Rokometno društvo Jadran Hrpelje-Kozina ( en, Jadran Hrpelje-Kozina Handball Club), commonly referred to as RD Jadran Hrpelje-Kozina or simply Jadran, is a

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

club from Hrpelje, Slovenia. The club dropped out of the

Slovenian First League of Handball The Slovenian First League of Handball ( sl, 1. A državna rokometna liga), currently named Liga NLB due to sponsorship reasons, is the top team handball league in Slovenia. It is organized by the Handball Federation of Slovenia (''Rokometna Zve ...

in 2009 due to financial problems, and was reestablished in the same year.

History

Name changes

Club names through history: * ''RK Hrpelje'' (1965–1966) * ''RK Jadran'' (1966–1982) * ''RK Astra Jadran'' (1982–1992) * ''RK Andor Jadran'' (1992–1994) * ''Primorske novice Jadran'' (1994–1996) * ''RK Jadran'' (1996–2000) * ''RK Pivka Perutninarstvo'' (2000–2003) * ''RK Gold Club'' (2003–2009) * ''RD Jadran Hrpelje-Kozina'' (2009–present)

Honours

Domestic

*Winners of the

Slovenian Handball Cup The Slovenian Handball Cup is the top knockout tournament of Slovenian handball. The most successful clubs are Celje (men's) and Krim (women's) with 21 and 27 titles, respectively. The inaugural edition was held in the 1991–92 season. Men's ...

in the 2004–05 season

European

*EHF Cup 1995–96 – 1/16 Finals *EHF CL 2006–07 – 1/8 Finals *EHF Cup 2007–08 – Round 3

References

Handball clubs established in 1965 Handball clubs in Slovenia 1965 establishments in Slovenia Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 2009 2009 establishments in Slovenia Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina {{Slovenia-sport-team-stub