–2022)
• Mindaugas Dumčius (2011–2016)
• Tomas Eitutis (2011)
• Marius Kasmauskas (-2001)
• Benas Petreikis (2008-2014)
• Lukas Simėnas (2015-2020)
• Jonas Truchanovičius (2010–2015)
• Žanas Virbauskas (2017-2021)