RK Zagreb

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

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
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
Website Official site

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

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

• 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

HOME
2018–22	2022–

AWAY
2015-16	2018–22	2022–

THIRD
2018–19	2021–22

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers 12 Ante Grbavac 25 Matej Mandić 76 Toni Matošević Left wingers 06 Davor Ćavar 24 Jakov Celegin 31 Timur Dibirov Right wingers 14 Maksimilijan Molc 17 Paolo Kraljević 19 Petar Šprem 71 Filip Glavaš Line Players 07 Patryk Walczak 08 Adin Faljić 77 Roko Trivković

Left backs 10 Jakov Gojun 11 Zvonimir Srna 34 Niko Franković Central backs 21 Davor Gavrić 23 Ivano Pavlović 44 Ihar Belyavski 47 Aleks Kavčič Right backs 02 Nedim Hadžić 09 Luka Lovre Klarica 22 Matej Svržnjak

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining Diano Ćeško (LB) (from RK Izviđač) ? Filip Odak (RB) (from RK Izviđač) ? Mateja Dodić (RW) (from RK Metaloplastika Elixir) ? Aleksa Tufegdžić (RW) (from Csurgói KK) ?

Leaving Zvonimir Srna (LB) (to Montpellier Handball) Filip Glavaš (RW) (to SG Flensburg-Handewitt) ?

Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Joining

Leaving Luka Lovre Klarica (RB) (to Industria Kielce) ?

Technical staff

• President: Mladen Vedriš
• Manager: Božidar Jović
• Head coach: Velimir Petković
• Assistant coach:
• 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
2023–24	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	Paris Saint-Germain		35–31	6th place
			Pick Szeged	30–25	27–26
			Aalborg Handball	30–30	32–22
			THW Kiel	30–23
			Industria Kielce	22–22	28–24
			Kolstad Håndball	31–20	34–25
			RK Eurofarm Pelister	27–18	23–22
		Playoffs	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

• 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

• 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–)

References

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

• Official website